And trade Vlad? The 25-year-old allowed six runs — four earned — on nine hits and a pair of walks over 3 1/3 innings.
Instead of looking ahead to next year, the Blue Jays are living for October. 7:27 pm ET,Player Analysis: Padres Acquire Mike Clevinger From Indians,Covering the impact of coronavirus on the sports world,according to Rob Longley of the Toronto Sun,Here's part of what we wrote about his alteration earlier in the year.Can Braves, Yankees overcome pitching woes?Angels' Simmons opts out in last week of 2020 season,Manfred: MLB planning for fans at World Series, NLCS,Report: MLB likely to use 2020 standings for '21 draft,Yanks' president Levine appealing letter release,Athletics clinch first AL West crown since 2013. to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about But Alford was tied to the previous regime, Fisher was not. Yes, there are examples of superstar players who are that young, but the list of guys who need more time to figure everything out is much longer. That can wait for a year in which they’re more prepared to take a run.This question was submitted earlier in the week, before Fisher was placed on the IL, so it’s less relevant now but still worth addressing. Look at all the homegrown talent currently on the roster. They’ve done well taking money on in the past, and that tool could be very valuable again at this Deadline.So much of Toronto’s bullpen success is thanks to young starters in multi-inning roles, including Anthony Kay and Thomas Hatch. To order It has been a frustrating year for Guerrero, but I’m not betting against him and I wouldn’t entertain a trade unless the offer was too good to refuse.Hatch’s recent outings haven’t been great, that’s for sure.

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Getting a taste of what it takes to succeed when the lights are the brightest should be a learning experience that players grow from.

That should be easy enough for round one because the Jays only require three starters, which leaves spots for extra bodies on the bench. Front offices tend to favour “their” guys and Fisher qualifies. As a result, he redesigned his arm action, shortening it in a way that's consistent with others who have broken out in recent years, such as Shane Bieber and Lucas Giolito. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. As touched on above, Jansen is going to stick with Ryu, so using Kirk as a designated hitter at least for each of those games is entirely justifiable. To order copies of

His numbers haven't impressed, but in his one performance this season he showed improved velocity and spin. Outside of the obvious, like a huge jump in innings, or leaving a guy on the mound to throw 150 pitches, the rest is an inexact science. He profiles as a reliever.© 2004-2020 CBS Interactive.

I never bought into the idea of the high-performance department being able to solve Toronto’s injury woes, nor have I pinned the blame on those employees for not pulling off a miracle.Teams do the best they can with the information that is available, and the results from studies are constantly changing. Some guys just require such a big return trade talks involving them are just a waste of time.
There’s an asking price for everyone.

Then, as Toronto made a push for the post-season, a hotshot prospect arrived to much fanfare, putting his playing time in jeopardy.From Kirk’s perspective, he just needs to keep doing what he’s doing. That appears to have eased the panic some fans were feeling about the possibility of falling out of the post-season race entirely.The Jays entered Tuesday with six games to play and a magic number of three. Personally, I don’t see it and would have stuck with Anthony Alford, who later fractured his elbow in Pittsburgh.