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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 14: Drew Rasmussen #57 of the Tampa Bay Rays, Jacob Latz #67 of the Texas Rangers, Louis Varland #77 of the Toronto Blue Jays and manager Derek Shelton #8 of the Minnesota Twins look on before the 2026 MLB All-Star Game at Citizens Bank Park on July 14, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The All-Star game, as these things generally are, was pretty much a bore.
The three Blue Jays each had their moments:
- Dylan Cease pitched an excellent inning, three strikeouts with a walk. The strikeouts started a theme. AL pitchers stuck out 15.
- Ernie Clement went 0 for 2, with ground outs on the first pitch of each of the at bats, but he made and amazing play on defense. Easily the defensive play of the game, getting the ball on the shortstop side of second, and made a perfect jump throw:
- Louis Varland pitched a quick eight, getting a strikeout, getting out of the inning on 11 pitches.
I thought John did a good job of trying get everyone into the game. I think it would suck to be invited to the All-Star game and not play
We get two more days off before the start of the second half, which begins with the, very surprising, Chicago White Sox, visiting Toronto. My son sent me a meme, before the season started, saying the White Sox were already eliminated from making the playoffs. After that it is the Rays. A seven game home stand.
The Jays are 6 games below .500 so would need a sweep to get there, which is unlikely. I’d normally say a 4-3 stand would be good, but 5-2 would be a start in heading in the right direction.
Much short of that, I’d think they would have to start thinking of selling. Only 2.5 games back of a Wild Card spot, makes it hard to think about selling. But there are a lot of teams within reach of a playoff spot, so there will be a lot of teams looking to buy. There might be some good offers out there.
I would imagine that, if they are offered something really good for one of the veterans, they would have to consider it. I’m not sure that Springer has a lot of value, but someone might like some veteran presents (don’t email me, it’s a running joke, but every time I do someone emails me).
I got my England jersey on and I’m going to watch the game in a pub. It would be nice if they won, so I could say I saw them win once.
As always use the thread to discuss anything you would like.
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