ALCS - Blue Jays / Mariners

[Frayed Knot]

Speaking of Schneider, this week has been more or less my intro to him, and he's kind of fun to listen to.

His description of his meeting on the mound with Scherzer was great: 'I thought he was going to kill me, it was awesome'!



45 y/o, Princeton, NJ and University of Delaware (Blue Hen Alert!!)

Drafted 2002 in the 13th round by the Blue Jays and spent his whole career w/them.

That career consisted of six years in the minors [2001 - 2007] including several stints in AAA (Syracuse) but never got the call.

Not surprisingly with that build [bB-Ref sez 6' 3" / 245] he was a catcher, but even in the minors was never not a backup

and looked to possess typical backup catcher skills: low BA, good walk rates, occasional run-into-one power.



Not sure if he went right into coaching when the playing part ended but I'd guess he did.

Edited October 20, 2025 by Guest

[Centerfield]

Why would they pull Kirby so early?

[Centerfield]

Frayed Knot wrote: =Centerfield post_id=207112 time=1761010176 user_id=65] Why would they pull Bieber so early?

74 pitches just to get through 2 outs in the 4th, for one.

Then finished by walking the #9 hitter in front of Rodriguez (2B + HR) and Raleigh.

And 11 outs vs 7 hits + a walk isn't a great ratio for a long night.

Plus, 'Staff' is available out of the pen.

[Frayed Knot]

Tough to call him their 'Ace'. He's only been w/the Jays since this year's trading deadline and the seven games he pitched for them were his first since April of '24 w/Cleveland (so nine games pitched over two seasons). In between it was a year and a half of TJS recovery and it's five years since his CY season (in a shortened season).

[Centerfield]

Yeah. I just looked up his stats. Good, not great numbers.



Seems like I bought the hype on Cy Young winner Shane Bieber.

[Frayed Knot]

Oooooh, boy!!

[Centerfield]

I take back some of the stuff I said about Carlos Mendoza.



How do you not go to your closer there.

[Frayed Knot]

=Centerfield post_id=207120 time=1761012447 user_id=65]
Seems like I bought the hype on Cy Young winner Shane Bieber.

[Centerfield]

I can't imagine a manager not realizing a World Series trip is on the line right then and there. Top of the order coming up. How do you not go with your best pitcher.

[Centerfield]

Game 7. One run game in the 9th. Doesn't get much better.

[Frayed Knot]

Two outs. Rodriguez and (potentially) Raleigh to save Seattle's season.

[Frayed Knot]

And Raleigh gets left on deck. Damn!

[Gwreck]

Tough loss; was really pulling for Seattle there.



Hopefully Toronto can get it done with a quick sweep in the World Series.

[Centerfield]

Wow. What a game.



Playoff baseball is amazing.

[Frayed Knot]

=Gwreck post_id=207129 time=1761015794 user_id=56]
Hopefully Toronto can get it done with a quick sweep in the World Series.