GDT: Blue Jays @ White Sox 1/4 8:10pm - Godlike lefty vs. lefty killers

[LTR]

Buehrle vs. Sale

 

Blue Jays

1 The ush

2 The ush

3 The ush

4 The ush

5 Lefty specialist

6 The ush

7 Portobello

8 The ush

9 The ush

 

White Sox

1 Non-threat

2 Pitch around this guy

3 He sucks

4 Non-threat

5 He sucks

6 He sucks

7 He sucks

8 He sucks

9 He sucks

[HERPDERP]

Looks like rain.

 

Hopefully we'll get a another double header tomorrow

 

#NapGate

#NapTogether

[LTR]

Based on forecast I don't expect a rainout or any significant delays.

[CrackerJack]

Looks like rain.

 

Hopefully we'll get a another double header tomorrow

 

#NapGate

#NapTogether

 

or start the game, and get a looong rain delay in the early innings, and Sale can't come back out.

[guylaroche5]

1. Adam Eaton (L) CF

2. Jose Abreu ® 1B

3. Melky Cabrera (S) LF

4. Avisail Garcia ® RF

5. Adam LaRoche (L) DH

6. Alexei Ramirez ® SS

7. Gordon Beckham ® 3B

8. Tyler Flowers ® C

9. Carlos Sanchez (S) 2B

 

holy f*** I knew the WSox were bad but that lineup is atrocious, remind me why people thought they were contenders again?

[o2cui2i]

1. Jose Reyes (S) SS

2. Josh Donaldson ® 3B

3. Jose Bautista ® RF

4. Edwin Encarnacion ® DH

5. Danny Valencia ® LF

6. Russell Martin ® C

7. Chris Colabello ® 1B

8. Kevin Pillar ® CF

9. Devon Travis ® 2B

[o2cui2i]

Valencia has been pushed ahead of Carrera as LF option

[o2cui2i]

Anyone want to tell me why our third best hitter is hitting 9th?

 

maybe they don't want to put too much pressure on him to early.

[LTR]

Anyone want to tell me why our third best hitter is hitting 9th?

 

3rd best, wut?

[o2cui2i]

I thought the only reason he was up here is to play defense backing up all three OF spots. He sucks defensively so should be sent down for someone who can play great defense.

 

yeah... Carrera sucks defensively. He's not a horrible bat for an elite defender, but he's a s***** bat for a guy who can't track the ball, throw the ball or even know where to throw the ball if he happens to pick it up when it stops rolling.

[LTR]

Ez sucks defensively but he's better than Valencia and Colabello, our only other options right now.

[o2cui2i]

Need a big night from MB. It would be great to start the series with a win.

[Olerud363]

Anyone want to tell me why our third best hitter is hitting 9th?

 

Actually Reyes is still projected to have a higher on base percentage the rest of the way then Travis... so from that perspective it makes sense.

 

Or in other words Travis doesn't have enough sample size yet to show if he is really a .290 hitter...

[CrackerJack]

Anyone want to tell me why our third best hitter is hitting 9th?

 

because it's not a video game.

[LTR]

Yup.

 

Please list our hitters best to worst with Travis 3rd so we can all get a laugh.

[Frenchsoup]

Here's what my lineup would be:

 

Reyes

Travis

Bautista

Donaldson

Edwin

Russell

Smoak

Valencia

Pillar

[o2cui2i]

Ez sucks defensively but he's better than Valencia and Colabello, our only other options right now.

 

disagree completely. Colabello and Valencia are not good defenders but Carrera is absolutely horrible. Valencia has by far the best arm of the 3. Carrera is fast but gets the worst reads and really bad reaction times. If he could actually catch the balls he gets to he wouldn't be as bad, but he can't even do that regularly. he has at least 3 errors this year on balls that have STOPPED rolling!?!?!? at least the other 2 can pick the ball on when it's standing still.

 

No the other two are not good options but that is what the jays have until Pompey comes back.

