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Jeff Francoeur

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382 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

When you have a 9-10 game lead, you have the ability to push a couple days, whereas a lot of other teams don't have that right now.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

Yeah, it's been huge.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

And what he's been able to do with Fuentes, which has been incredible, look, this is a young guy that came up at 20 years old last year and struggled, right, to be a starter.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

So they put him in the pen, say, hey, just throw it 98 to 100, throw that slider.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

We need a couple innings from you, and that's it.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

So there's games where maybe they've had a 3-4 run lead.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

They've been able to throw Fuentes to sometimes –

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

three innings, and you save Suarez, you save Iglesias, you save Dylan Lee.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

So this back into the bullpen for the Braves, if Walt can keep these guys fresh, right, not have to overuse them.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

I saw it Saturday in Cincinnati, right?

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

They went for the kill shot.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

They'd already won Friday night.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

So we had Lee in the seventh, Suarez in the eighth, Iglesias in the ninth.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

He said, no matter what happens yesterday, we're not pitching them, right?

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

They're going to get that day.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

They're going to get Monday day off.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

And then they're ready for the Blue Jays with over 72 hours of rest.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

So I think if Walt can continue to make sure these guys are taken care of,

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

If you're a Braves fan, you love that even more coming in October because you feel really good that if you get the lead after five or six, you have the ability to put that thing away.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Injured Pitching Rotation, Jeff Francoeur & Nolan Ryan Bio

Yeah, and I think so.