GDT(2/4): Kansas City Royals @ Toronto Blue Jays - Vargas vs. Happ - 7:07 PM ET

[fatcowxlive]

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Pitching Matchup:

 

http://i.imgur.com/xrHe0Ev.png

SP - JA Happ (29.2 IP, 17 BB, 8.19 K/9, 5.16 BB/9, .259 BAA, .298 BABIP, 5.14 FIP) [L]

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SP - Jason Vargas (71.0 IP, 18 BB, 6.59 K/9, 2.28 BB/9, .247 BAA, .298 BABIP, 4.62 FIP) [L]

http://i.imgur.com/Pa1cKgi.png

 

Lineups:

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Jays Batting:

 

Team Batting:

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Team Pitching:

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Royals Batting:

 

Team Batting:

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

 

Team Pitching:

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Notes:

 

MLB:

• No Important Notes Today.
  

 

Jays:

• Happ has won three straight starts with 2.50 ERA and is coming off his best performance of that stretch. He yielded four hits with seven strikeouts in seven scoreless innings of Sunday's 3-1 win over Oakland.
  
• Encarnacion's 16 homers ties him with Mickey Mantle for the all-time AL record in the month and is just one shy of Barry Bonds for the Major League Baseball record.
  
• The last time the Blue Jays were alone in first place in the AL East later than May 29 was in 2000, when they were 46-40 and had a half-game lead on July 6.
  

 

Royals:

• Vargas threw 6.1 innings of one-run ball and left with a two-run lead, but Kevin Herrera and Tim Collins proceeded to waste the effort by surrendering three runs.
  
• Kansas City halted a four-game slide with 14 hits Thursday after shuffling responsibilities amongst its coaches, making Dale Sveum the hitting coach and Mike Jirschele third-base coach. Pedro Grifol, who took over as hitting coach last season, was reassigned as a catching instructor.
  

 

Standings:

http://i.imgur.com/LWam534.png

 

Venue:

http://i.imgur.com/2B27Nyv.png

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

 

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

[Angrioter]

Thanks Jon

[awsomest]

was it just me or does it look like AA has lost some weight?

[TheHurl]

a nap Fatcow? You've been hanging out on twitter with Ang too much. Start acting like a South Asian, not a Mexican

[awsomest]

I thought he put on more weight...

 

welp im to drunk already

[GD]

The real slim shady has stood up

[closetjaysfan]

I wonder, how many bandwagoners did we lose last night?

[fatcowxlive]

The real slim shady has stood up

 

More like woke up lol

[Angrioter]

a nap Fatcow? You've been hanging out on twitter with Ang too much. Start acting like a South Asian, not a Mexican

 

racist

[awsomest]

I wonder, how many bandwagoners did we lose last night?

 

god I wish Toronto fans would learn baseball and not treat it like hockey, not that their very smart hockey fans either...

[closetjaysfan]

This is a pretty important game for Happ. If he pitches well and gets the broken-streak monkey off our backs he will improve his case as a starter. If he loses I predict to see threads with "fire happ" in the title popping up.

[fatcowxlive]

Where the f*** was that throw yesterday, Reyes??

[Angrioter]

lol Reyes

[Atothe]

First out to reyes good

[jaysfan2014]

So far so good for Happ.

[awsomest]

Where the f*** was that throw yesterday, Reyes??

 

so did reyes lose 1 War last night?

[Atothe]

Happ being studly once again

[lactosefree]

Good guy Happ

[awsomest]

hmmmmm should I drink the happ-aid...

 

 

also I was joking about the reyes war

[Chappy]

Nice inning by Happ.

[Solaxys]

Happ and Kratz = did what Dickey and Thole did not do last night. GO AFTER THE ROYALS.

Good job.

[TwistedLogic]

One guy gets a bat, the other gets his ass shown on TV. One of them got the s***** end of that deal.

[awsomest]

That guy just made a bitch infront of his girlfriend.

 

the other guy had the handle end of the bat he loses evreytime

[o2cui2i]

lets go blue jays!!!

[NorthOf49]

That guy went from primitive bat-wrestler to "hey I got a bat" happy guy so quick lol. That was almost as violent as the Rangers bat fight.

[Orgfiller]

At least the fan wasn't a total dick about it and accepted his defeat.

[NorthOf49]

Royals offense is dead last in baseball with a 4.5% HR/FB. That's less than a third of our rate. This is a fantastic matchup for Happ -- he can probably be expected to outperform his xFIP.

[Orgfiller]

That guy went from primitive bat-wrestler to "hey I got a bat" happy guy so quick lol. That was almost as violent as the Rangers bat fight.

 

It was violent but both guys were pretty cool about it, unlike the Rangers' bat fight.

[awsomest]

reyes goin fast

[fatcowxlive]

Triple!!!!!!!!

He better hit for the cycle today lol