GDT(1/3): Toronto Blue Jays @ Minnesota Twins - Morrow vs. Hughes - 8:10 PM ET

[fatcowxlive]

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Pitching Matchup:

 

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

SP - Brandon Morrow (14.0 IP, 2 BB, 10.64 K/9, 1.64 BB/9, .273 BAA, .316 BABIP, 2.49 FIP) [R]

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

SP - Phil Hughes (10.0 IP, 8 BB, 9.00 K/9, 3.60 BB/9, .345 BAA, .310 BABIP, 5.23 FIP) [R]

http://i.imgur.com/2WbDVWu.png

 

Lineups:

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

Make your picks for the first homer contest hosted by Dylan! (Click the image below!)

http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t538/BlueJays20131/hr2_zps4bac6d4f.png

 

Jays Batting:

 

Team Batting:

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

 

Batting Projections (Streamer RoS):

http://i.imgur.com/O7EcvmC.png

 

Team Pitching:

http://i.imgur.com/lt0ok9X.png

 

Twins Batting:

 

Team Batting:

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

 

Batting Projections (Streamer RoS):

http://i.imgur.com/cHQHaN8.png

 

Team Pitching:

http://i.imgur.com/U3XfWaC.png

 

Notes:

 

MLB:

• No Important Notes Today.
  

 

Jays:

• The Blue Jays will send out Brandon Morrow, who gave up three runs over six innings and struck out nine in a 7-3 victory. Morrow is 2-0 with a 2.77 ERA in two starts against Minnesota, with the most recent Oct. 3, 2012.
  
• Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista homered in Sunday's 11-3 win against the Orioles, tying him with George Bell for the fourth-most home runs in the combined months of April and May in franchise history with 29. Bautista now has 109 home runs as a Blue Jay and needs six more to tie Bell for fourth on Toronto's all-time list.
  
• Blue Jays outfielder Melky Cabrera extended his hitting streak to 13 games by finishing 2-for-6 with two runs scored and two strikeouts on Sunday at Baltimore.
  

 

Twins:

• The Twinkies have lost 20 of 25 to Toronto and 17 of 21 home matchups since the beginning of the 2008 season. The Twins were swept in three games during the only visit from the Blue Jays last season Sept. 6-8 and dropped five of six overall meetings lololol
  
• Minnesota entered Sunday leading the Majors by drawing 53 walks in its first 11 games. The Twins built on that total in a 4-3 win against the Royals, earning six free passes in the victory.
  
• Jason Kubel's seven-game hitting streak came to an end on Sunday, when he finished 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout in Sunday's 4-3 win against the Royals.
  

 

Standings:

http://i.imgur.com/y2FjcB6.png

 

Venue:

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

 

Thank you King for the question and new idea to implement polls into GDTs!

 

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

[Dylan]

Missing this one too Final exam before the summer!

 

Jays better win this one

[eastcoastjaysfan]

All of this s*** is blocked at work. Who is in our starting lineup?

[o2cui2i]

hope Morrow has his A game for more than 3 innings.

 

Jays should kick the s*** out of Hughes.

[fatcowxlive]

The poll was King's idea, thanks for that! Expect daily polls, you guys can PM me ideas too if you want me to get more creative (there's only so many questions I can ask for 162 games)

[o2cui2i]

All of this s*** is blocked at work. Who is in our starting lineup?

 

Cabrera-LF

Kawasaki-2B

Bautista-CF

Lind-DH

Encarnacion-1B

Navarro-C

Sierra-RF

Lawrie-3B

Goins-SS

[ElNik2013]

Low scoring game tonight. Hopefully the OF defense doesn't cost them too much.

[fatcowxlive]

All of this s*** is blocked at work. Who is in our starting lineup?

 

LF Melky

2B Kawazaki

CF Bautista

DH Lind

1B EE

C Navarro

RF Sierra

3B Lawrie

SS Diaz

[Stangstag]

Low scoring game tonight. Hopefully the OF defense doesn't cost them too much.

 

Hopefully Bautista does't separate his shoulder trying to dive for a ball...

