General 2018 Blue Jays Discussion Thread

Spanky__99 · April 6, 2018

Speaking of unwritten rules...

This was spoken on MLB Network to no end, lol. In the end almost everyone said don't shift, and it won't happen, seems pretty simple to me.

Brownie19 · April 6, 2018

Holy f*** I hate unwritten rules. Fictional narrative that a bunch of gullible sheep believe and then fight to keep it relevant.

John_Havok · April 6, 2018

This was spoken on MLB Network to no end, lol. In the end almost everyone said don't shift, and it won't happen, seems pretty simple to me.

Same here. If the game is so out if reach that you're not supposed to bunt, why are they shifting to prevent a lowly single?

Jonn · April 9, 2018

Strage moves by Gibby. If you wanted to DH Smoak. Why not have the red hot Solarte play at 1B instead of Morales. And than he also decided to put Pearce in RF. Solarte should have either been playing 1B or LF today.

Grant77 · April 9, 2018

Strage moves by Gibby. If you wanted to DH Smoak. Why not have the red hot Solarte play at 1B instead of Morales. And than he also decided to put Pearce in RF. Solarte should have either been playing 1B or LF today.

Perhaps Solarte needs a rest of he wants to get Morales' bat going after a solid showing yesterday. I usually don't question the players in the lineup because only they know about nagging injuries and whatnot. The order in which they appear is another issue entirely.

AledmysDiaz · April 9, 2018

Pearce in RF is horrible. Grichuk maybe struggling with the bat but the stellar defense is there

Orgfiller · April 9, 2018

Pearce in RF is horrible. Grichuk maybe struggling with the bat but the stellar defense is there

Grichuk just needs a day off to clear his head or something, we'll live with the defensive downgrade for one game if it means he can finally get clicking on offense.

Brownie19 · April 9, 2018

Holy jesus you guys question everything. Think for a second about how much information you probably don't have when forming your opinion about what is right or wrong about our lineup night. There is absolutely no reason for people to be questioning the construction of our lineup for any one game.

Jonn · April 9, 2018

I'm not questioning everything. I just think its odd you leave a red hot hitter out of the lineup. He literally reached base every time he came to the plate yesterday and not only has the offence weakened so has the defense. If hes hurt that's fine will find out... but Pearce in RF and Morales at 1B is pretty gross.

jerb · April 10, 2018

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No Morales on the lineup card. Tim Mayza is on the list so Morales is going to the DL. #BlueJays

Spanky__99 · April 10, 2018

Hipfan · April 10, 2018

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No Morales on the lineup card. Tim Mayza is on the list so Morales is going to the DL. #BlueJays

Seriously, no Vlad? Come on!!!! :mad:

gruber92 · April 10, 2018

Tim Mayza has been unleashed.

Krylian · April 10, 2018

I hope Mayza grabs this opportunity by the nuts and squeezes tight.

AledmysDiaz · April 10, 2018

Having an extra reliever is always helpful on the road, especially with the high leverage innings these guys have been pitching.

Jonn · April 10, 2018

I wonder if Solarte could play a better OF than Pierce. Oh well they are both in the lineup and thats best for the team. not that I was wishing on Morales.

AledmysDiaz · April 10, 2018

I'd rather DH Pearce, and have an actual Right Fielder in there.

Orgfiller · April 10, 2018

f*** yes, I love me some Tim Mayza.

doorknob · April 10, 2018

Doesn't Mayza have a fairly high ERA?

Brownie19 · April 10, 2018

Doesn't Mayza have a fairly high ERA?

yeah - we don't judge based on ERA around these parts...

14.3 K/9, 2.1 BB/9 2.98 FIP and 2.15 xFIP in 17 innings last year suggest he has considerable upside.

Angrioter · April 10, 2018

yeah - we don't judge based on ERA around these parts...

14.3 K/9, 2.1 BB/9 2.98 FIP and 2.15 xFIP in 17 innings last year suggest he has considerable upside.

SSS

He's not AJ Minter

nmrch · April 11, 2018

It looks like Osuna is throwing too many fastballs in the zone, hitters haven't squared him up yet but its probably gonna come back to bite him.

Krylian · April 11, 2018

Doesn't Mayza have a fairly high ERA?

Yes.

Release him.

Jonn · April 11, 2018

It looks like Osuna is throwing too many fastballs in the zone, hitters haven't squared him up yet but its probably gonna come back to bite him.

Yea hopefully he starts throwing a lot more balls soon.

nmrch · April 11, 2018

Yea hopefully he starts throwing a lot more balls soon.

I don't know why you're being flippant about it, the idea that a pitcher has to prioritize missing bats and limit the number of straight fastballs thrown in the zone is not even a new age pitching philosophy.

Pendleton · April 11, 2018

I don't know why you're being flippant about it, the idea that a pitcher has to prioritize missing bats and limit the number of straight fastballs thrown in the zone is not even a new age pitching philosophy.

Closers have to come in firing strikes, Osuna's biggest strength is his ability to pound all corners of the strike zone with precision. As long as the command is there he's just fine living around the zone.

Jonn · April 11, 2018

I don't know why you're being flippant about it, the idea that a pitcher has to prioritize missing bats and limit the number of straight fastballs thrown in the zone is not even a new age pitching philosophy.

Osuna has been locating all year. Hes actually had a couple K's stolen from his due to s***** calls. That foul tip call last night was awful. I'm not worried about the lack of strikeouts yet. His fastball velocity is already up over last year as well.

Sammy225 · April 11, 2018

It looks like Osuna is throwing too many fastballs in the zone, hitters haven't squared him up yet but its probably gonna come back to bite him.

Ya maybe start walking a couple guys to keep them thinking.

nmrch · April 11, 2018

You guys are living in a bygone era, the name of the game today is missing bats, everything else comes second. If anything, a high leverage reliever needs to prioritize that even more.

Boxcar · April 11, 2018

You guys are living in a bygone era, the name of the game today is missing bats, everything else comes second. If anything, a high leverage reliever needs to prioritize that even more.

Look up Max Scherzer's fastball location.