GDT: Boston vs Toronto. Game 3.

[kgm1]

Sox catch it and the Jays don't

[gruber92]

Good Lord. Can this season just go away.

[comeon sense]

This defence....

is a joke,and the only reason why we aren,t in the WC race.

[burlingtonbandit]

Listen. I get it. Navarro was last as f*** on that play. But even had he been an athletic catcher with hustle, it almost certainly would have bounded off of him. Probably would have kicked off him sliding over and created even more trouble. It doesn't excuse the effort, but his lack of effort also doesn't excuse the WP.

 

People are angry with Navarro because he is a terrible catcher and the offence that he was signed for has not showed up. If he was putting up a 110wRC+ I think people would be more forgiving with Navarro's defence. But he has been pretty bad this season so he deserves a lot of criticism.

[comeon sense]

nice Pillar,way to defend!

[gruber92]

Listen. I get it. Navarro was last as f*** on that play. But even had he been an athletic catcher with hustle, it almost certainly would have bounded off of him. Probably would have kicked off him sliding over and created even more trouble. It doesn't excuse the effort, but his lack of effort also doesn't excuse the WP.

 

Lol.. "Probably would have kicked off him?" We'll never know because the fat pos wasn't physically able to apply basic catcher fundamentals. Last i've heard it was ok for pitchers to occasionally bounce a ball in the dirt.

[kgm1]

Listen. I get it. Navarro was lazy as f*** on that play. But even had he been an athletic catcher with hustle, it almost certainly would have bounded off of him. Probably would have kicked off him sliding over and created even more trouble. It doesn't excuse the effort, but his lack of effort also doesn't excuse the WP.

 

A good catcher keeps that in front of him and not only does the run not score but the runners don't advance. Navarro has been lazy like this his whole career. This isn't new, hell Tampa and LA will tell the same story. Yea he got in shape and did ok for the Cubs in a back up role last year but soon as he got the two year deal right back to out of shape and Lazy.

[gruber92]

Play Goins at 3rd and DH Lind for him, letting the pitcher hit. Best possible lineup.

 

s***, you're extra sharp tonight. BTW, it would be Kawasaki at third.

[Inklink]

Good job EE.

[leaffie]

Has anyone heard anything about Lawrie?

[Angrioter]

some runs here

[burlingtonbandit]

Anyone thinking he was going to provide much more offense than this was silly. And much of the "framing" issue is on the pitchers.

 

You can't seriously believe that about framing can you? Why was Kratz so much better then? Just by watching you can tell Navarro struggles with framing.

[MrMariusz]

EE is a hero.

[gruber92]

Watch Gibby pinch run EE.

 

"He was the tying run in scoring position"

[burlingtonbandit]

Has anyone heard anything about Lawrie?

 

Last I checked he was still tweeting about Wiz Khalifa

[kgm1]

OK Guys , lets get the Kid some runs to make up for the s***** defense. Stroman deserves better.

[MrMariusz]

Roflmao

[burlingtonbandit]

No. That's completely unrealistic. It was a sharp late break away. Superman wouldn't have gotten in front of it. The best outcome could have been trying to scoot over while also backhanding and getting a lucky bounce into the glove, or a good angles bounce off the body and close to the plate. But that's best possible. Realistic is it's still missed as he shifts over, or it kicks off the side of him and toward the dugout.

 

Umm it was a 2 seam fastball that broke in towards Navarro...

[MrMariusz]

Thats some vintage houston astros stuff out there

[closetjaysfan]

wow that was moving fast

[guylaroche5]

Has anyone heard anything about Lawrie?

 

last seen f***ing some bimbo while drinking red bull

[comeon sense]

TY for taking out Kelley.

[burlingtonbandit]

I'm not speaking about framing generally here. Just what I'm seeing with Navarro. I didn't see every pitch, but of the ones I saw that were cried about, there were two legitimate whines. And one was Stroman missing his spot, and the other was a fine reception, but the ump blew it.

 

There has been more than that. Also good framers are good because they can take a pitch that didn't hit their spot and still get the strike call, would you not agree?

[MrMariusz]

if they dont score here...

[comeon sense]

Has anyone heard anything about Lawrie?

http://www.rotoworld.com/teams/injuries/mlb/all/

Refreshing the page updates to most current info.

[guylaroche5]

I'm not speaking about framing generally here. Just what I'm seeing with Navarro. I didn't see every pitch, but of the ones I saw that were cried about, there were two legitimate whines. And one was Stroman missing his spot, and the other was a fine reception, but the ump blew it.

 

you can bring up anecdotal evidence in almost any game but the fact of the matter is navarro is a bottom 3 framer in the entire league

[comeon sense]

f*** you bosux!

[closetjaysfan]

Booooom!

[MrMariusz]

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TAZAWA MAGIC

[burlingtonbandit]

That HR just bought Valencia a week against RHP