Leo Morgenstern

Yeah, I mean, and in general, I feel like the past few years, we've seen some weak trade markets with more and more teams seem like contenders until the end.

And yeah, just in general, I feel like the amount of bats who are going to be real impact bats available on the market this year seem small to me.

So if you have a guy who has a skill that is becoming less and less common in this game, yeah, then people are going to run for him.

Yeah, well, I mean, thankfully, there aren't a ton of teams running away with playoff spots in the American League.

So even if it hasn't been the exact start the Blue Jays wanted, they are still definitely in there.

I think we're getting later and later to keep pointing back to last year and saying, I mean, they started slow last year, too.

We were talking about all these problems last year, too, and then they solved them.

The later in the year that gets and the less we see a clear turnaround, the harder it is to go back to that excuse.

And I think maybe to me the biggest X factor in all that is George Springer.

No matter how healthy this team gets, we can presume that Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

will have his bounce back eventually.

But was George Springer arguably the most important player on that 2025 team?

And the question is, how much do you believe that he can get back to being anything like that kind of hitter?

I think that's the biggest question for whether or not the Blue Jays are...

going down the stretch competing like they were last year or whether there may be just trying to squeak into the playoffs.

Yeah, I mean, you look at the numbers, you look at the leaderboard, and he's a genuine candidate.

I think his case statistically is as good as anyone else's.

And hopefully he does get a boost from the popularity contest of it all.

I mean, the Blue Jays have a big fan base.

They have an excited fan base right now.