On All-Star festivities, more Charlie fallout, top draft pick Brandon Berriera, the rest of the draft, why Juan Soto ain't coming to Toronto, Vlad vs. Arash, the WBC, Rob Manfred's balls, and more!
I was equally surprised to see the clubhouse clip because it was the first time I'd seen something quite like that. The leadership thing is interesting. Clearly elite big-ego athletes need it too...and not just from within their own circles. The 'a lot of us' quote is telling for sure. Maybe they didn't like his bongo playing? But does it also mean that leadership has to come from the Manager and not the coaches? Schneider was a coach...is there some unwritten rule that coaches stay quiet and defer to the Manager? These are the sorts of questions I'd like to ask you and Nick, but always forgot to when I'm struggling to find the un-mute button.
Soto - some of the packages I've seen suggested (not just from the Jays) seem like waayyyyy too much. He's a great player, but geez. Still....I'm not convinced Bichette is our foundation shortstop. It would be nice to dream of Trea Turner or Bogaerts coming our way as free agents, but both are right-handed batters and both will make a stupid amount of money on long-term contracts and the words 'Javier Baez' come to mind in that regard.
re player’s taking responsibility for Montoyo firing
I can’t remember where I read it or maybe I saw it in a video clip, but Stripling said during the post game interview after his last start, the day Charlie was fired, that if they’d played better Charlie wouldn’t have been fired. I just did a quick search and couldn’t find the article but here’s a tweet of the quote.
Not saying there hasn’t been an absence of this sort of thing. I’ll readily admit that I can’t personally comment on that part since I’ve mostly tuned out of the daily coverage. (I’m saving myself the pain of wading through that shit by subscribing to this newsletter!) But just wanted to point out that at least one player had the decency to say the obvious and take some responsibility.
Also, just to be clear, I’m not a paid member just for your shit filtration services. I really value the other stuff you do, too, like podcasting while drunk. That’s the quality content that deserves support!
I was equally surprised to see the clubhouse clip because it was the first time I'd seen something quite like that. The leadership thing is interesting. Clearly elite big-ego athletes need it too...and not just from within their own circles. The 'a lot of us' quote is telling for sure. Maybe they didn't like his bongo playing? But does it also mean that leadership has to come from the Manager and not the coaches? Schneider was a coach...is there some unwritten rule that coaches stay quiet and defer to the Manager? These are the sorts of questions I'd like to ask you and Nick, but always forgot to when I'm struggling to find the un-mute button.
Soto - some of the packages I've seen suggested (not just from the Jays) seem like waayyyyy too much. He's a great player, but geez. Still....I'm not convinced Bichette is our foundation shortstop. It would be nice to dream of Trea Turner or Bogaerts coming our way as free agents, but both are right-handed batters and both will make a stupid amount of money on long-term contracts and the words 'Javier Baez' come to mind in that regard.
re player’s taking responsibility for Montoyo firing
I can’t remember where I read it or maybe I saw it in a video clip, but Stripling said during the post game interview after his last start, the day Charlie was fired, that if they’d played better Charlie wouldn’t have been fired. I just did a quick search and couldn’t find the article but here’s a tweet of the quote.
https://twitter.com/MitchBannon/status/1547408141939269636
Not saying there hasn’t been an absence of this sort of thing. I’ll readily admit that I can’t personally comment on that part since I’ve mostly tuned out of the daily coverage. (I’m saving myself the pain of wading through that shit by subscribing to this newsletter!) But just wanted to point out that at least one player had the decency to say the obvious and take some responsibility.
Also, just to be clear, I’m not a paid member just for your shit filtration services. I really value the other stuff you do, too, like podcasting while drunk. That’s the quality content that deserves support!
Appreciate you pointing it out, and the support man. Stripling is a real one — and so are you! Thanks!