[Rob Longley] Plenty of moving parts, but Blue Jays manager John Schneider acknowledged today that Ricky Tiedemann is “in the mix” to break camp with the team and start the opening series.
March 22, 2024
[Rob Longley] Plenty of moving parts, but Blue Jays manager John Schneider acknowledged today that Ricky Tiedemann is “in the mix” to break camp with the team and start the opening series.
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Oh shit, Ricky T from the top rope! I guess this means Gausman isn’t ready yet for opening day, so our rotation would be:
1. Berrios 2. Bassitt 3. Kikuchi 4. Francis 5. One of Ricky T/Mitch White/Wes Parsons
Like START start?
That is completely unexpected tbh.
Think that implies that Gausman won’t be ready to start the season and White might be preferred in a long-man role.
Having to open potentially a 3rd 40-Man spot would complicate things.
Opener for Bowden?
so slotting in Ricky T while Manoah recovers?
this would be really exciting, but also I wouldn’t mind a smidge of service time manipulation
If he’s stretched out enough, go for it. I would honestly let him get innings in triple A first, cause he only has like 45 professional innings to his name.
Hold on what now
Lol our rotation was supposed to be our strength
Bisons had him starting on their opening day. Is this not happening now?
That’s wild
Gausman hurt/TBD, so not surprised.
Fuck it, his no-no comes in 2024 with this defense behind him
What the what?!? I just broke camp in my pants. So confused.
Ricky T needs to get a shot this year. We’ve invested alot in him already, we need to further that investment by exposing him to some of the ruthless hitters in the bigs to help him prep for the next big leap in his journey
Holy crap, do they consider him to be ready? Wow. I hope they don’t ruin his development like they did to Nate, but I’ll trust their judgement over mine, haha.
I’m not sure that I see Ricky T is starting here in Toronto. He’s thrown so few innings in pro ball that I just assumed that this year would be more about getting his innings built up than anything else. He only pitched 44 innings in the minors last year. And he pitched something like 18 more innings in fall ball. He still 21 after all. I don’t think the risk is worth it.
Hang on what now?
I mean I’m hyped as fuck for this but what?
Yariel opener with Rickey T eating a bulk of the innings hmmmm
No way. If anything, that makes me worry about how long Gausman is going to be out and how game-ready Manoah is.
Sounds like everything is on the table for the 2024 season and they aren’t going to hold any punches .
Just spitballing here but I feel like “in the mix” will ultimately pan out as the Jays deciding he looked good but needed more time in the minors.
This is just talk. He’ll be on the roster this year, but not opening day. It’s not necessary, he needs to be built up etc. he’ll be here in May.
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Oh shit, Ricky T from the top rope! I guess this means Gausman isn’t ready yet for opening day, so our rotation would be:
1. Berrios
2. Bassitt
3. Kikuchi
4. Francis
5. One of Ricky T/Mitch White/Wes Parsons
Like START start?
That is completely unexpected tbh.
Think that implies that Gausman won’t be ready to start the season and White might be preferred in a long-man role.
Having to open potentially a 3rd 40-Man spot would complicate things.
Opener for Bowden?
so slotting in Ricky T while Manoah recovers?
this would be really exciting, but also I wouldn’t mind a smidge of service time manipulation
If he’s stretched out enough, go for it. I would honestly let him get innings in triple A first, cause he only has like 45 professional innings to his name.
Hold on what now
Lol our rotation was supposed to be our strength
Bisons had him starting on their opening day. Is this not happening now?
That’s wild
Gausman hurt/TBD, so not surprised.
Fuck it, his no-no comes in 2024 with this defense behind him
What the what?!? I just broke camp in my pants. So confused.
Ricky T needs to get a shot this year. We’ve invested alot in him already, we need to further that investment by exposing him to some of the ruthless hitters in the bigs to help him prep for the next big leap in his journey
Holy crap, do they consider him to be ready? Wow. I hope they don’t ruin his development like they did to Nate, but I’ll trust their judgement over mine, haha.
I’m not sure that I see Ricky T is starting here in Toronto. He’s thrown so few innings in pro ball that I just assumed that this year would be more about getting his innings built up than anything else. He only pitched 44 innings in the minors last year. And he pitched something like 18 more innings in fall ball.
He still 21 after all. I don’t think the risk is worth it.
Hang on what now?
I mean I’m hyped as fuck for this but what?
Yariel opener with Rickey T eating a bulk of the innings hmmmm
No way. If anything, that makes me worry about how long Gausman is going to be out and how game-ready Manoah is.
Sounds like everything is on the table for the 2024 season and they aren’t going to hold any punches .
Just spitballing here but I feel like “in the mix” will ultimately pan out as the Jays deciding he looked good but needed more time in the minors.
This is just talk. He’ll be on the roster this year, but not opening day. It’s not necessary, he needs to be built up etc. he’ll be here in May.