Toronto Blue Birds v. St. Louis Red Birds; GM 2 || Brooms Out.

[NY_Mountie]

Richards over Gausman.

 

Great

 

I'd take Gausman with no arms over Richards.

[Solaxys]

Ait come on Springer

[Solaxys]

That curve is on point tonight

[Jays333]

Cards missing their two best players lol. Pitching outside of Manoah and Stripling shaky as f*** for us

[Omar]

Wainwright and Pujols kicking our ass.

 

[Solaxys]

Cards missing their two best players lol

 

Astros got swept by the As.

Baseball happens.

 

Besides their ace is pitching like an ace.

[JFD]

Curious about what kind of shitballing shitbags Atkins is targeting to "fix" the bullpen

[Solaxys]

That outside strike call against us is tragic. lol

[Solaxys]

Damn Donnie

[Jonn]

Vintage Waino and unfortunately not a good pitching performance by Gausman. Bringing Richards into situations with multiple base runners is probably not ideal moving forward.

[Solaxys]

We take those

[Solaxys]

Ya Banda is getting DFA'd - can't be this inconsistent every time you're out

[Solaxys]

Ah well; get em tomorrow.

 

8 - 2 in the last 10.

[Jonn]

Wow. That was a pretty dominant appearance. Seems like the Jays bullpen is low 90’s to mid 90’s. And everyone elses is mid 90’s to high 90’s.

 

I can think of one guy in the last decade who hit 100 MPH. The Cardinals had 4 in 2 games.

[Krylian]

Wow. That was a pretty dominant appearance. Seems like the Jays bullpen is low 90’s to mid 90’s. And everyone elses is mid 90’s to high 90’s.

 

I can think of one guy in the last decade who hit 100 MPH. The Cardinals had 4 in 2 games.

 

2 seamers

Pitch to contact

[Stangstag]

Vintage Waino and unfortunately not a good pitching performance by Gausman. Bringing Richards into situations with multiple base runners is probably not ideal moving forward.

 

Still only scored 1 run, probably didn’t matter. Waino and Helsley were dominant

[Orgfiller]

Wow. That was a pretty dominant appearance. Seems like the Jays bullpen is low 90’s to mid 90’s. And everyone elses is mid 90’s to high 90’s.

 

I can think of one guy in the last decade who hit 100 MPH. The Cardinals had 4 in 2 games.

 

Romano, Pearson and Merryweather have all hit triple digits. The Cards have Junior Fernandez and Jordan Hicks who routinely throw 100 but are f***ing awful, so I mean it's not like that's all there is to it.

[max silver]

Bringing in Richards with multiple runners on is the first legitimate gripe I've had with Schneider since he took over. That's pretty decent all things considered.

[Jonn]

Romano, Pearson and Merryweather have all hit triple digits. The Cards have Junior Fernandez and Jordan Hicks who routinely throw 100 but are f***ing awful, so I mean it's not like that's all there is to it.

 

Has Merryweather? I know Romano has. I was talking consistently but yea you’re not wrong. I just feel the velo needs to crank up. Obviously missing bats is most important.

[Stangstag]

Has Merryweather? I know Romano has. I was talking consistently but yea you’re not wrong. I just feel the velo needs to crank up. Obviously missing bats is most important.

 

Merryweather and Pearson can both hit 100 consistently. Too bad they both have major injury issues

[Eat My Shatkins]

If we're talking about the last decade, can't forget 100 miles Giles

[Stangstag]

If we're talking about the last decade, can't forget 100 miles Giles

 

Yup he was dominant the one year he was healthy

[Spanky99]

Jays got Waino'd bring on the Tigers! Lets Go!!!

[Laika]

When Adam Wainwright is getting calls three inches off the plate... Game over lol

[Orgfiller]

Has Merryweather? I know Romano has. I was talking consistently but yea you’re not wrong. I just feel the velo needs to crank up. Obviously missing bats is most important.