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Cabrera-LF

Kawasaki-2B

Bautista-CF

Lind-DH

Encarnacion-1B

Navarro-C

Sierra-RF

Lawrie-3B

Goins-SS

 

Baustista in CF. lol

[o2cui2i]

yeah, Jose is wearing his big boy pants today.

 

DAMN!! we need this one to go out way.

[jaysblue]

Hopefully Bautista does't separate his shoulder trying to dive for a ball...

 

They better tell him not to play like he's Grady Sizemore out there, crashing into walls and diving for balls and such. The Jays can't afford missing Bautista for any extended period of time.

[Stangstag]

Baustista in CF. lol

 

Its a good thing we've got Sierra on the roster!

[jaysblue]

Hopefully Bautista does't separate his shoulder trying to dive for a ball...

 

Also, if Bautista does get injured playing CF, I think AA should be to blame. Never went out there this offseason and tried to get a backup CF.

[fatcowxlive]

Also, if Bautista does get injured playing CF, I think AA should be to blame. Never went out there this offseason and tried to get a backup CF.

 

We do have Gose who can run, catch, throw lol.

[jays_fever]

My god, in what world is Bautista a CF. The GM of this team continues to surprise me how incompetent he is every week

[jaysblue]

We do have Gose who can run, catch, throw lol.

 

Though can't hit. I'm shocked he hasn't been called up for the time being. It's crazy that the Jays are playing Bautista in CF. They can't afford him getting hurt.

[AlexTrebek]

one look at that lineup gave me permanent erectile disfunction

[fatcowxlive]

Shame on the 9 people who voted that the Jays won't sweep thus far, especially to the 3 who said we only take one from the Twinkies.

[Terminator]

Woops I meant to vote 2.

[jerb]

 

 

 

Barry Davis

‏@SNBarryDavis

Yes, that is Melky Cabrera, walking around a chilly Target field shirtless. #bluejays pic.twitter.com/YPE014Limi

 

Barry Davis

‏@SNBarryDavis

Here's another pic of a shirt-less Melky, playing football. The temp right now in Minny, +4c. #bluejays pic.twitter.com/rMSlmVqji0

[Atothe]

 

 

 

Barry Davis

‏@SNBarryDavis

Yes, that is Melky Cabrera, walking around a chilly Target field shirtless. #bluejays pic.twitter.com/YPE014Limi

 

Barry Davis

‏@SNBarryDavis

Here's another pic of a shirt-less Melky, playing football. The temp right now in Minny, +4c. #bluejays pic.twitter.com/rMSlmVqji0

 

Well I guess I should change my home run pick to Melky lol

[Stangstag]

 

Cabrera is YOKED

[ElNik2013]

 

 

 

Barry Davis

‏@SNBarryDavis

Yes, that is Melky Cabrera, walking around a chilly Target field shirtless. #bluejays pic.twitter.com/YPE014Limi

 

Barry Davis

‏@SNBarryDavis

Here's another pic of a shirt-less Melky, playing football. The temp right now in Minny, +4c. #bluejays pic.twitter.com/rMSlmVqji0

 

 

 

 

Looks beeg and strooong!

[o2cui2i]

Melky must have lost one hell of a bet!!! lol

[Flamingweazel]

These are the types of series the Jays have to win, lets hope they don't play down to the competition.

[ElNik2013]

As far as the OF goes, I saw Alfonso Soriano botch 2 plays in RF the other day and we saw Schoop gift the Jays 2 runs on Friday. The Yankees have Dean Anna at SS with Jeter out, which is probably better for them defensively, but still, lots of teams have bad players on the bench.

 

Am I saying 3 or 4 wrongs make a right? No, but it is what it is, I'll watch the games and enjoy them without stressing myself out over things that even the great Red Sox go through.

[Flamingweazel]

Shame on the 9 people who voted that the Jays won't sweep thus far, especially to the 3 who said we only take one from the Twinkies.

 

The jays play down to the competition often, wouldn't surprise me if the Jays lay a few eggs in this series, plus our lineup looks pretty s*** tonight.

[Caper]

The guy in full blue camo is Tabby.

[GD]

+4 isn't that bad to be outside shirtless.

 

But then again I'm really not normal so.