Rip Blue Jays 2016

[King]

 

When you try your best, but you don't succeed

When you get what you want, but not what you need

When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep

Stuck in reverse

 

http://i.imgur.com/7I7zVb3.png

 

And the tears come streaming down your face

When you lose something you can't replace

When you love someone, but it goes to waste

Could it be worse?

http://sports.cbsimg.net/images//visual/whatshot/jaysRIP919.png

[dineke]

lol coldplay... way to kick a bird while it's down

[fatcowxlive]

BTS start the Offseason Thread please!!!

 

On a serious note great season this year! Will miss Bautista and Edwin if they don't resign

[over500]

BTS start the Offseason Thread please!!! no

 

On a serious note great season this year! Will miss Bautista and Edwin if they don't resign

I won't miss Bautista one bit.

[rydermike]

I won't miss Bautista one bit.

 

Bautista with a drive, deep outta toronto, no doubt about it.

[fatcowxlive]

I won't miss Bautista one bit.

 

You're crazy. Second best batter in Jays history. He's getting on the level of excellence

[Captain Adama]

You're crazy. Second best batter in Jays history. He's getting on the level of excellence

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2016&month=0&season1=1977&ind=0&team=14&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

 

Best position player in Jays history.

[Inklink]

End of an era folks.

 

2 ALCS in a row is nothing to sneeze at, but the way they sputtered out both times is not fun to watch.

 

Time for players who do more than they say, I guess.

 

Hope Eddy is back. Jose, you were a legend, but time to move on if you want more than 2 years.

 

I would've liked to see some fight in the team but you can't take anything away from the opponent either. Hope they get pummeled in the WS though

[fatcowxlive]

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2016&month=0&season1=1977&ind=0&team=14&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

 

Best position player in Jays history.

 

WOW. I thought he was still trailing Fernandez, mind you with 400 games played less than Delgado and Fernandez. People who s*** on him should be ashamed.

 

He was the sole reason to watch the Blue Jays in each of the 2010-2014 seasons. Could have had the MVP award in 2011 too, amazing guy and a good leader when this team needed one.

[Dick_Pole]

The biggest regret we should have as Blue Jays fans is he didn't get started a few months earlier. If he had that might have been enough offense to convince Halladay to stay. Imagine how the team would have been with Roy still on it in 2010.

[Brownie19]

I won't miss Bautista one bit.

 

I'll be so happy when the casuals crawl back into their holes and f*** off

[CJ-Freeway]

That bat flip was the most epic thing that I have ever watched on TV. I'll never forget that moment, even when I'm old and grey.

[Hipfan]

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2016&month=0&season1=1977&ind=0&team=14&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

 

Best position player in Jays history.

 

Wow...looked at Robbie Alomar on that list; how does he have a negative defence WAR? That's ridiculous.

[MunenoriKawasakiMVP]

Baseball is really the sport that leaves you the most bitter/sad when the team you root for loses in the playoff. 171 games of fun is alot to deal with emotionally.

[Captain Adama]

Wow...looked at Robbie Alomar on that list; how does he have a negative defence WAR? That's ridiculous.

 

Probably a combo of modern metrics not being the most accurate recalling older players and him being overrated defensively.

[Belliss101]

Cheer up friends. Only 165 days until our next blue Jays meaningful action!

[Olerud363]

Wow...looked at Robbie Alomar on that list; how does he have a negative defence WAR? That's ridiculous.

 

Joe Carter isn't even on that page... he is on the next. Carter gets beat by Hinske and Lawrie...

[Jonn]

Tough way to end things. I felt we were setup well too push this series further. I'm confident in our management to produce a roster good enough to compete again.

 

As always it's nice to banter back and forth with you guys. The good and the bad. Hopefully its an enjoyable off-season.

[Hipfan]

Probably a combo of modern metrics not being the most accurate recalling older players and him being overrated defensively.

 

So I'm not being snarky or anything, this is a genuine question: did you watch Alomar play? I find it hard to to overrate him defensively. He was regarded as the top second baseman in the game, defensively, during his time in Toronto.

[GD]

Probably a combo of modern metrics not being the most accurate recalling older players and him being overrated defensively.

 

They're not modern. Anything before 2002 is a s***** Retrosheet UZR proxy that shouldn't be taken seriously.

[Omar]

So I'm not being snarky or anything, this is a genuine question: did you watch Alomar play? I find it hard to to overrate him defensively. He was regarded as the top second baseman in the game, defensively, during his time in Toronto.

 

When I lived in Chicago I had the pleasure to watch Sandberg play all the time and he was amazing but Alomar is the finest second baseman I have ever seen play.

[G-Snarls]

Good season, bad series

 

Indians are just on a tear and Miller is a one man wrecking machine buzz saw who I wish had been traded to a NL team

[G-Snarls]

I feel like 6 out of 10 times the Jays roster beats the Indians roster as was constructed for this series

 

Random thoughts:

 

We should have gotten to their starters

 

Our starting rotation was much better than theirs

 

Lindor is f'n awesome

 

They have a better manager

[Hipfan]

I feel like 6 out of 10 times the Jays roster beats the Indians roster as was constructed for this series

 

Random thoughts:

 

We should have gotten to their starters

 

Our starting rotation was much better than theirs

 

Lindor is f'n awesome

 

They have a better manager

 

Yep...our downfall was the plate discipline. Everyone was trying to hit the 5 run home run instead of just trying to put the ball in play. That killed the offence.

[Praxis]

I'm not going to complain about this season. I wasn't convinced we would even get as far as the ALCS, which in an odd way makes losing to a depleted Indians lineup kind of suck, but still. After 20 years of utter futility I'll take these last two seasons in a heartbeat.

 

Looking forward I'm not particularly relishing the prospect of Billy Butler as our next DH, but I'll take Josh Reddick as our new RF please. Also, Brandon Moss might be a nice pick up in LF.