Blue Jays-Dodgers World Series Game 5 Thread: Trey Yesavage vs Blake Snell

[mphenhef]

40 minutes ago, L54 said:

The Jays had never seen Yama before, now they’re seeing him for the second time this week. I know the same was true for the Dodgers and Yesavage but it is still advantage hitters in this instance

The Dodgers first crack at Yesavage was with him nowhere near his best as he couldn't locate his best pitch.  Yamamoto was at his very best and maybe he repeats that, but let's hope not as it is hard to do.

[mphenhef]

2 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

Let's of media people taking about how much they'd like to see Don Mattingly "win a world series ring"

No diestepct just honestly. How much would it mean to a person winning one as a bench coach after never being able to win one as a player or manager with dozens of unsuccessful seasons. 

I think it will still mean a ton to him...not as much as one as a player would have but it is still a tremendous accomplishment to be a part of it in any capacity.

[G-Snarls]

19 minutes ago, mphenhef said:

I think it will still mean a ton to him...not as much as one as a player would have but it is still a tremendous accomplishment to be a part of it in any capacity.

I'm sure it will. 

He certainly got unlucky in that he spent a lot of time on two teams (Yankees, Dodgers) that are historically usually very good, except when he happened to be there

[Brownie19]

6 minutes ago, mphenhef said:

I think it will still mean a ton to him...not as much as one as a player would have but it is still a tremendous accomplishment to be a part of it in any capacity.

I 100% agree.  I think it would mean the world to him after all these years.  Is it the same as winning one as a player?  No, it's not, but coaches coach because they love helping others achieve their goals.  It would still be incredibly rewarding to help other players win.

It is absolutely nowhere near the same, but I can tell you that I won an OBA Championship ONCE in my life.  I think we lost in the finals another 7 or 8 times.  I won it at age 35 and it was absolutely incredible.

I was lucky enough to win my second OBA Championship a few years ago while coaching my oldest son at U13 and I ran out of that dugout and celebrated with those boys like I was a player - until I realized I was the only coach doing so.  The video is hilarious.

I also lost in the OBA Championship this past summer while coaching my youngest son's U10 team and I felt that pain deep down.

[Laika]

33 minutes ago, Jimcanuck said:

A game 7 I would start a LHRP as an opener, then go to Scherzer for the middle and bottom of the LA order.  Batter by batter from that point.

Not the worst idea but if they didn't do it in game 3 I don't think they would do it in game 7

The problem is they only have one LHRP they trust (Flu) so they probably want to save that bullet for a leverage situation if it happens 

If they had Little and Fluharty cooking then I could get behind it 

Yesavage as the opener would be fun

[Brownie19]

3 minutes ago, Laika said:

Not the worst idea but if they didn't do it in game 3 I don't think they would do it in game 7

The problem is they only have one LHRP they trust (Flu) so they probably want to save that bullet for a leverage situation if it happens 

If they had Little and Fluharty cooking then I could get behind it 

Yesavage as the opener would be fun

Lauer would be available for Game 7 too.

[Laika]

1 minute ago, Brownie19 said:

Lauer would be available for Game 7 too.

Yeah but he's not exactly an Ohtani weapon 

[Jimcanuck]

32 minutes ago, Laika said:

Not the worst idea but if they didn't do it in game 3 I don't think they would do it in game 7

The problem is they only have one LHRP they trust (Flu) so they probably want to save that bullet for a leverage situation if it happens 

If they had Little and Fluharty cooking then I could get behind it 

Yesavage as the opener would be fun

Yeah Yesavage is very strong against lefties.  Haven't looked it up but I expect he has reverse splits, with that splitter diving away from lefties.

Game 7 is a different dynamic than Game 3

Edit - looked it up, Yesavage significantly better against LHH

[Alejandro Murphy]

Happy for the Jays players who are getting paid a meager amount

Trey during the post game presser was looking forward to a bigger pay check. 

 

“Last year, the champion Dodgers split a pool of about $46.5 million, which came to a per-player full share of $477,441, according to the MLB commissioner's office.1 While the exact figure for this year's championship winner will depend on ticket sales revenue through the first four games of the World Series, previous payouts could offer a guide.”

[ComeTogether]

 

 

[Terminator]

4 hours ago, rydermike said:

Just heard the Snell interview. Wow my respect for him just dropped. 

You're a pro athlete, you get interview training. All he had to say was "I think I pitched well, but they took some great swings, they're in the World Series for a reason". 

Still let's you say you're good, but it's a simple complement. 

Schneider's homer was a home run in 24/30 ballparks. Snell is acting like it was a Yankee Stadium special or something.

He gave up 10 ER in his two World Series starts and got the L in both. He was a bum and he should feel bad about his performance, not cast it aside as bad luck. Dude stole $40 million from the Dodgers this year.

[Olerud363.354]

24 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Schneider's homer was a home run in 24/30 ballparks. Snell is acting like it was a Yankee Stadium special or something.

Also 373 foot pulled fly ball.  He pulled dat ball.   Got around on it.  I mean... he beat Snell right?    Sold out for a fastball and got around on it. 

Don't understand what Snell is talking about there.   Funny enough Mariners fans were talking the same thing about Springers game 7 homerun.  It was only 99 mph so they sort of said he got lucky.  First row. 

In both cases they beat the pitcher.   Managed to pull a flyball.  Pitchers job is to prevent them from pulling flyballs. 

Like Cal Raleigh hit a glorified pop-up down the line.  But same thing.  Pulled dat ball.  That's why you pull dat ball if you can.   Pitcher's job is to make sure batter doesn't pull a flyball.  

