GDT: Jays @ Rays... No GDT, bunch of pussos! Part 2...

[Spanky99]

Schneider has no faith in Mayza

He remembers Mayza giving homer to Judge last year

 

What?

[travisinfla]

not sure why mayza wasnt used there, dont think the rays bench had anyone worthwhile to pitch hit over Lowe.

[harvey16]

Yet another heartbreaking loss at the Trop. How does Schneider leave Romano in against the Lefty, when Mayza was warm and Romano clearly dealing with a finger issue. This was an absolute no brainer.

[Doubleplay21]

When Romano sucks he sucks bad. 4 hits in 2/3 inning

[jaysblue]

Romano cracks me up out there, such a character.

 

I think he's become one of my new favourite pitchers in baseball from a likability perspective. Such a character!

[DigitalRock]

John Schneider is not smart lol

[Doubleplay21]

Trying to defend manager Schneider

[jaysthebest]

Romano is not an elite closer anymore. He gives up too many walks/hits.

[Steeljays]

I don't trust Romano anymore. This guy never had a clean inning for a while and luckily closed the game most of the time.

 

I was never a Romano fan and definitely not in back to back games. I think he is overrated. He has value I wouldn't mind hicks and green in next years back end( with Swanson)

[jaysblue]

The right move was probably to bring in Mayza to face Lowe or walk Lowe to have Romano face Margot.

 

Regardless if Schneider brought in Mayza and he blew it, I bet some of the trolls would be complaining "why didn't Schneider leave Romano in!" haha.

[jaysthebest]

I was never a Romano fan and definitely not in back to back games. I think he is overrated. He has value I wouldn't mind hicks and green in next years back end( with Swanson)

 

I prefer Swanson more than Romano as a closer. Every time Romano comes to the mound, I feel anxious about the outcome.

[bones10]

Win tomorrow

[Masterbather]

Romano is not elite, he never was, he's a 3 to 3.5 ERA caliber pitcher who will from time to time give up some runs.

 

So you have to sort of just deal with these losses and move on. It's not his fault. Elite closers are hard to get.

[travisinfla]

The right move was probably to bring in Mayza to face Lowe or walk Lowe to have Romano face Margot.

 

Regardless if Schneider brought in Mayza and he blew it, I bet some of the trolls would be complaining "why didn't Schneider leave Romano in!" haha.

 

yep lol apparently Lowe leads the majors with .471 avg with 2 out and risp. maybe pitch around him but then bases loaded, Romano just had a bad game.

[jaysthebest]

JS just said Romano was dealing with a cracked fingernail that happened last night.

 

It was a genius decision to force Romano to close the game today lol.

[Steeljays]

The right move was probably to bring in Mayza to face Lowe or walk Lowe to have Romano face Margot.

 

Regardless if Schneider brought in Mayza and he blew it, I bet some of the trolls would be complaining "why didn't Schneider leave Romano in!" haha.

 

The move was to walk Lowe and deal with Margot. simple common sense. Looking the other way, shows us why add on runs are so important and we are not good with that. I would have PH for DS. At this point he is no longer a mlb player.

[Masterbather]

I prefer Swanson more than Romano as a closer. Every time Romano comes to the mound, I feel anxious about the outcome.

 

Romano, Swanson, Garcia, they are all pretty much the same.

[jaysblue]

Romano is not elite, he never was, he's a 3 to 3.5 ERA caliber pitcher who will from time to time give up some runs.

 

So you have to sort of just deal with these losses and move on. It's not his fault. Elite closers are hard to get.

 

Romano's ERA is 2.68 this season.

[Masterbather]

Romano's ERA is 2.68 this season.

That's nice for his ERA. I still maintain what I said.

[jaysblue]

That's nice for his ERA. I still maintain what I said.

 

Lol you just said he's a 3-3.5 ERA caliber pitcher. His ERA hasn't even been close to that the past three seasons.

 

I agree he's not one of the top elite closers in the game, but he's still very good and consistent. He gets the job done majority of the time. He's going to blow the odd save here or there, but I have no problem with him as the Jays closer.

[glory]

Romano is not the issue. Using him in a 1 run game in the 9th is justified regardless of what happens. However, that doesn’t apply if he’s injured/compromised, and the coaching staff knew about it 24 hours earlier, and still decided to use him. That borders on inexcusable.

[jaysthebest]

I don't think Romano deserves his ERA this season. He put runners on base too many times.

[Masterbather]

I agree he's not one of the top elite closers in the game, but he's still very good and consistent. He gets the job done majority of the time. He's going to blow the odd save here or there, but I have no problem with him as the Jays closer.

 

Without an elite pitcher in the bullpen, yeah you have to sort of deal with having him as your closer. Most teams don't have an elite closer so what can you do?

I wish we had one of the elite closers in baseball I'll tell you that much. It makes a difference in the postseason, as we've already seen with Romano. It's one of the reasons I don't think this team can win a world series because we don't have enough elite arms. Gausman is the only one.

[Steeljays]

Romano is not the issue. Using him in a 1 run game in the 9th is justified regardless of what happens. However, that doesn’t apply if he’s injured/compromised, and the coaching staff knew about it 24 hours earlier, and still decided to use him. That borders on inexcusable.

 

The staff still had a chance to make an in- game adjustment. Walking Lowe was the move there. No question. The only runner that mattered on base was at 3rd. You take your chances with Margot.

[travisinfla]

Lol you just said he's a 3-3.5 ERA caliber pitcher. His ERA hasn't even been close to that the past three seasons.

 

I agree he's not one of the top elite closers in the game, but he's still very good and consistent. He gets the job done majority of the time. He's going to blow the odd save here or there, but I have no problem with him as the Jays closer.

 

I wonder what his close rate vs over .500 teams in 1 run games.

[Spanky99]

The Romano hate is glorious... show yourselves fools!!!

[glory]

The staff still had a chance to make an in- game adjustment. Walking Lowe was the move there. No question. The only runner that mattered on base was at 3rd. You take your chances with Margot.

 

Yes that or bring in Mayza to face Lowe. JS has never been a good in game decision maker, sadly.

[Steeljays]

Yes that or bring in Mayza to face Lowe. JS has never been a good in game decision maker, sadly.

 

Agree. I think that's where the disappointment is with the coaching staff and there moves and not the Romano hate as another poster may have added.... what the F was the conversation with Pete walker and Romano? That made no sense putting more pressure on a struggling pitcher. Talk your chance with the weaker hitter

[Masterbather]

The Romano hate is glorious... show yourselves fools!!!

 

It's not hate to say he's not elite because he isn't, but it's not his fault. The results would be no different if we had Garcia in the closers role or Swanson. Just because the manager chose him to be in that role it doesn't mean he's suddenly going to become Mariano Rivera.

[Spanky99]

It's not hate to say he's not elite because he isn't, but it's not his fault. The results would be no different if we had Garcia in the closers role or Swanson. Just because the manager chose him to be in that role it doesn't mean he's suddenly going to become Mariano Rivera.

 

Dude, I know what Romano is, and he's a stud. Hear me, a f***ing stud. Give your collective head a shake, no one think's he's elite or Rivera, ya dingleberry.