GDT - Jays @ Orioles (Game 2/3)

[Omar]

He was thinking about sharing a nice juicy bucket of Mary Browns deep fried chicken with Manoah post game.

 

Come on man, that's not fair. Vladdy is a traditionalist, KFC or nothing.

[jaysguy44]

I wish we had a consistently good offense...

[Omar]

KK is an artist in CF

[jaysblue]

KK is an artist in CF

 

Yeah gonna miss him next season, but Varsho needs to play CF next season and moving forward.

[jaysthebest]

Why do we pitch to Mountcastle?

 

Don't get it.

[Spanky99]

Mountcastle again.

[jaysblue]

Nice catch by Springer but damn that throw sucked!

[Spanky99]

So they're are gonna make Kremmer look like a stud tonight.

 

Kremer's good bro.

[jaysthebest]

Our D is so bad tonight.

[Spanky99]

Come on man, that's not fair. Vladdy is a traditionalist, KFC or nothing.

 

Chik Fil-a

[Spanky99]

The Gasman is money!

[Omar]

[jaysblue]

Should have been a DP. Looks like the 08 Jays. Great pitching, underachieving position players.

 

I was thinking the same thing the other night, drawing parallels from the 2008 Jays to the 2023 team, though still completely different rosters. The 2023 team is far superior on paper.

 

Pitching wise, both teams had great rotations and BPs. 2008 team lost both McGowan and Marcum to injuries but Halladay and Burnett were one of the best 1-2 punches in baseball.

 

In terms of the lineup, the 2008 Jays had scrubs playing whereas the 2023 lineup has more fire power and actual elite players.

 

That 2008 team ran out players like Brad Wilkerson, Shannon Stewart, Kevin Bench, David Eckstein, and Rod Barajas. It was pretty bad haha.

[jaysthebest]

We make Kremer look like a cy young pitcher.

[Spanky99]

We had this dude's pitch count up once upon a time.

[Omar]

I know Vladdy got three hits last night but damn...

[jaysthebest]

I hate it when we hit the first pitch.

[Spanky99]

Again at first, lol... can't make that s*** up

[Omar]

These O's can fvck off anytime now.

[jaysblue]

A forward thinking FO would have been shopping Springer last off-season asking a team to take Springer plus a C prospect, if that’s what it took, off their hands. Now Toronto has three more years of this.

 

Yeah the Springer contract now isn't looking that good, especially if it will tie up the Jays FO from making other moves via free agency or trades in 2024 and 2025.

 

Otherwise, gotta give Springer a mulligan on this season and hope he bounces back next season. Need him to be a 3-4 WAR outfielder moving forward and that contract won't be that bad.

[Jaysareus]

Would be nice jays could gain on Seattle tonight but we know it's not happening

[Omar]

Yeah the Springer contract now isn't looking that good, especially if it will tie up the Jays FO from making other moves via free agency or trades in 2024 and 2025.

 

Otherwise, gotta give Springer a mulligan on this season and hope he bounces back next season. Need him to be a 3-4 WAR outfielder moving forward and that contract won't be that bad.

 

We all knew the back half of the Springer deal could turn problematic. The extra year and $ is what it took to get him here. Now we live with it and hope he does something special in the post season (if/when we get there).

[Laika]

Score a f***ing run ugh

[Spanky99]

Kirky's a magician back there.

[hanton]

Kirk is a wonderful reciever

[BigCecil]

We all knew the back half of the Springer deal could turn problematic. The extra year and $ is what it took to get him here. Now we live with it and hope he does something special in the post season (if/when we get there).

 

We aren’t even in the back half hombre.

[Spanky99]

We aren’t even in the back half hombre.

 

He means following next season at the least, I'm sure.

[jaysblue]

Yeah, rostering sub-replacement scrubs in 08 may have been the biggest difference between post-season and no post-season. I think that team may have had a better run diff than TB. I don’t remember.

 

Yeah that lineup was brutal, especially in the early going. They needed another two big power bats for that lineup. Adam Dunn would have been a perfect fit. But he didn't like baseball lol.

 

I remember even Mike Wilner went on the radio numerous times saying the Jays should sign Barry Bonds haha.

 

That 2008 team with Halladay and Burnett along with that bullpen would have been scary in the Postseason. Rostering all those scrubs in the early going and not improving the lineup in-season really cost them.

[Spanky99]

Kirky's a magician back there.

 

Kirk is a wonderful reciever

 

You know it.

[jaysblue]

We all knew the back half of the Springer deal could turn problematic. The extra year and $ is what it took to get him here. Now we live with it and hope he does something special in the post season (if/when we get there).

 

It's just his third season here lol.