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FanPulse: 83% approve of the job Charlie Montoyo is doing

By Tom Dakers

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If you haven’t taken a moment to join SB Nation FanPulse, now is the time to do it. They survey of fans across MLB. Each week, they send polls to fans from each team MLB team. Blue Jays fans, sign up HERE to join FanPulse.

This week’s national question was “which of Madison Bumgarner, Marcus Stroman, Zack Wheeler, Matt Boyd and Trevor Bauer you would give up the most for in trade?” I voted Stroman, but then I’m not a fan of Bauer. And, of course, I have a bias.

Cleveland is in the second Wild Card spot at the moment, and they are in second in the AL Central and 5.5 games back from the Twins. I don’t know why they would be thinking of selling, but I guess it would depend on the return. They have another year of control on Bauer.

Bumgarner would just be a rental for this season, so he would come at a cheaper prize, I would think. Madison has a 4.03 ERA in 19 starts this year, pitching in a pitcher’s park. But then the question was “Who would you give up the most for?”

Matt Boyd has a 3.87 ERA in 18 starts. He also has 142 strikeouts in 107 innings. He’s not a free agent until 2023.

Wheeler has a 4.69 ERA in 19 starts, but he was very good last year. He is a free agent at the end of the season.

Maybe it is a personal bias, but I’d take Marcus...all things being equal.

Let’s do our own poll:

Poll

Which pitcher would you give up the most for?

This poll is closed

  • 16%
    Bauer
    (32 votes)
  • 18%
    Boyd
    (36 votes)
  • 9%
    Bumgarner
    (19 votes)
  • 53%
    Stroman
    (104 votes)
  • 1%
    Wheeler
    (2 votes)
193 votes total Vote Now

In the Blue Jays weekly polls:

  • Manager Approval: 83%. That’s down from 96% last week. I will say he has cut back on the bunting. Maybe he’s figured out that it is a bad move or maybe he has toned it down because we are scoring. The reliever stuff is driving me nuts, but maybe he can learn on that too.
  • Confidence in the Direction of the Team: 88%, up from 83% last week. I’m happy with the direction of the team. I’m happy they have brought up a bunch of the young guys. I’m hoping Galvis is moved at the deadline and Bo Bichette (not that I have anything against Freddy, but I want to clear the way for Bo). And, of course, I’m curious if we can add any pitching prospects at the deadline.

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