 

[Olerud363.354]

Just now, Olerud363.354 said:

Also 373 foot pulled fly ball.  He pulled dat ball. 

Maybe 354 foot oppo in Yankee Stadium you could argue they get lucky.  But even then nice job going the other way and taking advantage of the ball park. 

[Laika]

27 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Schneider's homer was a home run in 24/30 ballparks. Snell is acting like it was a Yankee Stadium special or something.

He gave up 10 ER in his two World Series starts and got the L in both. He was a bum and he should feel bad about his performance, not cast it aside as bad luck. Dude stole $40 million from the Dodgers this year.

yeah but he learned a lot 

[Governator]

49 minutes ago, Alejandro Murphy said:

Happy for the Jays players who are getting paid a meager amount

Trey during the post game presser was looking forward to a bigger pay check. 

 

“Last year, the champion Dodgers split a pool of about $46.5 million, which came to a per-player full share of $477,441, according to the MLB commissioner's office.1 While the exact figure for this year's championship winner will depend on ticket sales revenue through the first four games of the World Series, previous payouts could offer a guide.”

 

I get that he'd be looking forward to it but all these articles make it sound like he didn't just get $4m last year for signing lol.

[Laika]

1 minute ago, Olerud363.354 said:

Maybe 354 foot oppo in Yankee Stadium you could argue they get lucky.  But even then nice job going the other way and taking advantage of the ball park. 

cheap home run complaints should definitely be saved for:

Yankee Stadium RF wall scrapers
Fenway RF pesky pole pop fly homers
320 foot Crawford Box Jose Altuve specials 

Honestly Fenway is the worst, they need to demolish that dump. I think all of the shortest homers ever are Fenway RW idiot zone

[Terminator]

The lineup for Game 6 is going to look the best it has in nearly 2 months.

Springer will be back and Bo is rounding into form after getting a few games under his belt.

1. Springer
2. Lukes (L)
3. Vlad Jr.
4. Bo
5. Varsho (L)
6. Kirk
7. Barger (L)
8. Clement
9. Gimenez (L)

[Laika]

Insane lineup. Kirk-Barger-Clement 6-8 is super team s***. 

[Jays24]

We dont even have Santandar man.  Imagine if we got 75% of the version from last year.  Then our lineup would truly be super stacked! 

[Ball4Life]

Is Springer confirmed back to starting?

[SeranthonySantander]

22 minutes ago, Governator said:

 

I get that he'd be looking forward to it but all these articles make it sound like he didn't just get $4m last year for signing lol.

$4m isn’t very much.  Ohtani has a billion.

[Ball4Life]

 

[Eat My Shatkins]

37 minutes ago, Terminator said:

The lineup for Game 6 is going to look the best it has in nearly 2 months.

Springer will be back and Bo is rounding into form after getting a few games under his belt.

1. Springer
2. Lukes (L)
3. Vlad Jr.
4. Bo
5. Varsho (L)
6. Kirk
7. Barger (L)
8. Clement
9. Gimenez (L)

If Bo re-signs that'll be the line up next year too probably, plus Santander.

 

But, first things first.......

[Alejandro Murphy]

42 minutes ago, Governator said:

 

I get that he'd be looking forward to it but all these articles make it sound like he didn't just get $4m last year for signing lol.

That’s true but that was 2024, he may already have spent most of that signing bonus.  LOL.

Individual people have different ways of spending their earnings.

 

Share to the forum public how much you are getting from moderating this forum because you sounded bitter and jealous 😩

[Brownie19]

1 hour ago, Terminator said:

Schneider's homer was a home run in 24/30 ballparks. Snell is acting like it was a Yankee Stadium special or something.

He gave up 10 ER in his two World Series starts and got the L in both. He was a bum and he should feel bad about his performance, not cast it aside as bad luck. Dude stole $40 million from the Dodgers this year.

You can't spell Snell without 2 L's...

[Governator]

24 minutes ago, SeranthonySantander said:

$4m isn’t very much.  Ohtani has a billion.

I mean that's not even a remotely close of a comparison here.  He's a rookie who was drafted not an international bid war who proved himself.  Unless the Jays extend him at a young age, he's going to earn league minimum like 99% of other big leaguers who make it to the bigs.  He's already made about as much as Vlad did when he was 22 and had 5 or 6 years of pro ball under his belt. Trey is doing just fine, if he invested his signing bonus he'd be taking home $100K/yr for life.

[Brownie19]

37 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

We dont even have Santandar man.  Imagine if we got 75% of the version from last year.  Then our lineup would truly be super stacked! 

So we didn't need to big power bats this offseason?  Did we even need any? 😘  

[Governator]

2 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

You can't spell Snell without 2 L's...

[Governator]

7 minutes ago, Alejandro Murphy said:

That’s true but that was 2024, he may already have spent most of that signing bonus.  LOL.

Individual people have different ways of spending their earnings.

 

Share to the forum public how much you are getting from moderating this forum because you sounded bitter and jealous 😩

I opted out of my signing bonus because I'm a team player.

[G-Snarls]

55 minutes ago, Laika said:

cheap home run complaints should definitely be saved for:

Yankee Stadium RF wall scrapers
Fenway RF pesky pole pop fly homers
320 foot Crawford Box Jose Altuve specials 

Honestly Fenway is the worst, they need to demolish that dump. I think all of the shortest homers ever are Fenway RW idiot zone

And Tropicana Field ceiling smacks 

Though those and the Crawford box may be a thing of the past depending what they do in Tampa