GDT(3/3): Texas Rangers @ Toronto Blue Jays - Johnson vs Grimm - 1:07 PM EST

[gruber92]

I had no idea that Edwin was blessed with Miggy's 80 grade hit tool.

 

I was referring to the approach. Jesus Christ

[sachmo55]

I had no idea that Edwin was blessed with Miggy's 80 grade hit tool.

 

Its like people dont understand how hard it is to square up at 94 MPH fastball

[Daniel Labude]

Bautista for Profar in the off season. Reyes to second,Profar at SS. Best middle infield around.

 

Get er done AA.

 

Why wait to do it in the offseason. This trade needs to happen tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Metallijay]

Its like people dont understand how hard it is to square up at 94 MPH fastball

 

he wasnt trying to just square it up he pulled off early and tried to crush hit, thus swung and miss. Research what plat approach means. Not one of them even attempted to go the other way just hero swing after hero swing.

[Laika]

Its like people dont understand how hard it is to square up at 94 MPH fastball

 

It's easy. You just completely change the approach you've been using successfully for the last year+, and inside out Joe Nathan to RF. It doesn't matter if you're only comfortable when pulling pitches with authority. Just copy Miguel Cabrera.

 

Baseball is easy!

[Laika]

Baseball is easy UGH!!!!!! I could've cashed in those runs!!! My team lost wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[sachmo55]

he wasnt trying to just square it up he pulled off early and tried to crush hit, thus swung and miss. Research what plat approach means. Not one of them even attempted to go the other way just hero swing after hero swing.

 

Edwin has a certain skill set and his swing and approach are built to maximize that skill set

 

He can't use a miggy approach because he doesnt have miggy skills.

[Metallijay]

Edwin has a certain skill set and his swing and approach are built to maximize that skill set

 

He can't use a miggy approach because he doesnt have miggy skills.

 

LMAO dumbest thing I ever heard, Players all over baseball who are not miggy use the same approach. You just start watching baseeball? Going with the pitch is hardly a new concept only for elite hitters.

[Wilnercibia]

Lol fighting for the Penant?? This team??

 

We are fighting to climb to back to 500!! Even that's proving to be a difficult task!!

 

Johnson sucks too, what a bust he is. Ace material eh...Send him packing to San Diego or San Fran

[gruber92]

Why wait to do it in the offseason. This trade needs to happen tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

1 Reyes

2 Profar

3 EE

4 Lind

5 Melky

6 Lawrie

7 Rasmus

8 JPA (Jimenez)

9 Gose

[GD]

Wait, are we all blaming EDWIN here instead of the fact that Bautista didn't put the ball in play before making a f***ing joke of himself?

[Daniel Labude]

1 Reyes

2 Profar

3 EE

4 Lind

5 Melky

6 Lawrie

7 Rasmus

8 JPA (Jimenez)

9 Gose

 

Much better lineup than we have now.

[sachmo55]

LMAO dumbest thing I ever heard, Players all over baseball who are not miggy use the same approach. You just start watching baseeball? Going with the pitch is hardly a new concept only for elite hitters.

 

An elite hitter will fail 65% of the time, EE failed, its not unexpected ... if hitter we so easily able to adjust their approaches in clutch situations you'd see a lot of guys with clutch numbers way better than their baseline numbers

[Metallijay]

Baseball is easy UGH!!!!!! I could've cashed in those runs!!! My team lost wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

who said it was easy? Please post a link. What we are saying is the hitters approach was bad, learn to comprehend english.

[Metallijay]

An elite hitter will fail 65% of the time, EE failed, its not unexpected ... if hitter we so easily able to adjust their approaches in clutch situations you'd see a lot of guys with clutch numbers way better than their baseline numbers

the jays are worst then most teams and their average with RISP is proof of that, maybe learn to comprehend english. no one said it was easy. most hitters in MLB change their approach, your saying EE and KB are incapable? Why aren't other hitters?

