Hi Peter I'm a 90 year old very active gentleman only aTV faof the blue Jays & formerly the expos sinne around 1978 I'm from manitoba or I would go to games.Would like to say I'm very impressed with yours & Nicks summarization games, You were strongly critical of George Springer it was fully justified but you did it like a gentleman saying it truthfully & no bad mouthing like I hear from others on different sports. In yesterdays 3-1 defeat to the Brewers even though Gausman was not at his it was not his fault he kept them in the game' the blues made the Brewers look better than they were.

@3UP.3DOWN

11 күн бұрын

Thank you for the kind words, Leslie!

Springer hasn't done anything spectacular since they took the garbage can away from his pal that was drumming the signals to the Astro hitters.

@3UP.3DOWN

11 күн бұрын

He was very good in his first two seasons with the team. I think he’s a great player but no longer able to catch up to major league pitching.

Good report! Yes Springer like Cavan has been nothing but a black hole in that lineup this year. It seems we can't do anything with him now because of that big 25 mil annual contract we owe him, but YES, we can BENCH him like you said! And for a long time. I mean just keep him for defensive purposes in the late innings. Give Barger with his powerful arm a better chance in rightfield. Sure he went 0 - 18, so did Davis S up until a few days ago, but his 19th at bat hit a home run. When Barger was here, he may have been 0 - 18, but if you watch the games, you saw he hit the ball hard right at somebody.

@3UP.3DOWN

12 күн бұрын

Thank you for your continued support, Alan! I recognize you from DIgest! There just aren't too many options that are producing on this team. Take care!

@alanmurr6562

12 күн бұрын

@@3UP.3DOWN I hope you do this daily, or almost daily, because when I agree with you, you are fun to watch! But no two people agree all of the time lol! But it would be another podcast I can look forward to everyday, especially during the winter when I can't get enough of good baseball talk! Cheers!

First Inning against Cleveland, 6 pitches 3 up and 3 down. Pitiful.

@3UP.3DOWN

11 күн бұрын

Story of the season right there…

They need to get rid of the front office and the manager with the batting coach . There batting average is the worst I game

@3UP.3DOWN

6 сағат бұрын

Some changes must be made.

The Blue Jay decline was initiated with the trading of Lourdes Gurriel, Gabriel Moreno and Teoscar Hernandez. Period. That is all on Ross Atkins. For the last two years there has been too much soft contact at DH,3B and the three outfield positions. You have no chance of winning when those five positions simply don't hit. When Danny Jansen is your #2 hitter you have a big problem.

@sirdonaldthewonderful5865

8 күн бұрын

That was the dumbest move of Toronto management. They should be canned.

@3UP.3DOWN

6 сағат бұрын

Teoscar yes, the others I don't think so. Varsho's value this year is more than double both Moreno and Gurriel combined. Hernandez's power in the middle of the order is greatly missed.

Which is worse? The Springer contract or the Vernon Wells contract?

@3UP.3DOWN

6 сағат бұрын

Great question. Springer is handcuffing this team when trying to be competitive. Wells didn't prevent them from competing.

the thing is if you give a player a 8 year contract your not gonna get a 8 good years youll get 4-6 good years

@3UP.3DOWN

11 күн бұрын

It was a good contract at the time. We all knew he would decline but not this quickly and not this badly.

Sad to say...Springer is no longer a n asset. They should just use him for half games. Maybe by the end of the year... just pay off Springer... what a waste of money. Kiermeir and Turner cn be traded for whatever this summer.... Now is the time to try to make the best deals they can to make 2025 better. Might as well sell Kikuchi and Yimi too. This year is a bit of a write off so might as well do what you can to improve your chances in 2025.

@3UP.3DOWN

11 күн бұрын

I agree with you 100%, but I just don’t think they’ll do it.

Once you can’t hit the fastball your done

@3UP.3DOWN

11 күн бұрын

Agreed. The bat speed isn’t there. He isn’t the only one of the team with that problem though. It looks as though none of them are ready to hit the the heater.

They suck. They have to get rid of Springer.

@3UP.3DOWN

11 күн бұрын

Very hard to get rid of that contract now!

Plain and simple a shake up needs to take place beginning with the coach. Coach isn't getting the best out of his players. It's not a coincidence that nobody is doing anything.

@3UP.3DOWN

11 күн бұрын

It couldn’t hurt.

If they had Teoscar Guriel Jr Marcus Semien Bo and Vladdy under multi year contracts would Springer be as bad as he is ? Every player is worse on the Blue Jays since Teoscar M Semien Guriel Jr Moreno got traded or signed with another team .It would have cost them a lot of money to keep these players not Moreno though It hurt Kirk Springer Vladdys power numbers for the 2 years they have been gone and now the not being able to hit disease has in Bo Bichette . That is the risk of trading good players or not resigning Semien This could happen !everyone is pressing too hard because a lack of back up good hitters they used to have

@3UP.3DOWN

6 сағат бұрын

I've said it many times, the team went downhill when they let their leader Marcus Semien walk.