GDT - Game #7 - April 03 8:10 ET - Jays @ Astros

[Barrelsandbombs]

 

Let's get this W!

[HomeRunHomer]

Babe once again rewarded with a stint on the pine

[Spanky99]

 

Let's get this W!

 

[MikeM3]

Buddy put Varsho in CF and Schneider in LF. It's a 5 feet left field even Alvarez played there. f*** sake

[DigitalRock]

Why is Schneider not getting more ABs? I think the org is a bit stupid

[Stangstag]

Babe once again rewarded with a stint on the pine

 

I hate this front office

[Stangstag]

Why is Schneider not getting more ABs? I think the org is a bit stupid

 

They're trying to be too smart to the point they are being dumb.

[wilko]

I hate this front office

 

What does the guy need to do to get regular playing time?

[glory]

I hate this front office

 

Something happened to this front office in 2023. I don't know if it was James Click, or Mattingly, or someone else they added, but the way they have operated since compared to pre-2023 seems like a completely different FO. Like, I can't imagine pre-2023 Atkins thinking IKF was a starting 3B. Dude was shooting for the stars with almost every pickup (Gausman, Semien, Springer, Ray, Chapman, Berrios, etc) and didn't give a s*** about defense if he saw even a tiny bit of offensive potential. I miss that front office a bit right now.

[JaysAllMighty]

I hate this front office

 

Not playing Schneider after what he did last night... how f***ing stupid are they

 

Bunch of f***HEADS

[G-Snarls]

What has KK done to be suited to hit 7th instead of 9th

[Spanky99]

What has KK done to be suited to hit 7th instead of 9th

 

He and Cavan should switch.

[Terminator]

With the 3 batter rule is there a particular reason to stagger the bottom of the lineup anymore?

 

If they are hellbent on sitting Schneider it seems like they could at least bait the other team into throwing a lefty at us in the late innings by batting Biggio and KK 8 and 9, right?

 

The team either uses a lefty reliever or they are scared of Schneider so they use righties against those guys. Seems like a win-win.

[HomeRunHomer]

It's called playing the percentages. It's what smart managers do to win ball games.

 

I've got nine home runs.

You should be very proud. Sit down.

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[hanton]

Varsho back at 5 and Schneider back on the bench. nice

[MoustachedMenace]

Schneider will get back in there eventually

 

Only a matter of time

 

Patience people. We are at game 7 of 162

[glory]

[Terminator]

So trying to follow along with John and I suppose I see the logic.

 

Javier has a career .319 wOBA vs LHH and .250 vs RHH.

 

So that puts KK and Biggio into the lineup.

 

And I guess since it's a tough matchup for any of the righties then they decide that they might as well go with the best defensive one in IKF at 3B?

 

Stupid but whatever.

[G-Snarls]

 

Bitch please

 

No one like the matchup of IKF vs anybody

[HomeRunHomer]

I would get the love the Jays have for playing the handedness match ups a lot more if our left handed batters were actually good hitters vs righties instead of being just slightly less bad. I guess we will see how it goes.

[Spanky99]

I would get the love the Jays have for playing the handedness match ups a lot more if our left handed batters were actually good hitters vs righties instead of being just slightly less bad. I guess we will see how it goes.

 

Biggio looks like an Alien.

[hanton]

they're going to spend the entire game trying to justify the line-up decisions

[gruber92]

B line up tonight

[el duque]

Springer is on slow start but he will recover

[jaysthebest]

Vladdy forgets how to lift a ball.

[Spanky99]

Springer is on slow start but he will recover

 

Nah, he's been fine.

[el duque]

Our team is struggling at bat and we sit down one of the few bats alive now

[el duque]

Nah, he's been fine.

 

avg 130

[Spanky99]

avg 130

 

Please don't, he's hitting the ball hard and walking.

[jaysthebest]

LOL Bassitt