[gruber92]

Edwin has a certain skill set and his swing and approach are built to maximize that skill set

 

He can't use a miggy approach because he doesnt have miggy skills.

 

Ever here of a gap to gap approach? Are you saying EE and Bautista do not possess the skill set for this type of approach,especially with two strikes?

[Daniel Labude]

the jays are worst then most teams and their average with RISP is proof of that, maybe learn to comprehend english. no one said it was easy.

 

If only we still had Snider. He was always great at bringing in the runners, especially when there were less than 2 outs.

[gruber92]

Much better lineup than we have now.

 

If Gose can continue to improve on his OBP,what speed from 9-2 in the line up with meaty bats to follow. Sick.

 

Not to mention GG defense at SS(Profar) and CF(Gose). If Jimenez is the catcher,we'd arguably have the defense up the middle in all of baseball.

[Daniel Labude]

If Gose can continue to improve on his OBP,what speed from 9-2 in the line up with meaty bats to follow. Sick.

 

Not to mention GG defense at SS(Profar) and CF(Gose). If Jimenez is the catcher,we'd arguably have the defense up the middle in all of baseball.

 

Jimenez is still like 3 years away.

[sachmo55]

the jays are worst then most teams and their average with RISP is proof of that, maybe learn to comprehend english. no one said it was easy. most hitters in MLB change their approach, your saying EE and KB are incapable? Why aren't other hitters?

 

The jays are league average with RISP in terms of average and wOBA, do you bother looking this stuff up first?

[G-Snarls]

Bummed we lost this one

 

So many chances for another few runs and nothing

 

Grrr

[jays_fever]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/stats/byteam?cat=Situational&cut_type=39&conference=MLB&year=season_2013&sort=723

 

17th in Avergage with RISP and 11th in SLG, which would translate to an average or slightly above average OPS. Lets not pull fake stats out of our ass shall we

[jays_fever]

The jays are league average with RISP in terms of average and wOBA, do you bother looking this stuff up first?

 

lol no one does...its easier to predict that the Jays are always going to fail and be right once in a while.

 

The Yanks are 1 point higher than us and have a lower SLG but I bet posters would point them out as a team that has a CHAMPIONSHIP approach with RISP if i just didnt look it up

[gruber92]

Jimenez is still like 3 years away.

 

With AA in charge? Seriously though,a Jimenez sighting should come no later than September 2014.

[GD]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/stats/byteam?cat=Situational&cut_type=39&conference=MLB&year=season_2013&sort=723

 

17th in Avergage with RISP and 11th in SLG, which would translate to an average or slightly above average OPS. Lets not pull fake stats out of our ass shall we

 

Not that ANY of this means anything, but WPA and Li >>> SSS OPS.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=3&season=2013&month=0&season1=2013&ind=0&team=14,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

 

It's all just noise, though.

[JFD]

typical blue jays loss.. score some runs early and pack it in the rest of the way. f***ing bums

[JFD]

and Bautista crying like a little bitch

[kgm1]

thole did not have a good game . I was not impressed . Hopefully he learns and improves . Disappointing that JJ did not pitch well but I blame a lot of that on Thole , First inning seemed to me JJ was hitting the glove but it was a foot outside a lot of the time , seemed like he had really good stuff .

 

We need JJ to have 4 or 5 really solid starts so we can get full value from him in a trade . I personally think had he been pitching well right now There are teams like the cards and Reds who would pay dearly for him .

[jays_fever]

Not that ANY of this means anything, but WPA and Li >>> SSS OPS.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=3&season=2013&month=0&season1=2013&ind=0&team=14,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

 

It's all just noise, though.

 

He just had the nerve to throw out a random fake stat, so i spent the 10 seconds it took to type in "team stats mlb" in google and prove him wrong

[jays_fever]

Of course not, he's a retard. When a guy doesn't know the ruling of what a foul ball is, enough said.

 

lol was that him, the guy who claimed its where the ball goes over the base, even if its in the air