Braves (Strider) vs Blue Jays (Bassitt): 4/16/25, 1:07pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[Masterbather]

Hopefully Strider is a little rusty and we can work the count against him and get him out early. Bassitt has looked great, probably due for a bit of a stinker but hopefully not today.

[Brownie19]

I think I heard Strider struck out 13 in 5 1/3 in his last rehab start.  Going to need to square up a few today and continue to get good pitching/defense.

[Jonn]

The modern day King of swing and miss returns. What a great day for the game of Baseball that we get Spencer Strider back today.

[Masterbather]

Just now, Jonn said:

The modern day King of swing and miss returns. What a great day for the game of Baseball that we get Spencer Strider back today.

f*** the game of baseball. The ******* could have come back in their next series.

[Orgfiller]

24 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

I think I heard Strider struck out 13 in 5 1/3 in his last rehab start.  Going to need to square up a few today and continue to get good pitching/defense.

His fastball velo was down around 2 mph in his rehab assignment, so there's still some rust to work out. He won't be a walk in the park but this is as good a time to face him as any.

[max silver]

1 minute ago, Masterbather said:

f*** the game of baseball. The ******* could have come back in their next series.

The Jays have pulled off surprises against plenty of aces this season. They hit aces like Crochet and Schwellenbach surprisingly hard and Bassitt has been pitching at ace level up to this point of the season. 

[Laika]

Alan Roden went from demotable to promotable (for ROY) in one game. 

He's now at +0.4 fWAR and in the ROY race. 119 wRC+, K rate under 16%, OAA of +2. Profile looks rock solid. Displayed some good baserunning last night so it might be reasonable to expect his BsR to trend into the green as well. 

This is Kole Calhoun. 

[Masterbather]

1 minute ago, max silver said:

The Jays have pulled off surprises against plenty of aces this season. They hit aces like Crochet and Schwellenbach surprisingly hard and Bassitt has been pitching at ace level up to this point of the season. 

I understand that, I hope we obliterate Strider. I would derive no joy from watching him carve our lineup apart.

[Masterbather]

1 minute ago, Laika said:

Alan Roden went from demotable to promotable (for ROY) in one game. 

He's now at +0.4 fWAR and in the ROY race. 119 wRC+, K rate under 16%, OAA of +2. Profile looks rock solid. Displayed some good baserunning last night so it might be reasonable to expect his BsR to trend into the green as well. 

This is Kole Calhoun. 

All of which is to suggest that nobody should be looking at statistics this early in the season and trying to derive any meaningful trends.

[Jonn]

26 minutes ago, Laika said:

Alan Roden went from demotable to promotable (for ROY) in one game. 

He's now at +0.4 fWAR and in the ROY race. 119 wRC+, K rate under 16%, OAA of +2. Profile looks rock solid. Displayed some good baserunning last night so it might be reasonable to expect his BsR to trend into the green as well. 

This is Kole Calhoun. 

This is a good example of why people shouldn’t think a player should be demoted after 40 AB’s,

[Jimcanuck]

24 minutes ago, Masterbather said:

All of which is to suggest that nobody should be looking at statistics this early in the season and trying to derive any meaningful trends.

Nah some statistics stabilize fairly quickly.  For example, for a volatile reliever K/BB rate even this early can be predictive of the season to come.

[Orgfiller]

Bo lol, he was determined to swing at everything in that AB. Not really competitive pitches either.

[Laika]

Bo swinging at the first fastball that almost hit him in the face - fine, you were planning on jumping a FB whatever

Doing it again on the next pitch - UNFORGIVEABLE! 

[Orgfiller]

Nice AB from Santander, hung in there long enough and then poked it the other way with the empty hole.

[Laika]

Well, made him throw more than 10 pitches so small victory  

[Terminator]

18 pitches in the first inning is decent, keep that up and he'll be out after 5

[Laika]

1 minute ago, Terminator said:

18 pitches in the first inning is decent, keep that up and he'll be out after 5

Maybe he will get tired like Sweatyballs 

[Orgfiller]

Crazy when Dan lays out how good those A's teams were a few years ago. Matt Chapman, Matt Olson, Sean Murphy, Marcus Semien, Mark Canha. Chris Bassitt, Frankie Montas, Sean Manaea, Liam Hendriks on the pitching side.

The FO and John Fisher made that franchise into a travesty.

[Orgfiller]

Teams are probably kicking themselves at not trading for Chris Bassitt in the offseason. This might be the best he's ever looked? He's putting up ace like production at the moment, and able to handle the innings and pitch count which are enviable in today's game.

Of course, I'm assuming he was even available. But at his age and salary with the Jays going deep into the CBT thresholds, I gotta figure there were calls being made by the FO to inquire on his value around the league.

[Orgfiller]

Rare pulled line drive on a fastball by Kirk.

[Laika]

Strider playing with fire putting guys on before Myles Straw comes up 

[Laika]

damn, Barger almost got to him 

[Orgfiller]

Tough luck on not getting a run through, but his pitch count is through the roof.

[glory]

At least the Jays worked the pitch count up in that inning. 

Man, what a helpless feeling it must be to be facing another team's ace and having Kirk on the bases. The Jays need multiple hits in order to score anyway, but definitely when Kirk is the lead runner. 

[Orgfiller]

Chris Bassitt for Cy Young? A lot of people are asking this question.

[Orgfiller]

108.8 mph on that rope from Bichette that bounced to the wall.

[Brownie19]

It's time Vlad...  It's time

[Orgfiller]

Strider's velo has tanked. 94-95 now.

[BTS]

Vladdy burning up the bases