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[jaysrule @DarrenKarst]

@JonHeyman I think you people that complain about the money crazy! Who cares how much he costs, imo! You have to remember what he can do with a bat! And I would give up a little defense for that!

[jaysrule @DarrenKarst]

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[jaysrule @DarrenKarst]

@TashAndress I really hope it’s not Schneider, he hasn’t done anything in Buffalo at all. I would leave Mcadoo up for now, unless there’s a trade coming

[jaysrule @DarrenKarst]

@JohnnyGiunta_ This team and their inability to hit is getting ridiculous! And wouldn’t want to take a pitch and learn what he’s trying to do you!

[Blue Jays Today @TodayJays]

Mark Shapiro explains some tough roster moves they’ve had to make that fans may not have liked

FULL Podcast is LIVE on our YouTube channel

#BlueJays #TorontoBlueJays

[Dustin Nickerson @DustinNickerson]

Looney Tunes hasn’t aged well

[Ms. Fie Fineas @FionnaFineas]

Ahhh yess momma!!!

[Joe Rogan Podcast News @joeroganhq]

Rodney Dangerfield: "With cigarettes, my wife and I, we made a deal. We only smoke after sex. I've got the same pack now since 1975. What bothers me is my wife. She's up to three packs a day."

One of the greats.

[AKANA YEZU🙏🏿❤️👑 @Digital_n11]

OMG this machine is amezing 🥰👌

[Juh • T&T 🏹🤍 @venusopalite13]

PLEASE TELL ME TRAVIS TOLD HIS “I’M JUST KEN” JOKE ON THE ERAS TOUR TO RYAN GOSLING

[Amelia @AmeliaRodrigJan]

The smoke joke went way over their heads.

[Sovey @SoveyX]

Struggling to tell Asians apart?
Listen to Jo Koy dropping knowledge.
I hate to admit it… but it’s true though. 🫶🏻

[Johnny B. Good @Cat5SMASHICANE]

Baseball is always been a bit of a boring sport to me. This would definitely add some excitement to the game. The good old days.

[OK Blue Jays @JaysClubhouse]

The Book of Eloy –
Jimenez works his way back

The Rise:

Vlad Guerrero Jr and Eloy Jiménez were MLB’s No. 3 and 4 prospects, respectively, on the pre-2018 rankings published by both Baseball America and https://t.co/Fyfd0N4NdN. In 2018, Jimenez signed a six-year, $43-million deal with the White Sox, the largest ever at the time signed by a player prior to making his MLB debut. In his rookie season in 2019 he validated the hype, hitting 31 HR and finishing above Vladdy in rookie of the year voting, and his 2020 Silver Slugger cemented him as a franchise cornerstone, an elite bat who could anchor an offense for a decade.

The Fall:

At spring training in 2021, Jimenez suffered a torn left pectoral tendon while trying to rob a home run. It proved to be a career‑altering injury, not a routine “miss a few months and return.” For a power hitter, the pec is part of the kinetic chain that drives rotational force, bat speed, upper‑body stability, deceleration after contact. When that chain is disrupted, the body compensates. And compensation is the enemy of durability. Later that same season, injuries to his groin and knee showed the cascading effect had begun, eroding his athleticism and availability.

From 2021–2024, every winter was spent rehabbing something, protecting something, avoiding re‑injury, trying to get back to baseline instead of improving. Without a full, uninterrupted offseason Jimenez couldn’t properly restore strength, mobility, or movement patterns, and he lived in that cycle for four straight years. Once the pec changed his mechanics, the soft‑tissue injuries followed, hamstrings, groin, adductor, heel - predictable downstream effects of a body that was no longer moving symmetrically. Every time he tried to ramp up, something else failed.

Chicago’s player‑development and sports‑science infrastructure during that era was widely criticized for poor injury‑prevention outcomes, slow return‑to‑play timelines, inconsistent conditioning standards, a roster full of players who couldn’t stay healthy. Jimenez wasn’t an outlier. The fact that the White Sox kept trying to make him an outfielder during this period meant he continued regular sprinting, diving, wall‑crashing, high‑stress movements. He needed to be a DH years earlier. He lost athleticism, then rhythm, then confidence. By 2024 he had slipped from centerpiece to afterthought, and by 2025 he was fighting for relevance in the minors, first with the Rays system at Durham, then with the Jays organization in Buffalo. With his four-year deal having expired, beaten down by years of injuries, Jimenez has said he considered retirement.

The Return:

Still only 28 years old, Jimenez chose instead to fight on, heading home to the Dominican for winter ball. Reports noted he arrived leaner, lighter, and moving better, having dropped roughly 20 pounds, and was showing the athleticism he displayed in his early White Sox years. He posted a .321 average, flashed some power, carried his Toros del Este team through high‑leverage games, and earned the league's MVP honor. Jimenez then agreed to a minor-league deal with the Jays for 2026, and for the first time since 2020, he entered a season with no active injury, no rehab timeline.

Early Signs of Hope:

Obviously - it’s still early, but all indicators are very positive. Jimenez currently leads the Blue Jays in hits and doubles and is batting .400. Perhaps more importantly, his average exit velocity is 98.2 MPH, well above his career best of 92.4 set during his Silver Slugger season of 2020. (For more context, Addison Barger is currently sitting at a 90.5 avg EV, Vladdy at 89.) The #BlueJays hope the first real reset of his professional career allows Eloy to be fully healthy again, and to complete the long journey to get all the way back to himself. 🤘

[jaysrule @DarrenKarst]

@DanClarkSports And get rid of all deferrals now and when the ones that are already signed are over absolutely done

[jaysrule @DarrenKarst]

@SasakiTruther @UnderdogMLB And get rid of the deferrals!

[jaysrule @DarrenKarst]

@Karma82416 @Romeo1623 @UnderdogMLB I like how all these lists don’t include the Blue Jays, because they own all the media and tv rights, and that’s who owns the team and they will never agree to any other system!