GDT (2/3) Sept 20: Blue Jays @ Yankees 7:05 ET

[G-Snarls]

Keep rollin' rollin' rollin,... Come on!

 

SP matchup: Kevin Gausman vs Michael King

 

Blue Jays lineup:

 

G Springer ® RF

B Bichette ® SS

V Guerrero Jr. ® DH

C Biggio (L) 2B

M Chapman ® 3B

S Horwitz (L) 1B

A Kirk ® C

D Varsho (L) LF

K Kiermaier (L) CF

 

Yankees lineup:

 

D LeMahieu ® 1B

A Judge ® RF

G Torres ® 2B

A Wells (L) C

G Stanton ® DH

A Volpe ® SS

O Cabrera (S) LF

O Peraza ® 3B

E Florial (L) CF

[L54]

Man that Yankees lineup is brutal. Ours actually looks decent on paper

[Doubleplay21]

I see Merrifield not in again.

He has been ice cold and Biggio taken his place

[JaysAllMighty]

[G-Snarls]

Man that Yankees lineup is brutal. Ours actually looks decent on paper

 

Gausman should be able to carve up that lineup especially the bottom half

[G-Snarls]

I see Merrifield not in again.

He has been ice cold and Biggio taken his place

 

Just cold or also injured I wonder

[G-Snarls]

Regardless Biggio has been excellent and happy to see it.

[max silver]

Just cold or also injured I wonder

 

I recall it was mentioned on one of the recent broadcasts that Merrifield was dealing with a bit of hip tightness. His bat has vanished for the last 6 weeks though so it's no huge loss either way.

[Brownie19]

I see Merrifield not in again.

He has been ice cold and Biggio taken his place

 

Biggio just tied Vlad in WAR - in less than half as many PA's...

[Stangstag]

I recall it was mentioned on one of the recent broadcasts that Merrifield was dealing with a bit of hip tightness. His bat has vanished for the last 6 weeks though so it's no huge loss either way.

 

He might’ve strained something during that walk-off win on the weekend, the one where he busted his ass down the line.

 

I don’t think he’s played since

[Masterbather]

Well the Yankees suck, in theory Gausman should do well, but then again we suck against good pitching so King should do well.

 

Bet the under.

 

Game might be determined by one big swing from somebody.

[Masterbather]

No Vladdy. Maybe it's a good thing.

[hanton]

Vlady pulled from the line-up, issues with his knee

[gruber92]

Vlady pulled from the line-up, issues with his knee

 

When you're a fat slob, your knees are obviously going to take a beating. Kirk will be next in a year or two.

[jaysblue]

Gausman hasn't been pitching that well lately, but hope he has a big game tonight and turns it around.

[gruber92]

Baltimore losing in general is not good for us. We don't need Tampa to be within striking distance to the division as it makes their six games against us meaningful. That's spells trouble.

[G-Snarls]

Vlady pulled from the line-up, issues with his knee

 

Goddammit

[Masterbather]

Baltimore losing in general is not good for us. We don't need Tampa to be within striking distance to the division as it makes their six games against us meaningful. That's spells trouble.

 

Then it's on us to kick Tampa's ass.

 

The fact of the matter is we have a lot of really tough pitching matchups coming up, we can't expect to trip and fall backwards into the playoffs, we have to beat good teams and we have to beat great pitchers or we don't deserve to get in.

 

I'm not necessarily saying we're going to do it, but that's the task at hand.

[G-Snarls]

Vladdy out

 

Merrifield in

[Stangstag]

Man that Yankees lineup is brutal. Ours actually looks decent on paper

 

Jinxed us

[John_Havok]

Goddammit

 

No no, this is a good thing because Vlads fat so he shouldn't be allowed to play anyways

[Masterbather]

No no, this is a good thing because Vlads fat so he shouldn't be allowed to play anyways

 

Agreed, wouldn't bother me at all if we played the rest of the season without him.

[G-Snarls]

f*** me

 

3K

[bones10]

Well that looked completely unhittable

[hanton]

frame job

[Masterbather]

What the f*** Kevin?

[glory]

Vladdy out

 

Merrifield in

 

The Jays have a hard enough time hitting home runs. Not sure why Merrifield had to be the one to replace Vlad instead of Schneider, but I guess it was a designated off day for DS.

[Zacman]

Stanton is so bad.

[Omar]

Let's Go Jays!!!!

[James Key]

This King kid looks legit. And I think Stanton beats Kirk in a foot race.