GDT (4/7 if necessary): Royals @ Blue Jays [Young v Dickey] Oct 20 - 4:07 pm

[TRM]

Let's go streaking, ladies and gentlemen. Hopefully make the tall man feel small like Cueto in the process.

 

Blue Jays:

1. Revere - LF

2. Donaldson - 3B

3. Bautista - RF

4. EE - DH

5. Colabello - 1B

6. Tulowitzki - SS

7. Martin - C

8. Pillar - CF

9. Goins - 2B

 

Royals:

1. Someone who should not be leading off - SS

2. Swiss Army Knife - 2B

3. Matt Cain - CF

4. Powerless, All Glove First Baseman - 1B

5. Celebratory Leg Breaking Enthusiast - DH

6. A Live Moose - 3B

7. The Second Coming of Jonny Bench (As Per John Buck) - C

8. Someone who should be batting much higher - LF

9. The Only Jays Jersey I own - RF

[TRM]

Relevant News:

 

1. Osuna has a hangnail

2. Sanchez has a blister

3. Cueto thinks the man in white returned last night

4. Revere has a sore back, may or may not have received a special rubdown from Kawasaki as treatment.

[Laika]

http://www.breakingblue.ca/2015/10/20/chris-young-better-than-you-think/

 

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[TRM]

http://www.breakingblue.ca/2015/10/20/chris-young-better-than-you-think/

 

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NJH is lonely. Validate him.

[Laika]

http://www.breakingblue.ca/2015/10/20/chris-young-better-than-you-think/

 

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[jays4life19]

Huge game. Gotta win this one.

 

Let's go Jays!

[BallsDeep]

We won't lose to chris young

[G-Snarls]

Gonna win this one

[BigCecil]

Winning this one. Martin has been relatively quiet at the plate and calling a big game from him today with the stick...

 

Both he and Edwin have looked pretty locked in at the plate. E-Rex has more to show for it.

[CHRIS]

As the game gets nearer, I can feel the anticipation starting to creep over my brain and begin to block out work-related GO BLUE JAYS

[birchy]

Relevant News:

 

1. Osuna has a hangnail

2. Sanchez has a blister

3. Cueto thinks the man in white returned last night

4. Revere has a sore back, may or may not have received a special rubdown from Kawasaki as treatment.

 

Definitely.. you know, because there's no chance that Cueto just pitched a bad game right...?! Man these players make you shake your head sometimes.

 

Go Jays!

[Travis_Snider]

Need a Giant win today

[Dr. Dinger]

http://www.breakingblue.ca/2015/10/20/chris-young-better-than-you-think/

 

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U r so smrt. Can you pull any numbers on his relative velocity? I feel like he probably releases the ball substantially closer to the plate than most pitches. An 87 MPH sucks, but it sucks less when it's traveling 53 feet instead of 55, or whatever.

[Laika]

U r so smrt. Can you pull any numbers on his relative velocity? I feel like he probably releases the ball substantially closer to the plate than most pitches. An 87 MPH sucks, but it sucks less when it's traveling 53 feet instead of 55, or whatever.

 

Perceived velocity adds something like 6mph to his fastball.

 

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9561

[Floortom]

I thought this would be a game where Smoak gets the start

[Laika]

U r so smrt. Can you pull any numbers on his relative velocity? I feel like he probably releases the ball substantially closer to the plate than most pitches. An 87 MPH sucks, but it sucks less when it's traveling 53 feet instead of 55, or whatever.

 

But this table in this article (http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-actual-versus-perceived-velocity-statcast-pitcher-data-carter-capps/) disagrees and has Young's extension as essentially normal, adding nothing to his fastball.

 

I dunno

[Dr. Dinger]

Perceived velocity adds something like 6mph to his fastball.

 

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9561

 

Wow... that's actually like 2-3x what I would have expected.

[BigCecil]

Can we please shut down Escobar tonight and have his hits switch places with Revere? We really need Revere to get on one of his line drive rolls.

[intrigid]

We won't lose to chris young

Now you've done it.

[Travis_Snider]

Yea it would be really nice if rev could start hitting again

[thatoneguy]

We won't lose to chris young

 

Can't take anyone for granted this time of year.

[CJ-Freeway]

Gogogog Jays!!!! Go get em!!!

[RealAccountant]

Let's f***ing destroy young

[Jays2015]

Crazy how cheap tix are on stubhub for today! Saw a good pair for $40 USD

[pickoff22]

Crazy how cheap tix are on stubhub for today! Saw a good pair for $40 USD

 

It really is, if people can go this is a great opportunity

[Jays2015]

This never happened even for the 12pm games last series. Maybe the hype has died down. Seems odd though after that great game last night... I would go if I can get off work early

[Candy Maldonado]

[BigCecil]

 

 

 

That is sooooooo awesome. Good on Jose to spend a bit of time with that kid. Lifetime memory. Wow.

[jays_fever]

But fans are sick of Jose and want him shipped off

[BigCecil]

But fans are sick of Jose and want him shipped off

 

Yup. The ones who complain if he hits a pop up.