General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2023)

[Brownie19]

Wouldn't players who the Jays may still need at some point go down to Dunedin and continue to train and stay in game ready shape at their training complex?

[G-Snarls]

Nice to have Belt back in time for post season - hopefully gets back in the groove before long

[Stangstag]

Wouldn't players who the Jays may still need at some point go down to Dunedin and continue to train and stay in game ready shape at their training complex?

 

There’s also a good chance the team will be returning to Florida next week for the playoffs

[wilko]

 

Glad to get Belt back. Should have enough time to get his timing back before the playoffs where we will need him. Jackson is also an upgrade over Pearson, sadly.

 

It just goes to show that not all prospects are going to pan out. It's sad that he can't even become a RP you can rely on. He was basically mop up duty with a few chances at higher leverage games that he blew.

[Olerud363]

Wouldn't players who the Jays may still need at some point go down to Dunedin and continue to train and stay in game ready shape at their training complex?

 

I would have thought at this point in the season they won't be really going to Florida and just stay in shape in Toronto or wherever the team is.

 

I mean if Belt's back actus up again in 2 days, or a pitcher goes down, you want the replacement close by, not in Florida.

[Laika]

Florida is close. Airplanes exist.

 

Who knows if they actually have to report though. It might just be a paper assignment.

[Brownie19]

I would have thought at this point in the season they won't be really going to Florida and just stay in shape in Toronto or wherever the team is.

 

I mean if Belt's back actus up again in 2 days, or a pitcher goes down, you want the replacement close by, not in Florida.

 

They don't arrive via horse and buggy...

[mellowgold]

No Judge tonight. Excellent.

[G-Snarls]

No Judge tonight. Excellent.

 

Yankees are mailing it in confirmed

 

Yikes:

 

DJ LeMahieu ® 1B

Gleyber Torres ® 2B

Austin Wells (L) C

Giancarlo Stanton ® DH

Isiah Kiner-Falefa ® 3B

Oswaldo Cabrera (S) RF

Oswald Peraza ® SS

Everson Pereira ® LF

Estevan Florial (L) CF

[Jonn]

Yankees are mailing it in confirmed

 

Yikes:

 

DJ LeMahieu ® 1B

Gleyber Torres ® 2B

Austin Wells (L) C

Giancarlo Stanton ® DH

Isiah Kiner-Falefa ® 3B

Oswaldo Cabrera (S) RF

Oswald Peraza ® SS

Everson Pereira ® LF

Estevan Florial (L) CF

 

They still gotta face King and Cole. Our lineup might not score a run off them the next 2 days.

[Laika]

Their entire team next year will be guys named some variation of Oswald and Estevan

 

Oswald Peraza

Oswaldo Cabrera

Oswaldabus Pabrera

Estevan Florial

Everson Pereira

Estervson Peraza

Ostevan Cabraza

Oeverston Floriaza

Ostan Wells

[wilko]

Yankees are mailing it in confirmed

 

Yikes:

 

DJ LeMahieu ® 1B

Gleyber Torres ® 2B

Austin Wells (L) C

Giancarlo Stanton ® DH

Isiah Kiner-Falefa ® 3B

Oswaldo Cabrera (S) RF

Oswald Peraza ® SS

Everson Pereira ® LF

Estevan Florial (L) CF

 

[G-Snarls]

They won't score but I'm worried we won't either...

[connorp]

Yankees are mailing it in confirmed

 

Yikes:

 

DJ LeMahieu ® 1B

Gleyber Torres ® 2B

Austin Wells (L) C

Giancarlo Stanton ® DH

Isiah Kiner-Falefa ® 3B

Oswaldo Cabrera (S) RF

Oswald Peraza ® SS

Everson Pereira ® LF

Estevan Florial (L) CF

 

This kind of thing is usually famous last words

[wilko]

They won't score but I'm worried we won't either...

 

[Dick_Pole]

I just report the truth. If you don't like it complain to reality. I don't think I've ever posted one thing that is insane. Just things that are real and uncomfortable for corporate bros.

 

Like I posted long diatrobes about Shapiro kicking home plate lady out of her seats and what that says about Shapiro as a human being.

 

The corporate bros don't like those type of posts, because they honestly feel bad that home plate lady is getting the boot... but they also can't acknowledge it, as they don't get their corporate bro goodies if they acknowledge reality in front of people like Shapiro.

 

Me: Poor home plate lady is getting the boot by that ******* Shapiro (but longer and angrier)

 

Corporate Bros: NVIDIA stock is still doing good but is only the beginning of it's run, and that Olerud sure is insane.

 

Me: What? NVIDIA stock is crazy, someday this s*** will end. And I was talking about poor home plate lady getting the boot by Shapiro. Home Plate lady. Don't you feel bad about that?

 

Corporate Bros: That Olerud sure is crazy. Now let's get you set up with some tech investments for 2024.

 

The CBs don't even like Shapiro, just a learned behavior that they get lots of money if they ignore the bad things Shapiros do.

 

I was being complimentary when I spoke about your insane rants.

 

Also, claiming that you post long diatribes is not helpful to your cause of denying insanity. No one sane ever uses the word diatribe to describe their own writing style or uses the word diatribe at all.

[infinitebook]

Weren't there two posters betting whether Varsho would catch Gurriel in fwar? I noticed they have pulled into a tie at 2.0.

[G-Snarls]

Weren't there two posters betting whether Varsho would catch Gurriel in fwar? I noticed they have pulled into a tie at 2.0.

 

Yes

 

It's been discussed recently in the ex Blue Jays players thread

[Jonn]

Can’t help but feeling last night was foreshadowing for what the playoffs are going to look like.

