HOME OPENER GDT: T-Bay Rays @ Your Toronto Blue Jays - Odorizzi v Dickey - 7:07 PM ET

[Daniel Labude]

Lol @ ppl blaming Dickey for last night for a quality start

 

We scored 1 run...that lost the game

[HERPDERP]

Gotta give credit when it's due. Odorizzi was good. He kept hitting the outside corner. You could make the argument that the players should have went the other way like Pillar/Travis did, but I guess the sluggers really wanted to put on a show and launch some homers. Hopefully with less people tonight (I'm expecting 20k ish), they will relax and do what they did in Baltimore.

[Stangstag]

Lol @ ppl blaming Dickey for last night for a quality start

 

He was alright, but 5 walks is unacceptable. Rays could have easily scored 5 or more runs.

 

But yes, we can't expect to win with 1 run. Jays had several opportunities to score and came up flat.

[Brownie19]

I don't think anyone is blaming Dickey obviously. No one hit last night. The meat of the lineup isn't hitting yet, and Martin is off to a really really slow start.

 

I think we should get used to Martin not hitting. New league, new team and a track record that suggests he's more of a .230/.320/.400 hitter. I fully expect him to be borderline awful at the plate this year and think we'll see improvements next year... Thank god Gibby pulled the plug on him hitting 2nd quickly....I never understood how they thought that was a good fit. Now if only Gibby was smart enough to get Pompey out of the 2 hole.

Edited April 14, 2015 by Brownie19

[HERPDERP]

I fully expect we should get used to Martin not hitting. New league, new team and a track record that suggests he's more of a .230/.320/.400 hitter. I fully expect him to be borderline awful at the plate. Thank god Gibby pulled the plug on him hitting 2nd quickly....I never understood how they thought that was a good fit. Now if only Gibby was smart enough to get Pompey out of the 2 hole.

 

Yeah I'm preparing myself for another .200 year for Martin. He has not looked good at all in the plate

[5minutesforframing]

Flames have like 6 top 100 players. Gaudreau, Monahan, Hudler, Giordano, Brodie, Backlund. And then a bunch of s***** guys + Sam Bennett.

 

Hudler, Brodie, and Backlund are not top 100 players.

[5minutesforframing]

Advanced metrics suggest they are.

 

They possibly were this season, one season does not make a player a top 100 player in the game. Also, Backlund had like 30 points maximum. You're claiming these guys would rank essentially in the top 3 players on any team in the league. It's a stretch brother. Anyways I'll keep the hockey talk for a different board, go Jays!

[Governator]

Lol @ ppl blaming Dickey for last night for a quality start

 

The Jays were the only team that drove in a run last night and quality starts should be a given when facing the Rays.

 

Dickey was out pitched and loss the game.

[polar bear]

Yeah I'm preparing myself for another .200 year for Martin. He has not looked good at all in the plate

 

His catching looks kind of sub par so far also.

[Spanky99]

f*** hockey

 

In this case, yes, there's an NHL thread in the OT Forum.

[Spanky99]

Starting Bautista caused Edwin to swing at ball 4

 

Zee/Dogg logic. *sighs*

[TwistedLogic]

If this is accurate at all, Martin has actually been poor with the framing so far, which is surprising because he looked excellent yesterday. Maybe yesterday's numbers haven't been counted yet.

 

http://www.statcorner.com/CatcherReport.php

[Spanky99]

The Jays were the only team that drove in a run last night and quality starts should be a given when facing the Rays.

 

Dickey was out pitched and loss the game.

 

Too many free passes in that one inning, but he still pitched well enough for the Jays to win, Odirizzi and are bats resulted in that loss. Fingers can be pointed at many different things that occured last night. s*** happens, we'll take this series...

[KingKat]

Is that the KingKat himself??

 

KingKat died on Valentine's Day last year. That's a new cat.

[Spanky99]

KingKat died on Valentine's Day last year. That's a new cat.

 

KK Jr.

[G-Snarls]

KingKat died on Valentine's Day last year. That's a new cat.

 

s***, sorry. Nice new cat tho.

 

Yes KK Jr. LOL

[HERPDERP]

that's a fine kitty right there

[KingKat]

s***, sorry. Nice new cat tho.

 

Yes KK Jr. LOL

 

She's cute. My current avatar is her face superimposed on Matt West's old photo with a Jays logo replacing the Rangers' T. You can see some of West's golden locks flowing around her.

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

Wait we are talking Kat's now! FML . Lol

[Spanky99]

*Odorizzi* Godammit!

[Brownie19]

She's cute. My current avatar is her face superimposed on Matt West's old photo with a Jays logo replacing the Rangers' T. You can see some of West's golden locks flowing around her.

 

Well, I don't... That's really messed up. Super gay.

[Mikeleelop]

was it just me or did Odirozzi pitch like greg maddux. rarely threw an actual strike and always stayed on the edges (ump gave him quite a few)

[HERPDERP]

was it just me or did Odirozzi pitch like greg maddux. rarely threw an actual strike and always stayed on the edges (ump gave him quite a few)

 

Yes he settled down after the first inning. He was up in the 1st inning but the rest of the way he was painting the outside corner. Only Kevin Pillar and Travis successfully went the other way. Everyone else just hit weak pop ups because they're trying to do too much.

[Spanky99]

I agree. If the Jays scored 5 runs and won 5-2 we would be lauding Dickey for another quality start.

 

No doubt, mate. People still pull their hair out when he pitches, talking about command, this has been going on for 3 years, it's a freaking knuckleball, no one knows where it's going including R.A....

 

I for one love the innings and results, at his price, lots of value.

[RealAccountant]

Too many free passes in that one inning, but he still pitched well enough for the Jays to win, Odirizzi and are bats resulted in that loss. Fingers can be pointed at many different things that occured last night. s*** happens, we'll take this series...

 

Would have to win 3 straight so let's take it one game at a time

[Spanky99]

Would have to win 3 straight so let's take it one game at a time

 

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

[Brownie19]

was it just me or did Odirozzi pitch like greg maddux. rarely threw an actual strike and always stayed on the edges (ump gave him quite a few)

 

I'm not sure I'd compare him to one of the best 3 pitchers of all time - but that's just me.

[Sammy225]

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

 

No need to thank me as i did nothing to help you..... Haha

[Spanky99]

No need to thank me as i did nothing to help you..... Haha

 

LOL...love them commercials.

[Spanky99]

SS*Jose Reyes*(S)

CF*Dalton Pompey*(S)

RF*Jose Bautista*®

1B*E. Encarnacion*®

3B*Josh Donaldson*®

DH*Dioner Navarro*(S)

C*Russell Martin*®

LF*Kevin Pillar*®

2B*Devon Travis*®

 

Same lineup today.