GDT(3/3): Toronto Blue Jays @ Detroit Tigers - Happ vs. Verlander - 1:08 PM ET

[Cooler Heads Prevail]

How amazing would it be if Happ somehow gave us 160 innings of middle-rotation caliber performance this year??

 

I'm certainly not counting on it, but it actually seems like it might be plausible

 

Happ always was a decent 5th starter / long relief guy. His pattern was usually really good or really bad depending on the day. The biggest knock on him ( before he got beaned ) was he's basically just a 5 inning guy. After he got beaned, there was legit reasons to question if he still had it, but he's showing he deserved the try now. I think he was pitching well last year before that incident.

 

I just find people almost expect roster perfection on here; if you look at other teams, there are tons of holes and pitchers having bad seasons. That's baseball, the Jays success this season has included using many players with fair to poor contributions. The main issue with Happ is he's overpaid for what he is, but that's not his fault. At worst he's a decent depth guy if you ignore the salary.

[Bunchedundies]

Crap

 

Verlander is back to being Verlander? Or are we just helping him out?

 

Helping him a bit , combo of both I guess. Lots of bad swings on pitches they should not be swinging at early in the count.

[labadee]

f***

[Bunchedundies]

Just bad luck there. happ a good pitch.

[labadee]

a broken bat triple? are you serious

[Solaxys]

He did what Lind couldn't do :/

[L54]

Another good pitch by Happ. He's pitched well so far.

[Bunchedundies]

Gonna be tough today, that's ok 2 of 3 on the road in detroit is good.

[HERPDERP]

Gonna be tough today, that's ok 2 of 3 on the road in detroit is good.

f*** that, be greedy

[Atothe]

Gonna be tough today, that's ok 2 of 3 on the road in detroit is good.

 

relax its only the third inning, a 2-run lead is not safe with the bluejays

[Daniel Labude]

Gonna need 10 to win today

[labadee]

it ain't over! two runs against the jays is nothing. we can get it back if we stop gifting verlander outs

[Bunchedundies]

f*** that, be greedy

 

Of course, and it's far from over, but just saying we are not going to sweep everyone lol.

[bowld]

Yup. I was hoping we would go 3-3 vs Tigers and Cards so a 2-1 start isnt bad but its also early. Still time to go 3-0 in Detroit

[SpeedyGose]

Is it me or the Jays swinging at an inordinate amount of first pitch (or first two pitches)?

[Atothe]

No Edwin is a pretty big hit to the lineup though. And Verlander is dealing. It's okay! LET'S GO BLUE JAYS!

 

He's not dealing thats the thing

[labadee]

Is it me or the Jays swinging at an inordinate amount of first pitch (or first two pitches)?

yup they are

[43211234]

Happ has had better command than usual today. He's pitched better than the score would tell you.

[L54]

He's not dealing thats the thing

 

This. He looks very hittable.

[L54]

There's the break we needed!

[labadee]

Just what we need!

[Bunchedundies]

lol

[SpeedyGose]

LOL! Baseball gods on our side

[Atothe]

LOL at the tigers

[havok24]

lol

[kgm1]

god I love it when opponents make ugly errors. Please make them pay for it

[Candy Maldonado]

take advantage

[labadee]

first and third, nobody out. let's strike!

[Bunchedundies]

There we go, time to make them pay.

[L54]

Like someone said earlier.. Juan is going to have to have a good game if the Jays are going to win.