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The goal for the Toronto Blue Jays over the final eight weeks of the 2018 season should be to do everything possible to help set up the 2019 club — whatever it ends up looking like — for success.
With nothing left to salvage beyond personal numbers and window dressing such as leapfrogging the Tampa Bay Rays http://www.jaysfanaticsjersey.com/roberto-osuna-jersey-c-8.html for third place, developing anyone part of the plan going forward — both those already in the majors and a handful not — is the most achievable path to some type of meaningful return before everyone goes their separate ways.
For now, that’s not exactly the plan.
“It’s a bit of a balance. You don’t just turn everything toward what matters for 2019, 2020,” general manager Ross Atkins said before Tuesday night’s 10 7, 10 inning loss to the Boston Red Sox, who scored a combined nine runs against set up man Ryan Tepera and closer Ken Giles after Marcus Stroman left with a right middle finger blister following seven dominant innings. “For us now http://www.jaysfanaticsjersey.com/aaron-sanchez-jersey-c-9.html, that balance has shifted a little but more toward the future Ezequiel Carrera Jersey, but that doesn’t mean we don’t try to win. It also doesn’t mean that the players we’ve committed to won’t get a fair opportunity to continue to perform.
“As we balance those things and factor in opportunities for development versus the best team on the field to win, we empower manager John Gibbons to make those decisions and we make decisions together on building the 25 man roster.”
That’s certainly sensible and fair, but every opportunity for development or chance to get an on cusp prospect some reps needs to leveraged.
A big league start for Mike Hauschild on Wednesday, for example, is another missed opportunity to give Sean Reid Foley – who allowed two runs over five innings with eight strikeouts for triple A Buffalo against Gwinnett on Tuesday – an exploratory look at the majors.
Hauschild gained notoriety with Western Canadian Blue Jays fans last week in Seattle by coming out of the bullpen after a pre game physical and contract signing and throwing six shutout innings. But in scrambling to sign the free agent days after his release from triple A Fresno in the Houston system http://www.jaysfanaticsjersey.com/drew-storen-jersey-c-10.html, the Blue Jays took an opportunity away from Reid Foley.
At some point they’re going to have to find out about the 22 year old righty, who’s enjoying a breakthrough season.
Why not now?
“When we have the opportunity to think through the ideal transition for a player, we’re always going to do that,” said Atkins. “Sometimes we don’t have alternatives, like in the case of Ryan Borucki. He handled it exceptionally well, but he came up and made his debut against a very good right handed hitting Houston Astros team and ideally we wouldn’t have chosen that for him. It was the best alternative and our alternatives to him at the time weren’t good enough. So there’s always a balance there of what’s optimal for this player’s transition and what are our alternatives and where are we in this player’s progression toward the big leagues, what does it mean for the rest of the season for him, what does it mean for his workload.”
Reid Foley is up to 126.2 innings this season, rapidly approaching his previous career high of 132.2 last year. A fair target for him would be in the 160 inning range, giving him, say, seven more starts in the six inning range this year. The Blue Jays have about 10 starts to give each spot in the rotation, which easily could have been managed to accommodate the right hander, especially with Aaron Sanchez, set for a rehab start Thursday in the GCL, on track to return.
Lefty Thomas Pannone and righty David Paulino, currently rehabbing an injury and a possibility to be healthy by September, are two other starters the Blue Jays would do well to get a look at.
Brandon Drury’s broken left hand means he’ll lose several weeks of at bats, but it will create more playing time for Lourdes Gurriel Jr. once he returns from the disabled list. |
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