Stroman scheduled to throw off mound, tentatively start rehab assignment Aug 21

[Spanky99]

I'm not arguing that he is not healthy enough to pitch you dinks

 

I'm arguing that you can't just throw him in as a starter with only a few weeks until he's ready to be eligible for the post season roster.

 

Y'all think that just cause he has been 'throwing' since ST means he can all of a sudden go 80 pitches in his first rehab assignment.

 

He has a lot more than a few weeks brah?

[flafson]

Any word on when and where he's pitching?

He seem to be in Florida right now but i don't know if he's going to face minor leaguers or not yet.

[Spanky99]

He won't but 3 weeks worth of rehab starts will get him to 75-80 pitches which is enough. Then they reevaluate

 

Why is this hard???

[Spanky99]

I haven't checked the DL timeline, but players must be on the 25-man by Aug. 31 midnight to be eligible for the post season roster. Players on the DL are excluded. I don't know when Stroman is allowed to get off the DL - before that date or after. It it's before, they need to bring him up.

 

No you're wrong, again.

[Governator]

Stop arguing, you're interfering with the fapable content this thread delivers.

[Spanky99]

Any word on when and where he's pitching?

He seem to be in Florida right now but i don't know if he's going to face minor leaguers or not yet.

 

It's his first time on a mound, it's a bullpen session. Wasn't supposed to happen until the 21'st at the earliest, this is great news.

[HERPDERP]

No you're wrong, again.

 

enlighten me brah

[Boxcar]

Looks like Spanky started early today.

[Spanky99]

To be playoff eligible you must be one of the following on August 31st:

 

 

- on the 25 man major league roster, or

- on the disabled list (7, 15, or 60 day DL), or

- on the suspended list, or

- on bereavement leave, or

- on military active duty

 

In addition, a club can replace any player who is injured at the time that playoff rosters are submitted. So, for every injured player, the club can add a player who was not on the major league roster, or any of the above eligibility lists at the end of August. In order to be eligible to be added in place of an injured player, one need not be on the 25 man roster, nor even the 40 man roster as of August 31. Any player in the organization as of August 31 can be used to replace an injured player, with permission from the commissioner’s office.

 

enlighten me brah

 

Tadah!

[Spanky99]

Looks like Spanky started early today.

 

Looks like Boxy got stumped by his girl again.

[aselvana]

Looks like Boxy got stumped by his girl again.

 

http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/content/images/mj-popcorn.gif

[Spanky99]

http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/content/images/mj-popcorn.gif

 

Nah...that was our shots.

[Followthelight]

Someone is spamming the board, you know you can multi-quote right? Holy.

[Governator]

Someone is spamming the board, you know you can multi-quote right? Holy.

 

 

He's not spamming... He's accumulating extra WAR by batting lead off and increasing his plate appearances.

[Boxcar]

Looks like Boxy got stumped by his girl again.

 

Am I wrong?

[Boxcar]

 

thx

go jays

[KingKat]

 

https://youtu.be/d-ZFg5-oaS0

[HERPDERP]

Charlie Caskey ‏@CharlieCaskey 1m1 minute ago

holy crap, Alex Anthopoulos on @tsn1040 right now saying IF Marcus Stroman comes back in September, it WILL be as a starter #BlueJays

 

Encouraging but funny how AA/Gibby don't work in sync. Second time it's happened this season.

[Boxcar]

Charlie Caskey ‏@CharlieCaskey 1m1 minute ago

holy crap, Alex Anthopoulos on @tsn1040 right now saying IF Marcus Stroman comes back in September, it WILL be as a starter #BlueJays

 

Good. Shows that Gibbons is a f***ing moron, per usual.

[dineke]

Stroman > Price

[HERPDERP]

Better pack your bags Hutch. We're tired of you s***.

[Boxcar]

Encouraging but funny how AA/Gibby don't work in sync. Second time it's happened this season.

 

Everything Gibby thinks is a detriment to this team. He's the reason we kept Colabello over Valencia, the reason Dioner Navarro plays too much and hits too high in the lineup, the reason Justin Smoak sits against righties. Him saying Stro should be a reliever made no sense, if the guy can pitch then let him pitch. If he can't go deep, piggyback him.

