[ALDS GM1] : Yankees (Gil) vs Blue Jays (Gausman): 10/04/25, 4:08pm

[max silver]

1 minute ago, Omar said:

Getting out of that bases loaded jam was huge. 

John Schneider pulling all the correct levers tonight. 

 

I think he should receive serious consideration for manager of the year. 

[Jays24]

Just now, max silver said:

I think he should receive serious consideration for manager of the year. 

Its between him and Cleveland's manager with no one else in sight. 

[CJ-Freeway]

Great win for the boys, great performance by Gausman (well the first 5 innings anyways hehe)

[Buster]

What a heater Kirk is on

[BatFlip]

I almost forgot which team can "score at will"....  Awesome outing by Kevin "not a big game pitcher" Gausman.

Will still be a tough series, but f***ing amazing way to get the monkey off the back!

Let's go Jays!

[ComeTogether]

 

 

[Omar]

7 minutes ago, ComeTogether said:

 

 

Glorious!

[ComeTogether]

When Varland about to come out of the bullpen, his teammates (Lauer?) was pumping him up, yelling and slapping his back.   This is a tight team.  

 

[G-Snarls]

In Division Series with the current 2-2-1 format, teams that win Game 1 at home have advanced 40 of 54 times (74.1%).

[Brownie19]

Sorry I wasn't on here for the game boys.  Big W.  Huge.  I'm going to go back and read this thread tonight.

[G-Snarls]

2 hours ago, G-Snarls said:

In Division Series with the current 2-2-1 format, teams that win Game 1 at home have advanced 40 of 54 times (74.1%).

Debating whether to book my flight to Toronto for Saturday or not. Probably just going to. :)

Edit: I did 

[ComeTogether]

 

 

[G-Snarls]

20 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

Debating whether to book my flight to Toronto for Saturday or not. Probably just going to. :)

Booked it 

121 bucks - direct from Edmonton to Toronto 

😀

[GoBlue41]

All the talking heads seem to be giving a quick kudos for a job well done by the Jays today but then spend the next 10 minutes talking about how everything favors the Yankees going forward and how their ace is going in game 2, yada yada yada. The disrespect for the #1 seed is off the charts! Would love for the rookie to shut them down and shut them up tomorrow. Go Jays! 

[ComeTogether]

2 minutes ago, GoBlue41 said:

All the talking heads seem to be giving a quick kudos for a job well done by the Jays today but then spend the next 10 minutes talking about how everything favors the Yankees going forward and how their ace is going in game 2, yada yada yada. The disrespect for the #1 seed is off the charts! Would love for the rookie to shut them down and shut them up tomorrow. Go Jays! 

Jays are the underdogs since training camp.  I don't mind it at all. Prove the doubters wrong. 

[hanton]

1 minute ago, GoBlue41 said:

All the talking heads seem to be giving a quick kudos for a job well done by the Jays today but then spend the next 10 minutes talking about how everything favors the Yankees going forward and how their ace is going in game 2, yada yada yada. The disrespect for the #1 seed is off the charts! Would love for the rookie to shut them down and shut them up tomorrow. Go Jays! 

I mean they can say whatever, statement game today. 

Fried/Rodon/Shitter will be difficult but I think we have the balanced attack to win this

[Laika]

Banking a game is huge in a five game series. Jays are the easy favourites now, regardless of the SP matchups. And then you look at the SP matchups and realize the Jays have done well against all three of them this year. 

[hanton]

 

[G-Snarls]

11 minutes ago, Laika said:

Banking a game is huge in a five game series. Jays are the easy favourites now, regardless of the SP matchups. And then you look at the SP matchups and realize the Jays have done well against all three of them this year. 

Time to go up 2-0 and take a stranglehold 

[Jonn]

2 hours ago, max silver said:

Jesus man quit whining already. 

I’m not whining dude. It’s a valid complaint. Even the broadcasters thought it was weird to use your “Closer”. In a game you’re up 10-1.

I am over the f***ing moon that they won. But don’t give the team a free look at your closer. You have several arms in that pen that could have finished the game. What if Hoffman needs to come into a 2-1 game tomorrow. He has thrown 17 pitches yesterday. Maybe he needs another 20-25 tonight. Both Jazz and Volpe saw him. It all matters. It all makes a difference. Weird decision. End of discussion.

[Jonn]

1 hour ago, GoBlue41 said:

All the talking heads seem to be giving a quick kudos for a job well done by the Jays today but then spend the next 10 minutes talking about how everything favors the Yankees going forward and how their ace is going in game 2, yada yada yada. The disrespect for the #1 seed is off the charts! Would love for the rookie to shut them down and shut them up tomorrow. Go Jays! 

