It would be nice if the Jays let their players heal fully before having them resume play.

I'm a physician. People seem to think that predicting healing and sports medicine in general is a lot more linear and absolute than it actually is.

There is obviously expected timeframes and rehab schedules that most injuries and individuals fall in. But a lot of clearing someone to resume their previous activities involves "Take this amount of recommended time off. If it feels better, return slowly to previous activities. If it hurts a little bit, it's probably okay. If it hurts a lot, stop and slow down, time to rethink the plan."

Everytime there is a setback during rehab doesn't usually mean that someone is an idiot/incompetent

General manager Alex Anthopoulos can certainly help matters by adding a bullpen arm, and once the draft wraps up in about two weeks, teams will shift focus to the trade market. While Jonathan Papelbon seems the obvious answer, that’s not happening unless the Philadelphia Phillies eat a substantial portion of his salary and settle for a lower-level prospect, non-starters thus far. A more mid-range option like John Axford – eligible to be dealt by the Colorado Rockies without his consent once the veto period for free agents signed last winter passes June 15 – might make more sense in both acquisition cost and payroll allocation.

That also works without the comma.

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I agree and have argued this very position before. With Loup's career 526/739 split, Gibbons cannot be so cavalier about pitching him against a string of RHB in high leverage situations.

Reyes hasn't played 2B in over a decade and you also have one guy making $20M and one guy making $500K, so you know which player is going to be accommodated.

You'd like to think the organization will at least consider moving Reyes off SS this coming off-season. With Travis and Donaldson firmly entrenched at 2B and 3B (I'd be very disappointed to see Travis fall so badly over the balance of the season that he has lost his grip on his position), LF would seem to be the only halfway realistic destination left for Reyes.

If you're asking "When is Goins going to supplant Reyes as the starting SS?" Jose spotted Ryan a 3 for 23 during his RHH vs RHP stretch and is still outhitting him on the year, so Goins shouldn't be supplanting anyone as a SS until he can hit. As for a position switch to a respected veteran player who hasn't played another position in over 10 years? If you're holding your breath for that, you're going to be blue in the face til February at the earliest.

Reyes, as usual, just needs to be healthy and playing. He's hitting since coming off the DL (and was before trying to play through his injury), and unlike last year hasn't looked decrepit in the field (setting aside Sunday). He's the best SS on the team. He might not be the best defensive one, but that's true of lots of teams.

As an aside, the replays on the Colabello misplays have me wishing we'd see statcast numbers on misplays. For the Hunter double, what's the route efficiency for a path that can best be described as serpentine? Is it better or worse than taking 3 steps in, stopping for over a second, and then having to jump (and miss the catch)? I guess I'm bringing that up for two purposes. First, shifting people around without ample time to prepare can backfire spectacularly (and often). Second, the team has a far more pressing defensive issue than whether their best overall SS is also their best defensive one.