 

I distinctly remember Merryweather having a lights out performance at Yankee Stadium in 2021 where he struck out the side and made Gary Sanchez and Gleyber Torres look silly pumping 100 past them with a disgusting bugs bunny changeup.

[BigCecil]

Vintage Waino and unfortunately not a good pitching performance by Gausman. Bringing Richards into situations with multiple base runners is probably not ideal moving forward.

 

I'm still not seeing what Richard's has done with any consistency to earn that spot over Gausman against Pujols whose bat has slowed. Rather have Yimi in early for that big move with men on. Anyway. We only scored 1 run so it's all kind of moot.

[max silver]

I distinctly remember Merryweather having a lights out performance at Yankee Stadium in 2021 where he struck out the side and made Gary Sanchez and Gleyber Torres look silly pumping 100 past them with a disgusting bugs bunny changeup.

 

I don't think we are going to see that version of Merryweather again. Merryweather, along with most of the Jays top bullpen members, experienced a very pronounced increase in spin rates at the start of the 2021 season. I don't think it's a coincidence that this is the same time when Tyler Chatwood was a member of the Jays pen. Merryweather hasn't been able to recreate that type of dominance at any point since the sticky stuff crackdown occurred.

[Carlos Danger]

It was 3-1 in the 5th before Richards gave up a 3 run HR.. That is why middle relief is important and we need to upgrade there also.. Wainright might not go 7 if still 3-1.

 

The Jays at home and with their offense can 100% surpass a 2 run deficit... We didn't lose the game due to Wanright, we lost it because our pen was not able to keep it close and make everyone of those late inning ABs pressure packed and the manager worried about who's on deck and if such and such gets on if the tying run comes to the plate.

 

That is why some teams are bringing in set up types in early inning situations like that... Those moments in mid innings can have a great impact on the game tratectory. We should NOT ignore our middle and long relief as part of our goal of overall team improvment.

 

It is not about just a holds guy or a closer etc... Those moment in the 5th inning are just as important especially with our offensive abilities..

[max silver]

It was 3-1 in the 5th before Richards gave up a 3 run HR.. That is why middle relief is important and we need to upgrade there also.. Wainright might not go 7 if still 3-1.

 

The Jays at home and with their offense can 100% surpass a 2 run deficit... We didn't lose the game due to Wanright, we lost it because our pen was not able to keep it close and make everyone of those late inning ABs pressure packed and the manager worried about who's on deck and if such and such gets on if the tying run comes to the plate.

 

That is why some teams are bringing in set up types in early inning situations like that... Those moments in mid innings can have a great impact on the game tratectory. We should NOT ignore our middle and long relief as part of our goal of overall team improvment.

 

It is not about just a holds guy or a closer etc... Those moment in the 5th inning are just as important especially with our offensive abilities..

 

The Jays lost because they only scored 1 run. You can't assume that the Jays would have scored more runs if Richards was able to prevent the Cardinals from scoring in the 5th inning, that's completely devoid of logic.

 

Acquiring leverage relievers also serves to push the existing bullpen members down the ladder as well. If you have a few more reliable late innings options that opens the door for guys like Phelps, Cimber, Mayza etc. to pitch earlier in the game in situations like last night's 5th inning. The team doesn't need to acquire more middle relief options as they already have plenty of pitchers that are perfectly capable of pitching at that point of the game.

[Laika]

Just a weird decision by the new skipper to use Richards. Cimber and Garcia were both available. Phelps and Mayza too, they only threw 3 and 6 pitches the day prior.

 

So with Romano, Cimber, Garcia, Phelps, and Mayza all usable why use Richards in the 5th inning of a close game in a high leverage spot? Makes no sense.

 

Even pulling Gausman is a questionable move. It was Albert Pujols. Yeah Guasman wasn't on his A game but it's Albert Pujols vs. Kevin Gausman. It should not matter at all that Pujols managed to poke a couple of hits off him earlier in the game.

 

 

So this is decision #2 that was bad by John S. First one being when he used Banda in that one run game.