[Frenchsoup]

disagree completely. Colabello and Valencia are not good defenders but Carrera is absolutely horrible. Valencia has by far the best arm of the 3. Carrera is fast but gets the worst reads and really bad reaction times. If he could actually catch the balls he gets to he wouldn't be as bad, but he can't even do that regularly. he has at least 3 errors this year on balls that have STOPPED rolling!?!?!? at least the other 2 can pick the ball on when it's standing still.

 

No the other two are not good options but that is what the jays have until Pompey comes back.

 

Your overreacting to one bad game in a big outfield. If either of those other two were out there they would have done just as horrible.

[LTR]

Here's what my lineup would be:

 

Reyes

Travis

Bautista

Donaldson

Edwin

Russell

Smoak

Valencia

Pillar

 

Can we not put the guy with less then average projections in the position designated for your best hitter? #ComeOn

 

Travis had a great first month, but there's no way he's even that good. People need to temper their expectations a bit.

 

And why do people think Smoak can hit lefties?

 

Optimum line-up vs L:

 

Reyes

Bautista

Donaldson

Encarnacion

Valencia

Martin

Travis

Navarro

Pillar

[o2cui2i]

Your overreacting to one bad game in a big outfield. If either of those other two were out there they would have done just as horrible.

 

1 game? lol no, it's his collective work. He has NO clue where he is supposed to throw the ball and has a weak and wild arm. one game would be fine, but it's pretty much every time the ball is hit to him.

 

 

but sure... you're welcome to think he's passable as a defender.

[Frenchsoup]

Dodgers starting Yimi Garcia tonight then going to bring in there lefty Erik Surkamp to mow down all the Phillies left handers. Jays should prob do this tomorrow with a Delabar/Tepera then bring in a Doubront.

[Frenchsoup]

1 game? lol no, it's his collective work. He has NO clue where he is supposed to throw the ball and has a weak and wild arm. one game would be fine, but it's pretty much every time the ball is hit to him.

 

 

but sure... you're welcome to think he's passable as a defender.

 

He's bad believe me i know. I don't think you understand how bad Bello and Valencia are though.

[o2cui2i]

He's bad believe me i know. I don't think you understand how bad Bello and Valencia are though.

 

I know.... they are not good, but they both have a better arm than Carrera and that really speaks to how bad Carrera's arm is because Cola doens't have a very good arm, but Cola has an idea of where to throw the ball, Valencia is better. out of the three I'd take Danny V, but he will have to continue to rake against LHP. if not I'd take Smoak at first and Cola in LF.

[LTR]

Why do you need a list. Travis has been our third best hitter when healthy this season. Unless you like to list by batting average?

 

One month of good play does make a hitter our "third best hitter".

 

Devon Travis Depth Chart projection: 94 wRC+

 

Third best hitter

[o2cui2i]

just noticed the game is a 2am start. crap...

[Stangstag]

Why do you need a list. Travis has been our third best hitter when healthy this season. Unless you like to list by batting average?

 

Oh Jonn, you are the best troll this board has ever seen.

[Daniel Labude]

One month of good play does make a hitter our "third best hitter".

 

Devon Travis Depth Chart projection: 94 wRC+

 

Third best hitter

 

Projections don't always predict reality

[LTR]

Projections don't always predict reality

 

I'm going to go ahead and prefer the years of weighted & calculated projections over the one month of performance. That's just me though, you do your thing.

[Stangstag]

One month of good play does make a hitter our "third best hitter".

 

Devon Travis Depth Chart projection: 94 wRC+

 

Third best hitter

 

First off, I think we can agree that projection is a bit low. Travis has proven himself to be a better hitter than that.

 

Second, if we ONLY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT stats from THIS SEASON, Travis is like our 5th best hitter, so I'm not sure what the f*** Jonn is talking about.

[Daniel Labude]

I'm going to go ahead and prefer the years of weighted & calculated projections over the one month of performance. That's just me though, you do your thing.

 

Just pointing out projections don't always hold up....most of the time they are close. But who knows until it happens