GDT: April 15th Jays vs Red Sox 1/4 - Dickey vs Porcello

[Floortom]

Wtf...Smoak has 11ks this year in 12 at bats

[JaysWest]

I'm not much of a dickey fan either, but, Only one guy on the jays hit the ball. Regardless of what dickey did, chances are we'd lose a game like that

 

That's true, but it is demoralizing for any team to fall behind big early and affects their play. And Dickey is a star at that.

[Daniel Labude]

We are playing like one of the worst offenses in baseball right now (yes I know we are not). Offense needs to wake up and Dickey needs to be cut.

[nmrch]

Obligatory Smoakabello update,

 

2-31, 4 BB, 0 XBH, 17 K

[closetjaysfan]

First base is a major black hole. Gibby should seriously consider moving EE to first and calling up someone from AAA to DH

[Hal Johnson]

Obligatory Smoakabello update,

 

2-31, 4 BB, 0 XBH, 17 K

 

That is just ridiculous.

[nmrch]

Smoak and Colabello with a combined 50‰ k rate, have exactly zero extra base hits to show for it

[Hal Johnson]

First base is a major black hole. Gibby should seriously consider moving EE to first and calling up someone from AAA to DH

 

Or call up Pompey, and have EE/Bautista play DH/1B.

[Angrioter]

Twins have a chance to win one!

 

Angels scored 3 runs. Angels 4 - 2 Twins

[Effit]

Baltimore just put up a 9 spot to take a 10-5 lead.

 

Must be nice.

[bones10]

Hello Darkness my old friend..

[jaysfan2014]

Time to end the Pillar leadoff experiment. He's still not doing well there. And one of Smoak or Cola need to go.. neither are hitting. And Smoak just probably lost more playing time after that 4 K game..

[Angrioter]

Or call up Pompey, and have EE/Bautista play DH/1B.

Jesus Montero should be the guy.

[jaysfan2014]

Must be nice.

 

Not so good for Faulkner and Wilhelmsen--one has earned a DFA and one has a trip to AAA looming after this disaster.

[Hal Johnson]

Jesus Montero should be the guy.

 

Oh yeah! Forgot about him.

[CJ-Freeway]

Baltimore just put up a 9 spot to take a 10-5 lead.

 

Reminds me of our offense last year:(

[nmrch]

Or call up Pompey, and have EE/Bautista play DH/1B.

 

Yes please, would rather have Pompey fail then those two bums. At the least, we'll be a better defensive team

[Angrioter]

Oh yeah! Forgot about him.

 

Pompey is our future. No need to burn him now.

[jaysfan2014]

Hello Darkness my old friend..

 

It's only 11 games in. And most of the AL East isn't doing that well either.. Yanks are struggling (losing 7-1 to fricking Seattle!) and the Rays.. don't ask! (oh and they lost Kiermaier to a potential concussion on that collision with Forsythe.)

[glory]

Yeah, Smoakabello has been terribad so far. I'd rather they just start one full time and roll with it (the inconsistent playing time might be hurting both of them) but neither one has a track record besides Cola's BABIP inflated season last year. s*** canning both and calling up Montero wouldn't hurt, though that says more about how bad they've been than anything Jesus has done.

 

Pompey in LF with Bautista at 1B/DH would be the best solution, but no way that's going to happen on JB's free agent season.

[burlingtonbandit]

Its not even that bad Jays are 5-6. The Astros are friggen 3-7 and still look like they should win the division comfortably.

[nmrch]

Jesus Montero should be the guy.

 

Montero is basically Smoak without the switch hitting, projects for them are almost identical. No thanks, give Pompey a chance and don't f*** with him, let him play though a cold steak or two

[Hal Johnson]

Yes please, would rather have Pompey fail then those two bums. At the least, we'll be a better defensive team

 

Travis 2B

Donaldson 3B

Bautista 1B/DH

EE 1B/DH

Tulo SS

Saunders LF/RF

Martin C

Pillar CF

Pompey RF/LF

 

Bench: Goins, Smoak, Thole, Cecilliani

 

Looks good to me.

[bronson44]

It's only going to get worse with Angel Hernandez tomorrow.

 

omg no

[jaysfan2014]

Reminds me of our offense last year:(

 

Especially when they're hitting sh*t relievers like Wilhelmsen and Faulkner.. Jays could probably do the same thing. Why can't we have a break from the AL East already..

[King]

It was offside.

[Belliss101]

Its not even that bad Jays are 5-6. The Astros are friggen 3-7 and still look like they should win the division comfortably.

 

It's a blessing that with how bad we are playing we're still 5-6.

[nmrch]

Pompey is our future. No need to burn him now.

 

You're supposed to give your "future" a chance, what better time than now?

[Angrioter]

Montero is basically Smoak without the switch hitting, projects for them are almost identical. No thanks, give Pompey a chance and don't f*** with him, let him play though a cold steak or two

 

Montero below 20% K. Pompey con wait, he will be our CF next year.

[Dick_Pole]

It's a blessing that with how bad we are playing we're still 5-6.

 

You mean the starters have generally been covering more than their fair share. I'm actually pretty optimistic. If the rotation can stay decent and the offense outside of the big three remember how to hit the Jays can go on another one of their patented 11 game win streaks soon enough.