Tuesday Bantering: Lauer, Piñango
ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA - MAY 04: Eric Lauer #56 of the Toronto Blue Jays delivers a pitch in the first inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on May 04, 2026 in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) | Getty Images Does it give you comfort to know that the Jays have the exact record they had last year at this time? No, me neither.
If it is going to be like last year, now is the time to turn it around. In May last year they were 16-12. Eric Lauer wasn’t throwing as hard as he did last year, not that he was the cause of the loss.
The lack of offense made it very unlikely we were going to win, but if he wants to be part of the rotation when we get back Shane Bieber (but that’s no until near the end of the month). They could put him and Jose Berrios together I guess. From Ben Nicholson-Smith game post: The left-hander sat 90.
3 m. p. h.
with his fastball Monday, and he wants to see that number climb. With that in mind, he intends to throw a ‘velo pen’ this week — basically a bullpen session in which he’ll try to max out his velocity, “really try to rip it” by “building the power from the ground up. ” This is the question I’ve been asking myself: If not Piñango, who?