Blue Jays (Francis) vs Rangers (Eovaldi): 5/27/25, 8:05pm

[Spanky__99]

46 minutes ago, neverbeenhere said:

what a waste

 

46 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

I'd cut Stefanic right on the spot for not faking being hit by the pitch there arrgghh

 

46 minutes ago, neverbeenhere said:

leadoff double in back to back innings and we dont score once we suck

 

36 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

Couldn't even score a run off a broken Evoldi lol

 

22 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

Happy to see Kirk running the balls out.  You're only going to get faster/less fatter by working hard regardless of outcome. 

 

17 minutes ago, neverbeenhere said:

Barger back to his normalcy 

 

8 minutes ago, neverbeenhere said:

Ours is the same

 

7 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

Barry Stefanic Bonds is up... can't wait lol

 

6 minutes ago, neverbeenhere said:

Stefanic should not be in the lineup

You guys long lost brothers or something? 😅

[neverbeenhere]

I hate this offense 

[Spanky__99]

5 minutes ago, hanton said:

is Latz owned in the deepest leagues lol?  I never heard of him

lol... no. 

[Omar]

Spanky did you create a new account?  

 

[Omar]

So Pete Walker fixed Bowden Francis?  He is the Zen Master of Biomechanics.

...or it's just the Ranger bats.

[Spanky__99]

3 minutes ago, Omar said:

Spanky did you create a new account?  

 

Yeah, I was locked out of my initial one and just kept this one.

[Spanky__99]

GO JAYS GO!!!

 

[Omar]

I just jumped so we will get a little good karma and score some runs.

[neverbeenhere]

Santander should hit 9th

[hanton]

Just now, neverbeenhere said:

Santander should hit 9th

lol certainly not paid to be that

[Omar]

What happened to Eovaldi?  Injury?

[Spanky__99]

2 minutes ago, Omar said:

What happened to Eovaldi?  Injury?

Tricep fatigue, precautionary supposedly.

[Spanky__99]

Quick hook, but I get it.

[saskjayfan]

There was no reason to pull francis there.  He gave up a single on a fairly well located fastball up and in.  

[hanton]

Just now, saskjayfan said:

There was no reason to pull francis there.  He gave up a single on a fairly well located fastball up and in.  

Yep, Schneider just can't help himself.  Dumb

[Jays24]

Francis has been pissed each of the past 2 games getting yanked 3rd time through the order

 

[hanton]

Yea he didn't look too happy

[Spanky__99]

2 minutes ago, saskjayfan said:

There was no reason to pull francis there.  He gave up a single on a fairly well located fastball up and in.  

3rd time through in a scoreless game, makes sense to me.

[Spanky__99]

Sit down, bro.

[saskjayfan]

1 minute ago, hanton said:

Yea he didn't look too happy

He's obviously had his struggles, but he was on tonight.  Getting swing and misses, locating.  Velocity was up.  Hopefully next time out if he's having a good outing he'll get a bit more rope.

[Jays24]

Not a fan of pulling him but if our offense wasn't so pathetic, Francis would have gotten a longer leash.  Same story for the 3rd year and counting...

[saskjayfan]

2 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

3rd time through in a scoreless game, makes sense to me.

I always go back to something Buehrle said.  He said 6 starts a year everything is working.  6 starts a year nothing is working.  The other 20 you have some things working and you have to battle. This sure looked like one of the 6 where everything was working.  He was able to reach back for more velocity in big counts.  Nowadays it's just third time through the order.  No feel for the game anymore.  The computers have taken over..lol

[hanton]

5 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

3rd time through in a scoreless game, makes sense to me.

I'm not a fan of this as a strategy,  you're basically doing the opposite of testing a starters limits - so you will never know.  Playing not to lose 

[Spanky__99]

2 minutes ago, saskjayfan said:

I always go back to something Buehrle said.  He said 6 starts a year everything is working.  6 starts a year nothing is working.  The other 20 you have some things working and you have to battle. This sure looked like one of the 6 where everything was working.  He was able to reach back for more velocity in big counts.  Nowadays it's just third time through the order.  No feel for the game anymore.  The computers have taken over..lol

I'm not disagreeing, but not many backend starters get that luxury anymore as you stated, personally, I'd have kept him in, but I get it. Like you said, lets see how he does next time out, he looked great tonight.

[Jays24]

5 minutes ago, saskjayfan said:

I always go back to something Buehrle said.  He said 6 starts a year everything is working.  6 starts a year nothing is working.  The other 20 you have some things working and you have to battle. This sure looked like one of the 6 where everything was working.  He was able to reach back for more velocity in big counts.  Nowadays it's just third time through the order.  No feel for the game anymore.  The computers have taken over..lol

Thats always been my complaint, players are human who don't perform in a linear fashion.  They have their ups and down, and smart teams should know how each player is performing in the present.  The stat nerds have gone too far lol. 

[Spanky__99]

3 minutes ago, hanton said:

I'm not a fan of this as a strategy,  you're basically doing the opposite of testing a starters limits - so you will never know.  Playing not to lose 

It's being done throughout baseball, heck, your Dodgers do it, mate.

[Jays24]

Are you sure you want to take Ball 4 Stefanic?  Tell the ump that you don't want the walk lol. 

[G-Snarls]

Let's take the lead here and let the pen close it out

[Spanky__99]

[hanton]

2 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

It's being done throughout baseball, heck, your Dodgers do it, mate.

lol yea Dave Roberts is something, but they win despite him