Ben Nicholson-Smith

Like, this isn't even close to being a decision about Jeff Hoffman, in my opinion.

Like, it's not like, oh, maybe they're going to DFA him or maybe they're not.

Like, it's not a discussion.

He's...

too good and that's that's not to say that he has been good he has been bad but what matters now is what he can do for you and if you're looking at what he can do in the next four months he's clearly an above average major league reliever doesn't mean he's a closer doesn't mean he's a eighth inning guy doesn't mean he's the best reliever on the blue jays clearly that's barland but he's got to be part of the solution and i would think like for me arden

Varland is your most trusted reliever by far.

Then in some order, it's Tyler Rogers and it's Braden Fisher.

Then it's Jeff Hoffman.

For me, for me personally, that's where he would be.

He would be the fourth most trusted.

I'm not saying that's great.

That's not where you want to be.

You need him to be better, but that's where he would be for me.

This is the most obvious thing in the world, but Jeff Hoffman is going to be better and Louie Verland is going to allow some runs.

And it's, you know, these things even out a little bit.

And I know some people might be saying, well, hey, like you forgot about Mason Fluharty.

I look at his his numbers against right handed batters this year, 935 OPS allowed.

That's what prevents me from saying that Mason Fluharty is in that inner inner circle because righties are hitting him pretty well this year.

He leads the league in appearances.

Yeah, that's a great point.