GDT(3/4): Toronto Blue Jays @ Texas Rangers - Dickey vs. Lindblom - 4:05 PM ET

[fatcowxlive]

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HD Stream thanks to Charlie460!!!

 

Series so far:

June 13, 2013 (Game 1/4): Jays 3-1 Rangers

June 14, 2013 (Game 2/4): Jays 8-0 Rangers

 

Pitching Matchup:

 

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SP - R.A. Dickey (88.0 IP, 35 BB, 6.55 K/9, 3.58 BB/9, .250 BAA, .271 BABIP, 4.97 FIP) [R]

 

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SP - Josh Lindblom (10.2 IP, 3 BB, 8.44 K/9, 2.53 BB/9, .273 BAA, .333 BABIP, 3.25 FIP) [R]

 

Lineups:

 

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Jays Batting:

 

Actual Batting:

http://i.imgur.com/U5DbviW.png

 

Projections

http://i.imgur.com/nIfkUHd.png

 

Rangers Batting:

 

Actual Batting:

http://i.imgur.com/5E0lGWe.png

 

Projections

http://i.imgur.com/Y1L2CkQ.png

 

Notes:

 

Rangers::

• Err, Jeff Baker hasn't been in the lineup because of a blister on his hand..... caused by a high five! Can't grip the bat yet, and doesn't know when he can, but it should be a minor injury
  
• Texas is frustrated, having only 4 victories in 13 games this month and only hitting .216 as a team saw the Oakland Athletics starting to run with the lead in the West. They desperately need offensive help with Kinsler sidelined and the lack of a proper replacement for ex-Ranger Josh Hamilton.
  
• Josh Lindblom (filling in for DL'd Alexi Ogando) hasn't faced the Jays in previous years, and the only current Jays he has faced is Mark DeRosa, Melky Cabrera and Josh Thole. All of them have 2 PA against him each, and DeRosa has SSS success as he has gone 2-2 in those ABs.
  

 

Jays:

• Adam Lind's 2/4 night gave him his 11th multi-hit game in his past 17 games. In these 17 games he's hit a mean .436 with 7 two-baggers and 3 big flys
  
• The Jays are 4-1 this season against the Rangers this season (2-1 home, 2-0 away) and they need to keep it up. They are 6 games under .500, and with players such as Johnson, Morrow, Reyes coming back in the next few weeks, and Hutch, Drabek, Perez, Santos coming back after the All-Star Game, it's still possible to squeeze into the playoffs. The Jays need a big win streak, and they have 3 in a row so far coming into this game.
  

 

Standings:

 

http://i.imgur.com/J1lIY2x.png

http://i.imgur.com/WrKazn3.png

http://i.imgur.com/maSSvBN.png

 

Venue:

http://www.andrewclem.com/Baseball/Diag/ArlingtonStadium.gif

 

I hope you guys enjoy the game and the GDT! Please leave feedback and ideas/improvements for future GDTs!

Edited June 15, 2013 by fatcowxlive

[G-Snarls]

Good work as usual

 

To blue Jays!!!

[G-Snarls]

How are the Rangers 9 games over .500 with so many s*** starters in the rotation?!?!?!

[G-Snarls]

GDT suggestions:

 

Love the graphics. Keep all of them.

 

Reduce the batting stats. It's a bit much.

 

Show the other team's record and standings.

[guylaroche5]

How are the Rangers 9 games over .500 with so many s*** starters in the rotation?!?!?!

 

injuries have plagued them i'm pretty sure.

 

for the love of god dickey don't give up 9 runs to an offense that makes esmil rogers look like kershaw. when morrow comes back they should put dickey on the DL until he's 100%

 

wang/morrow/johnson/rogers/buehrle should be able to hold down the fort for 15 days

[fatcowxlive]

GDT suggestions:

 

Love the graphics. Keep all of them.

 

Reduce the batting stats. It's a bit much.

 

Show the other team's record and standings.

 

How about now? I took off the logos that I usually have and replaced them with standings for the opposing team and wild card!

[Wilnercibia]

Dickey better not suck balls again..

 

Our Ace needs to pitch like one

 

Win a series please

[kcjaysfan]

I like how Kawasaki has a 13.4% walk rate when he was only projected to be around 5.7%.

