Friday Bantering: Jays Notes

A blue jay gulps down a meal at Irondequoit Bay Park West in Irondequoit Thursday, May 7, 2026. | Shawn Dowd/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Happy Friday.

The Jays are back home for a series against the Angels. It almost can’t be worse than the last series. I think the team has let Tropicana Field get into their heads.

Maybe all the batters should move back in the batter’s box:

Petriello talks about it here.

There is talk about having more time to watch a pitch. I don’t know, a foot of extra time on a pitch 132 (+/-) feet per second is not all that much extra time. But I do think a change when things aren’t working is a good idea. It gets the mind thinking about something else. Perhaps moving up a foot would have don’t the same thing.

There was always going to be adjustments. I try not to judge a player in the first month or so of being in a new place. I think it takes a bit for the brain to realize that it is the same game they’ve always played.

There are always ones that like to be at the front of the box, to ‘get breaking balls before they break’ and ones that stand at the back to ‘give more time to see the ball’. I think whatever a player is comfortable doing is the right thing.

Addison Barger is going to be activated soon, I keep stalling so I can add whoever is set out, but I have a birthday party to go to (I have a tennis friend who has turned 90, he still plays, still runs, still hits the ball good. I tell him I want to be him when I grow up. He still mentally sharp, as well. We should all be so lucky).

It will be good to have Addison back. I don’t think he’s going to be the savior or anything like that but it is a step towards the roster we hoped to see this year.

As soon as I hit publish, they will make an announcement.

You think baseball players know the rules? It is possible he didn’t see the third baseman touch the bag before throwing home, but he seemed bewildered when the umpire was explaining it to him.