Rangers vs Jays ALDS Discussion

[BTS]

They failed to add a decent starter at the deadline (Harrell got injured), Holland turned into crap, Martin Perez was bad most of the season, AJ Griffin stunk after the All-Star Break Colby Lewis has been mostly awful since returning from injury, Hamels has struggled recently, and having one of the league's worst defenses (except at 3B) doesn't help.

 

Their team graded out as average in DRS and UZR. They don't have one of the league's worst defenses.

[burlingtonbandit]

Carlos Gomez really turned it around since getting to Texas.

[SweetSmellingChacin]

These division series' should be 7 gamers.

 

A 5 game series gives an unfair advantage to teams with 1 or 2 great starters and penalizes those teams with good depth in starting pitching. Texas can basically pitch Darvish/Hamels in 4/5 of the games, so the fact their 3-5 starters suck doesn't really impact them that much.

 

I'd like to see ALDS and ALCS at 7 games each, with WS being a 9 game series.

[Dr. Dinger]

I definitely would have rather faced Cleveland, but I'll take facing the Rangers over Boston.

[BTS]

I definitely would have rather faced Cleveland, but I'll take facing the Rangers over Boston.

 

I think Cleveland is easily the weakest AL team. No Salazar or Carrasco, and Kluber isn't 100% healthy. Trevor Bauer and Josh Tomlin are going to combine for 3 starts.

[TRM]

It's important for my stress levels that the Jays don't drop the first two games again. That was tough.

[TRM]

I think Cleveland is easily the weakest AL team. No Salazar or Carrasco, and Kluber isn't 100% healthy. Trevor Bauer and Josh Tomlin are going to combine for 3 starts.

 

Pray they BABIP their way past the Sox.

[Sammy225]

I think Cleveland is easily the weakest AL team. No Salazar or Carrasco, and Kluber isn't 100% healthy. Trevor Bauer and Josh Tomlin are going to combine for 3 starts.

 

Ya Cleveland is a walking Band Aid right now i don't see Boston loosing to them..... Rangers if you can get into their bullpen you might have a shot but doing that against Hamels and Darvish is easier said then done.

[jaysfan2014]

Their team graded out as average in DRS and UZR. They don't have one of the league's worst defenses.

 

All inflated by Adrian Beltre playing 3B.. They're below average or worse at SS, 2B, CF when Desmond plays there, and there isn't enough sample size on Gomez as a Ranger.. his numbers in Houston in CF were not good, as he has regressed badly since leaving Milwaukee. Texas being tied for 2nd worst in errors is a problem.

[ChrisS]

The Jays also need to be mentally focused, what happened earlier this season needs to be put aside.

[jaysfan2014]

Carlos Gomez really turned it around since getting to Texas.

 

Not really--it was more due to a hot streak in September feasting on bad AL West teams out of contention. And his numbers vs. Toronto were putrid..

[jaysfan2014]

Ya Cleveland is a walking Band Aid right now i don't see Boston loosing to them..... Rangers if you can get into their bullpen you might have a shot but doing that against Hamels and Darvish is easier said then done.

 

Cleveland still has that strong bullpen--if Tomlin/Bauer/Kluber can have a lead by the 6th, they'll have a good shot.

[BTS]

All inflated by Adrian Beltre playing 3B.. They're below average or worse at SS, 2B, CF when Desmond plays there, and there isn't enough sample size on Gomez as a Ranger.. his numbers in Houston in CF were not good, as he has regressed badly since leaving Milwaukee. Texas being tied for 2nd worst in errors is a problem.

 

Toronto's offence is really bad (if you exclude Donaldson).

[jaysfan2014]

Toronto's offence is really bad (if you exclude Donaldson).

 

At least they still got on base--they just need to hit with RISP...

[TRM]

Toronto's offence is really bad (if you exclude Donaldson).

 

Why do you respond to the dog?

[BTS]

Why do you respond to the dog?

 

I don't usually

[fatcowxlive]

Toronto's offence is really bad (if you exclude Donaldson).

 

October Jose flippin Bats is back!!

 

Can't believe how Donaldson's holding up with his hip, leg, finger, etc. dude's a warrior

[Abomination]

Darvish is the one that scares me. In 100 AB, we've only had 18 hits while striking out 38 times. He's also finished off the year with two very good outings (combined 13 innings, 5 hits, 2 walks, 21 k's). I think we can handle Hamels (not that he isn't a good pitcher too).

[Angrioter]

Dominican hits Hamels well. If we beat Hamels the series could be easy to take.

[Sammy225]

Dominican hits Hamels well. If we beat Hamels the series could be easy to take.

 

But can Dominicans hit Darvish?

[West Texas Forever]

Jays need to take 1 of 2 in Texas tomorrow, then we will be in good shape.

[Angrioter]

But can Dominicans hit Darvish?

 

Nah... Darvish will f*** us.

[ILikeSoccerandBaseball09]

Hamels stas vs the Jays

 

 

 

0-2 with a 6.97 ERA

 

 

We need to win the 1st game.

[ILikeSoccerandBaseball09]

We have played some really tough games in our division. I think we can pull off a series win.

[jaysguy44]

Hamels stas vs the Jays

 

 

 

0-2 with a 6.97 ERA

 

 

We need to win the 1st game.

 

Nice. Good to see. How did he do last year against us? I can't remember

[West Texas Forever]

Live stream is up.

 

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/watch-live-blue-jays-rangers-alds-media-conferences/

[Terminator]

Gibby strikes again. Just got a notification on my phone that he's set the starting rotation as follows:

 

1: Estrada

2: Happ

3: Sanchez

4: Stroman

 

With that setup we only get 1 start out of Sanchez.

[Stangstag]

Its like you guys completely forget that ANYTHING can happen in a short 5-game/7-game series. There are no guarantees in the MLB postseason.

[West Texas Forever]

As long as the Jays can steal 1 game in Texas to start the series I will be happy, bring it home Jays!

[vdubmvp]

Gibbons isn't crazy enough to start Navarro tomorrow, right?