General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)

[connorp]

I think Ray is going to continue being a stud. I’m completely open-minded about Gausman. I remember the years in the AL East of futility well but can respect the more recent success. We’ll know more by May I guess… if he chokes his first couple starts there will plenty of trolling by some people though..lol…it’s the internet

[max silver]

I think Ray is going to continue being a stud. I’m completely open-minded about Gausman. I remember the years in the AL East of futility well but can respect the more recent success. We’ll know more by May I guess… if he chokes his first couple starts there will plenty of trolling by some people though..lol…it’s the internet

 

I agree that Ray will most likely continue be a legitimate front of the rotation starter, I just don't see how you can fake that level of improved control for almost an entire season. He should be helped out by playing a good chunk of games in the more pitcher friendly AL West Ballparks. Gausman has a little longer track record at this level of performance than Ray as he was great in 2020 as well. I don't know if either guy will prove to be a legitimate ace but in any case this Jay's offence is stacked enough that the club will win a ton of games even without one of these types of pitchers.

[Spanky99]

I have no issues with people saying Berrios is a number 2 starter or even going so far as to state that he's not an ideal number 2 starter, those are perfectly reasonable baseball opinions. This isn't remotely close to what was actually said though. I took issue with the proclamation that he has a pattern of one good game and two bad games for his career, that's just ridiculous hyperbole. A guy like that would quickly find himself out of MLB and sure as hell wouldn't be signing a 7 year $100+ million deal. This is a front office doesn't throw around money without scrutinizing it in every possible way, if they feel good about committing this kind of money then so be it.

 

In case you missed it I tore a strip out of Felix or whatever the hell his name is because he has a history of making posts which seem directly designed to pour salt into the wounds when things go badly but has no interest in posting when times are good, who the f*** wants to have to deal with that kind of garbage? Remember last season when the Jays were running out of the season and he proclaimed the season to be over a week before the end date, or how about when he started ranting about how bad Robbie Ray was because he struggled in a handful of starts against the Yankees? If you want to go out of your way and encourage this kind of posting then have at it I guess, but I'm personally not a huge fan of people that want to try to kick you while your down to validate their own negativity. Misery doesn't love company, it's more like the miserable bastards of the world want to force you to accompany them in their wallowing and self pity.

 

Love this.

[wamco]

There is the old expression that even a stopped clock is right once per day, but that is still being too generous to the likes of you. Let's check out Berrios after a sample size of more than one game and then we can reassess. Maybe he even follows your two bad start one bad start pattern one time this season, this still will do nothing to validate your faulty thought processes after such a small sample size. At some point if you continue to blather on I intend to go through his historical results and see what kind of ratio between bad starts and good starts he has actually maintained, hopefully that will shut you up for good on this topic.

 

It’s twice a day that a broken clock is right so maybe junior has one more in him

[John_Havok]

I have no issues with people saying Berrios is a number 2 starter or even going so far as to state that he's not an ideal number 2 starter, those are perfectly reasonable baseball opinions. This isn't remotely close to what was actually said though. I took issue with the proclamation that he has a pattern of one good game and two bad games for his career, that's just ridiculous hyperbole. A guy like that would quickly find himself out of MLB and sure as hell wouldn't be signing a 7 year $100+ million deal. This is a front office doesn't throw around money without scrutinizing it in every possible way, if they feel good about committing this kind of money then so be it.

 

In case you missed it I tore a strip out of Felix or whatever the hell his name is because he has a history of making posts which seem directly designed to pour salt into the wounds when things go badly but has no interest in posting when times are good, who the f*** wants to have to deal with that kind of garbage? Remember last season when the Jays were running out of the season and he proclaimed the season to be over a week before the end date, or how about when he started ranting about how bad Robbie Ray was because he struggled in a handful of starts against the Yankees? If you want to go out of your way and encourage this kind of posting then have at it I guess, but I'm personally not a huge fan of people that want to try to kick you while your down to validate their own negativity. Misery doesn't love company, it's more like the miserable bastards of the world want to force you to accompany them in their wallowing and self pity.

 

Im actually starting to like you.

