General 2018 Blue Jays Discussion Thread

[bones10]

Estrada vs sale on Thursday... Have to win the first two.

[Brownie19]

Blue Jays placed RHP John Axford on the bereavement list.

 

Axford will be away from the team for the next 3-7 games. Tim Mayza has replaced him in the bullpen.

 

 

Not sure what happened (to Axford's family). I'd love to see Mayza get into a groove in the majors though....and never go back to AAA.

[GodDonaldson]

Estrada vs sale on Thursday... Have to win the first two.

 

Hopefully Estrada pitches great on Thursday. As a matter of fact, Chris Sale has been getting very low run support during his outing.. That's why he only has 1 win with sub 2 ERA. I don't know why the Red Sox bats go quiet when Sale is pitching.

[Krylian]

Hopefully Estrada pitches great on Thursday. As a matter of fact, Chris Sale has been getting very low run support during his outing.. That's why he only has 1 win with sub 2 ERA. I don't know why the Red Sox bats go quiet when Sale is pitching.

 

Completely random. You can have incredible run support one year and nothing the next.

[Dick_Pole]

Hopefully Estrada pitches great on Thursday. As a matter of fact, Chris Sale has been getting very low run support during his outing.. That's why he only has 1 win with sub 2 ERA. I don't know why the Red Sox bats go quiet when Sale is pitching.

 

He has this stupid habit of cutting up the team's uniforms right before game time and the team has to settle on their alternate jerseys. The batters need time to adjust to those uniforms therefore they don't hit very well on that first day which is always his start. In anger he repeats the process again his next start. It's a vicious, self-defeating cycle.

[The Iceman]

Blue Jays placed RHP John Axford on the bereavement list.

 

Axford will be away from the team for the next 3-7 games. Tim Mayza has replaced him in the bullpen.

 

 

Not sure what happened (to Axford's family). I'd love to see Mayza get into a groove in the majors though....and never go back to AAA.

 

or replace Loop who is a token LHP only. Gibbons doesn't seem to want to use him as a late game matchup guy. Mop up duty more like it.

[Jonn]

Estrada vs sale on Thursday... Have to win the first two.

 

That Thursday is giveaway day. Going to be tons of people to watch Sale carve us up. Miracles do happen though. I just don't have a ton of confidence in Estrada right now especially with the lingering back issues.

[TBJ12]

Blue Jays placed RHP John Axford on the bereavement list.

 

Axford will be away from the team for the next 3-7 games. Tim Mayza has replaced him in the bullpen.

 

 

Not sure what happened (to Axford's family). I'd love to see Mayza get into a groove in the majors though....and never go back to AAA.

 

His grandmother died. She was a resident at the nursing home my girlfriend works for.

[AledmysDiaz]

Pearce is starting at DH and hitting 5th today, over Morales, against a RHP

 

Very happy at that decision.

[glory]

Pearce is starting at DH and hitting 5th today, over Morales, against a RHP

 

Very happy at that decision.

 

Gibby 2.0.

 

So much better.

[G-Snarls]

Gibby 2.0.

 

So much better.

 

Can't complain about Gibby much this year

 

Pretty happy with what he's done with what he has available

[AledmysDiaz]

Barker called out the Jays on today's baseball central

 

"Everybody's gonna be watching now, its the Redsox, the record is what there is. Now its time for some guys to start stepping up and doing their things."

[John_Havok]

Barker called out the Jays on today's baseball central

 

"Everybody's gonna be watching now, its the Redsox, the record is what there is. Now its time for some guys to start stepping up and doing their things."

 

Dynamite commentary Barker.... sounds like he's pointing at Travis and Grichuk because honestly, who else is even struggling? Stroman I guess but he's not even pitching in this series.

 

Edit, I suppose Smoak could be tossed in there also given his recent woes

[P2F]

[John_Havok]

 

Josh is just watching the future dollar signs dwindle with every DL day this season, unless he spends nearly no more time on it and rakes the s*** out of the ball for the rest of the year.

