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

[Laika]

Did JS manager well today? or get lucky?

 

JS was perfect

I guess he could have pinch ran for Kirk when he was standing on 1st but whatever

[G-Snarls]

You sure about this? Guerrero was hitting .179 before the last strikeout. Might as well get the pitchers hitting.

 

I just copied it from BBREF right now. Might not be up to date exactly

[Spanky99]

You sure about this? Guerrero was hitting .179 before the last strikeout. Might as well get the pitchers hitting.

 

Yeah, those numbers are wrong.

[connorp]

Man. I’ve always been a Vlad is going to break back out guy, but it’s starting to look foolish. Obviously he’s not this bad though.

 

If he’s meh all year and then busts out big next year in FA year, he’s a f***ing cuck

[The_DH]

Guerrero avg: .172 ops: .590

 

THAT'S A PITCHER'S NUMBERS!!!

[G-Snarls]

Yeah, those numbers are wrong.

 

My bad/BBREF bad

 

Springer .143/.314/.393

Guerrero .172/.314/.276

Bichette .120/.154/.160

[Laika]

Man. I’ve always been a Vlad is going to break back out guy, but it’s starting to look foolish. Obviously he’s not this bad though.

 

If he’s meh all year and then busts out big next year in FA year, he’s a f***ing cuck

 

more about how he looks than the actual results

 

never have I ever seen him look this horrible

[Stottlemyres_Bloody_Chin]

So you're dunking on yourself... mmhmm. lol

 

Are you capable of not trying to start s*** with someone just for one day?

 

How you get away with it all the time I'll never know. It always starts with you initiating an unprovoked insult at someone. I don't think you can help yourself, troll.

[hanton]

Did JS manager well today? or get lucky?

 

Ernie hit well today

[Stangstag]

Cause so far this season:

 

Springer .120 /.267/ .360

 

Edit: Guerrero .172/.314/.276

 

Bichette .150/ .190/ .200

 

My f'n God. You can't keep this up and expect to play even 500 ball

 

At least Springer has been hitting the ball fairly well but getting robbed. Vlad and Bo are asleep

[Spanky99]

Are you capable of not trying to start s*** with someone just for one day?

 

How you get away with it all the time I'll never know. It always starts with you initiating an unprovoked insult at someone. I don't think you can help yourself, troll.

 

f*** Off, ya loser incel.

[harvey16]

It's a darn miracle we are .500 right now with how inept this offense has been. I'll be thrilled if we can come out .500 after this first road trip. Win 1 of the next 2 is all I ask. We should honestly be 2-6 right now.

[G-Snarls]

Jays rank 25th in wRC+ with a team wRC+ of 76 and 29th in batting average at .176

 

Yuck yuck yuck

Edited April 5, 2024 by G-Snarls

[Spanky99]

It's a darn miracle we are .500 right now with how inept this offense has been. I'll be thrilled if we can come out .500 after this first road trip. Win 1 of the next 2 is all I ask. We should honestly be 2-6 right now.

 

3-5, we stole one game according to the Pythagorean numbers.

[BatFlip]

Jays rank 25th in wRC+ with a team wRC+ of 76 and 29th in batting average at 176

 

Yuck yuck yuck

 

AND they're still 4-4. Just wait till they start batting .200!

[Stangstag]

AND they're still 4-4. Just wait till they start batting .200!

 

Just wait!

[TradeBichette]

How does Bicehtte only have 2 errors???

 

I've personally seen at least 4. Are they trying to cover it up like CNN?

 

Also he has 3 hits

[RustyTrombone]

Can we give some love to the Silver Fox Trevor Richards?? Hes been outstanding to start the season and was at his absolute best today. He might be better than ever right now, throwing tons of strikes.

 

His changeup is somehow even better than last season and his location has been deadly. Hes throwing it more than ever before getting close to 75% usage and getting 10 more inches of vertical movement while creating even more of a velo gap by dropping 3mph off it now averaging 78mph. Could be in for a monster year if he stays healthy this year.

[saskjayfan]

At least Springer has been hitting the ball fairly well but getting robbed. Vlad and Bo are asleep

 

Yes, less worried about Springer. He's taking his walk and definitely had some loud outs. Really not worried about anyone at this point. When everyone is bad, they've probably faced some tough pitching.

[Eat My Shatkins]

Richards was the reliever I was most worried about holding up but he's dialed in.

 

He's like the reliever version of Marco Estrada

[Terminator]

This team has a lot of heart. 4-4 with the toughest schedule in baseball so far.

 

Pitching and defense wins championships and I love what I’m seeing so far. Go Jays

[bones10]

Someone please save vlad hes spiralling

[Daniel Labude]

Bo about to pass below .100, trade market collapsed to nothing lmao

[Daniel Labude]

Maybe hutning fastballs over the plate that never come, isn't a good team strategy right now

[Eat My Shatkins]

Jays won right?

[Spanky99]

Bo about to pass below .100, trade market collapsed to nothing lmao

 

[Spanky99]

Jays won right?

 

lol

[Key22]

Are you capable of not trying to start s*** with someone just for one day?

 

How you get away with it all the time I'll never know. It always starts with you initiating an unprovoked insult at someone. I don't think you can help yourself, troll.

 

The guy has over 100,000 posts on this forum alone. Think about that.

[Sorrow]

Looking at the guys the only two players who I’m really concerned about are Guerrero and Kirk. I also know the sample size this year is noise.

 

Kirk’s walk rate has tanked and his k rate has increased and he has shown no power this season at all. Guerrero has also increased his walk rate but his k rate has also gone way up and again the power is way down and he looks lost at the plate.

 

Bichette was hurt and has a .143 BABIP, Varsho has an increased walk rate but needs to start showing some power, Biggio looks good, IKF is looking fine for what he is, Clement and Schneider need more at bats, Springer is just being BABIPD he has a .095 BABIP with a 20% wall rate to a 14% k rate. He likely will never be peak Springer again but he likely is around a 120 wRC+ bat which is a great bounce back. You can’t say anything negative about Turner right now.

 

The team needs more power and you’ll hope that you get that with Springer, Guerrero, Jansen and Schneider as the season goes on and hopefully Bichette and Varsho are also in that 25+ category.

 

I do think the team needs to find a way to sign Jansen for 4-5 years as I don’t think you can count on Kirk as a catcher starting 4/5 games.

[hanton]

Can we give some love to the Silver Fox Trevor Richards?? Hes been outstanding to start the season and was at his absolute best today. He might be better than ever right now, throwing tons of strikes.

 

His changeup is somehow even better than last season and his location has been deadly. Hes throwing it more than ever before getting close to 75% usage and getting 10 more inches of vertical movement while creating even more of a velo gap by dropping 3mph off it now averaging 78mph. Could be in for a monster year if he stays healthy this year.

 

Would like to see more but if he continues pitching like this then big props to him - highly respect veterans like him that are constantly working on improving their game. It's why I have so much respect for Stroman - annoying personality but works as hard as anyone on his game