General 2016 Blue Jays discussion thread

G-Snarls · April 7, 2016

Kendall Graveman starting today

Didn't realize he had made the A's starting rotation. Or was even 100% healthy.

Edited April 7, 2016 by G-Snarls

G-Snarls · April 7, 2016

Lots of early games too

And can cheer against division rivals

Spanky__99 · April 7, 2016

Lots of early games too

And can cheer against division rivals

See silver linings, lol.

Krylian · April 7, 2016

Meh, a day of rest for the boys, and there's plenty of games on all day.

Day of rest is good. Maybe we can actually see Storen is he's needed now.

Edited April 7, 2016 by Krylian

Laika · April 7, 2016

Day of rest if good. Maybe we can actually see Storen is he's needed now.

It bugs me to an irrational extent that they actually didn't use him because he had WARMED UP the day before.

Talk about wearing dresses.

KingKat · April 7, 2016

Is it time to start up a dubious, reactionary Storen conspiracy theory? Velocity down. Availability limited. Damaged goods?

Laika · April 7, 2016

Is it time to start up a dubious, reactionary Storen conspiracy theory? Velocity down. Availability limited. Damaged goods?

Also they named Osuna closer.

The evidence is mounting that Drew Storen is pitching injured and everybody knows it.

lol

gbill2004 · April 7, 2016

What's Storen's velocity been at so far?

Laika · April 7, 2016

What's Storen's velocity been at so far?

He was down like ~2mph in his first game, vs. 2015. 92 instead of 94.

He's done

KingKat · April 7, 2016

Also they named Osuna closer.

The evidence is mounting that Drew Storen is pitching injured and everybody knows it.

lol

Brownie19 · April 7, 2016

Kendall Graveman starting today

Didn't realize he had made the A's starting rotation. Or was even 100% healthy.

I read his velocity was way up this spring too.

G-Snarls · April 7, 2016

He was down like ~2mph in his first game, vs. 2015. 92 instead of 94.

He's done

When did you get so trollish

gbill2004 · April 7, 2016

He was down like ~2mph in his first game, vs. 2015. 92 instead of 94.

He's done

Very interesting. I just checked his Fangraphs page and his fastball velocity in 2015 was 94.1 and this year it's 91.7.

Is Storen injured? Damaged goods?

Angrioter · April 7, 2016

Very interesting. I just checked his Fangraphs page and his fastball velocity in 2015 was 94.1 and this year it's 91.7.

Is Storen injured? Damaged goods?

http://media.giphy.com/media/3ornk3noLGE88V6xFK/giphy.gif

Governator · April 7, 2016

It bugs me to an irrational extent that they actually didn't use him because he had WARMED UP the day before.

Talk about wearing dresses.

Was the reason?

Most likely Gibbons just not trusting the guy, like Lowe, Hendriks. He seems to gravitate to certain players for some reason.

Brownie19 · April 7, 2016

Was the reason?

Most likely Gibbons just not trusting the guy, like Lowe, Hendriks. He seems to gravitate to certain players for some reason.

And he trusts Leon??? Must have soft gums.

admin · April 7, 2016

And he trusts Leon??? Must have soft gums.

No kidding. I'm not going to trust my proven guys, let's see what this fringe minor leaguer will do in this tight game that we should win.

Spanky__99 · April 7, 2016

http://media.giphy.com/media/3ornk3noLGE88V6xFK/giphy.gif

Hahahaha...

G-Snarls · April 7, 2016

KingKat · April 7, 2016

Tremendous players both of them.

Angrioter · April 7, 2016

My godfather. Fernandez' son and I are very close.

jaysfan2014 · April 7, 2016

And he trusts Leon??? Must have soft gums.

Well, they didn't want to see Biagini unless it's for long-relief I guess.. plus they wanted to see if Leon was worth keeping a roster spot, which after that outing, proved that he isn't deserving of one. But Gibbons made a mistake to put him in after Floyd--should've had him go after Happ was taken out.

Angrioter · April 7, 2016

Well, they didn't want to see Biagini unless it's for long-relief I guess.. plus they wanted to see if Leon was worth keeping a roster spot, which after that outing, proved that he isn't deserving of one. But Gibbons made a mistake to put him in after Floyd--should've had him go after Happ was taken out.

Leon suxx after 2 hitters? - NO.

The error was the situation-moment, not the performance.

Rusty_Savage · April 7, 2016

Leon suxx after 2 hitters? - NO.

The error was the situation-moment, not the performance.

Leon should have never been brought in but nonetheless he was terrible. IIRC, he only had three pitches in the zone one was a hanger one was hard hit and one was a HR. Like I said Leon should never have been brought in in that situation but he still isn't a good pitcher.