 

Finishing wild card 3 is so paramount for advancing.

[Laika]

nah.

[glory]

Can’t help but feeling last night was foreshadowing for what the playoffs are going to look like.

 

Finishing wild card 3 is so paramount for advancing.

 

Jays hitters are powerless slap hitters at home but are actually decent offensively on the road. All Wild Card games are on the road. They may not look this bad in a playoff setting, although I guess folding under pressure can happen anywhere.

[Laika]

Michael King isn't in the playoffs

 

It's hard to score on Michael King when the ump is giving him calls 4-6 inches off the plate in full counts and bases loaded situations against your #3 hitter.

 

 

lmaooooooooooo that scorecard

 

+1.43 runs for NYY in a 2-0 game!

[John_Havok]

Michael King isn't in the playoffs

 

It's hard to score on Michael King when the ump is giving him calls 4-6 inches off the plate in full counts and bases loaded situations against your #3 hitter.

 

 

lmaooooooooooo that scorecard

 

+1.43 runs for NYY in a 2-0 game!

 

Not even meaning to take away from the Jays poor performance overall, but who knows what could have happened if Vlad gets that walk instead of being wrung up with the bases loaded.

 

What’s interesting to me is that umpires get feedback after every game which shows their missed calls and attempts to quantify the factors that led to that missed call.

 

I’m wondering why someone from MLB can’t run out there between innings with an iPad and just point out the misses so the ump can attempt to improve for the remainder of the game. Would that be so terrible?

[Dick_Pole]

Michael King isn't in the playoffs

 

It's hard to score on Michael King when the ump is giving him calls 4-6 inches off the plate in full counts and bases loaded situations against your #3 hitter.

 

 

lmaooooooooooo that scorecard

 

+1.43 runs for NYY in a 2-0 game!

 

You know why this happened right? The ump took one look at this thread and said "nope, they are getting too positive" and decided to crush that positivity. Had the last post he read on here been whining about the 2018 Donaldson trade, he would have felt sorry for the obviously mentally challenged Jays fan base and produced an Eddie Gaedel-like strike zone for King.

 

In a span of a week you shitheads went from "Texas swept us we are missing the playoffs wah wah why didn't we trade Donaldson back in April 2017" to contemplating the playoff rotation by skipping Gausman's last start. The f*** is wrong with you people?

[Brownie19]

Not even meaning to take away from the Jays poor performance overall, but who knows what could have happened if Vlad gets that walk instead of being wrung up with the bases loaded.

 

What’s interesting to me is that umpires get feedback after every game which shows their missed calls and attempts to quantify the factors that led to that missed call.

 

I’m wondering why someone from MLB can’t run out there between innings with an iPad and just point out the misses so the ump can attempt to improve for the remainder of the game. Would that be so terrible?

 

It would be terrible for their egos and feelings, which is probably more important than results (says the union).

[L54]

You know why this happened right? The ump took one look at this thread and said "nope, they are getting too positive" and decided to crush that positivity. Had the last post he read on here been whining about the 2018 Donaldson trade, he would have felt sorry for the obviously mentally challenged Jays fan base and produced an Eddie Gaedel-like strike zone for King.

 

In a span of a week you shitheads went from "Texas swept us we are missing the playoffs wah wah why didn't we trade Donaldson back in April 2017" to contemplating the playoff rotation by skipping Gausman's last start. The f*** is wrong with you people?

 

Atta girl

[The Cats Ass]

Michael King isn't in the playoffs

 

It's hard to score on Michael King when the ump is giving him calls 4-6 inches off the plate in full counts and bases loaded situations against your #3 hitter.

 

 

lmaooooooooooo that scorecard

 

+1.43 runs for NYY in a 2-0 game!

 

This was the same umpire that eves dropped and then ejected Pete Walker while he was talking to his pitcher on a mound visit.

[BatFlip]

Michael King isn't in the playoffs

 

It's hard to score on Michael King when the ump is giving him calls 4-6 inches off the plate in full counts and bases loaded situations against your #3 hitter.

 

 

lmaooooooooooo that scorecard

 

+1.43 runs for NYY in a 2-0 game!

 

The third strike call on Vladdy with the bases loaded was an absolute kick in the balls. The complexion of the entire game is changed by that missed call.

 

Year in and year out the Yanks are tops in the AL with favoritism from missed calls. This year they have a whopping +16 runs from the umps while the Jays have - 6 runs. That's a 22 run difference over the course of the year, and to put that in perspective that number is equivalent to all the plus defence the Jays have received from KK (+12) and Varsho (+10) based on OAA.

[Stangstag]

Not even meaning to take away from the Jays poor performance overall, but who knows what could have happened if Vlad gets that walk instead of being wrung up with the bases loaded.

 

What’s interesting to me is that umpires get feedback after every game which shows their missed calls and attempts to quantify the factors that led to that missed call.

 

I’m wondering why someone from MLB can’t run out there between innings with an iPad and just point out the misses so the ump can attempt to improve for the remainder of the game. Would that be so terrible?

 

Major turning point in the game yeah. Pretty awful call

[Stangstag]

The third strike call on Vladdy with the bases loaded was an absolute kick in the balls. The complexion of the entire game is changed by that missed call.

 

Year in and year out the Yanks are tops in the AL with favoritism from missed calls. This year they have a whopping +16 runs from the umps while the Jays have - 6 runs. That's a 22 run difference over the course of the year, and to put that in perspective that number is equivalent to all the plus defence the Jays have received from KK (+12) and Varsho (+10) based on OAA.

 

Trevino is just a really really good catcher! No favoritism!