General Blue Jays Discussion Thread (2024)

[John_Havok]

The ST lineup I've seen seems to be George, Vlad, Bo in that order pretty consistently. That's not going to be regular order, right?

 

Maybe just testing to see if it affects their approaches for the better or something, i dunno. Maybe they wont the two higher OBP guys together so Bo and his more aggressive style might be able to take advantage with guys on base more

[Jays24]

Just in what happened in today's game, Vlad is on 1st and Bo hits a single. Vlad stops at 2nd. If the order was reversed, Bo is likely standing at 3B.

 

Ya there's drawbacks to that. I think if we had a bigger cleanup bat then we wouldn't even bother to mess around here. I'll just choose to believe Vlad gets better pitches to hit with Bo behind him.

[Jays24]

Varsho continuing to steal those bases... great to see!

[John_Havok]

Nice to hear the Yariel is ahead of where they thought he'd be.

[hanton]

Varsho got a great jump there off Maeda, pop-up slide though smh

[Jays24]

Varsho got a great jump there off Maeda, pop-up slide though smh

 

Ya, that's gonna be an issue. I think he could have been out if the fielder didn't drop the ball. I want someone to ask him why he's so against head first slides.

[John_Havok]

Another defense miscue, Springer thought he was out of room and had another 2 steps. Should have had that ball.

[Jays24]

We got 3 more hits than Detroit but 4 less runs. Chicks dig the long ball for a reason lol.

[John_Havok]

THat's it, get all the bad throws and bad reads out of the way now before it matters.

[Jimcanuck]

Ya, that's gonna be an issue. I think he could have been out if the fielder didn't drop the ball. I want someone to ask him why he's so against head first slides.

 

I googled checking for a concussion history, nothing. Most likely, he is just not comfortable doing it.

[glory]

Bad Kikuchi this year?

 

It's only ST but he was giving up a lot of hard contact even last season when he was good, so given his pre-2023 track record, it's hard to get too confident about what to expect from him. But too early to get worried at this point.

 

Hopefully KK is okay, but the lack of OF depth is going to be very apparent if he has to miss time. I guess Schneider would be the starting LF in that scenario, with Lukes as the backup.

[John_Havok]

It's only ST but he was giving up a lot of hard contact even last season when he was good, so given his pre-2023 track record, it's hard to get too confident about what to expect from him. But too early to get worried at this point.

 

Hopefully KK is okay, but the lack of OF depth is going to be very apparent if he has to miss time. I guess Schneider would be the starting LF in that scenario, with Lukes as the backup.

 

I guess the weird silver lining of it being KK that gets hurt is CF defense doesnt suffer, and the likely replacement for Varsho in LF wont hurt the offense either.

[John_Havok]

Vlad is pulling out early right now.

[John_Havok]

Vlads 3 EV's today:

 

67.7, 74.5, 74.9.

 

All hits. LOL

[John_Havok]

Attaboy Turner. THat's what we need all year

[Jays24]

Turner continues to pound the crap out of the ball.

[Jays24]

Do we know if Votto will play today?

[John_Havok]

Lets see how Pearson's splitter looks today

[John_Havok]

Dillon Dingler. Outstanding baseball name.

[Abomination]

Looks like Vladdy worked on his English in the offseason too!

[hanton]

wow fantastic interview with Vlady, English is pretty good

[hanton]

when is Pearson going to work on his splitter

[Jays24]

Vladdy doing an interview without an interpreter... now we know how he won his arbitration case lol #BetterCommunicationSkillz

[Jimcanuck]

Nice stretch by Vlad at 1B. Maybe skinny Vlad means average or better D

 

edit - oh wait, that's not Vlad lol

[John_Havok]

when is Pearson going to work on his splitter

 

Good question. He only threw 1.

[hanton]

Good question. He only threw 1.

 

the second outing that I watched this spring - in both he only threw 1 splitter; haven't checked the rest of his outings

[hanton]

What the hell....both baserunners tagged up on that foul out? well done

[Jays24]

What the hell....both baserunners tagged up on that foul out? well done

 

Ya I was shocked to see that level of baserunning but then realized it didn't involve any of our regulars so thats probably why lol.

[John_Havok]

I'm glad I stuck around for the Little-Dingler faceoff.

[deanmike]