Jax has been very good and improving as the season progresses, seeing that xwOBA trend down over the last 100 PAs tells me Jax is embracing his role as a relief pitcher and should be used in some higher leverage spots.
having Jax added to Duran and Smith to the closer/setup man leverage mix helps quite a bit.
additionally, between now and the trade deadline, they need to churn the Megill, Cotton, Cano et al. group of pitchers to see what you have in higher upside arms on the farm. Maybe Canterino, or Jordy Blaze or someone else, not sure, but those three aren’t moving the needle much. One of them should get swapped out for a swing man, and one for another short appearance reliever at least.
Im starting to think Duffey needs to go. We’re past the blip of “it’s a bad stretch but he can recover” phase. Instead of swapping two of Cano, Megill, Cotton, maybe only one and Duffey