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Spanky__99 FCL Blue Jays

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Are they replaying that game on the MLB network today?

 

I think I remember watching it also. I watched a lot of WGN games back in that era. Wood and Prior were incredible - but a cautionary tale of building around your rotation.

 

In 12 minutes, my body is ready!

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Thanks P2F - looks like a good one for me and my son to watch.

 

 

And the game is on at 3:30 on the MLB Network.

 

I agree! You'll both probably enjoy it.

 

Man, Wood's pitch movement was beyond absurd in that game.

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I agree! You'll both probably enjoy it.

 

Man, Wood's pitch movement was beyond absurd in that game.

 

It's funny - I watched that clip Spanky posted that just shows the 20 K's and I must say that if you squint, you can see similarities with Aaron Sanchez...

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Brandon Morrow's 1 hit 17 strikeout game was the best Jays pitching performance I had the pleasure of watching. When Morrow had his good stuff and command he was a treat to watch.

 

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/brandon-morrow-greatest-pitching-performance-likely-forgot-152319663.html

 

Still rock my Morrow jersey at games. He's one of my all time favourite Jays, really wish something more came of him. I remember that great season he had where he got his first double play ball in September.

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It's funny - I watched that clip Spanky posted that just shows the 20 K's and I must say that if you squint, you can see similarities with Aaron Sanchez...

 

Hah, that hurts...

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Still rock my Morrow jersey at games. He's one of my all time favourite Jays, really wish something more came of him. I remember that great season he had where he got his first double play ball in September.

 

I've got a black Brandon Morrow jersey as well. One of my favourite pitchers with the Jays in the post-Doc era. Hope he makes a successful return to baseball once the season starts up again. He's a free agent after 2020.

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Sportsnet this week will show some of Doc's best starts with the Blue Jays. Looking forward to it! Hope they show some from the 2003 season, where he pitched the 10 inning complete game shutout. Also, looking forward to seeing the matchup against AJ Burnett and the Yankees in 2009. Even the matchup against Mark Buehrle which I think was under two hours haha.
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The Rhino was just revealed as Barry Zito on the Masked Singer. He made it to the final 4! I had no idea he could sing so well. He was robbed, they should have sent the Frog home and Barry should have been in the finals.

 

I had no idea he could sing, and sing well. I was rooting for him when I only knew he was the Rhino. The judges thought it was Trace Adkins, Blake Shelton and Jason Alden, so he was in good company. Cy Young winner and damn good singer!

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Here's a slightly old but still relevant and pretty interesting video on Trevor May breaking down his pitches and the general schools of thought with regards to pitching. It's probably a lot of stuff that most of you will have heard, but I think he does a good job breaking it down and also seeing what kind of terminology someone like him uses as opposed to what you might hear in some broadcasts or on the web.

 

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79 years ago today, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-4 with an RBI single, starting his historic 56-game hitting streak. It's the longest streak ever, 12 games better than any other since. And considering the way the game has changed in the decades since, it might just be the most unbreakable record in baseball.

 

During the streak, DiMaggio went 91 for 223 (.408) with 35 extra-base hits, 55 RBI and just 5 strikeouts. From May 15 to July 16, DiMaggio raised his average from .306 to .375 on the back of 22 multi-hit games (also, getting at least one hit a day tends to help in that department).

 

His streak reached 18 against the Indians on June 1, when third baseman Ken Keltner couldn't quite handle a hard liner off Joe's bat. Keltner filed that away for later, though, and on July 17, when Yankees played the Indians again, Keltner made sure to play DiMaggio deeper, robbing him twice with backhanded grabs. And the streak was over that day.

 

By the way, in his 13-season career, DiMaggio hit 361 homers ... and struck out 369 times.

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/1941-joe-dimaggio-hit-streak-ted-williams-c184398148

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I see the hitting streak being broken before someone throws 680 innings or 75 complete games in a season, but it's still very impressive nonetheless.
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I see the hitting streak being broken before someone throws 680 innings or 75 complete games in a season, but it's still very impressive nonetheless.