[Grant77]

Josh is just watching the future dollar signs dwindle with every DL day this season, unless he spends nearly no more time on it and rakes the s*** out of the ball for the rest of the year.

 

He did that last year, so we'll see.

[JaysAllMighty]

So who's taking a turn at the GDT?

[Grant77]

So who's taking a turn at the GDT?

 

I will do it

[GodDonaldson]

Do you think who will be in danger of getting cut in the bullpen if the team decides to add a long reliever in the pen?

 

I hope it won’t be Oh, at least he can throw strikes.. and I do think Axford is the one who is in danger. His overpowering fastball is meaningless with his bad control..

[AledmysDiaz]

Honestly it's Loup right now. He isn't even being used anymore

[Dr. Dinger]

Grandy is the f***ing man.

[GodDonaldson]

Honestly it's Loup right now. He isn't even being used anymore

 

I think he will be kept in the roster unless another lefty relievers step up in the minors.. We may need a lefty reliever in some situations..

Loup actually has the worst ERA in the bullpen right now.

[Muck Bartinez]

Blue Jays FG playoff odds now at 44.1%, up from 37.1% at the start of the season. Angels are right behind us at 39.5%.

[z3r0s]

Honestly didn't expect the Jays to come out of the gate this strong. I did maintain that they had a shot this year if we stayed relatively healthy, but we've been playing some good baseball even with JD hurt.

 

I really underestimated the value of good depth. I guess when you spend years watching Goins and Barney bat when someone is hurt or has an off day, you forget how nice it is to see a bat come off the bench with a shot at hitting.

 

There will be tougher days to come for sure, but its been fun baseball to watch so far!

[Dr. Dinger]

Honestly didn't expect the Jays to come out of the gate this strong. I did maintain that they had a shot this year if we stayed relatively healthy, but we've been playing some good baseball even with JD hurt.

 

I really underestimated the value of good depth. I guess when you spend years watching Goins and Barney bat when someone is hurt or has an off day, you forget how nice it is to see a bat come off the bench with a shot at hitting.

 

There will be tougher days to come for sure, but its been fun baseball to watch so far!

 

Yep, it's nice looking at a lineup that contains no stars but has enough balance and platoon efficiency to compete nightly. It's enough to make you wonder if Vlad might actually play some meaningful MLB games later this season.

[Dick_Pole]

Let's say the Jays do bring up Guerrero. Does the team get any reputation equity for willing to start the clock based on need/merit instead of f***ing with his service time? CBA will be drastically different in a few years time but hopefully the Jays would be able to leverage that rep into another good IFA signing given that Guerrero and Osuna would be on the right side of Heyward heading into free agency.

[Dr. Dinger]

Let's say the Jays do bring up Guerrero. Does the team get any reputation equity for willing to start the clock based on need/merit instead of f***ing with his service time?

 

Nah, that's not a thing. Besides, nobody here wants to see us lose a year of Vlad for a 0.5 WAR upgrade in a year of marginal contention, that's just Front Office malpractice. Maybe he signs a contract, otherwise there are still meaningful games to be played in September.

[Laika]

Honestly didn't expect the Jays to come out of the gate this strong. I did maintain that they had a shot this year if we stayed relatively healthy, but we've been playing some good baseball even with JD hurt.

 

I really underestimated the value of good depth. I guess when you spend years watching Goins and Barney bat when someone is hurt or has an off day, you forget how nice it is to see a bat come off the bench with a shot at hitting.

 

There will be tougher days to come for sure, but its been fun baseball to watch so far!

 

Vindication for those of us who for years whined about AA's fragile roster construction practices.

 

More than any other sport probably, an MLB team needs to be resilient if not antifragile.

[Laika]

I wonder if there are any easy to think of bad contract swaps that Toronto might be able to pull off for Tulowitzki.

[Dr. Dinger]

Maybe Morales + Tulo for Miggy + money eaten. I'm sure Detroit would like to be free from that obligation sooner but they'd still have to pick up a substantial portion.