GDT 1/3 | Blue Jays (15-8) vs. Yankees (16-6) | May 2 — 7:07 PM

[Angrioter]

Kirk, Espinal, Tapia, Heinemen black hole.

 

 

Montoyo f***, pinch runner for Kirk before Hein double

[Krylian]

Agreed, go oil.

 

Lol. Most needy fanbase in all of sports. Need everyone to fellate McDavid at all times.

[Jaysareus]

Hate to say it but Yankees look better than the jays

[Krylian]

Hate to say it but Yankees look better than the jays

 

Their pitching had been excellent so far

[JuniorFelix54]

Chapman is a .210 hitter, the glove is really nice but it doesn't make up for .210. Kirk stinks, Zimmer has no business being in the majors, Tapia sucks and I'm not going to let it go about that horrible trade. .227 1 HR 4 rbis / Grichuk .338 3 HRs 14 RBIs

[Effit]

Lol. Most needy fanbase in all of sports. Need everyone to fellate McDavid at all times.

 

They’re the worst.. and they’re more obsessed with Matthews than any Leafs fan.

[Jays24]

Chapman is a .210 hitter, the glove is really nice but it doesn't make up for .210. Kirk stinks, Zimmer has no business being in the majors, Tapia sucks and I'm not going to let it go about that horrible trade. .227 1 HR 4 rbis / Grichuk .338 3 HRs 14 RBIs

 

It was just a dumbass trade that a small market team would make to some bucks next year at the expense of your current roster.

 

Its definitely not a trade a team makes thats looking to win the World Series this year.

[InsideThePark]

Hot take but I agree with Montoyo's decision not to pinch run for Kirk. In the 7th with the runner only on 1st the marginal increase is run probability I think is less than what you lose by Zimmer or Capra hitting in the 9th instead of Kirk(I think if you PR Kirk you're committed and PH Collins for Heineman). Unfortunately Kirk did nothing in the 9th and Zimmer might have scored on that double(which might not happen because I think Collins is PH there if Zimmer is PR).

 

If the runner gets to 2nd then the benefit increases enough to where it might make sense. Or if it's the 8th or 9th Kirk might not hit again so it might make sense. Leading off the 7th Kirk is definitely hitting again, likely in a pretty big spot.

[Grant77]

Meh. He gave up 2 singles. Not terrible. Offense has to execute better and get hits with RISP

 

Garcia has not been good all season. He's wild and doesn't miss bats. It's been a mistake from the moment the ink dried on his contract. There's no good reason for him to be used in high leverage.

[Jays2champs]

Would be curious to see what our record would be if we mostly played Cleveland, Detroit, Boston and Kansas City so far this year. Our schedule is way tougher to start the year and we're in a good spot. That's also with a cold offense. I like where we're at.

[Stangstag]

It was just a dumbass trade that a small market team would make to some bucks next year at the expense of your current roster.

 

Its definitely not a trade a team makes thats looking to win the World Series this year.

 

Tapia vs Grichuk is probably barely a 1 WAR difference at the end of the season. Its not a big deal

[Signal]

Chapman is a .210 hitter, the glove is really nice but it doesn't make up for .210. Kirk stinks, Zimmer has no business being in the majors, Tapia sucks and I'm not going to let it go about that horrible trade. .227 1 HR 4 rbis / Grichuk .338 3 HRs 14 RBIs

 

I think Chapman will get going and well his glove is really nice. But do have to agree, right now trading Grichuk for Tapia looks to be a brutal trade....one that could haunt the Jays for some time.

[connorp]

It was just a dumbass trade that a small market team would make to some bucks next year at the expense of your current roster.

 

Its definitely not a trade a team makes thats looking to win the World Series this year.