[Governator]

Everything Gibby thinks is a detriment to this team. He's the reason we kept Colabello over Valencia, the reason Dioner Navarro plays too much and hits too high in the lineup, the reason Justin Smoak sits against righties. Him saying Stro should be a reliever made no sense, if the guy can pitch then let him pitch. If he can't go deep, piggyback him.

 

 

Why do you say he's the reason Cola over Valencia? Navarro played a lot in June and it was pretty clear AA wanted him playing to try and increase his value as a trade candidate. He has since had limited play, 1 game out of every 5 which is expected from most back ups. Stro as a reliever was probably an assumption based on possible limited innings and not really knowing fully the situation. He probably just should not have commented.

[Ehjays]

Better pack your bags Hutch. We're tired of you s***.

 

Im sorry but with the addition of Stroman/ Travis in September and subtraction of Hutch......This team is the World Series favourite

[Boxcar]

Why do you say he's the reason Cola over Valencia? Navarro played a lot in June and it was pretty clear AA wanted him playing to try and increase his value as a trade candidate. He has since had limited play, 1 game out of every 5 which is expected from most back ups. Stro as a reliever was probably an assumption based on possible limited innings and not really knowing fully the situation. He probably just should not have commented.

 

Could have sworn AA said he let Gibby decide who to DFA between Valencia and Colabello. I used to believe that point about Navarro, but no longer. He actually thinks Navarro is a good hitter, deadline has passed and he still bats cleanup. Him hitting Martin sixth and Navarro typically 4th-5th gives life to the belief that Gibbons is just an idiot who doesn't have a basic understanding of player value.

 

I hate jumping on managers and there are aspects I like about him (doesn't bunt a lot, is likable) but some of the things I liked have disappeared (good BP management, good at setting platoons) and it looks like him constantly playing the wrong players in the wrong places because he really has no concept of value could be detrimental.

[GD]

Stroman will only pitch in the minor leagues as part of his rehab, so it's a moot point. He'll be postseason eligible.

 

It's not like he's going to be finished his rehab and they'll just leave him sitting in Buffalo. Also, he's allowed to get off the DL at any time... it's definitely been 60 days since March.

 

#math

[aselvana]

Encouraging but funny how AA/Gibby don't work in sync. Second time it's happened this season.

 

it could be possible that gibby was trying to downplay expectations. but that sayin hes smart enuf to think that.

[pickoff22]

Could have sworn AA said he let Gibby decide who to DFA between Valencia and Colabello. I used to believe that point about Navarro, but no longer. He actually thinks Navarro is a good hitter, deadline has passed and he still bats cleanup. Him hitting Martin sixth and Navarro typically 4th-5th gives life to the belief that Gibbons is just an idiot who doesn't have a basic understanding of player value.

 

I hate jumping on managers and there are aspects I like about him (doesn't bunt a lot, is likable) but some of the things I liked have disappeared (good BP management, good at setting platoons) and it looks like him constantly playing the wrong players in the wrong places because he really has no concept of value could be detrimental.

 

AA did say that. And personally I never believed that Navarro was being played as a directive by AA - no need to bat him cleanup so often if that was the case. It's the old-school manager in Gibby putting in a guy who has come through for him multiple times in the past. Confirmation bias in effect I'm sure, though I do believe Navarro and Cola are under-appreciated on this forum. He shouldn't be batting cleanup, or at least not as often, but I don't cringe when I see him in the lineup like others do.

[polar bear]

AA did say that. And personally I never believed that Navarro was being played as a directive by AA - no need to bat him cleanup so often if that was the case. It's the old-school manager in Gibby putting in a guy who has come through for him multiple times in the past. Confirmation bias in effect I'm sure, though I do believe Navarro and Cola are under-appreciated on this forum. He shouldn't be batting cleanup, or at least not as often, but I don't cringe when I see him in the lineup like others do.

I agree,Navarro and Cola have been more clutch than some of their lauded team mates.

[Ehjays]

http://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/807778

 

First session done