Lawrie to DL - sorry if repost

[baconpancakes]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-set-to-place-lawrie-on-disabled-list/

 

didnt see it posted earlier.

 

Man, what a rough year for injuries, one step forward, 5 steps back, then stomped on.

[HERPDERP]

after the game, AA said he wouldn't be surprised if he would play tomorrow (Tuesday)

 

always lies

[Stangstag]

I think we can all agree that AA is a pathological liar.

[Deadpool]

LaRoche isn't on the 40 man, which means more of a headache if he's called up... Goins, Mario Gomez and Clint Robertson are the only infielders on the 40 man not currently on the 25 man (or the DL)

[baconpancakes]

I agree that you always hope for the best with an injury, but you probably shouldn't spout things until you know for sure. Geez, especially with how bad that looked when it happened. Your body just aint supposed to bend that way.

[Deadpool]

I think we can all agree that AA is a pathological liar.

 

a) he doesn't need to tell US anything, and by being completely honest about things like this he is possibly putting himself at a disadvantage (for example "Hello Rival GM, I don't really NEED your third baseman, but if you want to part with him I'll give you less than I would be forced to if I was in a particular bind...") it's possible he doesn't, in fact, know. He's not (to my knowledge) a doctor, so he's relying on his staff, and the word of the players.

 

Frankly, I could care less if "lies" to the fan base about the severity of injuries.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Well at least the lineup will be significantly better with DeRosa in it.

 

Defense will be hurt though.

 

It's a net loss. But whatever. Lawrie's stock is fading fast.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Franchise player

 

Can't hit

 

Can't contain temper tantrums

 

Zero ability to understand basic fundamental baseball strategy

 

Future is bright!

[Olerud363]

Franchise player

 

Can't hit

 

Can't contain temper tantrums

 

Zero ability to understand basic fundamental baseball strategy

 

Future is bright!

 

The biggest problem is that he plays out of control. I'm no superscout but in February I told my friends and my wife that Brett Lawrie was getting injured. What injury they asked?? I told them I didn't know for sure. But he'd crash into a fence. Or dive for a ball he shouldn't dive for (done). Or run into second out of control (done). Or crash into a camera bay again. Or get into a fight. Or break his knuckles in a temper tantrum. Or peeve the other team off and get hit by a pitch.

 

The kid is out of control. So is Reyes if you watch him. Both fast twitch guys but who seem awkward and not graceful.

 

This is why AA needs to go. All in with a left side of the infield that will be lucky to combine for 160 games??

 

Compare these guys to Cal Ripken, or Robinson Cano. Graceful smart athletes who you can pencil in for 160 games a year. I suspect we'll be putting Machado in that category in a few years.

[HERPDERP]

it's crazy how underrated Machado is. That guy is gonna be a superstar. And he has yet to play regularly at SS!

[Angrioter]

Franchise player

 

Can't hit

 

Can't contain temper tantrums

 

Zero ability to understand basic fundamental baseball strategy

 

Future is bright!

 

 

He need a wife ASAP, Mark DeRosa kind of wife.

[Deadpool]

He need a wife ASAP, Mark DeRosa kind of wife.

 

Hrmm... DeRosa and Lawrie WOULD make a cute couple.

[G-Snarls]

Hrmm... DeRosa and Lawrie WOULD make a cute couple.

 

I think he meant someone like Mark Derosa's wife

 

[o2cui2i]

you guys need to stop drinking so early in the day! leave that to the professionals like Buck and Tabby

[G-Snarls]

 

Huh?

[G-Snarls]

[G-Snarls]

[fatcowxlive]

 

Huh?

 

lol classic Tupac lyric from "Life Goes On".... Is he committing suicide? lol or does Lawrie think he's a G?

[Deadpool]

you guys need to stop drinking so early in the day! leave that to the professionals like Buck and Tabby

 

Professional drinking is about all I'm qualified for!

