The 'salsa' between Carrera and Encarnacion in the dugout tries to get joined by Michael Saunders and Ryan Goins - to bad effect.
TB@TOR: Carrera pinch-hits a go-ahead solo home run https://t.co/rHJjHOzCT5— Michael Holloway (@m_holloway) September 13, 2016
This team is 3-7 in the last 10 games - we need more than a one-off to turn this around.
Luckily the Jay's have two more bad teams in front of them after this one:
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..expect that 3-7 to turn around to 7-3.
If not you may check the wildcard standings and find that this team is out of it.
Also ...
The fact that the right fielder and the third basemen are not in the line-up, and that their defensive replacements late were more 2nd-teamers ... plus Mark Shapiro's statement last week that, "All the Free Agents will go to market"
Blue Jays’ Mark Shapiro: Pending free agents likely to hit market @Sportsnet https://t.co/DSOmcTeAFn— Michael Holloway (@m_holloway) September 13, 2016
... tells this sage old fan that this team is rebuilding; and will not take on old contractual agreements - in other words - another round of corporate governance saying to team management, "You have a 5-year budget - spend it any way you wish" - so Shapiro is going to Re-set - and win or lose on his terms ... another downside of letting the great Blue Jays General Manager Alex Anthopoulos go.
So this team is not trying to win ... even though they are likely to go the playoff for the second year in a row.
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Also ...
On the dust-up at the end (which I leave out of the pov above):
Souza Jr. on confrontation - www.mlb.com/video 09/12/16 | 00:01:12
Boxscore/Video: http://m.mlb.com/gameday/rays-vs-blue-jays/2016/09/12/449019#game_tab=box,game=449019,game_state=final
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