GDT(1/4): Toronto Blue Jays @ Tampa Bay Rays - Dickey vs. Price - 4:10 PM ET

[Angrioter]

Jose Fernandez 3 scoreless 6 K's

 

The young talent is the future (Dickey trade)

[jaysfan2014]

Jose Fernandez was a Marlins product. And we'll be able to trade for him within 2 years, when the Marlins are forced to trade him because of Jeffrey Loria being a cheapskate.

[G-Snarls]

Lol

 

Got anything smarter to say than that???

[GD]

Got anything smarter to say than that???

 

Rhetorical, right? lol

[jaysfan2014]

BTW, here's an interesting factoid about Price:

 

With Jose Molina: 2.67 ERA

Lobaton(now in Washington): 3.86 ERA

Hanigan: TBD..

 

Price sure does well when Molina catches him..

[G-Snarls]

Rasmus and Lawrie make a case for cautious optimism. Neither had a hit and they combined for 3 Ks but I was impressed by their approach.

 

Lawrie especially

 

Despite the results the process looked good

[gruber92]

See? That's almost sigworthy ... though nothing compares to gruber92 wondering aloud if 0.7 WAR is replacement level.

 

Lick it.

[jaysfan2014]

Lind will be back in the lineup tomorrow, with a righty on the mound. I wonder if Thole will even still be around tomorrow after this game..

[jaysfan2014]

Have you seen his strikes/balls ratio so far?

 

49 strikes, 8 balls. That's insane!

[LunchBox]

Lawrie especially

 

Despite the results the process looked good

 

I was more impressed by Rasmus, Price is nasty L vs L. During his AB in the 9th, Lawrie still looked susceptible to the slider low and away vs RHP.

[G-Snarls]

Lind will be back in the lineup tomorrow, with a righty on the mound. I wonder if Thole will even still be around tomorrow after this game..

 

But the problem is you gave him the job, after 1-2 games you change your mind? What does that say? It says you had no clue way you were doing in the first place

 

Rightly or wrongly, Thole may get another few weeks to redeem himself

 

But he shouldn't have been here in the first place

[gruber92]

We weren't expecting to win the opening game anyway guys. Hutch will give a solid start tomorrow and we'll win 4-2. The Rays offense is nothing special,just don't walk anybody. They scored all their runs on Dickey and Jeffress ,big deal. Lets see what they can do against Hutch and the rest of the pen. I still say we split the series.

[G-Snarls]

We weren't expecting to win the opening game anyway guys. Hutch will give a solid start tomorrow and we'll win 4-2. The Rays offense is nothing special,just don't walk anybody. They scored all their runs on Dickey and Jeffress ,big deal. Lets see what they can do against Hutch and the rest of the pen. I still say we split the series.

 

It's not the 0-1 record that upsets me

 

It's the laundry list of problems I saw unfold during the game that suggests the team does, in fact, have MAJOR flaws

[admin]

A lineup that includes Goins, Navarro, Thole, Izturis. lol

Nice job building a contender AA.

[G-Snarls]

A lineup that includes Goins, Navarro, Thole, Izturis. lol

Nice job building a contender AA.

 

You're alive!

[G-Snarls]

A lineup that includes Goins, Navarro, Thole, Izturis. lol

 

And yeah, we got all of that ON THE FIRST DAY

 

Awesome

[BlueJaysGirl]

#lovethisteam

[jaysfan2014]

I agree. Especially when Moore pitches later this week.. his peripherals(mostly the BBs) worry me. And Buehrle doesn't walk anyone, so we'll have a shot on Wednesday.

 

Remember, this Rays team was #1 in walks last year. To beat the Rays, DON'T WALK THEM! Also, Price dominates the AL East, especially us (14-2), Baltimore (7-2), Boston (10-6), and the Yankees (9-4). Just don't have him pitch in Texas(2-4).

[gruber92]

It's not the 0-1 record that upsets me

 

It's the laundry list of problems I saw unfold during the game that suggests the team does, in fact, have MAJOR flaws

 

The Reyes injury will resonate louder than anything else. I think we were all shocked that Reyes played in Montreal, dumb decision from management. Good starts from the rest of the staff will get the team playing scrappier. Tampa was never a favorite place to play, as everything seems to always go wrong there.

 

I'm interested in seeing what April will bring.

[bronson44]

But the problem is you gave him the job, after 1-2 games you change your mind? What does that say? It says you had no clue way you were doing in the first place

 

Rightly or wrongly, Thole may get another few weeks to redeem himself

 

But he shouldn't have been here in the first place

 

Well the explanation AA gave is they liked Kratz but with Dickeys first 2 games in a dome, where the ball moves "a lot more" , they were scared to death of a repeat of last years JPA opening day passed ball jamboree. Good start and all that. Assuming the plan was to bring Kratz up shortly after that. Makes some kind of sense I guess.

[gruber92]

Settle down......I know you're winning, but stop getting ridiculous........Seriously?

 

I wasn't even thinking about the bet, seriously.

[G-Snarls]

Well the explanation AA gave is they liked Kratz but with Dickeys first 2 games in a dome, where the ball moves "a lot more" , they were scared to death of a repeat of last years JPA opening day passed ball jamboree. Good start and all that. Assuming the plan was to bring Kratz up shortly after that. Makes some kind of sense I guess.

 

Half of those knuckeballs in the first 3-4 innings didn't move AT ALL

 

JP coulda caught those! (well, the ones that weren't being hit off the outfield wall anyway)

[gruber92]

Settle down......I know you're winning, but stop getting ridiculous........Seriously?

 

It's a LONG season bro. I'm not that retarded.

[havok24]

Stop it retard, she doesn't like you, especially when you live in a crack infested city.

 

You tell em Spank!

[guylaroche5]

my god if only there was a free agent shortstop available that could also play 2B

[NorthOf49]

Well I just watched 80% of this game, what a train wreck lol. Switched over to Marlins - Rockies.

[admin]

You suck, where have you been?

 

Just crazy busy last few months. Another kid on the way very soon and starting a new business. Just swamped almost every hour of the day.

[GD]

Just crazy busy last few months. Another kid on the way very soon and starting a new business. Just swamped almost every hour of the day.

 

Congrats!

[fatcowxlive]

Just crazy busy last few months. Another kid on the way very soon and starting a new business. Just swamped almost every hour of the day.

 

Wow congrats on everything!! I hope all goes well for you and your family!!

[fatcowxlive]

Hutch came up to sign some autographs and he said "I gotta sign quick, I don't have long"

 

and I was like "Hey Drew, could you sign my ball"

 

And he took my ball and I was like "Thanks man"

 

and Drew was like "Yeah no problem man"

 

You live in Florida??