GDT (1/3): Tampa Bay Rays @ Toronto Blue Jays - Smyly vs. Stroman - 7:07 PM ET

[Orgfiller]

Look at all of those borderline pitches being called balls, thanks Navarro.

[wardhenke1]

To be fair, this umpire has also given Stroman f*** all.

[burlingtonbandit]

Bautista to DH please...melky is a better defender

 

Ughh not hes not

[GD]

take away May and they are really bad.... they have lived on the long ball for years and they are last in HR this month.

 

they were amazing in May.... one of the worst in baseball in August.

 

But take away August and they're really good.

 

You can't just eliminate months cause it fits your argument.

[John_Havok]

Good post from a mod.......

 

The offense ranks 2nd in the MLB with a 107 wRC+

 

Yup. Problem is it's still very inconsistent. 9 runs one game, 1 run for the next two, then 7, then 1 or 2 again. Makes for a nice avg of runs per game but not consistent winning baseball.

[burlingtonbandit]

This defence is little league

[Trouba95]

Ofc.

Ugh...think I'm turning this off. Garbage defence.

[Orgfiller]

This defense is f***ing horrendous, this is why you shouldn't trust ERA.

[Candy Maldonado]

holy f***ing s*** this f***ing team

[kgm1]

How many more wins would martin have meant to this team this year.

 

Oh wow another unearned run.

[Trouba95]

Can we have Goins please...

[wardhenke1]

Holy s***, this is just brutal. This team needs to be blown the f*** up.

[Daniel Labude]

Stroman has pitched great tonight...should be 1-0 but the defense is soley responsible for the other runs...total s***

[burlingtonbandit]

How many more wins would martin have meant to this team this year.

 

Oh wow another unearned run.

 

Probably 4 or 5

[John_Havok]

Look at all of those borderline pitches being called balls, thanks Navarro.

 

Fangraphs did a nice article today. Take a look at the bottom of the list.

 

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/who-has-been-helped-and-hurt-the-most-by-the-art-of-pitch-framing-082214

[Orgfiller]

I have no reason to hate on Eddy because he contributes big time with the bat, but that's a play he should have made.

[Orgfiller]

Fangraphs did a nice article today. Take a look at the bottom of the list.

 

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/who-has-been-helped-and-hurt-the-most-by-the-art-of-pitch-framing-082214

 

Beautiful, not even surprised in the slightest.

[GD]

Ofc.

Ugh...think I'm turning this off. Garbage defence.

 

ok bye

[o2cui2i]

But take away August and they're really good.

 

You can't just eliminate months cause it fits your argument.

 

if you take away April, June, July and August they are amazing.... you cant ignore the fact that the numbers are base jumping since may.

 

http://image1.redbull.com/rbcom/010/2014-02-03/1331631564233_13/0010/1/1500/1000/13/base-jump-epic-spots.jpg

[kgm1]

What doesn't show in the stats is how many more pitches our starters throw because of our s***** defense and the worst framer in the league behind the dish. Go get Martin and let Navarro be Lind,s platoon partner

[burlingtonbandit]

I have no reason to hate on Eddy because he contributes big time with the bat, but that's a play he should have made.

 

Thats happened a lot this season. He just isn't good at scooping balls. Should be a DH.

[GD]

if you take away April, June, July and August they are amazing.... you cant ignore the fact that the numbers are base jumping since may.

 

If you take away April, May, June, July they're the worst in the league

 

You're arbitrarily selecting months to fit your argument

[John_Havok]

if you take away April, June, July and August they are amazing.... you cant ignore the fact that the numbers are base jumping since may.

 

http://image1.redbull.com/rbcom/010/2014-02-03/1331631564233_13/0010/1/1500/1000/13/base-jump-epic-spots.jpg

 

You're a mod dude. You should ease up a bit on the same kind of posts that result in getting banned.

[Orgfiller]

Thats happened a lot this season. He just isn't good at scooping balls. Should be a DH.

 

He simply is not a good fielder, Lindy at least doesn't botch as many routine plays.

[o2cui2i]

Yup. Problem is it's still very inconsistent. 9 runs one game, 1 run for the next two, then 7, then 1 or 2 again. Makes for a nice avg of runs per game but not consistent winning baseball.

 

since the HR have dried up they are having a lot less of the big games.

[burlingtonbandit]

I was thinking the Bisons have a better defence but now that I think about it they would probably be a pretty good defensive team if the roster was in the MLB.

Goins, Diaz, Pompey and Gose are all well above average defenders.

[Orgfiller]

lol, WAT

 

Spanky's the best.

[Orgfiller]

Jesus Christ, Kiermaier is a stud.

[Trouba95]

Yup...again no luck for us.

[Orgfiller]

Like, that's a ridiculous amount of ground he just covered.