General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)

[Laika]

Tapiaaaaaaaaaa

 

Our contact hitter

 

Speed speed fast swing swing balls in play

[Terminator]

Tapiaaaaaaaaaa

 

Our contact hitter

 

Speed speed fast swing swing balls in play

 

He's about to breakout

[Laika]

Hit the ball so hard Steven Kwan was STUNNED

[Laika]

When The Rocket hits a barrel right at you and starts sprinting out of the box with his dreads flying everywhere, all you can do is fall to your knees.

[Omar]

[Terminator]

When The Rocket hits a barrel right at you and starts sprinting out of the box with his dreads flying everywhere, all you can do is fall to your knees.

 

Exactly! Imagine a soft liner heading right toward you and then the ball starts knuckling and then you’ve got a women’s softball player/giraffe/The Predator all rolled into one starts flying out of the box. Imagine the panic one must feel as Rocket makes the turn toward second and his helmet flies off and his dreads start flapping in the wind. I would want no part of that and I don’t blame Kwan one bit

[Stangstag]

 

RIP we hardly knew thee

[jaysblue]

Honestly, at this point there's zero justification for not DFAing Zimmer. He's been so much worse than anyone could have expected, and there's almost no chance any team would claim him after this putrid display.

 

You would think the Jays could have picked up a better 4th or 5th outfielder off free agency or via trade this offseason.

[jerb]

 

Blake Murphy

@BlakeMurphyODC

 

Merryweather optioned to AAA, Borucki activated

[Deadpool]

 

Blake Murphy

@BlakeMurphyODC

 

Merryweather optioned to AAA, Borucki activated

 

Zimmer has pics of someone...

[Jays24]

Do we know what's happening with Biggio? Is he just a lost cause at this point? I would have rather seen Biggio suck at the plate than watch Zimmer.

[Deadpool]

Do we know what's happening with Biggio? Is he just a lost cause at this point? I would have rather seen Biggio suck at the plate than watch Zimmer.

 

He hasn't even started a rehab assignment yet, no MiLB ABs in 2022. Haven't heard anything about his status beyond that.

[connorp]

Do we know what's happening with Biggio? Is he just a lost cause at this point? I would have rather seen Biggio suck at the plate than watch Zimmer.

 

Was it even confirmed he had Covid lol. It was a pretty vague announcement, that he had “symptoms”..lol

[Olerud363]

Yeah the change in approaches by hitters definitely also had a lot to do with the rapid increases in stuff and changes in pitching practices. Definitely.

 

You can see this with guys like Kevin Pillar who are bad hitters with good hit tools - they make too much contact and the stuff is too good now that more often than not that means terrible/weak contact. Imagine if Kevin Pillar had the discipline to swing way less. He probably would have been Alex Bregman. He has as much or more raw power than Bregman, that's not a joke, look at max EV for both of them.

 

So if Kevin Pillar simply swinging less would = him being a way better hitter, that helps illustrate the idea that in general swinging less = better results for hitters if we are in a league where pitchers have great stuff and when you happen to square up a ball it tends to go over the wall.

 

Are the Blue Jays swinging more or less than last year? Last two games have been a nightmare.

 

Should the Blue Jays as at team be swinging more or less than they are this year? Last two games the last 7 or 8 innings of each seemed to be a nightmare of swinging too much...

[Spanky99]

Injury Report

Eligible to return on Sat May 14 - 10-day IL.

 

May 8, 7:56 PM EDT EDT

 

Ryu (forearm) may be ready to return from the 10-day injured list to start Saturday at Tampa Bay, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.

 

Analysis

Though he's been on the shelf since April 17 with left forearm inflammation, Ryu looks like he could be cleared to come off the IL after just one rehab start in the minors. He reported to Triple-A Buffalo on Saturday and covered four innings (74 pitches) in his start, striking out six while giving up two runs on five hits and no walks. The Blue Jays will likely see how he fares during a bullpen session Monday or Tuesday before deciding if his next start will be at the big-league level or at Triple-A.

