Royals (Wacha) vs Blue Jays (TBD): 8/1/25, 7:07pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Who's the TBD today?

[Grant77]

I would expect Gausman to be the starter today on regular rest.

[june.june]

NFL debuting their virtual measurement system last night

 

excited for MLB’s version with next season’s virtual strike zone

 

 

[mphenhef]

17 minutes ago, june.june said:

NFL debuting their virtual measurement system last night

 

excited for MLB’s version with next season’s virtual strike zone

 

 

ugh, football is back already?

[glory]

Looks like tonight's lineup is:

RF Lukes
LF Loperfido
1B Vladdy
SS Bichette
3B Barger
DH France
CF Varsho
2B Clement
CA Heineman

Sucks about Springer. Hopefully he's back soon with no issues. 

[HomeRunHomer]

Ok now I hate the trade if we are immediately using Ty France at DH.

[Jonn]

Ty France at DH is crazy. I thought the only thing he was good at was 1B Defense lol

[glory]

Giving a veteran player to Schneider is one of the most dangerous things the front office could do. Gotta hope for a Steve Pearce 2018 run here. 

[Doubleplay21]

With Springer and Kirk out it seems France at DH is the logical choice. Career .260 hitter.

Straw and D. Schneider are not good options for DH.

[max silver]

5 minutes ago, glory said:

Giving a veteran player to Schneider is one of the most dangerous things the front office could do. Gotta hope for a Steve Pearce 2018 run here. 

We can only hope that France manages to produce closer to the .342 xwOBA for the duration of the season.

[HomeRunHomer]

2 minutes ago, Doubleplay21 said:

With Springer and Kirk out it seems France at DH is the logical choice. Career .260 hitter.

Straw and D. Schneider are not good options for DH.

The logical option would be to use Vladdy at DH and let France play first if we want to get him into a game.

[Doubleplay21]

2 minutes ago, HomeRunHomer said:

The logical option would be to use Vladdy at DH and let France play first if we want to get him into a game.

Like it or not France is the right hand bat late in games. He is now above Davis Schneider's bat.

[HomeRunHomer]

I mean France had a couple of good seasons in 21 and 22.  We need Popkins to do his magic and bring that hitter back but I'm not counting on it.

[mellowgold2]

Hilariously, Vlad's five SB are more than anyone else in the starting lineup.

[G-Snarls]

Want to come back with another WIN tonight 

LFG

[Terminator]

Good lord we just cannot get healthy right now. Hopefully that clears up soon.

I'm cool with 2 out of 3 against the Royals and then let's go sweep the Rockies.

[jaysthebest]

Royals have one of the best pitching in the league... Let's see if our boys can score runs.

[Doubleplay21]

11 minutes ago, jaysthebest said:

Royals have one of the best pitching in the league... Let's see if our boys can score runs.

Royals now are gunning for a playoff spot.

[Omar]

 

 

[Omar]

Varsho back in the lineup gives me the fizz.

Also I'm glad we hung on to Loperfido, this kid is going to stick.  

[glory]

1 hour ago, max silver said:

We can only hope that France manages to produce closer to the .342 xwOBA for the duration of the season.

Yeah really just need him to go on a hot streak for a few weeks, which isn't an unreasonable ask. How likely it is remains to be seen. 

[G-Snarls]

1 hour ago, Omar said:

 

 

No Kirk no Springer no bueno 

But everyone contributes most of the time and the team can keep winning 

[hanton]

France was pretty much an automatic out last time I saw him play, watch him go deep. 

[dancingmachine]

3 hours ago, Doubleplay21 said:

With Springer and Kirk out it seems France at DH is the logical choice. Career .260 hitter.

Straw and D. Schneider are not good options for DH.

France can't hit he shouldn't be a dh he's not good at hitting 

[dancingmachine]

3 hours ago, HomeRunHomer said:

Ok now I hate the trade if we are immediately using Ty France at DH.

Agree he can't hit

[Vancouverite]

3 hours ago, Jonn said:

Ty France at DH is crazy. I thought the only thing he was good at was 1B Defense lol

Springer, Kirk, Santander and Gimenez all on IL though

i get the logic, Keeping Schneider on bench allows better pinch-hit flexibility 

[dancingmachine]

Let's beat these Royals

[neverbeenhere]

Let's score runs first, boys, once there are a couple runs, Gausman can be cruising 

[Omar]

[dancingmachine]

DH should only be for guys who can hit and at the very least have elite power if there avg isn't good