GDT - Game #8 - April 05 1:05 ET - Jays @ Yankees

[Kordesi]

I mean Kikuchi kept us in it but we did not cash in our chances. You know what will likely happen now. You got to take your chances away from home.

[Spanky99]

Excuse me double play, take it all day.

[Brownie19]

I would like to order one new hitting coach please. Vlad can't possibly be this bad.

 

Yes he can. Vlad is the biggest loser in franchise history. He's ready to go for the home run derby though!

[gruber92]

Somebody tell Vladdy that he's had food stuck in his beard from last inning.

[Laika]

I wonder if anyone has checked Vlad's eyesight. He's not even close

 

It really looks like he is just a guess hitter at this point

 

He is seeing NOTHING

[Orgfiller]

Nah. He has a similar career trajectory to Miguel Sano

 

Sano was always a high risk profile with his extreme K rate, it just eventually caught up to him. Vlad just legitimately has awful baseball IQ or something, he has no plan and his pitch recognition is probably not as good as anyone thought it would be.

[Brownie19]

We're like 6 status quo weeks away from debating the merits of non-tendering him in November. He needs to be better than 2023 to warrant a ~25M salary next year

 

There's little doubt in my mind that he's gone this year or in the offseason. Can't justify paying him $25M and I think the probability of him turning this around is <5%

[Orgfiller]

lol @ Gleyber Torres shaking his head at a pitch down the middle, the Yankees are so annoying.

[BigCecil]

#thatsthejoke

 

I am picking up what you're putting down...

[Spanky99]

Kooch!!!

[Orgfiller]

Gutsy performance from Kikuchi. The command wasn't all there but the stuff is just too good.

[BTS]

Kikuchi is a f***ing boss

[Laika]

Kikuchi shoves, his stuff is so good

[Spanky99]

LETS GO BLUE JAYS *CLAP, CLAP* *CLAP, CLAP, CLAP*

 

LETS GO BLUE JAYS *CLAP, CLAP* *CLAP, CLAP, CLAP*

 

LETS GO BLUE JAYS *CLAP, CLAP* *CLAP, CLAP, CLAP*

 

[Jonn]

Big season for Kikuchi. You know he wants to get paid this off-season.

[Brownie19]

Kikuchi shoves, his stuff is so good

 

wonder what we can get for him this year...maybe a hitter?

[John_Havok]

Gutsy performance from Kikuchi. The command wasn't all there but the stuff is just too good.

 

That's the great feature of Kikuchi, the stuff is so good that even average to below average command and it still works. On days where he has plus command its not even fair. That doesn't happen very often though.

[Brownie19]

How does Bo go from being a .300 hitter to a .130 hitter so quickly? Donny Baseball is ruining this team.

[43211234]

HR for Vladimir next time he's up.

 

Book it!

[Orgfiller]

Turner got the ligma from Bo and Vlad, it's over.

[BTS]

They're not picking up the slider all. That's a half dozen or so bad swings from righties on sliders way outside.

[Spanky99]

PAiN!!!

[Orgfiller]

They're not picking up the slider all. That's a half dozen or so bad swings from righties on sliders way outside.

 

In their/Stroman's defense, he's definitely tunneling it beautifully with the comeback sinker. They start out in the same spot but one runs back to nick the corner and the other goes completely away from the zone.

[G-Snarls]

Gutsy performance from Kikuchi. The command wasn't all there but the stuff is just too good.

 

Can he get Soto and Judge one more time?

[Stangstag]

Typical 2023 Jays. 0-0 game in the 6th

 

This s*** is fun for nobody

[Orgfiller]

Can he get Soto and Judge one more time?

 

Definitely not and I wouldn't want him to lol.

[Brownie19]

They're not picking up the slider all. That's a half dozen or so bad swings from righties on sliders way outside.

 

Donny telling them the hunt the fastball like it's 1986

[Jonn]

He gets Soto for sure.

 

Good. Rare good decision by Scheneider

[BTS]

In their/Stroman's defense, he's definitely tunneling it beautifully with the comeback sinker. They start out in the same spot but one runs back to nick the corner and the other goes completely away from the zone.

 

Yeah. He's legitimately picthiing very well. Painting the outside edge with the fastball and consistently sitting a few inches below the zone with the sinker because he's getting the calls.

[Brownie19]

He gets Soto for sure.

 

Good. Rare good decision by Scheneider

 

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.