General Jays Discussion 2015

[TwistedLogic]

LaTroy Hawkins has his own blog, and he wrote about the trade to the Jays.

 

http://latroyhawkins.sportsblog.com/posts/2932467/shocked--but-up-for-the-challenge.html

[DuckDuckGose]

Nope, he just had to be put on waivers to be sent down if he has no options.

 

He needs to be DFA'd to be put on waivers. Anyways, this is getting pedantic. They needed a 25-man roster spot for Tulo so Doubront got DFA'ed.

[Orgfiller]

LaTroy Hawkins has his own blog, and he wrote about the trade to the Jays.

 

http://latroyhawkins.sportsblog.com/posts/2932467/shocked--but-up-for-the-challenge.html

I was so confused by this sentence because I thought that he was talking about himself in the third person:

Toronto is getting an unbelievable player in Troy[/Quote]

Then I remembered that 1) his name is LaTroy and 2) holy s*** we have Tulo!

[fireballW]

Just a bit of a rant. Some of the players on the bench i.e., Edwin don't seem too enthused tonight during this great game. These guys better not be sulking just because their friend got traded. Bautista has made borderline comments in the past about management needing to go for it, now they get rid of a player who has cost the Jays games this year and replaced him with a star and they seem to be pouting a bit.

 

Bautista gets on my nerves sometimes for being a whiner, although he has really improved with arguing balls and strikes. It would be nice though still if the crowd gives him some good cheers and makes him feel appreciated. Maybe seeing the fans are happy to see Reyes go led to his "if anyone cares" comment, but fans never really took to Reyes. A lot were more excited for Johnson than Reyes then Reyes got hurt immediately. Bautista should be celebrated here though he gave us many good years, he might be missing the love with Donaldson and Tulo getting so much attention. I dunno what I'm saying. I really like seeing when the fans treat the players well though. Toronto needs things to help with the rep to keep guys hers.

[ElNik2013]

Basically, Jays can now afford the PR and performance hit of trading Bautista. I'm not saying they're trying to trade him, just they've acquired a new core for the next 3-5 years.

[jaysfan2014]

Just a bit of a rant. Some of the players on the bench i.e., Edwin don't seem too enthused tonight during this great game. These guys better not be sulking just because their friend got traded. Bautista has made borderline comments in the past about management needing to go for it, now they get rid of a player who has cost the Jays games this year and replaced him with a star and they seem to be pouting a bit.

 

Bautista gets on my nerves sometimes for being a whiner, although he has really improved with arguing balls and strikes. It would be nice though still if the crowd gives him some good cheers and makes him feel appreciated. Maybe seeing the fans are happy to see Reyes go led to his "if anyone cares" comment, but fans never really took to Reyes. A lot were more excited for Johnson than Reyes then Reyes got hurt immediately. Bautista should be celebrated here though he gave us many good years, he might be missing the love with Donaldson and Tulo getting so much attention. I dunno what I'm saying. I really like seeing when the fans treat the players well though. Toronto needs things to help with the rep to keep guys hers.

 

Give them time.. when Tulo is helping the Jays win games, they won't be complaining as much.

[RIPEXPOS]

Just a bit of a rant. Some of the players on the bench i.e., Edwin don't seem too enthused tonight during this great game. These guys better not be sulking just because their friend got traded. Bautista has made borderline comments in the past about management needing to go for it, now they get rid of a player who has cost the Jays games this year and replaced him with a star and they seem to be pouting a bit.

 

Bautista gets on my nerves sometimes for being a whiner, although he has really improved with arguing balls and strikes. It would be nice though still if the crowd gives him some good cheers and makes him feel appreciated. Maybe seeing the fans are happy to see Reyes go led to his "if anyone cares" comment, but fans never really took to Reyes. A lot were more excited for Johnson than Reyes then Reyes got hurt immediately. Bautista should be celebrated here though he gave us many good years, he might be missing the love with Donaldson and Tulo getting so much attention. I dunno what I'm saying. I really like seeing when the fans treat the players well though. Toronto needs things to help with the rep to keep guys hers.

 

I think Edwin was just pouting because he was missing the action.

[o2cui2i]

Basically, Jays can now afford the PR and performance hit of trading Bautista. I'm not saying they're trying to trade him, just they've acquired a new core for the next 3-5 years.

 

It could be a good time to move him. They have more than enough offense to do it.

[canadiansportsjunkie]

I'd move Edwin way before Joey Bats

[Stangstag]

I'd move Edwin way before Joey Bats

 

Yup. We have to hope Eddy has a hot 2nd half. Then we pick up his option and possibly trade him in the offseason for pitching.

[baloojayz]

It could be a good time to move him. They have more than enough offense to do it.

 

That's what Oakland thought too when they traded Cespedes.

[Maahfaace]

Just a bit of a rant. Some of the players on the bench i.e., Edwin don't seem too enthused tonight during this great game. These guys better not be sulking just because their friend got traded. Bautista has made borderline comments in the past about management needing to go for it, now they get rid of a player who has cost the Jays games this year and replaced him with a star and they seem to be pouting a bit.

