Orioles @ Blue Jays.. Game 1 of 3

[Daniel Labude]

Really like Vlad taking that to right center

[BlueJays]

Guess there's still life on it.

[JaysAllMighty]

Nice Home Run Vladdyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[DigitalRock]

Vlad king of solo hr’s lol

[goldbug103]

Vlad king of solo hr’s lol

 

Are the Jays over 0.500 by end of August ? Yes No Any guesses ?

[Stangstag]

But he is a "professional hitter". Another RH bat, and a mediocre one at that. Exactly what we needed.

 

He’s a better CF backup option over Tapia IMO. But I don’t really think he should be starting at 2B over anyone else we have.

 

Maybe next year he can turn it around with the numbers

[DigitalRock]

Teo had two meat balls just kidding them.

[Stangstag]

Vlad king of solo hr’s lol

 

Yeah this year he’s super un-clutch and gets lots of homers/doubles when nobody is on base and it doesn’t really matter

[Stangstag]

Good hook by Hyde here

[Daniel Labude]

Really liked that AB from Bo as well. Hopefully he can do more of that. Laid off the pitches out of the zone and made good swings on strikes

[Laika]

uh huh of course

[DigitalRock]

Swung at first pitch that was off the plate ugh

[Omar]

Fun fact: At the end of every inning Adley Rutschman goes to the mound to give his pitchers a high five. Guy is a leader.

[bones10]

why is Thornton so dog s*** if his nerd spin stats are literally 98+ percentile.

[Carlos Danger]

why is Thornton so dog s*** if his nerd spin stats are literally 98+ percentile.

 

Bingo, you have seen the light!

Edited August 16, 2022 by Carlos Danger

[AMS528]

I wonder if Teo is worth anything in a trade at this point. He's so predictable and terrible

 

Haha what in the f***. Teo is having the same 4 WAR type season he has had for the last 2.5 seasons. He's as consistent as they get.

 

Honestly out of all the things to complain about Teos performance this year is not one.

[Jonn]

why is Thornton so dog s*** if his nerd spin stats are literally 98+ percentile.

 

Probably because none of that matters unless you can miss the barrel.

[Spanky99]

Are the Jays over 0.500 by end of August ? Yes No Any guesses ?

 

Is this a real question?

[Jonn]

Fun fact: At the end of every inning Adley Rutschman goes to the mound to give his pitchers a high five. Guy is a leader.

 

If Kirk did this he might go into Cardiac Arrest. Don’t push that needles extra cardio onto him

[BuckHenry]

As Gibby used to say, “Ya , we’re scufflin’ rite now !” LOL …. Wonder what Montoyo is thinking ?

[Omar]

Fun fact: At the end of every inning Adley Rutschman goes to the mound to give his pitchers a high five. Guy is a leader.

 

If Kirk did this he might go into Cardiac Arrest. Don’t push that needles extra cardio onto him

 

We could do something similar, except instead of a high five we could give our pitchers a slap to the face. (Kuch, Berrios, et al.)

[Jonn]

As Gibby used to say, “Ya , we’re scufflin’ rite now !” LOL …. Wonder what Montoyo is thinking ?

 

Honestly he probably gives zero f***s. He’s sitting on beach right now in Puerto Rico sipping on a Pina Colado and banging on his bongos. The quietest manager exit of all time. He probably thanked them for the decision.

[5ToolPhenom]

Jays really haven't had a lot of big comeback wins this year. It's funny how being down 4 with this supposed excellent offense that this game feels out of reach.

[JFD]

Haha what in the f***. Teo is having the same 4 WAR type season he has had for the last 2.5 seasons. He's as consistent as they get.

 

Honestly out of all the things to complain about Teos performance this year is not one.

 

Oh yeah he's great

 

Edit: another 3 pitch out

[BuckHenry]

What a pack of plugs .

[Solaxys]

Orioles/Guardians/Orioles is really not a good back to back recipe for us lol

 

Both teams show incredible amount of hustle - every groundball is a legit sprint, smart ABs, decent pitching

I think it was Buck who said it on broadcast the other afternoon; if JRam is the one who is sprinting out every ball in play, that sets the precedent because he is their best player, so if he's doing it - everyone should be doing it.

And then obviously Adley for Os.

It still triggers me beyond reason how Vlad just opts to jog. Bo also doesn't seem to leg out ground balls even if its a risk of GIDP.

 

Once we get to the Sox/Yankees, we might feel better of ourselves. Those clubs are more our pace.

[5ToolPhenom]

Has anyone else noticed how things have gone downhill ever since that incident where Bo was showing up Vladdy on the field for catching that pop fly? It was a pop up that landed right to Vladdy and Bo got PISSED because he thought he had the right of way. Really petty stuff.

 

The fact that Bo Bichette of all people was ripping into the teams star player so publicly on the field had to have set a terrible precedent. The fact that Montoyo didn't step in to tell Bo to cool it was likely a reason why he got the boot. You don't treat the best player on the team like that, at least not publicly.

 

Whatever the case was, I think it was a clear sign that this team had issues going on behind the scenes. You never really see Bo and Vladdy all buddy buddy again after that happened.

[Omar]

Tbay about to beat the NYY. Now up 4 -0. Yanks look so beatable now.

[5ToolPhenom]

Tbay about to beat the NYY. Now up 4 -0. Yanks look so beatable now.

 

They're just taking it easy, knowing the games are meaningless. They'll turn up the heat again come September.

[BuckHenry]

Well , there has to be some blame to the batting coach …. Their approach has been cringeworthy for a long time … their undisciplined at bats has never been corrected…. Always seem to be swinging for the fence which has given up lazy fly balls.