[BigCecil]

Baseball. CLE. f***. The 1 game I thought we would probably struggle vs Beiber we W. lose 3. I like 1 run games a lot more when we win them. Oh well. Day off and then right back at it.

[Jays24]

Was it even confirmed he had Covid lol. It was a pretty vague announcement, that he had “symptoms”..lol

 

They said he had a non covid illness and he's pretty much disappeared from the team. Even if ive never been a bug fan, he was supposed to be a bit part of our bench depth.

[connorp]

They said he had a non covid illness and he's pretty much disappeared from the team. Even if ive never been a bug fan, he was supposed to be a bit part of our bench depth.

 

I floated some Biggio conspiracy theories a few weeks ago and got torched. He may be visiting a sports shrink. In the meantime they may be exploring trades for RP instead of putting him in AAA and having his already sinking value plummet to nothing when he struggles there

[connorp]

At the very least you can say his situation is objectively weird at this point

[max silver]

I floated some Biggio conspiracy theories a few weeks ago and got torched. He may be visiting a sports shrink. In the meantime they may be exploring trades for RP instead of putting him in AAA and having his already sinking value plummet to nothing when he struggles there

 

That's not nearly salacious enough. I think he's likely on a massive cocaine bender right now. Or maybe he's joined a Satanic cult and is busy sacrificing goats. Or perhaps he was secretly whisked away to a secret underground terrorist prison because he was the leader of a terrorist organization.

 

You're going more and more overboard with the Biggio hated lately. The poor bastard can't even potentially come down with a covid infection without drawing your ire. It's at the point where it's like you're being mind controlled by Keith Law or something.

[Spanky99]

That's not nearly salacious enough. I think he's likely on a massive cocaine bender right now. Or maybe he's joined a Satanic cult and is busy sacrificing goats. Or perhaps he was secretly whisked away to a secret underground terrorist prison because he was the leader of a terrorist organization.

 

You're going more and more overboard with the Biggio hated lately. The poor bastard can't even potentially come down with a covid infection without drawing your ire. It's at the point where it's like you're being mind controlled by Keith Law or something.

 

lol... just Baldilocks.

[connorp]

lol... just Baldilocks.

 

We all like to spike the football around here. Nobody is standing on moral high ground here

[Spanky99]

We all like to spike the football around here. Nobody is standing on moral high ground here

 

I'll spike all over you man.

[max silver]

We all like to spike the football around here. Nobody is standing on moral high ground here

 

I hate to be the bearer of bad news here but your football spikes tend to be of the variety that bounce up and hit you in the face.

[Terminator]

Do we know what's happening with Biggio? Is he just a lost cause at this point? I would have rather seen Biggio suck at the plate than watch Zimmer.

 

With the way he was playing I wouldn't be surprised if the team comes out and announces that he has late stage AIDS

[JaysAllMighty]

With the way he was playing I wouldn't be surprised if the team comes out and announces that he has late stage AIDS

 

What an awful thing to say about someone.

[polar bear]

With the way he was playing I wouldn't be surprised if the team comes out and announces that he has late stage AIDS

 

What a moronic comment,Idiot.

[Olerud363]

With the way he was playing I wouldn't be surprised if the team comes out and announces that he has late stage AIDS

 

Why on earth would you think that? I know you are half kidding, but if you are looking for a medical reason for him under-performing long Covid would be the most likely.

 

They've scanned people's brains after Covid and many have some damage. Seems like he could be suffering from brain fog and impaired reflexes from Covid, and that's why they are being vague. Not a current Covid infection but an effect from previous infection.

[Deadpool]

What an awful thing to say about someone.

 

What a moronic comment,Idiot.

 

And this is why I don't even bother reading his posts anymore. He's decided that he's no longer going to add anything of value to the discourse.

[Laika]

Terminator risked it all with an AIDS joke

 

It did not land lmao