 

... Live-ball era.

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... Live-ball era.

 

The live ball records of 363 innings and 33 complete games by Pete Alexander seems equally unattainable.

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We should go after Snell. Tampa won't pay him. Imagine a 1-2 punch of Snell and Pearson.

 

That would be nice, but Tampa would probably want offers starting with Vladdy/Bichette and Pearson. I'd rather develop some top talent and fill in the holes via FA rather than trade.

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That would be nice, but Tampa would probably want offers starting with Vladdy/Bichette and Pearson. I'd rather develop some top talent and fill in the holes via FA rather than trade.

 

The Rays have a loaded farm. If anything they would be looking to move prospects to fill needs. I'd move Jansen for a Rays prospect package.

 

Uncle Spike: What is stopping the Rays from trading some of their prospects for a young, cost controlled MLB ready player? They have a flush farm system and an MLB team that is only a piece or two away from having the best line-up in baseball. They seem to have holes at 3B and catcher. Thoughts on sending something like Vidal Brujan (I know, he’s one of your faves) and Shane McClanahan to the Marlins for Brian Anderson?

 

Eric A Longenhagen: In my opinion they’ve already been doing a lot of that. Solak and Sanchez for relievers, etc. I agree with your assessment of their needs, though, and think they’ll continue to cash in prospects for present big leaguers if only because the system is so flush that they have no choice.

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The live ball records of 363 innings and 33 complete games by Pete Alexander seems equally unattainable.

 

Totally agree (but it's a little nit-picky to go to the first year of the live-ball era and pick the top pitcher that year, even if those records still stand, as I'm sure there are other more recent records that are a little more unattainable than the 56-game hitting streak).

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The Rays have a loaded farm. If anything they would be looking to move prospects to fill needs. I'd move Jansen for a Rays prospect package.

 

Uncle Spike: What is stopping the Rays from trading some of their prospects for a young, cost controlled MLB ready player? They have a flush farm system and an MLB team that is only a piece or two away from having the best line-up in baseball. They seem to have holes at 3B and catcher. Thoughts on sending something like Vidal Brujan (I know, he’s one of your faves) and Shane McClanahan to the Marlins for Brian Anderson?

 

Eric A Longenhagen: In my opinion they’ve already been doing a lot of that. Solak and Sanchez for relievers, etc. I agree with your assessment of their needs, though, and think they’ll continue to cash in prospects for present big leaguers if only because the system is so flush that they have no choice.

 

They had their future 3b in Solak, he is one they let get away, for relievers?? Brian Anderson is the Marlins closest to untouchable player at the moment. They would want a big haul... Vidal and McLanahan might move the needle though.

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They had their future 3b in Solak, he is one they let get away, for relievers?? Brian Anderson is the Marlins closest to untouchable player at the moment. They would want a big haul... Vidal and McLanahan might move the needle though.

 

Solak isn't much. 25 and projected to be a below average bat, below average fielder. 2019 BABIP luck.

Carlos Danger Dunedin Blue Jays

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Solak isn't much. 25 and projected to be a below average bat, below average fielder. 2019 BABIP luck.

 

Negative Ghost Rider. He is a hitter and has hit his whole career. To the point Texas is trying him in CF and just about every position because they want to get his bat in the lineup. As I saw mentioned in a write up, he is criminally underrated. He got lost in the deep Tampa system. He is a gem and I will put money on it!

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Solak isn't much. 25 and projected to be a below average bat, below average fielder. 2019 BABIP luck.

 

I wouldn't put much stock in the defensive projections for someone who played in 33 games at the majors last year, most of which were at a position he had basically never played before.

Spanky__99 FCL Blue Jays

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This was an interesting read on these guys new metric kWAR, I've bookmarked it to follow his findings once baseball comes back...

 

 

What do you guys think, just curious?

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