 

Bautista gets on my nerves sometimes for being a whiner, although he has really improved with arguing balls and strikes. It would be nice though still if the crowd gives him some good cheers and makes him feel appreciated. Maybe seeing the fans are happy to see Reyes go led to his "if anyone cares" comment, but fans never really took to Reyes. A lot were more excited for Johnson than Reyes then Reyes got hurt immediately. Bautista should be celebrated here though he gave us many good years, he might be missing the love with Donaldson and Tulo getting so much attention. I dunno what I'm saying. I really like seeing when the fans treat the players well though. Toronto needs things to help with the rep to keep guys hers.

 

Time to change your name to Reyesdahighaltitude

[RIPEXPOS]

Whats the latest on Devon Travis? Is he going to miss significant time?

[baubau]

Whats the latest on Devon Travis? Is he going to miss significant time?

 

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/takeaways-tulowitzki-debut-and-travis-injury/

 

Travis reinjured

 

Rookie second baseman Devon Travis has had an extremely mixed season. When he’s been in the lineup, he’s been exceptional, with an .859 OPS over his first 239 major league plate appearances. But he’s also missed significant time with recurring shoulder trouble that began three months ago when he took a scorched groundball off the collarbone in Cleveland.

 

Travis’ shoulder issues cropped up again during the opener against the Phillies and he sat out Wednesday’s finale while he received two-and-a-half hours of treatment on the injury.

 

“They’re basically throwing the kitchen sink at my shoulder, trying to get it right,” Travis said. “It’s obviously a little scary. There’s 60 days to go and I’m hurting again.”

 

Whether or not Travis lands on the disabled list is a decision the Blue Jays will have to make in the immediate future. With so little time left in the season, and winning every game being of such a priority, Gibbons’ team needs to be operating with a full bench at his disposal.

 

“I don’t think it’s something we can drag out a few days. We need to play at full strength,” Gibbons said. “If we decide it’d be better to try to knock it out instead of just trying to play through it where he’s not at his best and it affects his whole game, then it’d probably be smart to DL him. It’s too bad. He’s been a big part of our team.”

 

Travis said Wednesday night that he hopes he can solve the injury through treatment, especially because he’s brought it to the Blue Jays medical staff’s attention early this time around, instead of playing through it for three weeks like he did earlier in the season.

 

One potential scenario could see Travis hitting the DL and the red-hot Dalton Pompey—batting .388/.483/.551 over his last 12 games at triple-A—being called up to play left field while Danny Valencia moves into a platoon at second base with the slick-fielding Ryan Goins. But Gibbons downplayed the possibility of Valencia seeing significant time at second on Wednesday.

 

“He’s probably more of an emergency guy,” Gibbons said. “Danny’s got good feet. He’s got good hands. He’s played there a little bit. But it’s still foreign to him.”

 

Stay tuned.

[Atothe]

Jesus just DL him so he doesn't need surgery in the offseason

[Orgfiller]

Hi all - I'm a big Jays fan and an even bigger Tulo fan. Hard to believe, I know... but I lived in Littleton, Colorado for most of my life and just moved to Toronto a couple years ago. So as you can imagine I'm pumped up to have my favorite team and favorite player come together (#ComeTogether haha)!

 

Welcome aboard. We're pretty pumped that we got Tulo ourselves haha.

[HERPDERP]

Gregor Chisholm ‏@gregorMLB 47s48 seconds ago

#BlueJays lineup: Tulowitzki SS, Donaldson 3B, Bautista RF, Colabello 1B, Martin DH, Valencia LF, Pillar CF, Navarro C, Goins 2B.

 

ugh

[DuckDuckGose]

Where's Edwin?

[RealAccountant]

Ugh

 

Gibbons is the one person who can screw us

[HERPDERP]

I don't care, but I hate how

 

1.) Colabello is hitting clean-up

 

2.) Smoak not playing

[baubau]

Where's Edwin?

 

Waiting to be traded for Quintana.

[RIPEXPOS]

whats the problem, Collabello has earned it.

[DuckDuckGose]

Waiting to be traded for Quintana.

 

play him until it happens! or at least go with Smoak, Colabello is terrible

[DuckDuckGose]

whats the problem, Collabello has earned it.

 

Cola can't play D, makes Edwin look decent in the field

[Angrioter]

Hi all - I'm a big Jays fan and an even bigger Tulo fan. Hard to believe, I know... but I lived in Littleton, Colorado for most of my life and just moved to Toronto a couple years ago. So as you can imagine I'm pumped up to have my favorite team and favorite player come together (#ComeTogether haha)!

 

Bienvenido hermano.

 

#CumTogether

[Stangstag]

Edwin is seriously pissing me off. What a huge disappointment this year

[o2cui2i]

Cola can't play D, makes Edwin look decent in the field

 

yes, it's too bad we don't have a guy on the bench who plays stunning D at first and switch hits.

[RIPEXPOS]

Cola can't play D, makes Edwin look decent in the field

 

I was more referring to him hitting 4th with EE out.

[KingKat]

I don't care, but I hate how

 

1.) Colabello is hitting clean-up

 

2.) Smoak not playing

 

I also hate Travis not hitting the DL. Get him right.

[DuckDuckGose]

I was more referring to him hitting 4th with EE out.

 

Ya, he's mashing just no reason for Dioner at DH. Cola is clearly the full time DHnow and Edwin and Smoak should rotate in the field.