The JPA is the best thread.

[dineke]

Haters gonna hate.

[dineke]

Ok I got overly excited, mods delete this thread please.

[The Cats Ass]

He only knows how to be clutch.

[willhs14]

LOL also the first reactionary thread

[Geerod]

Not to mention you spelt Escobar wrong.

[Geerod]

Oh the irony... it's spelled.

[theblujay]

Is it so bad to support our players?

[Renegade]

How is starting a garbage thread supporting a player? Do you change your facebook picture to support causes and charities too?

[theblujay]

How is starting a garbage thread supporting a player? Do you change your facebook picture to support causes and charities too?

 

What? I'm saying is it so unimaginable that someone could actually support JPA that any thread praising m must be deleted.

[JohnnyLonghorn]

Sub par defence, atrocious K/BB ratio, and subsequently poor OBP, but I'll be damned if he hasn't been our most clutch hitter with RISP BY FAR this year.

[KSaw]

Yep, he did what he can do-- smash mistake pitches. Happy he hit the homer but end of the day, he should have. It was a flat fastball down the middle from a tired closer who was over 30 pitches.

[dineke]

Sub par defence, atrocious K/BB ratio, and subsequently poor OBP, but I'll be damned if he hasn't been our most clutch hitter with RISP BY FAR this year.

 

I still think he's terrible, but tonight I love him.

[Renegade]

What? I'm saying is it so unimaginable that someone could actually support JPA that any thread praising m must be deleted.

 

Haha I'm all riled man sorry

[Arkadium]

Man I still don't like him, he costs us games.. but he does seem good in the clutch!

[Caper]

I almost wanted to start a thread.... and I am serious when I say this..... I almost thought Boni would have been better off breaking for home if strike 2 was called....and I'm still not sure if that would have been a bad decision.

[High88]

It's either feast or famine with JPA. Of course with the Blue Jays lack of committed ownership and willingness to improve their product, you can't expect anything more from the worst starting catcher in baseball. Enjoy it while it lasts.

 

1.7% BB

35.9% K

[Boxcar]

Haters gonna hate.

 

I hate you

[jays_fever]

I have it on good authority that RBI GUYZ win games, OBP doesnt.

[Camps]

His power is awesome, great mistake crusher, below average at everything else, but he hits enough home runs to have value. John Buck 2.0? 1.1?

[vdartanian]

Happy to see JP have a moment, but we all know it won't last, for every mistake he crushes, there are 8-9 balls he completely butchers behind the plate...and twice as many AB's where he looks completely terrible and gets himself out.

 

In his first couple years I used to get on JP because he was never aggressive enough at the plate...now it looks like he's one a 180 and is swinging at absolutely everything....good to know that if he does run into one, he has the power to leave the yard.

[GD]

He's going to hit 30 home runs this year, the casuals are gonna love him, we're gonna extent him 3/35, Brian McCann's gonna sign with the Yankees for a similar price, and I'm gonna jump off a cliff.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

JPA in terms of catchers:

 

HR 2nd

RBI 5th

wOBA 10th..

BB% Last

 

If this goon could just take a freaking walk every once in a while and block a few more balls he'd be a 4-5 WAR guy due to the crazy raw power. The eye at the plate is probably past the point of no return but FFS defense is something you can actually improve on. Pitch framing/how to properly receive a pitch seems like it'd be one of the more teachable skills in the game.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Like how the heck do you strike out 42 times and walk twice

 

You'd think that you'd get at least 5-6 ABs where the pitcher just cannot locate at all. It seems like an almost impossible task.

[Metallijay]

He needs to be more patient, and he is one of the worst defensive catchers in the league. Yes he can hit the HR, but he wont keep this pace, and defens eis more important for a catcher.

[o2cui2i]

Like how the heck do you strike out 42 times and walk twice

 

You'd think that you'd get at least 5-6 ABs where the pitcher just cannot locate at all. It seems like an almost impossible task.

 

I've counted 4 times where a ball 4 way off the plate was called a strike 3 for JPA. so he has had to deal with ump ******** too.

[CHRIS]

You'd think that you'd get at least 5-6 ABs where the pitcher just cannot locate at all. It seems like an almost impossible task.

 

He probably does get these ABs, but lets the pitcher off the hook. I recall one AB with ball four in the dirt and JPA went down and golfed it into CF as a lazy fly ball.

 

Somehow, somebody needs to convince JPA that taking a walk is OK.

[saskjaysfan]

JP is what he is - an all-or-nothing power hitter with a brutal contact rate and brutal defense. If he was our DH, he would actually be pretty valuable. If we could get a legit game-calling catcher with good contact rate and as our everyday catcher, I'd be thrilled. A Gregg Zaun-type catcher would be a major upgrade, as weird as that is.

[Dude]

It's either feast or famine with JPA. Of course with the Blue Jays lack of committed ownership and willingness to improve their product, you can't expect anything more from the worst starting catcher in baseball. Enjoy it while it lasts.

 

1.7% BB

35.9% K

 

First banning bwahahahah

[fatcowxlive]

lol I think JP will be catching everyone, but Dickey, for sure now

 

1st Blanco start w/o Dickey: Blanco 0/2, JP 1/2 HR

[wilko]

Arencibia's a feast or famine player. His 2/42 BB/K ratio shows.