Fried and Rodon are no doubt good. But Jays have had success off them. And how quick Boone is with hooks he seems to take that advantage away quickly. It all comes down to execution. In the playoffs outside of true ace I don’t think you can look at a starting pitching matchup as a blanket advantage. Those starters are coming out fast. Often after the first sign of trouble especially later in the game. We may only see Yesavage for a couple innings tomorrow. He might be able to go 5 or 6 all depends on location and if he’s throwing enough strikes with his Fastball to make that Splitter effective. 

[Wake n bake]

5 minutes ago, Jonn said:

I’m not whining dude. It’s a valid complaint. Even the broadcasters thought it was weird to use your “Closer”. In a game you’re up 10-1.

I am over the f***ing moon that they won. But don’t give the team a free look at your closer. You have several arms in that pen that could have finished the game. What if Hoffman needs to come into a 2-1 game tomorrow. He has thrown 17 pitches yesterday. Maybe he needs another 20-25 tonight. Both Jazz and Volpe saw him. It all matters. It all makes a difference. Weird decision. End of discussion.

I’m looking at it as a statement that Hoffman may not be the go to closer, he had to prove his stuff, fisher was up with Hoffman to close it then when it got out of control they sat fisher and went to Hoffman.  I mean I could be wrong but it felt to me like JS is gonna close with whoever he wants and it ain’t Hoffman. Cuz I don’t think JS is that dumb to waste his closer in a lead like that, but I could be wrong, was just my take on the situation when it went down 

[Jonn]

21 minutes ago, Wake n bake said:

I’m looking at it as a statement that Hoffman may not be the go to closer, he had to prove his stuff, fisher was up with Hoffman to close it then when it got out of control they sat fisher and went to Hoffman.  I mean I could be wrong but it felt to me like JS is gonna close with whoever he wants and it ain’t Hoffman. Cuz I don’t think JS is that dumb to waste his closer in a lead like that, but I could be wrong, was just my take on the situation when it went down 

It could be this. We just haven't had any indication of this to this point because he was never removed from the roll despite all his troubles. Perhaps they don't want him to go to many days without him throwing. But I know he pitched in the last intrasquad game on Thursday. So its not like he went that entire week without seeing live action. Perhaps they have a rule with him if they get him warm they are going to use him no matter what. 

Velo looked good. It will be interesting to see what they do late in games going forward. 

[thatoneguy]

Missed the game today, but damn.

That 101 mph smoke from Varland to K Stanton was big cojone stuff.

[Abomination]

4 hours ago, GoBlue41 said:

All the talking heads seem to be giving a quick kudos for a job well done by the Jays today but then spend the next 10 minutes talking about how everything favors the Yankees going forward and how their ace is going in game 2, yada yada yada. The disrespect for the #1 seed is off the charts! Would love for the rookie to shut them down and shut them up tomorrow. Go Jays! 

The Jays could sweep them and all they'll talk about is how the Yankees were the better team and got unlucky. Ignore it. They're telling their audience what they want to hear. This was a statement game and it's now up to the Yankees to respond to it on the field.

[Laika]

7 hours ago, Jonn said:

I’m not whining dude. It’s a valid complaint. Even the broadcasters thought it was weird to use your “Closer”. In a game you’re up 10-1.

I am over the f***ing moon that they won. But don’t give the team a free look at your closer. You have several arms in that pen that could have finished the game. What if Hoffman needs to come into a 2-1 game tomorrow. He has thrown 17 pitches yesterday. Maybe he needs another 20-25 tonight. Both Jazz and Volpe saw him. It all matters. It all makes a difference. Weird decision. End of discussion.

Maybe he's not the closer?

[rydermike]

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[saskjayfan]

12 hours ago, Brownie19 said:

Sorry I wasn't on here for the game boys.  Big W.  Huge.  I'm going to go back and read this thread tonight.

I had to watch this game with my buddies at the bar. Things you needed game 1.  Gausman to shove, Vladdy to rake and the rest to chip in.  Baseball is a game of confidence.  Vlad getting that homer in his first AB and making that defensive play.  What a dream start.  Kirk is hot.  Santander's single was key.  Then later in the inning Lukes double on a high inside fastball that was a good pitch.  Vlad showing emotion on getting a productive sac fly.  Everything rolled the Blue Jays way.  

[jaysblue]

Nice to see the Jays lineup put up 5+ runs. Gausman was dealing until the 6th inning. Defensively, the Jays made some real nice plays and that could be the difference in a tight game and short series. 

Still worried if this game was closer like 2-1 or 3-1 heading into the 9th inning. Glad the Jays put together a big inning when Weaver came in. Wonder if Hoffman is still the closer, or Schneider & the Jays roll with someone else when the game is on the line. Varland coming in and striking out Stanton with a 101 mph fastball was sick though with the bases loaded!

Winning Game #1 was the most important. If the Jays could steal today's game, series is pretty much wrapped up!