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Was watching a video from a baseball coach/amateur scout breaking down Vlad’s stats to explain why Vlad’s down year is more than likely due to injury (can post it in the comments if anyone’s interested) but that recovery for him is difficult because the mechanism of him that’s injured (ie. rotation) is the very mechanism that Vlad’s using every day as a batter.

It’s clear that he can’t keep going on like this, and I’m worried that the longer he keeps pushing through, the harder it’ll be to recover in the offseason because there’ll be more damage done.

We were actually doing pretty well when Vlad was on the concussion IL this past week, so my question is…at what point might it be better for us to call up Keys and shut down Vlad for the season to maximize his recovery time, both from a rest standpoint and from a possible surgery standpoint? The last thing we need is a Santander situation where he’s just hanging out all winter and then declares on the first week of spring training that he’ll be out for months because he needs surgery.

But on the other hand…he is a great defensive 1B, and even if he doesn’t have slug right now, he still does have a pretty solid batting average, so he’s not a total liability and can still provide some good value. But on the other other hand, Keys also didn’t seem to be half bad when he was up here last time, and he’s on fire in AAA right now - maybe having him for the rest of the season instead of Vlad can be a net positive?

Does Adam Silver genuinely think we’re going to accept there’s no wrongdoing when we’ve all seen the receipts? After everything Pablo worked for, after everything he showed us?

https://www.blogto.com/sports\_play/2026/08/toronto-blue-jays-rookie-weatherman/

"A lot of my former teammates would come up to me after seeing rain on the weather apps, asking me to give them the report and the chances that we will play," said Bateman.

When Dunn asked Bateman about his accuracy, he estimated that he was somewhere around 90 per cent accurate during his four seasons in the minor leagues. He followed that statement up in Ron Burgundy fashion, saying that he didn't want to brag.

"I do have a very big hobby for weather. I went to school for it, and took a few classes for it," Bateman said. "It's just something that's pretty important in baseball."

https://www.blogto.com/sports\_play/2026/08/toronto-blue-jays-rookie-weatherman/

Why didn’t the second coming of Malala feel the need to advocate for those girls? Don’t they matter too? Now’s her chance to protect them from a known danger to women’s locker rooms!

Where has her advocacy been to arrest everyone in the Epstein Files? Will she be releasing her manifesto in her next SI Swimsuit Edition profile?

And if she wants to protect women and girls from dangerous men, shouldn’t Donald Trump be at the top of her list, as one of the most famous and notorious Epstein Listers? Shouldn’t she be salivating at the prospect of taking him down? Donald Trump’s a convicted rapist, after all - she knows he’s a danger to women and girls and creeps on them in locker rooms, but can’t seem to name a trans woman who’s done the same. When will we see her grand declaration of war on the Leader of the Free World, and her endorsement for the Democrats who want to oust him from office?

So, the NBA has this famous informal benchmark called the 40-20 Rule - coined by legendary coach Phil Jackson, which states that a true championship contender must win their 40th game before they lose their 20th.

It’s a predictor that’s seen a surprisingly high success rate (approximately 91%), with only four teams in NBA history having won the championship without also fulfilling the 40-20 rule.

However, the 40-20 rule also operates on the premise of an 82-game season - which would make a direct application to the WNBA impossible, since they only play 40-ish games a season to begin with. It’s also hard to try and find one applicable number across the entire history of the W, since the number of games has grown and shrunk as the league’s popularity has waxed and waned over the years.

So my question is…do you think we should we have our own 40-20 rule, but scaled down to match the WNBA season length? Maybe 20-10, halving the NBA standard since we have roughly half the games, and update as the number of games increases? Or should we hold off on having a standard like that until the number of games stabilizes after this upcoming expansion boom? For people who are good at math and stats, what do you suggest?

Also, for anyone curious…if we were to apply the 20-10 Rule to this year, the only team that’s met the rule so far is the Lynx, and the only remaining teams still eligible to meet the standard are the Valkyries, Aces and Wings. So if that doesn’t sit right with you or feel correct, feel free to give your two cents as to what you think is missing.

I know losing Gausman, Varsho and George is going to break my heart, I know they’re almost certainly gone - but the waiting for the end to come is somehow even more agonizing. I hate that it’s going to end like this…

I’m also just scared of what’s to come. I keep hearing people saying that the Jays should be listening to offers on people like Ernie and Varland…if they really went through with it and traded them, that would be a thousand times worse. My heart wouldn’t be able to take it 😭 it almost feels like waiting for a roller coaster to drop, you just wish it would be over with already instead of continually slowly moving to the summit, you know?

Does anyone else feel this way?

Mine as it stands right now -

- A’ja Wilson
- Olivia Miles
- Jess Shepherd
- Kelsey Mitchell
- Paige Bueckers

Honourable mentions to Marina Mabrey, Allisha Gray and Breanna Stewart