General 2016 Blue Jays discussion thread

[nextyear]

[Hal Johnson]

So, after doing a quality job at the top of the lineup, Travis is batting 8th tonight, and Zeke is leading off... against a lefty. WTF Gibbons?

[THANOS]

So, after doing a quality job at the top of the lineup, Travis is batting 8th tonight, and Zeke is leading off... against a lefty. WTF Gibbons?

 

Gibbons looked at batting AVG in the lead-off instead of something more useful like "pitches per at-bat".

[Effit]

Too many moving parts in the lineup. Stick with something.

[Terminator]

Gibbons looked at batting AVG in the lead-off instead of something more useful like "pitches per at-bat".

 

Are you sure pitches per at-bat is more useful than Batting Average?

[Grant77]

Are you sure pitches per at-bat is more useful than Batting Average?

 

I could probably get 4+ pitches per at-bat. It's only useful when combined with other stats.

[jackadams]

Random information here because I'm too lazy to write an organized response:

 

-Try to get lvl 200 tickets. They are much better than field infield. Preferably on the 3rd base side so the sun isn't in your eyes. They cost the same as field infield tickets and give a better view and a lot more convenient than the lvl 100 concourse clusterf***s

 

-You could always buy a cheap 500 ticket, line up very early and grab a seat at the Alomar bar or the flight deck. Hope you have a strong bladder

 

-stubhub has a '100% guarantee' but it is very expensive. You can also try kijiji or https://www.reddit.com/r/jaystickets if you want to save on fees and USD conversion

 

Thank you Herpderp, That is exactly the type of information I was looking for.

[Jimcanuck]

I could probably get 4+ pitches per at-bat. It's only useful when combined with other stats.

 

You think? lol

[THANOS]

Are you sure pitches per at-bat is more useful than Batting Average?

 

Well, it should at least be considered. Batting AVG wouldn't show any real difference between Pillar and Travis in the leadoff, when we could see Travis getting plenty of 4-pitch+ ABs when Pillar was usually finished in 2 pitches or less.

[Spanky99]

I could probably get 4+ pitches per at-bat. It's only useful when combined with other stats.

 

lol...c'mon man!

[Daniel Labude]

So, after doing a quality job at the top of the lineup, Travis is batting 8th tonight, and Zeke is leading off... against a lefty. WTF Gibbons?

 

He is going to stick with Carerra at leadoff until he comes back down to Earth.

[John_Havok]

He is going to stick with Carerra at leadoff until he comes back down to Earth.

 

This is realy the problem with Gibbons this year. He waits for s*** to go horribly wrong before he makes the changes he should have made in the first place.

[STLJaysFan]

Junior Mint Lake👎

[STLJaysFan]

Maybe Mike Sirotka can finally make his "long awaited" Blue Jays debut 15 years later! Couldn't be any worse than Matt Boyd's debut with Toronto.

[BTS]

Maybe Mike Sirotka can finally make his "long awaited" Blue Jays debut 15 years later! Couldn't be any worse than Matt Boyd's debut with Toronto.

 

Mods

[STLJaysFan]

No joking allowed on here, eh?!?!

[Spanky99]

No joking allowed on here, eh?!?!

 

When you keep stating avridge, it's hard to tell.

[Jonn]

No joking allowed on here, eh?!?!

 

Nope none at all. This place is like Orioles Hangout on steroids.

[STLJaysFan]

What does "avridge" mean? Hopefully Tulowitzki goes nuts offensively when he makes his return to Colorado in a few days. Too bad Morales probably won't be playing against his former team though.

[Jonn]

What does "avridge" mean? Hopefully Tulowitzki goes nuts offensively when he makes his return to Colorado in a few days. Too bad Morales probably won't be playing against his former team though.

 

Just saves him the embarrassment of giving up a 440 foot bomb to Cargo

[STLJaysFan]

I can't believe the longest home run at Coors Field was almost 20 years ago and it wasn't even 500 feet, AND it wasn't by a Rockies player.

[flafson]

Am I the only one who's worried about Sanchez? Pretty much every start by the 5th inning his velocity drops from 97 to 94. I'm no expert but my understanding is that fatigue is a major red flag for injuries.

[Spanky99]

Am I the only one who's worried about Sanchez? Pretty much every start by the 5th inning his velocity drops from 97 to 94. I'm no expert but my understanding is that fatigue is a major red flag for injuries.

 

Per normal, meat. He hauls back and hits 98 in his final innings.

[flafson]

Per normal, meat. He hauls back and hits 98 in his final innings.

 

If average drops from 97 to 94, just because he's trying to hurry up and throws at 110% doesn't mean he's not tired, could probably be worse.

[Spanky99]

If average drops from 97 to 94, just because he's trying to hurry up and throws at 110% doesn't mean he's not tired, could probably be worse.

 

Wat... all beast pitchers do this in their final inning.

[Spanky99]

If average drops from 97 to 94, just because he's trying to hurry up and throws at 110% doesn't mean he's not tired, could probably be worse.

 

Stop searching for something.

[Daniel Labude]

Am I the only one who's worried about Sanchez? Pretty much every start by the 5th inning his velocity drops from 97 to 94. I'm no expert but my understanding is that fatigue is a major red flag for injuries.

 

This is not why it's happening. 90% of the time the drop off in mph is due to not being able to control the fastball at almost max effort.

[flafson]

This is not why it's happening. 90% of the time the drop off in mph is due to not being able to control the fastball at almost max effort.

 

So if he was able to control it early on and wasn't able to after 70+ pitches, doesn't it mean he's tired?

[Daniel Labude]

So if he was able to control it early on and wasn't able to after 70+ pitches, doesn't it mean he's tired?

 

If he threw 97 and dropped to 91 and they took him out that early and he was throwing perfect pitch locations the whole time...yes most likely fatigue....hasn't happened from what I have seen

 

9 times out of 10 he has been really missing with the fastball and then after a visit from the pitching coach or Martin he drops velo and usually starts throwing more strikes

[Ehjays]

Saw a clip where Mark Buehrle was at the White Sox Jays game and he said he hasn't retired yet....he would consider pitching out of the pen for the Sox or Jays.....The guy said are u serious.....he said I may be.