GDT: Pirates at Jays (March 8)

[Jonzo]

Navarro derp

[jaysfan2014]

Ugh Navarro...

[Travis_Snider]

Navaro throws one into center.... come on man.

 

not even close

[skicross1]

Nevarro ...

[gruber92]

SB base and Navarro threw the ball and a few chocolate bars into CF.

[S33n]

Thank god we got Martin

[Travis_Snider]

awesome sanchez

[johnl]

whoever has navarro needs to put him on the waited ball program...and the atkins diet

[S33n]

nice outing by Sanchez, do you think we will see Tercet bumping his thread relentlessly after this one?

[gruber92]

Strike three call on a nice two seamer. Inning over, Sanchez goes three scoreless with only one BB and four K's. Nice outing.

[RIPEXPOS]

Just out of curiosity, how much better is Martin going to be than Cervelli this year?

[Cyris]

Sanchez was great today. Really making a case for the 5th starters spot.

[Dylan]

Turned on the game just in time to see Navarro throw the ball into the outfield. Good thing he doesn't think we need to upgrade catcher...

[gruber92]

Pompey out on a bunt attempt 1-3. Displaying some nice speed.

[johnl]

pompey needs to teach goins how to bunt

[jays4life19]

lol god i hate Buck

[intentional wok]

Pillar killed that. No luck.

[Travis_Snider]

Lol buck... High and deep to left field

[Candy Maldonado]

Pillar has been looking good.

[Governator]

Nice job by Sanchez.

 

And once again I hate Buck's damn calls off fly balls off the bat.

[S33n]

Pillar is looking good so far..

[gruber92]

Pillar hits one deep to left but off the end of the bat a bit. Fooled Buck of course. Nice AB though.

[Cyris]

Just out of curiosity, how much better is Martin going to be than Cervelli this year?

 

Well kind of hard for any of us to really say. Even if they were to be equal with the bat, Martin's D, game calling and pitch framing will be much better. Martin is a top 5 catcher in the game but much of that value is based on things that wont show up on a standard score sheet. Hopefully that is something the casual fans will understand and see why he got such a big contract.

[S33n]

Pillar has had very nice pitch selection so far, haven't seen any of that "flailing".

[Frank Menechino]

Just out of curiosity, how much better is Martin going to be than Cervelli this year?

 

Roughly 2.5 wins, without factoring in framing

[gruber92]

Izzy lazy fly out to CF. Inning over.

[RIPEXPOS]

Well kind of hard for any of us to really say. Even if they were to be equal with the bat, Martin's D, game calling and pitch framing will be much better. Martin is a top 5 catcher in the game but much of that value is based on things that wont show up on a standard score sheet. Hopefully that is something the casual fans will understand and see why he got such a big contract.

 

I'm basing this purely off hearsay over the years, but isn't Cervelli good in that regard as well?

[skicross1]

The two for one bean ball !

[Travis_Snider]

takes the ump out lol

[gruber92]

Redmond hits Cervelli and the ump. Nice.