Blue Jays (Corbin) vs Rays (McClanahan): 5/6/26, 1:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Are the Rays legitimately this good again, or are they due to slip back a bit? I never try to underestimate the Rays, but I'm also skeptical they're coming back this hard and fast.

	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	TOT
Tyler Rogers	9	0	0	0	22	31
Tommy Nance	0	0	14	13	0	27
Spencer Miles	0	15	0	27	0	42
Mason Fluharty	0	12	0	6	0	18
Louis Varland	27	0	0	0	7	34
Joe Mantiply	0	0	14	17	0	31
Jeff Hoffman	16	0	12	0	17	45
Braydon Fisher	9	0	18	0	0	27

[RA Whiffleball]

They certainly benefit by flying under the radar every year. They are playing with house money every season. 

We should be grateful they don't have wealthy owners, otherwise we wouldn't get a sniff in this division.

Their scouting and player development are off the charts. Shapiro and Atlins always brag about how many years of player development experience they have, but our system pales in comparison to theirs. You can see they are well coached on both sides of the ball.

And remember last year they had to deal with a lopsided schedule because of the damage to the Trop, otherwise I think they would have been a factor.

The one thing that hurts them is their stadium - they seem to get a ton of injuries every year, and I am sure playing on that turf and that awful infield at the Trop doesn't help them.

 

[Laika]

"The Rays with Money" is a self defeating hypothetical 

That's like saying "Batman without Trauma" 

The lack of money made the Rays who they are. They were born in the Poor. Molded by it. 

[RA Whiffleball]

3 minutes ago, Laika said:

"The Rays with Money" is a self defeating hypothetical 

That's like saying "Batman without Trauma" 

The lack of money made the Rays who they are. They were born in the Poor. Molded by it. 

Sure, but look at the Dodgers. They are brilliant at player development and scouting, and have the money.

We don't need another of those in our division lol.

[G-Snarls]

Rays 13-4 at home this year

Yankees 13-5

 

Jays on the road: 6-12

 

Just ouch

[DownSouthBlueJay]

 

I swear JS Line-up decisions need to be studied because why wouldn't you put the only guy on this team that's hitting homers in the clean-up spot?I'm just saying. Lenyn Sosa batting clean-up smh no wonder this offense is struggling.

[Brownie19]

5 minutes ago, DownSouthBlueJay said:

I swear JS Line-up decisions need to be studied because why wouldn't you put the only guy on this team that's hitting homers in the clean-up spot?I'm just saying. Lenyn Sosa batting clean-up smh no wonder this offense is struggling.

Putting your best hitters at the top of the lineup is pretty common place these days and there are studies that support it.

1st, 2nd and 4th are the optimal places for your top 3 hitters.  It just turns out our top hitter has a mental block and doesn't like to bat anywhere but 3rd.

[JaysFan99]

8 minutes ago, DownSouthBlueJay said:

I swear JS Line-up decisions need to be studied because why wouldn't you put the only guy on this team that's hitting homers in the clean-up spot? I'm just saying. Lenyn Sosa batting clean-up smh no wonder this offense is struggling.

Yeah, batting your home run hitter ahead of your on base guy (that's what Vlady has been so far) doesn't make sense to me.

[DownSouthBlueJay]

Hopefully we can salvage this series. Being swept is the last thing we need atp.

[G-Snarls]

Runs

Now

[G-Snarls]

He's wild

Take advantage before he settles in

[Brownie19]

It's wild that McClanahan can miss 2 straight years, lose almost 2 MPH of velo and remain a very effective pitcher.  

[Slade]

112 mph off the bat of Oka

[G-Snarls]

Vladdy hard up the middle right at his glove

[G-Snarls]

FU Walls

Great play

[Smokinitup420]

Just stopped in to say , Vladdy standing there with his bat down at the first pitch drives me fkn nuts and it’s ridiculous and then he always end up swinging at s*** and grounding out. Sit the fkn idiot 

 

end of rant 

[DownSouthBlueJay]

It looks like its about to get ugly early

[Slade]

Good s*** Corbin, big time double play. 

[JaysFan99]

Good job getting out of that

[Landry_25]

Corbin is a gem 

[DownSouthBlueJay]

Good Job Corbin

[DownSouthBlueJay]

wow The Trop is a dump lmao

[Laika]

Going to be a rough day methinks 

[Slade]

That ball definitely hit the dirt. 

[JaysFan99]

4 minutes ago, DownSouthBlueJay said:

wow The Trop is a dump lmao

I have only been to a handful of stadiums, but it was the only one I walked into and was very unimpressed.

[Slade]

Pinango making a pretty tough case against Davis Schnieder. 

[DownSouthBlueJay]

I think JS just didnt wanna see the rest of that at bat

[G-Snarls]

Corbin has really helped avert a complete disaster

[JaysFan99]

Pinango look like he can bat against lefties. 

[G-Snarls]

OMFG the ground outs