Ross Atkins says Blue Jays have 'massive sense of urgency' to turn season around
With the Toronto Blue Jays 5 video games below .500, normal supervisor Ross Atkins reiterated his perception within the group Saturday morning, however acknowledged that the on-field outcomes want to show.
Speaking with reporters forward of the second sport of the weekend collection with the Tampa Bay Rays, Atkins was requested what message he would convey to followers involved about the place the group stands.
“We believe in this talent, we believe there is time left, but there is a massive sense of urgency, and we need to get it turned around soon,” he stated.
The Blue Jays entered Saturday fifth within the AL East and ranked twenty ninth in baseball in runs scored, twenty sixth in dwelling runs and twenty fourth in group ERA.
“It really comes down to us just being able to score more runs,” Atkins stated. “I think that our defence has been really encouraging and our pitching has been steady. I know we’ve had some blips in our bullpen, and we had a couple of guys get off to slower starts, but I feel like we’ll be able to prevent runs.”
FanGraphs provides Toronto a 20.2 per cent likelihood of creating the playoffs in 2024 and only a 0.9 per cent likelihood at profitable the division. While these odds actually don’t paint a fairly image of what could also be to return for the Blue Jays, Atkins says he isn’t eager about shaking up the core of the roster.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (.743 OPS) and Bo Bichette (.591 OPS) have handled early-season struggles, nevertheless, each have proven indicators of rounding into kind over the previous couple of weeks.
Although the MLB commerce deadline isn’t till July 30, Atkins was requested if he had thought-about that the gamers on the roster aren’t the precise ones to construct round.
“We’re not there,” he answered. “I’ve seen actual encouraging indicators from Vladdy over the past a number of weeks, seen actually good indicators from Bo over the past week …
“I am not concerned about those guys being good players and do not think about those changes,” he added. “I have so much confidence in Bo and Vlad and George (Springer) that they’re going to be contributors and solid ones, and I am confident that we’re going to score more runs.”
