GDT(1/3): Your Toronto Blue Jays @ Boston Red Sux - Sanchez vs. Kelly - 6:10 PM ET

[Spanky99]

I think Gibby admitting that Castro and Osuna don't need to be here. AA feeling the pressure

 

Just now?

[baloojayz]

Moves that need to be made ASAP:

-Reyes to DL or slotted to the 9th spot

-Castro either demoted to 7th inning role or demoted to AA

 

Sanchez to the BP would be all that's needed facilitated by a trade for SP. This NEEDS to happen now. We cannot honestly hope to roll with a rotation of

 

Stroman

Hutch

Sanchez

Norris

Dickey

 

Next yr

 

We need a proven starter in there. Let Hoffman develop.

[Atothe]

Just now?

 

Media scrum, following Davidi, MacArthur and Chisholm on twitter

[baloojayz]

I think Gibby admitting that Castro and Osuna don't need to be here. AA feeling the pressure

 

They both got the stuff to be here. Can't be surprised too much if Castro is struggling in his first yr as closer. Their development has been rushed as is, why put the guy in the highest leverage situation you possibly could???

 

Necessity is not a good enough answer.

[Atothe]

If AA is gonna keep both Osuna and Castro up, then pitch them less so they will be more sharp. Give them a couple of days off here and there. Castro should flip roles with Hendricks.

[Spanky99]

Media scrum, following Davidi, MacArthur and Chisholm on twitter

 

Interesting.

[intentional wok]

Gibby doesn't want too much of this s*** on his head when he has to interview for another gig.

[ElNik2013]

If AA is gonna keep both Osuna and Castro up, then pitch them less so they will be more sharp. Give them a couple of days off here and there. Castro should flip roles with Hendricks.

 

 

I've seen fewer and fewer 97MPH fastballs from Castro lately. Not that he was great before, but he's not used to being used this much.

 

 

I wonder if AA and Gibbons still think he's Betances 2.0.

[ElNik2013]

Gibby doesn't want too much of this s*** on his head when he has to interview for another gig.

 

 

 

There are quotes from Gibby as recently as following Saturday's game that prove that Gibbons thinks Castro is "damn good".

 

 

He also didn't need to bring Castro in tonight. He also shouldn't have asked Pillar and then Pompey to bunt tonight. He also should've pinch hit for Reyes with a man on 3rd and 1 out.

[baloojayz]

If AA is gonna keep both Osuna and Castro up, then pitch them less so they will be more sharp. Give them a couple of days off here and there. Castro should flip roles with Hendricks.

 

Hendricks for closer???

 

Pitching them less may help them. What WILL help them is keeping them out of high leverage situations. Just the other day Gibby pulled Osuna after he allowed a hit, threw in Cecil as a lefty specialist, and then rushed in Castro when that went to s***. Not only was it terrible that they rushed him in, using your BP guys for 1 or 2 outs greatly increases the leverage of the situation. Castro has to come in with guys on to get the biggest out of the game. Of course their confidence would be shot when things go wrong, they are young and are used to being starters, not relievers where one out was your only job and is so easy to blow. That 7-6 game we won against Baltimore, you saw how emotional Castro was after almost blowing the save. Those high tension moments add up.

[o2cui2i]

 

how the hell do I share a tweet. lol cant figure it out

 

[JohnnyLonghorn]

We miss you Casey Janssen! Would have definitely been worth 5 mil for one more season.

[BTS]

I've seen fewer and fewer 97MPH fastballs from Castro lately. Not that he was great before, but he's not used to being used this much.

 

 

I wonder if AA and Gibbons still think he's Betances 2.0.

 

I still can't believe this team's management made that comp. Comparing your 20-year old A-ball pitcher to a guy who just had one of the most dominant relief seasons ever. Would be like giving Rowdy Tellez the 1B job out of spring next year, hitting him cleanup, and publicly comparing him to a prime Prince Fielder.

[Brownie19]

Click on username...Viewer profile...ignore

 

amazing. thanks.

[MatBarnes]

They're all going to laugh at us!

 

[MatBarnes]

I've seen fewer and fewer 97MPH fastballs from Castro lately. Not that he was great before, but he's not used to being used this much.

 

 

I wonder if AA and Gibbons still think he's Betances 2.0.

 

If he's coming out of the pen he should be throwing 97-99... that's what we saw in ST.

[GD]

I still can't believe this team's management made that comp. Comparing your 20-year old A-ball pitcher to a guy who just had one of the most dominant relief seasons ever. Would be like giving Rowdy Tellez the 1B job out of spring next year, hitting him cleanup, and publicly comparing him to a prime Prince Fielder.

 

ok Mr. "I own him in DDL"

[BTS]

ok mr. "i own him in ddl"

 

*lod

[ElNik2013]

I still can't believe this team's management made that comp. Comparing your 20-year old A-ball pitcher to a guy who just had one of the most dominant relief seasons ever. Would be like giving Rowdy Tellez the 1B job out of spring next year, hitting him cleanup, and publicly comparing him to a prime Prince Fielder.

 

 

 

And Betances pitched at each minor league level. What's worse is the media eating it up like pablum or whatever that s*** is called.

[Spanky99]

They're all going to laugh at us!

 

 

O'DOYLE RULES!

 

cf

[o2cui2i]

They're all going to laugh at us!

 

 

not at us... with us.

[ElNik2013]

If he's coming out of the pen he should be throwing 97-99... that's what we saw in ST.

 

 

 

He was averaging 97.something, but I have seen a decrease in velo. In terms of whether he should or shouldn't be throwing that all the time, the point was that he's not used to throwing every other day as he's been a starter up to this year. He's also 20 and should be developing in Dunedin, building up his trade value so AA could trade him in a package for another Josh Donaldson type.

 

 

Plus, he grew up eating 1.5 meals a day in Mexico....Ang told me.

[GD]

*lod

 

Meant comparing Betances to Prime Fielder since you own Betances in DDL

[HERPDERP]

The only way to comfort myself is to say "at least we aren't the Nats"

[KingKat]

We miss you Casey Janssen! Would have definitely been worth 5 mil for one more season.

 

Janssen hasn't pitched yet this year and we don't know that he will be effective when he does. Jury's still very much out on him.

[BTS]

Meant comparing Betances to Prime Fielder since you own Betances in DDL

 

Touche.

 

You own him too right? Have you seen his last 5-6 appearances? He's dominating like only Chapman dominates right now.

[MatBarnes]

We suck! HA HA HA...... it's so funny but it's even more sad and depressing..... HA HA HA

[o2cui2i]

gibbons

 

Gibbons on Castro and Osuna: "I think they're both good enough, and that's big-league baseball. It's a tough racket down in the bullpen."

 

John Gibbons on Castro and Osuna: "I love both of them..but we're asking a lot out of them and I'm not sure how fair that is

 

John Gibbons, on his bullpen: "Ideally, we’ll get some defined roles, right now it’s really just kind of a crapshoot.

 

 

wow....

[BTS]

"Ideally, we’ll get some defined roles, right now it’s really just kind of a crapshoot."

 

Uh... you're the f***ing manager...

[o2cui2i]

"Ideally, we’ll get some defined roles, right now it’s really just kind of a crapshoot."

 

Uh... you're the f***ing manager...

 

I don't even... just befuddling that he's waiting for someone else to make the decisions?