[DigitalRock]

I mean if you’re tightly wound and took the comment literally, yeah it’s stupid at the face of it. But if it’s just saying he’s inconsistent, it becomes a lot more reasonable. Anyways, as mentioned I like him and over the course of a season think he’s a solid guy to have at #2 but come playoff time he’s not someone that you’re going to overly confident he’s going to lock it down

 

What a stupid post, take the L

[DigitalRock]

I have no issues with people saying Berrios is a number 2 starter or even going so far as to state that he's not an ideal number 2 starter, those are perfectly reasonable baseball opinions. This isn't remotely close to what was actually said though. I took issue with the proclamation that he has a pattern of one good game and two bad games for his career, that's just ridiculous hyperbole. A guy like that would quickly find himself out of MLB and sure as hell wouldn't be signing a 7 year $100+ million deal. This is a front office doesn't throw around money without scrutinizing it in every possible way, if they feel good about committing this kind of money then so be it.

 

In case you missed it I tore a strip out of Felix or whatever the hell his name is because he has a history of making posts which seem directly designed to pour salt into the wounds when things go badly but has no interest in posting when times are good, who the f*** wants to have to deal with that kind of garbage? Remember last season when the Jays were running out of the season and he proclaimed the season to be over a week before the end date, or how about when he started ranting about how bad Robbie Ray was because he struggled in a handful of starts against the Yankees? If you want to go out of your way and encourage this kind of posting then have at it I guess, but I'm personally not a huge fan of people that want to try to kick you while your down to validate their own negativity. Misery doesn't love company, it's more like the miserable bastards of the world want to force you to accompany them in their wallowing and self pity.

 

Excellent post.

[connorp]

What a stupid post, take the L

 

What exactly do you take issue with? Specifically. Outside of “its just stupid”

[BCZ]

Berrios sux 100+ ERA sell him for a bag of balls pls

[G-Snarls]

BP has been better than the SP so far....

 

(2 games.......)

[G-Snarls]

Def like seeing the Yankees and Red Sox split their series every time

[Stangstag]

BP has been better than the SP so far....

 

(2 games.......)

 

Seems like a lot of starters just don’t have enough innings yet to be comfortable

[G-Snarls]

Seems like a lot of starters just don’t have enough innings yet to be comfortable

 

Definitely going to be a problem league wide in April

[max silver]

It’s twice a day that a broken clock is right so maybe junior has one more in him

 

Awesome followup post, more than happy to pull tag team take-down on Felix Junior 6483 or whatever the hell it is he calls himself.

[max silver]

Im actually starting to like you.

 

Seeing the size of the deficit I started in I'm making good progress here. I've chipped away with obscure Weird Al references, BJMB troll curb stompings and even received the rarely seen John Havoc thank you following one of my recent posts so everything is coming up Millhouse.

Edited April 10, 2022 by max silver

[Jimcanuck]

Seeing the size of the deficit I started in I'm making good progress here. I've chipped away with obscure Weird Al references, BJMB troll curb stompings and even received the rarely seen John Havoc thank you following one of my recent posts so everything is coming up Millhouse.

 

Don't get complacent, BJMB will turn vicious if you aren't careful

[peterkim]

hyunjin ryu is pitching today

 

hope he will pitch more than 7 innings

 

and give bullpen rest

 

lets go jays

[Ryu In My House]

Yes. To all of that.

[Ryu In My House]

Def like seeing the Yankees and Red Sox split their series every time

 

Lol, that is exactly what I was thinking. I hate both teams so much. If they play each other to .500 on the season it bodes well for us.

[Krylian]

Is this the gameday thread

 

If so cool

 

If not cool

 

Go Jays go

[Deadpool]

I am shocked

 

 

 

 

That other guy was banned

 

 

and

 

then this

 

dude shows up

[Spanky99]

[Laika]

Espinal already has THREE batted balls with higher EV than his max last season.

 

Dude is going to hit a 112 mph 440 foot homer at some point

 

Cavan Biggio is f***ed

[InsideThePark]

I feel like

 

last years should count as well

 

 

winning streak

 

could be 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this guy is annoying

[Ehjays]

[Deadpool]

 

Glad Katoh was able to at least get into a game. But he'll be back, so he'll get his chances to play more.

[Ehjays]

Glad Katoh was able to at least get into a game. But he'll be back, so he'll get his chances to play more.

 

I thought it was gonna be Collins sent down

[Sammy225]

I thought it was gonna be Collins sent down

 

I get the whole we need to get Kirk and Jansen at bats but it is hard to comprehend carrying 3 catchers. Really limits what you can do

[Ehjays]

[Krylian]

Espinal already has THREE batted balls with higher EV than his max last season.

 

Dude is going to hit a 112 mph 440 foot homer at some point

 

Cavan Biggio is f***ed

 

It's still early, but I really like what I'm seeing from Espinal