GDT (2/4) | Seattle Mariners (17-18) @ Toronto Blue Jays (14-21) | 7:07 PM

[Jonn]

Ottawa winning the cup on Canada's 150th birthday.

 

I hope the NHL season doesn't go to July. It's to long already. /green

[wk680]

there was some serious meatballs in that at bat

 

Maile is clearly a well below replacement level catcher on the offensive side. It's like watching an NL team with him in the lineup.

[labadee]

biagini getting tired

[Jonn]

He chopped at that lol

[bones10]

biagini getting tired

 

Only one way to get stronger brother.

[Pendleton]

Good job Joe!

[Gary]

Maile is clearly a well below replacement level catcher on the offensive side. It's like watching an NL team with him in the lineup.

He's good at framing though.

[Pendleton]

Only one way to get stronger brother.

 

It's a process, there is such a thing as pushing him too far too fast.

[TheHurl]

I've been saying I don't like seeing him go through a rotation a third time. I'd just pull him to start the 6th

[bones10]

Bautista bomb again?

[Orgfiller]

I've been saying I don't like seeing him go through a rotation a third time. I'd just pull him to start the 6th

 

I'm sure if he's not out of the game already they'll pull him after a batter or two in the 6th.

[Atothe]

Buck and Pat are doing it again. Pillar isn't a good hitter, just a hot streak idiots

[bones10]

Buck and Pat are doing it again. Pillar isn't a good hitter, just a hot streak idiots

 

Pillar has been a good hitter all season

[baubau]

Buck and Pat are doing it again. Pillar isn't a good hitter, just a hot streak idiots

 

I mean, at least Pillar's hot streak is sexy. 131 wRC+, increase in BB from 4.1% to 7.6% and no redonk BABIP, currently .339 and career's BABIP is .307.

[wk680]

Buck and Pat are doing it again. Pillar isn't a good hitter, just a hot streak idiots

 

We are going to have to wait and see if some of the signs of an improved approach and better results are sustained. Could be one of those things where he has a career year or half year and then regresses back (like Saunders first half in 2016).

[EdwinsParrot]

Good job Joe

[Gary]

How much control do we have on Biagini?

[Governator]

Man Biagini has really helped us out. That could have been Latos throwing.

[TheHurl]

Buck and Pat are doing it again. Pillar isn't a good hitter, just a hot streak idiots

 

I don't agree 100%. He's got a terrible eye and swings at too many bad pitches. The number of pitches outside the zone he swings at is down. He's never going to walk a lot as his contact rates on the pitches in the zone is good. He's not a 130 wRC hitter...but I wouldn't call him a bad hitter either. He's showing good signs of improvement.

[saskjayfan]

How much control do we have on Biagini?

 

free agent in 2022

[Atothe]

Remember when goins started walking a couple of years ago? Fool me once, i say the real Pillar will show up soon. Walk rate will dip and the numbers will plummet

[TheHurl]

How much control do we have on Biagini?

 

4 more years.

[bones10]

Remember when goins started walking a couple of years ago? Fool me once, i say the real Pillar will show up soon. Walk rate will dip and the numbers will plummet

 

why is what happened to Goins mutual exclusive with Pillar?

[Jonn]

Lol at Tabler thinking Loup was ever facing Cruz.

[Atothe]

why is what happened to Goins mutual exclusive with Pillar?

 

It's not, you know the point I'm making. We have a body of history for both and it screams mediocre to terrible

[bones10]

It's not, you know the point I'm making. We have a body of history for both and it screams mediocre to terrible

 

meh maybe, but Pillar is still a better hitter than Goins is ever, and at a premium position.

[wk680]

Lol at Tabler thinking Loup was ever facing Cruz.

 

I thought he might since they haven the big left-handed bat of Seager on deck. But Cruz is obviously the bigger threat so seems he is playing it right.

[Gary]

free agent in 2022

Wow. Very nice.

[G-Snarls]

Lol at Tabler thinking Loup was ever facing Cruz.

 

Yeah Gibby's not that dumb

[Orgfiller]

Three filthy changeups.