Blue Jays (Corbin) vs Twins (Woods Richardson): 5/1/26, 8:10pm

[Slade]

Patrick Corbin being a reliable 5th starter is not something I expected to say this season. 

[ComeTogether]

Jays fans chanting "Oka-Mo-to!" on the road. 

[glory]

Three of Pinango's balls in play tonight: 103.1, 107.9, 109.6 EV. 

He's likely the odd man out when Barger gets back, but there's some potential there. If only he was a good defender. 

[Laika]

3 minutes ago, glory said:

Three of Pinango's balls in play tonight: 103.1, 107.9, 109.6 EV. 

He's likely the odd man out when Barger gets back, but there's some potential there. If only he was a good defender. 

Trade value skyrocketing...

[RA Whiffleball]

26 minutes ago, Slade said:

He really wasn't just that 4th quarter. Just poor shot clock awareness that led to nothing from both him and Barnes. 
 

The ghosts of Kawhi - something about that rim, like the old leprechauns at the Boston Garden...

[RA Whiffleball]

5 hours ago, mphenhef said:

Davis Schneider has 3 home runs in 7 at bats against SWR but somehow isn’t starting tonight?  WTAF?

Trust the Process. JS knows...

[Brownie19]

11 minutes ago, Slade said:

Patrick Corbin being a reliable 5th starter is not something I expected to say this season. 

He's been pretty good the last 2 seasons.  Old as dirt, but he seems crafty enough to play a role as a 5th starter.  I'm surprised he only got $1M and Bassitt got what? $15M?  They aren't overly different the past 2 seasons.

No idea how long he'll keep it up, but he's helped stabilize the rotation so far.

[Eat My Shatkins]

If Patrick Corbin is this years Eric Lauer, who is Eric Lauer going to be?

[Brownie19]

38 minutes ago, Laika said:

RJ Barrett was a huge liability for the entire end of the game but then God bailed him out 

Unfortunately Barrett and Scottie are miscast as iso 4th quarter scorers.  The Raps got Ingram to do that.  IQ is also able to get his own shot off.  Barrett and Scottie really stepped up tonight and some how managed to pull that off.  Improbable, but it happened.

That will be considered an all-time win for the Raps. Not like Top 3 or anything, but something Raps fans will remember for a long time.  An iconic shot we'll see flashbacks to for a long time.  That ball seemingly hit the roof.  What an insanely odd shot to force Game 7.  Win or lose, it been a big step forward for the Raps.

CMB looks incredible and Walter is really playing well.  Raps continue to draft well.  Even Shead is a legit rotation player (even if he can't shoot).  Fun stuff!

[ComeTogether]

 

 

[Spanky__99]

2 hours ago, glory said:

Three of Pinango's balls in play tonight: 103.1, 107.9, 109.6 EV. 

He's likely the odd man out when Barger gets back, but there's some potential there. If only he was a good defender. 

I think Davis is.

[Spanky__99]

2 hours ago, ComeTogether said:

 

 

This fella really has a good sense of humour.

[Slade]

4 hours ago, Brownie19 said:

He's been pretty good the last 2 seasons.  Old as dirt, but he seems crafty enough to play a role as a 5th starter.  I'm surprised he only got $1M and Bassitt got what? $15M?  They aren't overly different the past 2 seasons.

No idea how long he'll keep it up, but he's helped stabilize the rotation so far.

He's only one year older than Gausman. 

[Landry_25]

Corbin has been a god send really. Crazy good signing so far! Super impressed with pinango hitting so far (though d.schneider tore the living s*** out of the ball when he first ever came up too) lol. Not sure what’ll happen when barger gets back 

[gruber9292]

10 hours ago, glory said:

Three of Pinango's balls in play tonight: 103.1, 107.9, 109.6 EV. 

He's likely the odd man out when Barger gets back, but there's some potential there. If only he was a good defender. 

He's a better defender than Sanchez and imo would/will outperform him overall if given some rope. Pinango seems to have a plan at the plate where Sanchez is more of a "see the ball, hit the ball" type of approach. Pinango should be given some more rope, even when Barger returns somehow. 

[max silver]

51 minutes ago, gruber9292 said:

He's a better defender than Sanchez and imo would/will outperform him overall if given some rope. Pinango seems to have a plan at the plate where Sanchez is more of a "see the ball, hit the ball" type of approach. Pinango should be given some more rope, even when Barger returns somehow. 

Sanchez managed to produce 7 DRS in right field last season so I think Pinango would be in tough to beat that right now. To my eyes it does look like Pinango maybe needs to work on his reads/routes but that's something that can hopefully improve in time. Based on early results it seems as though Pinango suffers from the same suboptimal attack angle issues as Vlad and Sanchez that leads to a ton of hard contact on the ground. All 3 of these guys have a lot of power potential if the coaching staff can unlock some improvements to the launch angle but I do think Pinango has a very high floor at the very least if he continues to square up the baseball as he has been so far.

[gruber9292]

2 hours ago, max silver said:

Sanchez managed to produce 7 DRS in right field last season so I think Pinango would be in tough to beat that right now. To my eyes it does look like Pinango maybe needs to work on his reads/routes but that's something that can hopefully improve in time. Based on early results it seems as though Pinango suffers from the same suboptimal attack angle issues as Vlad and Sanchez that leads to a ton of hard contact on the ground. All 3 of these guys have a lot of power potential if the coaching staff can unlock some improvements to the launch angle but I do think Pinango has a very high floor at the very least if he continues to square up the baseball as he has been so far.

Sanchez imo seems to be the player who looks less comfortable in terms of tracking fly balls from what I've seen. It'll be interesting to see who comes out on top with any relevance to the line up. I'd love to see Pinango hit second for a bit. 

[max silver]

14 minutes ago, gruber9292 said:

Sanchez imo seems to be the player who looks less comfortable in terms of tracking fly balls from what I've seen. It'll be interesting to see who comes out on top with any relevance to the line up. I'd love to see Pinango hit second for a bit. 

Yeah Sanchez appears to be uncomfortable in the outfield as he looks very unnatural/awkward out there. Despite this he's typically produced decent advanced metrics out there. I think there will be a battle for playing time between all of Sanchez/Barger/Pinango and Lukes. If Pinango continues to rake and Barger fully establishes himself as a fixture in right field that could eventually lead to the team facing a tough decision as that's 4 lefty outfield bats and only 2 outfield spots available for them. Varsho is obviously going nowhere, and Straw is really the only legitimate backup center field option so he's not likely in any danger of removal either so it will be interesting to watch how the roster unfolds.