GDT:game 1/4 Toronto Blue Jays @ Kansas City Royals (7:40pm ET)

[bluejaysinternNo5]

I know he gave up 3 runs but he honestly didn't look awful.

[Dylan]

It's time for our first dinger!

[Jonn]

Let's see if he settles in. Berrios has always been prone to bad 1st innings.

 

Hes been prone to having all kinds of bad innings.

[THANOS]

How do Shapiro and Atkins get to this level of baseball management without having a single clue how to assess pitching?

 

Completely agree.

 

Bassit is a terrible signing given what they already had. We absolutely needed a strikeout guy with the shift elimination.

[el duque]

let's get those run back and pray Berrios will find a way

[L54]

How do Shapiro and Atkins get to this level of baseball management without having a single clue how to assess pitching?

 

They had lots of pitching success in Cleveland

 

I’m not sure where the disconnect is but it’s concerning. Mike M is bang on they lack velocity and K’s

 

Manoah, Berrios, Bassitt are all guys who project under a K/9

[Jays24]

The new renovations to the ballpark might have no one there with the way things are going lol.

[Masterbather]

I know know know its early and *shits pants* and all that but wtf do they do if Berrios, Bassitt and Kikuchi keep sucking?

With this lineup they really just need mid SP after Manoah and Gausman, but these guys are looking like they might take us out of games early.

Would they move 2 20M+ guys to the bullpen? I can't see them eating any of this money so releases don't seem possible.

 

They had lots of pitching success in Cleveland

 

I’m not sure where the disconnect is but it’s concerning. Mike M is bang on they lack velocity and K’s

 

Manoah, Berrios, Bassitt are all guys who project under a K/9

Don't be questioning the greatness of our front office or you'll get blocked by idiots on this board who think this rotation is a contender.

[JFD]

[Stangstag]

What a truly horrifying contract

 

Berrios is a great example of how premature extensions are risky. He was about as sure-shot consistent as they come

[Daniel Labude]

Does it ever feel that team's have our pitchcom

[Laika]

Cleveland drafts College guys with good command and spin, and they teach them to throw harder.

They are forced to be good at a niche like this because they have no money.

 

In Toronto they have money so they have not been forced to be good at anything in particular. So they have no niche. And they aren't great at spending money.

[Stangstag]

Pretty crazy, no one predicted this kind of performance fall off did they?

 

How could you?

[BTS]

I thought that was hit a lot farther off the bat

[Jimcanuck]

It's game 4 you Chicken Littles

[Stangstag]

Does it ever feel that team's have our pitchcom

 

Every time Berrios pitches. Im still convinced he’s tipping somehow

[JFD]

Lose some weight ya fat f*** lol

[jaysthebest]

Don't worry guys. Berrios will pitch better once he faces weak batting. The Royals have one of the best batting in the league.

[DigitalRock]

Of course kirk is the one on the bases. Chappy is the man

[Dylan]

Omg Kirk is brutally slow

[BTS]

How does Kirk not score on that?

[Masterbather]

That was some terrible defense.

[Solaxys]

Why is Chapman hitting so low? Dude has been on fire.

[mellowgold]

LOL Kirk. How do you not score on that with two out?

[Jonn]

It’s absolutely embarrassing that Kirk couldn’t score on that.

[JFD]

And why is he not sprinting on contact with two out ffs

[Spanky99]

Did Kirk forget how many outs there were? Or is he that painfully slow? Ughh...

[DigitalRock]

I get it not the start we wanted but the doom and gloom is stupid in this thread

[Stangstag]

It's game 4 you Chicken Littles

 

I don’t think i’ve ever been this worried about a season in the first few games. Every player we were worried about has been awful. Like worse than we expected.

[Jimcanuck]

Lose some weight ya fat f*** lol

 

Should have traded Kirk, kept Moreno like I said