 

Yeah board will cover up their Tapia break out potential circle jerk. Terrible trade of serviceable 4OF to save few bucks that does none of us any good

[Laika]

Grichuk has a 420 babip and the lowest barrel rate of his career

[connorp]

Tapia vs Grichuk is probably barely a 1 WAR difference at the end of the season. Its not a big deal

 

I just cringe each time WAR is used like this. Such a fear of randomness. so the best thing to do is pretend it doesn’t exist

[connorp]

Don’t worry, don’t have an appetite to debate anything

[Stangstag]

I just cringe each time WAR is used like this. Such a fear of randomness. so the best thing to do is pretend it doesn’t exist

 

Huh? Are we honestly surprised Grichuk is hitting better in f***ing coors field? He’s started the season well but we all know he’s gonna go 2 months straight hitting .200 with 2 strikeouts per game at some point.

 

Literally everyone was constantly whining every day last season that he sucked and we should get rid of him. Sure Tapia sucks too but at least he’s a bit of a different player than all the other RHH sluggers on the roster.

[Stangstag]

Officially the worst with RISP.

 

 

Probably high on the list of GIDP too i’d bet

[jaysguy44]

Lol. Most needy fanbase in all of sports. Need everyone to fellate McDavid at all times.

Lmao, oh the irony

[Effit]

I’m not surprised that the offense is off to a slow start but I didn’t expect it to be this bad. It’s May and still no signs of life.

[Jays24]

Grichuk has a 420 babip and the lowest barrel rate of his career

 

And yet he's easily better than Tapia in almost every facet of the game but a slight advantage in speed. You'd hope that Tapia would at least be a gold glove player with the downgrade in the bat but nope... dude has a noodle arm out there.

 

Most of us weren't Grichuk fans but getting Tapia is like having Bad Grichuk all the time. Good Grichuk can even carry the offense for a bit, which is exactly what he did to begin last season.

 

I'll repeat that it's a trade that a small market team does, not a team in our position trying to win the World Series. We laughed at the Marlins when we got Cimber and Dickerson for Panik last year because they were too cheap. Well, im sure the 5 Colorado fans are laughing at us here.

[saskjayfan]

Kirk, Espinal, Tapia, Heinemen black hole.

 

 

Montoyo f***, pinch runner for Kirk before Hein double

 

I was driving back from my kids soccer game. Radio announcer. I wonder if they'll pinch run for Kirk. Seems like a good spot. Nope they're going to leave him in. Heineman double and Kirk is held at third. That's sort of why I thought they might pinch run for Kirk. Seems like Zimmer would have scored pretty easy there and it is the 7th inning. f*** Charlie!

[Jays2champs]

Officially the worst with RISP.

 

 

Ouch. Good thing is we're winning right now still and that's with a tough schedule. This % is bound to go up at some point. Glad we're finding ways to win even with a cold offense, when we'll heat up it's gonna be tough for other teams.

[Laika]

I dunno guys, maybe wait more than one month to judge the Grichuk Tapia deal.

 

lol

[Jays2champs]

I dunno guys, maybe wait more than one month to judge the Grichuk Tapia deal.

 

lol

 

Or to judge the offense haha!

[Krylian]

Lmao, oh the irony

 

Is the irony that McDavid fellates you?

[jaysguy44]

Is the irony that McDavid fellates you?

Yup, sure thing.

[Krylian]

Officially the worst with RISP.

 

 

They're too busy worrying about who'll get the Sport coat next to be clutch.

[JuniorFelix54]

Huh? Are we honestly surprised Grichuk is hitting better in f***ing coors field? He’s started the season well but we all know he’s gonna go 2 months straight hitting .200 with 2 strikeouts per game at some point.

 

Literally everyone was constantly whining every day last season that he sucked and we should get rid of him. Sure Tapia sucks too but at least he’s a bit of a different player than all the other RHH sluggers on the roster.

 

I wasn't, and btw he's hitting .343 with 1 HR at home and .333 with 2 HRs on the road in about the same number of at bats home/away. Not to mention everyone keeps talking about how he K's so much mile high air wouldn't help that issue..

[Grant77]

I wasn't, and btw he's hitting .343 with 1 HR at home and .333 with 2 HRs on the road in about the same number of at bats home/away. Not to mention everyone keeps talking about how he K's so much mile high air wouldn't help that issue..

 

Actually it does.