GDT: 1/3 Boston Red Sox @ Toronto Blue Jays (7:07 et)

[DigitalRock]

Lol Redsox must hate playing us this year

[Spanky99]

Springer Dinger!!!

[Omar]

If Berrios is inexplicably bad, some of Manoah's starts are inexplicably good.

 

Hard to see sometimes whats special about his arsenal of stuff or command, but he just keeps racking up solid outings. Been incredible.

 

His missed Kirks spot by almost 2 feet that last pitch to Xander and it still wiped him out on his hands. Way to go ya horse!

 

I was thinking about this as well. But Manoah moves his pitches around both sides of the plate unlike most. Batters just can't guess with him.

[Spanky99]

Lol Redsox must hate playing us this year

 

Yeah, the entire East, check it out, it's crazy. Destroyed.

[Stangstag]

Tapia, f***... I was so close to picking him. lol

 

Same lol

[EdwinsParrot]

October Springer about to destroy

[Omar]

8 run lead means Kuchi time.

[Spanky99]

I was thinking about this as well. But Manoah moves his pitches around both sides of the plate unlike most. Batters just can't guess with him.

 

He reminds me of Stieb in that regard, just bigger, lol.

[DigitalRock]

Perfect pitch on corner, bit outside maybe

[Solaxys]

Hell ya, Kikuchi time.

[Stangstag]

Nice to have a laugher after the crappy offday playoff clinch and that tough Yankees series

[Stangstag]

Perfect pitch on corner, bit outside maybe

 

Tough to pull the trigger on that one

[BigCecil]

I was thinking about this as well. But Manoah moves his pitches around both sides of the plate unlike most. Batters just can't guess with him.

 

Exactly. He has good movement. Side to side, up and down. Lots of speed changes. He really had that great cartoon slider like he had last year often. Love how he mixed in the change early when he didn't have FB feel.

 

But Berrios has great movement too and everything seems to leak back right on to a f***ing barrel!

[Omar]

He reminds me of Stieb in that regard, just bigger, lol.

 

Yep, just not crazy stuff like Stieb.

[Spanky99]

Perfect time to use Kooch... then send him on a ghost injury to the 60 day and call up Pearson, Win.

[Solaxys]

Pujols hit 701!

[Omar]

Stangstag and JaysAllMighty making their homerun contest picks for next five games....

 

[Spanky99]

Yep, just not crazy stuff like Stieb.

 

Yeah, Stieb's slider was ++... Manoah has a + slider but a change that's getting better every start, they both have the same ball IQ it seems.

[Daniel Labude]

[Spanky99]

Kooch really is an enigma. Same with Berrios... and the latter has to be command of the FB.

[Spanky99]

 

f***ing Rocket, man.

[Ehjays]

Big celebration tonight, hope Pete used the TTC

[Spanky99]

Big celebration tonight, hope Pete used the TTC

 

They're all likely staying at the dome with fam, etc... Big games ahead. Poor Pete, lol.

[Omar]

big celebration tonight, hope pete used the ttc

 

lol;)

[BigCecil]

He reminds me of Stieb in that regard, just bigger, lol.

 

Hmm...But Steib almost always had a wipe out pitch - slider. Away from righties and back foot to lefties. Cant say that about Alek's stuff much.

 

I remember that start in July last year. 10 K with 7 in a row vs Rays. He had the SL going that night. I thought we would see more of that in '22 but he has still been great. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/mlb-toronto-blue-jays-tampa-bay-rays-recap-july-2-1.6088873

[Omar]

Wonder what the lineup card will look like tomorrow. Still got work to do to secure home field. You guys remember back in 2015(?) when Gibby fielded the shittiest lineup the day after the celebration.

[Omar]

Kuchi can be great....when it doesn't matter.

[Spanky99]

Hmm...But Steib almost always had a wipe out pitch - slider. Away from righties and back foot to lefties. Cant say that about Alek's stuff much.

 

I remember that start in July last year. 10 K with 7 in a row vs Rays. He had the SL going that night. I thought we would see more of that in '22 but he has still been great. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/mlb-toronto-blue-jays-tampa-bay-rays-recap-july-2-1.6088873

 

He still has a plus slider wipe out pitch and an evolving CH... the bulldog mentality and ball IQ are their biggest similarities, for sure. They come to compete, period.

[Omar]

He still has a plus slider wipe out pitch and an evolving CH... the bulldog mentality and ball IQ are their biggest similarities, for sure. They come to compete, period.

 

One big difference....you can talk to Manoah.

[Spanky99]

Wonder what the lineup card will look like tomorrow. Still got work to do to secure home field. You guys remember back in 2015(?) when Gibby fielded the shittiest lineup the day after the celebration.

 

That's likely cause they were all hungover, I think this will be more tame. lol