General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2022)

[Spanky99]

 

A night after s***** draft beer, lol.

[wilko]

Springer is on pace to dh about 35-40 games this season. Looks like they are sticking to a plan and Montoyo has to go along.

 

Looks like it. Too bad the 4th/5th OF spots are hot dog doo doo. Send Zimmer to the moon and get Biggio in there!

[Omar]

Looks like it. Too bad the 4th/5th OF spots are hot dog doo doo. Send Zimmer to the moon and get Biggio in there!

 

Andrew Benintendi incoming via trade.

[Spanky99]

Looks like it. Too bad the 4th/5th OF spots are hot dog doo doo. Send Zimmer to the moon and get Biggio in there!

 

Hell... sign Justin Upton.

[Omar]

Hell... sign Justin Upton.

 

Justin Upton when the Jays reach out to him....

 

[Jimcanuck]

Justin Upton is only 34 yrs old. But yes I can see him preferring to enjoy his pile of cash.

[jaysblue]

Sign both BJ Upton and Justin Upton!

[wilko]

Andrew Benintendi incoming via trade.

 

f*** yes please!

[Jimcanuck]

Benny would be an interesting get. LHH that can play CF in an average'ish way.

[Stangstag]

Springer is on pace to dh about 35-40 games this season. Looks like they are sticking to a plan and Montoyo has to go along.

 

It’s confusing because you figure he’d play the field today after the offday, then maybe DH Sunday or something.

 

Idk what their plan with him is exactly.

[Omar]

It’s confusing because you figure he’d play the field today after the offday, then maybe DH Sunday or something.

Idk what their plan with him is exactly.

 

They probably have a max number of games they want him to play the outfield (looks like around 125) to minimize chance of injury and they're going to stick to it.

[Eat My Shatkins]

Benentendi would mean:

 

1) No more Zimmer

2) Way less Tapia

 

Yes f***ing please

[jaysblue]

Andrew Benintendi would be the Frank Catalanotto of the 2020s.

[gruber92]

Does Zimmer have options? How in the f*** is Zimmer still with the big club? LHH Nathan Lukes had a good spring and is continuing in AAA with the ability to play CF, he has something like 13 doubles already.

 

WTF is Shatkins thinking exactly?

[Laika]

Does Zimmer have options? How in the f*** is Zimmer still with the big club? LHH Nathan Lukes had a good spring and is continuing in AAA with the ability to play CF, he has something like 13 doubles already.

 

WTF is Shatkins thinking exactly?

 

Zimmer is breaking out. He won the game for us last night on his own.

 

Basically, he has won more games for Toronto than most other hitters now.

[Jimcanuck]

Let's be fair to Zimmer, he's not been good in very limited playing time so far, 43 at bats. But his bat historically is a 80-90 wRC+ bat. In other words, considering his defense, offense, and speed he can be reasonably compared to Kevin Pillar.

 

And Pillar was about as ideal a 4th OF as it gets.

[Laika]

So the Yankees play all their Baltimore games pre Adley while the Blue Jays get the opposite. Hilarious

[RustyTrombone]

So the Yankees play all their Baltimore games pre Adley while the Blue Jays get the opposite. Hilarious

 

They will probably call up Grayson soon too just to f*** with us.

[Stangstag]

So the Yankees play all their Baltimore games pre Adley while the Blue Jays get the opposite. Hilarious

 

Its fine they still suck

[JuniorFelix54]

So the Yankees play all their Baltimore games pre Adley while the Blue Jays get the opposite. Hilarious

 

There is no logical reason for the Yankees to play a division rival 10x before another team in the division plays them once. Are the schedule makers really that stupid or do they just want to piss people off intentionally?

[BigCecil]

25% of the season in the books and Yanks are rolling no sign of stopping for Division title.

 

Nestor nasty and DJL just hit a slam to short right porch.

 

Keuchel looks a lot like Ryu these days. We just have to keep grinding away hoping offense wakes up, and put up W's.

[Daniel Labude]

25% of the season in the books and Yanks are rolling no sign of stopping for Division title.

 

Nestor nasty and DJL just hit a slam to short right porch.

 

Keuchel looks a lot like Ryu these days. We just have to keep grinding away hoping offense wakes up, and put up W's.

 

Gotta love those 325 ft routine flyball outs for a grand slam

[BigCecil]

Gotta love those 325 ft routine flyball outs for a grand slam

 

MLB shouldn't allow these gimmicky park anomalies.

 

Having said that, the Yanks RHH approach to nailing that advantage has been great and we need to do more of same.

 

Get a good pitch mid to outer half, put a good swing on it getting it in the air and we can score those cheap runs too. They all count. Instead we roll over...and over.

[Daniel Labude]

MLB shouldn't allow these gimmicky park anomalies.

 

Having said that, the Yanks RHH approach to nailing that advantage has been great and we need to do more of same.

 

Get a good pitch mid to outer half, put a good swing on it getting it in the air and we can score those cheap runs too. They all count. Instead we roll over...and over.

 

100% agreed

[Solaxys]

Damn sucks Zimmer can't play LF, would've actually liked to see him over Tapia in LF today after yesterday.

 

Line up:

Springer

Bo

Vlad

Teo

Espy

Kirk

Chapman

Gurriel

Tapia

[Deadpool]

MLB shouldn't allow these gimmicky park anomalies.

 

Having said that, the Yanks RHH approach to nailing that advantage has been great and we need to do more of same.

 

Get a good pitch mid to outer half, put a good swing on it getting it in the air and we can score those cheap runs too. They all count. Instead we roll over...and over.

 

I don't think the Jays should be altering their approach to try to hit 300' fly balls to right field.

[Solaxys]

https://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/opinion/2022/05/20/the-2022-blue-jays-remind-us-of-a-previous-post-season-club-just-not-the-one-we-expected.html

 

Pretty cool read

[Stangstag]

Damn sucks Zimmer can't play LF, would've actually liked to see him over Tapia in LF today after yesterday.

 

Line up:

Springer

Bo

Vlad

Teo

Espy

Kirk

Chapman

Gurriel

Tapia

 

I mean… he definitely CAN play LF.

But they also could have done Springer RF, Teo LF, Zimmer CF.

[jerb]

 

Jordan Horrobin

@JordanHorrobin

 

Some high praise from Hunter Greene re: Jays fans and the city of Toronto:

 

"To see it up close, to walk through the city, I just love the culture and the architecture … The atmosphere here is amazing. You could just feel the whole stadium was locked in every pitch."

[Krylian]

 

Jordan Horrobin

@JordanHorrobin

 

Some high praise from Hunter Greene re: Jays fans and the city of Toronto:

 

"To see it up close, to walk through the city, I just love the culture and the architecture … The atmosphere here is amazing. You could just feel the whole stadium was locked in every pitch."

 

Great. Trade for him.