GDT: 3/3 Rockies @ Blue Jays April 14 (1:37et)

[Omar]

Okay, that's two series wins in a row. Keep 'er going. Bring on the dreaded Yankees!

 

 

Jose Berrios and Justin Turner not to be denied today!

[BlueRocky]

Easy dub

[Daniel Labude]

Best Pearson has looked in a long time

[Eat My Shatkins]

f*** me if big Nate figures it out he's going to be an elite late inning guy. That's just tantalizing when he shows those flashes.

[BTS]

Back to 0.500, Serven is being sent packing for Jansen, and Romano and Swanson due back any day to. Things looking up.

[Spanky99]

Great ballgame, Jose and Justin are God .

[BigCecil]

Thats the Big Nate we waited years to see. Touched 102. No clue where it was going but who cares!

[Spanky99]

Back to 0.500, Serven is being sent packing for Jansen, and Romano and Swanson due back any day to. Things looking up.

 

Sure are, almost like we just went through our toughest road trip of the season...

[Spanky99]

The 'Stache went 0 for 4 today.

 

Kirky was perfect today, Springer with key hits along with Clement, feels good.

[Eat My Shatkins]

Yeah nice to see Kirk have a day at the plate finally.

[Krylian]

Ohtani didn't sign in Toronto because he didn't want to deal with Vladdy's cooler routine

[Spanky99]

We got Nasty Nate today. That stuff in those locations is almost unfair.

 

lol... for real.

[The_DH]

any idea why Escobar is constantly in Vladdy's ear? Seems like he's trying to teach him on the fly.

[Eat My Shatkins]

any idea why Escobar is constantly in Vladdy's ear? Seems like he's trying to teach him on the fly.

 

Escobar?

 

Do you mean Encarnacion?

[Stangstag]

any idea why Escobar is constantly in Vladdy's ear? Seems like he's trying to teach him on the fly.

 

Trying to break through his thick skull

[The_DH]

Escobar?

 

Do you mean Encarnacion?

 

Yeah. Thanks for the correction.

[BigCecil]

Yeah. Thanks for the correction.

 

You must have been watching “Narcos” last night on Netflix.

[Spanky99]

No man...Berrios career ERA is 4.11 and FIP 4.04. Tracks the same over 1250 IP.

 

Ah, correct, I must have been thinking xFIP, man that '22 was rough leaking balls center cut all season hurt his numbers.

[G-Snarls]

Great ballgame, Jose and Justin are God .

 

MVPs so far this year

 

Turner

Berrios

Garcia

[John_Havok]

MVPs so far this year

 

Turner

Berrios

Garcia

 

Kikuchi honorable mention?

[Stangstag]

MVPs so far this year

 

Turner

Berrios

Garcia

 

Schneider has to be up there too IMO. Tied for team lead in RBIs with way fewer at bats than the regulars.

[wilko]

Schneider has to be up there too IMO. Tied for team lead in RBIs with way fewer at bats than the regulars.

 

It's about time someone gives the manager some props!

[hanton]

Schneider has to be up there too IMO. Tied for team lead in RBIs with way fewer at bats than the regulars.

 

2nd in OPS

[Stangstag]

2nd in OPS

 

And 2nd in wRC+. 2nd best hitter on the team rn behind Turner.

[hanton]

And 2nd in wRC+. 2nd best hitter on the team rn behind Turner.

 

and to be clear he may turn out to be nothing special, but how will we know if they keep bouncing him in and out of the line-up.

[Brownie19]

and to be clear he may turn out to be nothing special, but how will we know if they keep bouncing him in and out of the line-up.

 

While I agree that we need to give him more PA's to see what he really is - I do expect there's a high probability that we find out he can't be an everyday regular and is much more effective playing 4-5 times a week in favorable matchups.

[Laika]

The 2B/3B mob is working beautifully, stay the course and change nothing for now.

 

IKF: 0.5 WAR, .351 wOBA, plus D

Biggio: 0.4 WAR, .374 wOBA

Schneider: 0.2 WAR, .371 wOBA

Clement: 0.2 WAR, .265 average with good D

 

We have already seen Schneider in LF being used as a way to cut into the playing time of Varsho and KK.

 

So, the mob works and Schneider is getting some extra playing time at the expense of the s***** LHB.

 

 

Toronto's biggest issues are quite obviously Vlad, Bo, and Kirk. I guess Gausman too. Those four need to wake the f*** up holy s***.

[Eat My Shatkins]

The 2B/3B mob is working beautifully, stay the course and change nothing for now.

 

IKF: 0.5 WAR, .351 wOBA, plus D

Biggio: 0.4 WAR, .374 wOBA

Schneider: 0.2 WAR, .371 wOBA

Clement: 0.2 WAR, .265 average with good D

 

We have already seen Schneider in LF being used as a way to cut into the playing time of Varsho and KK.

 

So, the mob works and Schneider is getting some extra playing time at the expense of the s***** LHB.

 

 

Toronto's biggest issues are quite obviously Vlad, Bo, and Kirk. I guess Gausman too. Those four need to wake the f*** up holy s***.

 

Quite the recurring theme.

 

Every year one of the stud SP's has to s*** the bed, and Vlad/Bo/Kirk continue to regress.

[Eat My Shatkins]

Of course I'd love Vlad to suddenly figure it out, but seeming more and more unlikely at this point. Now I'm more just looking forward to him being gone. They can find a replacement level 1B anywhere, and it won't cost $20 million to do it.