[Olerud363]

Part ( in that is important. I don't really care what Lawrie says or does, he hasn't hit all that much since 2011. He's not all that far from being a bust.

 

Incredibly sad considering 2011. Other than the fact that he got injured twice (once was in the last week so no one noticed) it was a great, great year in the minors and majors.

 

As a blue jays fan our dreams must not only be broken but they must be crushed. A player who looks great, can't just be good. Lawrie looked like he could hit .300, could hit for big time power, steal bases. He looked great. Not meeting expectations he would still be good. A .280 hitter with 20 homers.

 

But as a blue jay fan we should learn that everything good and hopeful will be crushed into nothing.

 

This is what Brett Lawrie is. A horrible hitter, a guy who can't keep his on base percentage over .300, 11 homer power, an out of control meat head with temper tanturms, a guy who can play 80 games, hit .240, maybe pop 7 homers and create distractions.

 

Brett Lawrie meet Travis Snider. A dissapointment beyond dissapointment.,

[Rajaifailedgrade1]

Everything that could have gone wrong this year has gone wrong...

 

However we have already reached rock bottom, so the only place to go from here is up.

[Deadpool]

SSS alert but:

 

 

Okay, I just can't get this embed code to work...

 

[G-Snarls]

In relation to Lawrie I suppose. LOL.

 

 

[G-Snarls]

SSS alert but:

 

 

Okay, I just can't get this embed code to work...

 

 

It worked

[Candy Maldonado]

SSS alert but:

 

 

Okay, I just can't get this embed code to work...

 

 

I'm pretty sure a couple of those were infield hits.

[Rajaifailedgrade1]

Baseball Central is right, our clubhouse has a pansy mentality..Aside from Melky as he is playing through pain.. It's pathetic.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Seriously Brett

 

"There's Heaven for a G"?

 

Franchise player quoting lyrics from a gang banger.

 

Great role model for the kids here folks.

 

What's next, an Eminem tattoo?

[eastcoastjaysfan]

What ever happened to being arrogant/conceited AFTER you achieved something?

 

Bautista's constant chirping is annoying but he's a proven star. He's earned the right to act like a jackass.

 

Lawrie can barely get the ball out of the infield.

 

Send him down and lets see how fun it is listening to Tupac on a bus ride from Buffalo to Syracuse.

[TheHurl]

Franchise player quoting lyrics from a gang banger.

 

Maybe it's time to stop considering him a franchise player. My issue with Lawrie prior to his call-up was that if his D wasn't good enough to stick at 3B, his bat wasn't good enough to play at a corner OF spot. That still holds very true, luckily the D is not just good enough to stick it's very good. People have to stop looking for him to have a David Wright bat. His bat is better than what it is performing but it's not an all-star bat and I don't believe it ever will be. Time to start viewing him as a defense first 3B (who happens to play hard and will get injured often), no matter how he is portrayed to us.

[Olerud363]

Maybe it's time to stop considering him a franchise player. My issue with Lawrie prior to his call-up was that if his D wasn't good enough to stick at 3B, his bat wasn't good enough to play at a corner OF spot. That still holds very true, luckily the D is not just good enough to stick it's very good. People have to stop looking for him to have a David Wright bat. His bat is better than what it is performing but it's not an all-star bat and I don't believe it ever will be. Time to start viewing him as a defense first 3B (who happens to play hard and will get injured often), no matter how he is portrayed to us.

 

Good point. I was being overly negative in my last post about Lawrie and didn't explain myself well.

 

As a hitter I suspect he's comparable to Kelly Gruber. If healthy I think he would put up some decent years, .275 guy, .330 on base, some power. Like Gruber he could pop 30 in a good year and contend for an MVP if given enough rbi opportunities.

 

But injuries not only mean missed time, but missed development time, and poorer performance when "healthy". So my fear for Lawrie is that he gets to where Gruber got to in 92, without ever having the good years Gruber did from 88 to 90.