Enough of black hole Blanco

[fireballW]

Thole caught Dickey during a year where Dickey won the Cy Young, so how is he not qualified to catch him this year? I'm happy we have Dickey, but he is pitching like shiat. Blanco is an offensive black hole, whilst Thole is really not. The guy can at least walk and slap the ball around for a decent average. Especially once our players get back (Reyes, lawrie - if they ever get back) I want to Thole catching. The lineup below is still a super good lineup, even if we never have our pitchers healthy enough to make us any good.

 

Reyes

Melky

Bautista

Edwin

Lind *

Lawrie

Rasmus

Bonifacio

Thole

[Rajaifailedgrade1]

Don't you know?

 

RA Dickey and his 5 ERA needs his personal Catcher

 

f*** Dickey and Blanco, ship em out package deal.

[admin]

But Dickey would complain if he didn't have Blanco! The Jays never want to upset any of their players. And AA made a promise to Blanco that can never be broken!

 

My only assumption would be that Dickey is demanding Blanco be his catcher.

Why though? I don't know. He had his best year last year.

Thole is hitting .326/.397/.512 in AAA.

Might as well try it out, can't be any worse.

[Arkadium]

In 2011 Blanco slugged .540... more than 100 pts higher than any other point in his 15 yr career... that's the type of gamble our GM likes to take.

[JaysFan4Ever]

As much as I want to say the Blanco experiment is a failure, I don't think Thole will be up anytime at all. He's having a pretty good year thus far as a starter. I'd like to see him up because of the chemistry he and RA have. I might be giving AA more credit here than he might deserve, but maybe having him as a starter might make him more value in the event the Jays are looking to make a move as the deadline approaches. Someone might be willing to give Thole a starting gig or someone might get hurt and he'll be available to bring something in, especially to a contending team that might get desperate. Maybe he'll really shock everyone and deal JPA for a starter than promote Thole. I'd love to give Thole a chance but having him as RA's personal catcher and not more might only bring us back to where we are now, maybe a little more production. Then again anything more than what Blanco is doing now would help especially when the "Ace" is giving up so many runs this year.

[Angrioter]

Thole caught Dickey during a year where Dickey won the Cy Young, so how is he not qualified to catch him this year? I'm happy we have Dickey, but he is pitching like shiat. Blanco is an offensive black hole, whilst Thole is really not. The guy can at least walk and slap the ball around for a decent average. Especially once our players get back (Reyes, lawrie - if they ever get back) I want to Thole catching. The lineup below is still a super good lineup, even if we never have our pitchers healthy enough to make us any good.

 

Reyes

Melky

Bautista

Edwin

Lind *

Lawrie

Rasmus

Bonifacio

Thole

 

 

Thole is garbage (.234/.294/.290) Wouldn't be a upgrade.

[IronLadle]

Thole caught Dickey during a year where Dickey won the Cy Young, so how is he not qualified to catch him this year? I'm happy we have Dickey, but he is pitching like shiat. Blanco is an offensive black hole, whilst Thole is really not. The guy can at least walk and slap the ball around for a decent average. Especially once our players get back (Reyes, lawrie - if they ever get back) I want to Thole catching. The lineup below is still a super good lineup, even if we never have our pitchers healthy enough to make us any good.

 

Reyes

Melky

Bautista

Edwin

Lind *

Lawrie

Rasmus

Bonifacio

Thole

AA cares to much about the Bisons.

 

Someone might be willing to give Thole a starting gig or someone might get hurt and he'll be available to bring something in, especially to a contending team that might get desperate. Maybe he'll really shock everyone and deal JPA for a starter than promote Thole.

 

Letting J.P hit 30 dingers and trading him for something good is my hope, can't see Thole being very valuable after his last couple seasons.

[connorp]

If Thole was everyday C, people would tire on his .066 ISO bat in a short period of time. Grass is just always greener on the other side. But back to the OP, Thole > Blanco so I dont understand that part.

[Respectimo]

What is wrong with people. A backup catcher, catching once every 5 days is certainly not the problem with the Blue Jays.

 

Dickey pitching like crap. Other starters forgetting how to pitch and injuries are the real problem here.

 

Blanco is last on the list of problems.

[Angrioter]

What is wrong with people. A backup catcher, catching once every 5 days is certainly not the problem with the Blue Jays.

 

Dickey pitching like crap. Other starters forgetting how to pitch and injuries are the real problem here.

 

Blanco is last on the list of problems.

 

 

Blame the latin catcher

[bzapple]

You know, normally when a guy has a .214 wOBA I would automatically assume it's just a SSS fluke and there's regression coming...but I think Blanco could actually keep this pace all season.

[GD]

You know, normally when a guy has a .214 wOBA I would automatically assume it's just a SSS fluke and there's regression coming...but I think Blanco could actually keep this pace all season.

 

A .240 BABIP seems a bit high for someone who runs at the speed of a dying walrus, so it's possible he may get even worse.

[GD]

You need to delete some of your Pm's as I can't PM you back cause you're full.

 

Sorry about that, cleared my inbox.

[IBTrini]

But Dickey would complain if he didn't have Blanco! The Jays never want to upset any of their players. And AA made a promise to Blanco that can never be broken!

Link please cuz I would be interested in reading that article.

[dineke]

The black hole is awesome. Much tighter.