GDT April 16th Jays @ Red Sox

[fatcowxlive]

1-0 early, Bautista thrown out at 3rd I didn't see was it bonehead or close?

[Horses Fart]

Well we got one.

[CJ-Freeway]

Ridiculous move by Bautista, then makes Gibby burn a challenge because how do you reject your superstar. Ugh.

 

Exactly, Joey was so selfish here lol

[KinofChaos]

Close or not Bautista needs to be smarter, thats a big out there.

[JaysFanSmith]

Meatball Eddie...

[CJ-Freeway]

1-0 early, Bautista thrown out at 3rd I didn't see was it bonehead or close?

 

Close and he looked safe

[Daniel Labude]

Ridiculous move by Bautista, then makes Gibby burn a challenge because how do you reject your superstar. Ugh.

 

Have we won a change this year?

[bones10]

Meatball Eddie...

 

Relax its David Price and he literally made up our entire offense yesterday.

[Daniel Labude]

It was a legit challenge. There was a chance it would get overturned. "Burning challenges" isn't really a thing. You might not get a closer play all game.

 

Plus that could have lead to a big inning if he was called safe

[JaysFanSmith]

Relax its David Price and he literally made up our entire offense yesterday.

 

I'm aware... Just saying it was a meatball. That ok?

[intentional wok]

It was a legit challenge. There was a chance it would get overturned. "Burning challenges" isn't really a thing. You might not get a closer play all game.

 

Fair point. I guess I just dislike that move, hardnosed though it was.

[EdwinsParrot]

Lets go acetrada

[polar bear]

Bautista is awesome but he is one of the worst baserunners i've seen.

 

Clearly out,Bautista being Bautista running bases,fecken stupid.

[el duque]

First K if the artist, painting the outside corner

[KinofChaos]

I'm aware... Just saying it was a meatball. That ok?

 

It is but there is a group of posters here who are children and complain over every reaction in a GDT thread, ignore them.

[CJ-Freeway]

He gone!

[John_Havok]

Pretty sure that was a cutter for strike 3 and not a fastball

[Candy Maldonado]

It is but there is a group of posters here who are children and complain over every reaction in a GDT thread, ignore them.

 

what's up mj?

[skicross1]

Bautista 2 pair of glasses??

[JaysFanSmith]

GJ ACEstrada!!!

[jaysfan2014]

3 up 3 down for Estrada.

 

And as for Bautista--he really should've stayed at 2nd. What was he thinking?

[Daniel Labude]

Wonder if we will try and get more of our young pitchers to start throwing changeups

[Abomination]

3 up 3 down for Estrada.

 

And as for Bautista--he really should've stayed at 2nd. What was he thinking?

 

Really tough hitting conditions against a really good pitcher. It was a poor decision in hindsight that was almost bailed out by a great slide, but I'm not sure the thought process was wrong.

[John_Havok]

Clearly out,Bautista being Bautista running bases,fecken stupid.

 

That's just something you have to put up with from Bautista. Every year he will have 5-10 plays on the bases that just make you shake your head and wonder wtf he was thinking.

 

Then you look at the 40+ homers and .380 wOBA and just let it go.

[jaysfan2014]

Price was lucky there--if it weren't for the wind, Tulo's got a HR..

[el duque]

That's just something you have to put up with from Bautista. Every year he will have 5-10 plays on the bases that just make you shake your head and wonder wtf he was thinking.

 

Then you look at the 40+ homers and .380 wOBA and just let it go.

 

and an occasional flip of his bat!

[Jonn]

Oh f*** off

[Corporal Valdal]

I really hate fenway like why doesnt boston build a modern stadium already? am I the only one

[bones10]

Bautista was an above average baserunner last year according to fangraphs BsR stat, by the way.

[KingKat]

Fair point. I guess I just dislike that move, hardnosed though it was.

 

Oh it was a dumb ass risk for Bautista. The marginal benefit of being on third versus second with EE at the plate didn't justify the risk of going to third but the marginal benefit of Bautista being potentially called safe versus not burning a replay challenge more than justified the challenge.