Mariners (Woo) vs Blue Jays (Francis): 4/18/25, 7:07pm

[HomeRunHomer]

Just now, Grant77 said:

You're seeing that there is still a place for advanced scouting in this stat-driven era. The Mariners know absolutely nothing about Addison Barger.

You think they would have learned after the second time but nope.

[Masterbather]

2 minutes ago, Grant77 said:

You're seeing that there is still a place for advanced scouting in this stat-driven era. The Mariners know absolutely nothing about Addison Barger.

Apparently they don't have eyeballs with working brains attached.

[Grant77]

1 minute ago, HomeRunHomer said:

You think they would have learned after the second time but nope.

It's a really stark example of a bad coaching staff not communicating these things to their players. Raleigh and Tellez are extremely slow. They wouldn't be doing this if they were told he had a borderline elite arm.

[Omar]

[Laika]

Holy s*** the Barger cannon is a game changer 

He also almost homered twice. 

[jaysblue]

Woo-hoo! 

[Grant77]

Orioles getting smoked. Love it.

[Grant77]

Terrible at-bat by Gimenez. You've gotta get the guys over against a pitcher that is struggling.

[G-Snarls]

Springer stay hawt

[glory]

That Gimenez MVP season ended quickly. 

[gruber9292]

Enough of Giminez batting fourth ffs 

[Jays24]

Just need that 1 big hit man... so many wasted opportunities but what else is new.  Can we see if J.D. Martinez is still looking for a squad? Lol

[G-Snarls]

Just now, Jays24 said:

Just need that 1 big hit man... so many wasted opportunities but what else is new. 

Scoring on singles and sac flies. Again. 

[gruber9292]

4 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

Just need that 1 big hit man... so many wasted opportunities but what else is new.  Can we see if J.D. Martinez is still looking for a squad? Lol

Batting Barger sixth is still hard for me to understand. 

[G-Snarls]

Wow quick inning 

Nice job Francis 

[BatFlip]

Bowden earning every damn penny of his $800k salary.

 

[Omar]

We're three weeks into the season.  It's okay to try things like Gimenez batting cleanup, giving Roden and Wagner a long look, etc.  Plenty of time to change things up as the season progresses.  Give them a chance to experiment/evaluate.  

[Jays24]

Just now, gruber9292 said:

Batting Barger sixth is still hard for me to understand. 

Gimenez 4th and Barger 6th on a team with World series aspirations... Thank God for the elite pitching and defense at least lol

[Spanky99]

25 minutes ago, saskjayfan said:

That's ********.  Over 162, you put a much inferior hitter in front of a more superior hitter it costs you runs.  Springer provides protection for Santander.  Games can end with Giminez as the final out.   It makes zero f***ing sense to have Giminez hit ahead of Springer.  Someone make an argument that Giminez is a better hitter than Springer.  Giminez shouldn't be hitting 5th either.  He's an 8 or 9 hitter. 

Breathe man, lol.

[Jays24]

2 minutes ago, Omar said:

We're three weeks into the season.  It's okay to try things like Gimenez batting cleanup, giving Roden and Wagner a long look, etc.  Plenty of time to change things up as the season progresses.  Give them a chance to experiment/evaluate.  

It's not an experient when we very little choice here... this is the best we got lol. 

[Omar]

1 minute ago, Jays24 said:

It's not an experient when we very little choice here lol.  

Varsho will be back in May then you bitch about him batting 4th.

[Jays24]

2 minutes ago, Omar said:

Varsho will be back in May then you bitch about him batting 4th.

Well duhhh... he's a number 7 hitter on a really good team lol. 

Although I liked what I saw from him in the Spring so maybe he does better this year? 

[Grant77]

I'm not at all a fan of Fluharty here with a 2 run lead and a rested bullpen. Completely idiotic decision.

[Grant77]

5 pitch walk. Just fake an injury for Fluharty and geet a real pitcher in here, please.

[Jays24]

Wait, why the f*** is Fluharty in this game?  Schneider's at it again with his stupidity.  

[Masterbather]

Oh how I love relief pitchers that come in and walk the first guy.

[Masterbather]

4 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

Well duhhh... he's a number 7 hitter on a really good team lol. 

Although I liked what I saw from him in the Spring so maybe he does better this year? 

I remember Simon pond and Kevin Barker having great spring trainings.....

[Grant77]

Little, Green, Garcia, Sandlin, Hoffman. Even Yariel.

Everyone fully rested. Two run lead at home. Three innings left.

Why, why, why aren't we using them??

[glory]

Yeah I don't get using Fluharty here. Hopefully it doesn't backfire. 

[Spanky99]

24 minutes ago, gruber9292 said:

Enough of Giminez batting fourth ffs 

Yeah, he's ice cold right now.