GDT - The Reinforcements Have Arrived - Jays @ Twins Game 1/4

[Terminator]

[JaysAllMighty]

Bo batting 5th.... about time he's moved down.

 

Nice to see Springer back in the lineup.

 

Hopefully Merrifield has a great 1st. game for the Jays.

 

 

Lets win this series.

[Laika]

Sonny Gray has DECLINED

 

Whitey Merryweather can still RUN

 

Bo Bichette is FALLING LIKE A STONE

 

GO BLUE JAYS

[Terminator]

Lineup looks good tonight! Good job John!

[Terminator]

Lineup looks DEEP. Manoah on the bump. New relievers are ready to go.

 

The Twins are getting wrecked tonight.

[NHLPRO]

Deep is right the guy who led the league in hits 2018, 2019 hitting 8th is nice 1-9. My ideal lineup is:

 

Merrifield

Vladdy

Springer

Teo

Bo

Chapman

Gurriel

Kirk

Biggio

 

This is our year boys!! Go Jays!

[Omar]

This series should be telling.

[Stangstag]

Deep is right the guy who led the league in hits 2018, 2019 hitting 8th is nice 1-9. My ideal lineup is:

 

Merrifield

Vladdy

Springer

Teo

Bo

Chapman

Gurriel

Kirk

Biggio

 

This is our year boys!! Go Jays!

 

Merrifield too high and Kirk too low. Chapman might be a decent leadoff guy if Springer has to hit the DL

[Solaxys]

I kinda liked Lourdes leading off tbh; his new high-contact-no-power stroke is not really a hot streak anymore considering he's been hitting for well over 2.5 months now with a .400 OBP clip.

 

Also Kirk slumping.

 

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Omar told me batting orders don't matter but I SAY, I dare dream.

 

LGJ

VGJ

Teo

Springer

Kirk

Chapman

Merrifield

Bo

Biggio/Espinal

 

 

This way, the chance there is a GIDP with Kirk hitting/on-base is minimal (all infront of Kirk can steal, Chapman only Ks/flys out and Merrifield can still - surprisingly - run).

Edited August 4, 2022 by Solaxys

[Jays24]

I kinda liked Lourdes leading off tbh; his new high-contact-no-power stroke is not really a hot streak anymore considering he's been hitting for well over 2.5 months now with a .400 BA clip.

 

Also Kirk slumping.

 

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Omar told me batting orders don't matter but I SAY, I dare dream.

 

LGJ

VGJ

Teo

Springer

Kirk

Chapman

Merrifield

Bo

Biggio/Espinal

 

 

This way, the chance there is a GIDP with Kirk hitting/on-base is minimal (all infront of Kirk can steal, Chapman only Ks/flys out and Merrifield can still - surprisingly - run).

 

Agreed about liking Gurriel at leadoff. Obviously you can't move a guy like Springer off that spot unless he struggles for a super long stretch.

 

My ideal lineup based on current performance looks like the following:

 

Springer

Vladdy

Gurriel

Kirk

Teo

Bo

Chapman

Merrifield

Biggio/Espinal/Tapia

[max silver]

Agreed about liking Gurriel at leadoff. Obviously you can't move a guy like Springer off that spot unless he struggles for a super long stretch.

 

My ideal lineup based on current performance looks like the following:

 

Springer

Vladdy

Gurriel

Kirk

Teo

Bo

Chapman

Merrifield

Biggio/Espinal/Tapia

 

The bottom two spots of the lineup could likely be swapped as needed depending on who is playing that particular game. I would personally move Chapman ahead of Bo given how hot Chapman has been for the last few months.

[Jays24]

Also... this might be the first time in Bo's entire life that he's batted lower than 4th in a real game. Hopefully this lights a fire to turn his game around like we all know he's capable of.

[Jays24]

The bottom two spots of the lineup could likely be swapped as needed depending on who is playing that particular game. I would personally move Chapman ahead of Bo given how hot Chapman has been for the last few months.

 

Agreed... I just didn't wanna drop Bo that low in the order so fast. If he continued to suck then for sure.

[Stangstag]

Also... this might be the first time in Bo's entire life that he's batted lower than 4th in a real game. Hopefully this lights a fire to turn his game around like we all know he's capable of.

 

True

[glory]

Bo still a few spots higher than he should be but slowly getting there.

[goldbug103]

Deep is right the guy who led the league in hits 2018, 2019 hitting 8th is nice 1-9. My ideal lineup is:

 

Merrifield

Vladdy

Springer

Teo

Bo

Chapman

Gurriel

Kirk

Biggio

 

This is our year boys!! Go Jays!

 

No it’s not. Lineup is too right handed, champion ship teams have balance. In playoffs against elite pitching, this lineup will be easily neutralized. It was the same in 2016, too many of the same type of hitter.

[Deadpool]

No it’s not. Lineup is too right handed, champion ship teams have balance. In playoffs against elite pitching, this lineup will be easily neutralized. It was the same in 2016, too many of the same type of hitter.

 

Nope.

[Dr. Dinger]

Glad to see Bo moved down but Chapman seens too low considering how he’s been hotter than a blowtorch for over a month.

[Jonn]

Bichette should be hitting 7th. Just swap him and Chapman and it’s fairly ideal.

[Swervin81]

View tonight!

 

[Solaxys]

Syndegaard not having a good time against AAA Nationals

 

God mode Padres losing to Rockies 7 - 2

[Solaxys]

Springer still wincing, cool

[Spanky99]

Scorcher

[Solaxys]

okay that was a nasty af pitch lol

[Jonn]

View tonight!

 

 

I hope that was well before the game. Embarrassing crowd for a First Place team although the AL Central is horrendous.

[Swervin81]

I hope that was well before the game. Embarrassing crowd for a First Place team although the AL Central is horrendous.

 

Yeah. But still kinda embarrassing because I see at least 30-40% Jays fans in the house

[Spanky99]

I initially thought 8 was the starting time as a game in Minny, early start there.

[Solaxys]

I initially thought 8 was the starting time as a game in Minny, early start there.

 

Another 4-set series with weird/different start times every day.

[Solaxys]

Noice 1-2-3

[Stangstag]

Springer still wincing, cool

 

They should really just DL him at this point. Idk why he’s here if it hurts to swing and hurts to throw