Keegan Matheson

Make his name Mike Smith.

And he has a 10 ERA over this many starts, over a 6 ERA, over 20-ish starts with you the last two years.

You're saying, get this guy out of here.

But it's Max Scherzer, so it's a different conversation.

You're also debating how much of this is health.

His ankle, his forearm, how much of this is playing into that, and how much patience do you have?

Yeah.

Beforehand, the Blue Jays needed to have patience.

It was almost by default because you had no other healthy starters.

So just keep starting Max Scherzer.

If you get Shane Bieber back next week or the week after and everyone else stays healthy, that becomes awkward quickly.

And this is a team that all spring training, guys.

Remember when we thought they'd have eight starters?

Yeah.

And we wasted our time talking about too many major league starters.

They were saying all along, the best five have to start.

No matter what, egos aside, reputation aside, the best five have to start.

Same on a lesser scale with the Valenzuela conversation.

Are you trying to win games right here, right now?

You better be.