GDT 1/3 | Blue Jays (4-3) vs. Athletics (4-3) | April 15 — 7:07 PM

[TwistedLogic]

Game #8

 

Oakland Athletics (Jefferies) @ Toronto Blue Jays (Stripling)

 

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[JaysAllMighty]

Lets go Blue Jays!

 

[Stangstag]

Score some runs today boyz

[saskjayfan]

How long are we going to have to deal with this Tapia love?

[JaysAllMighty]

How long are we going to have to deal with this Tapia love?

 

Expect daily stupidity with Montoyo.

[Stangstag]

How long are we going to have to deal with this Tapia love?

 

Until we get someone better and Tapia is punted off the roster

[harvey16]

Why isn't Ryu starting tonight?

[Stangstag]

Why isn't Ryu starting tonight?

 

The starters need an extra rest day for some reason… even though Monday is an offday.

 

Yeah I agree it makes no sense.

[JaysAllMighty]

The starters need an extra rest day for some reason… even though Monday is an offday.

 

Yeah I agree it makes no sense.

 

We are the only MLB team that self-handicaps.

[Stangstag]

We are the only MLB team that self-handicaps.

 

“High performance department”

[Signal]

It is weird. I always thought the Jays had a deep and scary lineup, but over the past few days, I look at the lineup and it looks real thin, like very thin.

 

I know there are injuries...but damn, the bench looks like s*** and you notice it when they are included in the lineup.

 

Is it possible the Jays bench is one of the weakest in the entire league or am I just over-reacting to complete lack of early production.

[glory]

How long are we going to have to deal with this Tapia love?

 

As long as Charlie is employed.

[Terminator]

Oh man a Stripling-Collins battery tonight. Better score some runs tonight boys.

[Stangstag]

It is weird. I always thought the Jays had a deep and scary lineup, but over the past few days, I look at the lineup and it looks real thin, like very thin.

 

I know there are injuries...but damn, the bench looks like s*** and you notice it when they are included in the lineup.

 

Is it possible the Jays bench is one of the weakest in the entire league or am I just over-reacting to complete lack of early production.

 

I think it is a relatively weak bench, but the lineup looks thin right now because Chapman, Gurriel, Biggio, Kirk, etc aren’t hitting a lick

[JaysAllMighty]

Lol

 

[jaysblue]

Brett Gardner is still a FA.

 

Asdrubal Cabrera and Eric Sogard would be nice bats off the bench as well and both can play around the diamond.

[Stangstag]

Brett Gardner is still a FA.

 

Asdrubal Cabrera and Eric Sogard would be nice bats off the bench as well and both can play around the diamond.

 

I’d pass on Gardner, but those other 2 could be decent targets

[BuckHenry]

Good idea to DH Vladdy and give him a day off from 1st … last year whenever Biggio played there , he looked OK ; hopefully the offence gets going tonite .

[Carlos Danger]

Anyone else see the resemblance between Tapia and the Alien in Predator? Every game I start seeing that….

 

Get to the Choppppppaaaaa!

[Jonn]

I would take Gardner over the other options right now. I think I would hate him less and actually like him if he had those annoying grind out at-bats for us.

 

Assdribble as a Jay could work as well. I still want to see Biggio get a legit chance though.

[glory]

I would take Gardner in a heartbeat right now. Tapia has that effect on me.

[M.E.]

A’s likely to get a pissed off Vlad after the sombrero last night.

[jays4life19]

Who we cheering for tonight, boys and girls?

[Jays24]

I'd personally take Grichuk over Tapia and hoped we get hot Grichuk. Then traded his ass for something good while he was hot lol.

 

Knock him all you want but he helped carry the team to begin last season. That is something Tapia will never be able to do.

 

Instead we took the cheap route to save 5M next season while hurting our team on the field in a win year. At least put the money back towards the team already!!

[Jonn]

I'd personally take Grichuk over Tapia and hoped we get hot Grichuk. Then traded his ass for something good while he was hot lol.

 

Knock him all you want but he helped carry the team to begin last season. That is something Tapia will never be able to do.

 

They wanted his money off the books for next season. They pretty much ate the money he was owed this year. I think they should just cut ties with Tapia but they want to attempt to get value out of him. Grichuk definitely has more power but he wouldn’t be helping this club much more right now.

[Omar]

[Signal]

A’s likely to get a pissed off Vlad after the sombrero last night.

 

Yes, but if they are smart they will not pitch to him. No one there to protect him. HATE this lineup.

[Jays24]

Here we are complaining about our how lineup and the As are using Mckinney as their cleanup hitter lol

[Orgfiller]

The starters need an extra rest day for some reason… even though Monday is an offday.

 

Yeah I agree it makes no sense.

 

We are the only MLB team that self-handicaps.

 

Why do people keep forgetting that Spring Training was like a week and a half? The Dodgers took out Kershaw with a perfect game going through 7, but yes the Blue Jays are the only team doing weird stuff with their pitching lol.

[Signal]

Oh god, Buck pleeeeease SHUT UP!