[GD]

I like how Kawasaki has a 13.4% walk rate when he was only projected to be around 5.7%.

 

I'm not gonna look up the stats or anything, but I assume it's because he takes so many pitches but his contact rates are higher and o-swing% lower than projected. Just an assumption.

[kcjaysfan]

I'm not gonna look up the stats or anything, but I assume it's because he takes so many pitches but his contact rates are higher and o-swing% lower than projected. Just an assumption.

 

I don't know if there are projections for swing and contact rates, but compared to last year, his O-swing went from 28.5% to 21.8%, and his Z-swing went from 63.8% to 59.4%, so he's certainly swinging at less. He's also seeing about 8% fewer pitches inside the zone. His O-contact went from 66.1% to 83.3%, and his Z-contact went from 90.2% to 95.7%. So not only is he swinging at less, and walking more, but he's making contact on more of the pitches he does swing at.

[GD]

I don't know if there are projections for swing and contact rates, but compared to last year, his O-swing went from 28.5% to 21.8%, and his Z-swing went from 63.8% to 59.4%, so he's certainly swinging at less. He's also seeing about 8% fewer pitches inside the zone. His O-contact went from 66.1% to 83.3%, and his Z-contact went from 90.2% to 95.7%. So not only is he swinging at less, and walking more, but he's making contact on more of the pitches he does swing at.

 

Those are some pretty insane differences, I wonder what happened.

[LittleWall]

"Vernon stole a bunch of money" - Jason Frasor. Loved that!

[kcjaysfan]

Those are some pretty insane differences, I wonder what happened.

 

I wonder if it's something as simple as consistent appearances. I did a quick check of his game logs and came up with some interesting numbers:

 

[table=width: 350, class: grid]

[tr]

[td][/td]

[td]2012[/td]

[td]2013[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]PA[/td]

[td]115[/td]

[td]164[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]Team Games[/td]

[td]157[/td]

[td]55[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]One day off[/td]

[td]8[/td]

[td]5[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]Two days off[/td]

[td]9[/td]

[td]0[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]Three or more days off[/td]

[td]12[/td]

[td]0[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]Played, but did not start game[/td]

[td]32[/td]

[td]7[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]Started, but did not finish game[/td]

[td]6[/td]

[td]9[/td]

[/tr]

[/table]

[dineke]

Adam Votto

[GD]

Please hold this lead R.A.

[Caper]

Man it sucks that I feel so little confidence in Dickey right now... Please prove me wrong Dickey.

[JFD]

come on dump that was a strike!

[Dude]

We have the best pitch framer in the majors wtf!!!

[JFD]

good start for Dickey

[Cello]

Lindblom

15 pitches, 13 strikes

 

Dickey

16 pitches, 11 strikes

[Dude]

This is Thole, not Ceeb.

 

Thanks, just got in. Missed the top of that inning.

[havok24]

Good start. Keep it going.

[Orgfiller]

How about now? I took off the logos that I usually have and replaced them with standings for the opposing team and wild card!

 

Hey bro, awesome GDT as per usual. Sorry to completely miss your post last night, was typing in a hurry, I'm hoping to post more but it's tough.

 

How's the knuckler looking guys? Good to see Lind staying hot!

[jaysfaithful8]

Ugh, the bottom 4 of our lineup.

[GD]

DickeyTheBest

[Orgfiller]

Wasn't Lindblom a reliever? Texas going with what they have I guess.

[jaysfaithful8]

Hey bro, awesome GDT as per usual. Sorry to completely miss your post last night, was typing in a hurry, I'm hoping to post more but it's tough.

 

How's the knuckler looking guys? Good to see Lind staying hot!

 

Knuckler looks good. Dickey prefers working in the heat and hopefully the climate in Texas helps him out. Plus the cold bats of the Rangers may also make him look a bit better. *knock on wood*

[Orgfiller]

Knuckler looks good. Dickey prefers working in the heat and hopefully the climate in Texas helps him out. Plus the cold bats of the Rangers may also make him look a bit better. *knock on wood*

 

Thanks bro. Dangerous to see Kinsler back in the lineup, so hopefully Dickey works the heat.

[jaysfaithful8]

Good run Bautista

[Dude]

How can you not love Mooni, that smile.