General 2016 Blue Jays discussion thread

[TorontonianJD]

So after last night's comments it seems Cecil's career with the Jays after 2016 is measurably over

 

Whose comments?

[HERPDERP]

Whose comments?

 

this summarizes the tweets:

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/05/04/brett-cecil-doesnt-appreciate-being-booed-by-blue-jays-fans/

[Pendleton]

this summarizes the tweets:

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/05/04/brett-cecil-doesnt-appreciate-being-booed-by-blue-jays-fans/

 

I'm sure some will give him flack for being soft, but I think Cecil is right. I've never been big on booing your own team's players, let them worry about the crowd riding them in road games. Cecil has been a great veteran for this team and deserves some respect.

[BTS]

this summarizes the tweets:

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/05/04/brett-cecil-doesnt-appreciate-being-booed-by-blue-jays-fans/

 

Oh god I read the comments.

 

I love you guys.

[Terminator]

I would never boo Cecil but you start off April 0-5 and you're going to hear some boos. It's the nature of the game.

 

If he would just say some dumb s*** like "I would boo too" and then go out there and pitch better he'd probably become a fan favorite.

[pickoff22]

Toronto fans are some of the worst in the world when it comes to booing players at inappropriate times. Those booing aren't the true fans. Of course this would happen in other cities, but Toronto does have a large amount of idiots in the stands on a daily basis.

[HERPDERP]

I'm surprised we didn't hear any boos after Tulo's dismal popup yesterday

[KinofChaos]

Toronto fans are some of the worst in the world when it comes to booing players at inappropriate times. Those booing aren't the true fans. Of course this would happen in other cities, but Toronto does have a large amount of idiots in the stands on a daily basis.

 

Yeah it is pretty bad, embarrassing really. They will be booing Tulo soon.

[dineke]

Toronto fans are some of the worst in the world when it comes to booing players at inappropriate times. Those booing aren't the true fans. Of course this would happen in other cities, but Toronto does have a large amount of idiots in the stands on a daily basis.

 

We're not nearly the worst in the world. South american soccer fans will boo you and then break into your house and kill you afterwards.

[G-Snarls]

[Jonzo]

Anyone know if the Dome will be open for Fridays game? Supposed to be a beauty of a day.

[KingKat]

We're not nearly the worst in the world. South american soccer fans will boo you and then break into your house and kill you afterwards.

 

Yeah worst in the world is rich. Among the worst for North American sports maybe but that's nothing on the world scale. Also this probably has a lot to do with the fact that I'm francophone but it just seems to me like the Habs have a huge, massively ignorant, casual following. I don't mean that as a knock on the Habs or Habs fandom in general but the casual fan is usually pretty ignorant and they have A LOT of casual fans.

[HERPDERP]

Anyone know if the Dome will be open for Fridays game? Supposed to be a beauty of a day.

 

Lets ask Stephen Broo - oooooooh right

[Jonzo]

Lets ask Stephen Broo - oooooooh right

 

lol, I had the same thought..and reaction.

[Yorkshire Blue Jay]

David Price would say if he doesn't like it then pitch better.

 

While its never nice to hear fans boo their own players, what exactly does Cecil expect? Fans went crazy for him with his pitching perormance when he struck out McCann of the Yankees in September last year.

 

Fans simply react to results!

 

Do good things and they will cheer, s*** the bed and they will boo!

[KinofChaos]

I don't like the booing but what does Cecil expect? It's part of the job fans are allowed to boo players in frustration if they want, there is nothing good to come from lashing out at fans. He should have kept quiet or just said it's part of the game.

[Dr. Dinger]

Booing your own players is what trashy fanbases do, like the Orioles and the Yankees. Keep it classy and support your team. If you don't like the product, don't pay to see it.

[THANOS]

I would never boo Cecil but you start off April 0-5 and you're going to hear some boos. It's the nature of the game.

 

If he would just say some dumb s*** like "I would boo too" and then go out there and pitch better he'd probably become a fan favorite.

 

It's sad but Toronto's hockey fans are super bipolar and annoyingly outspoken, so this type of reverse psychology could actually work lol.

[THANOS]

Toronto fans are some of the worst in the world when it comes to booing players at inappropriate times. Those booing aren't the true fans. Of course this would happen in other cities, but Toronto does have a large amount of idiots in the stands on a daily basis.

 

Great wrestling fans, awful when it comes to sports, though I did enjoy hearing them mind f*** Cueto in the ALCS.

[Terminator]

Is it possible that EE is now similar to Frank Thomas who had a tOPS+ of 89? Granted, Thomas' tOPS+ still equates to a .927 OPS, but perhaps EE is officially a slow starter now?

[BTS]

Is it possible that EE is now similar to Frank Thomas who had a tOPS+ of 89? Granted, Thomas' tOPS+ still equates to a .927 OPS, but perhaps EE is officially a slow starter now?

 

What the hell is a tOPS+

[Terminator]

What the hell is a tOPS+

 

Lol well I just remember people saying he was a slow starter so I looked him up on Baseball Reference (which was my first mistake) and went to the splits.

 

It's OPS relative to a player's career batting line. So his career tOPS+ is 100, his tOPS+ for April is 89. Pretty horrid stat but it did what I needed it to do?

[burlingtonbandit]

Going to the game tomorrow and saturday. Hopefully they open the roof.

[burlingtonbandit]

Lol well I just remember people saying he was a slow starter so I looked him up on Baseball Reference (which was my first mistake) and went to the splits.

 

It's OPS relative to a player's career batting line. So his career tOPS+ is 100, his tOPS+ for April is 89. Pretty horrid stat but it did what I needed it to do?

 

lol yeah thats seems like a useless stat. Confusing when you can just look at his wRC+ and other stats and compare them to previous years.

[BTS]

Lol well I just remember people saying he was a slow starter so I looked him up on Baseball Reference (which was my first mistake) and went to the splits.

 

It's OPS relative to a player's career batting line. So his career tOPS+ is 100, his tOPS+ for April is 89. Pretty horrid stat but it did what I needed it to do?

 

Oh, so Thomas' April tOPS+ was 89. I get it now.

[vdubmvp]

Going to the game tomorrow and saturday. Hopefully they open the roof.

 

It's been warm enough recently that they could sufficiently test it, so assuming the forecast doesn't change there's really no excuse to keep the roof closed either day.

[burlingtonbandit]

It's been warm enough recently that they could sufficiently test it, so assuming the forecast doesn't change there's really no excuse to keep the roof closed either day.

 

Yeah the only thing I can think of is that they want to test the dirt infield to see how to maintain it when the roof is open.

[BlueJayWay]

I think they need a run of four or five warmish days to do their testing on the roof. You'd think they'd be able to start doing that any time now, but we might not have open air baseball here till the next homestand.

[Frenchsoup]

So how long until Devon Travis is back? Week and half? or 2 weeks?

[43211234]

So how long until Devon Travis is back? Week and half? or 2 weeks?

 

Longer.