Blue Jays (Bieber) vs Rays (Seymour): 08/20/26, 1:10 PM

[Brock Beauchamp]

Bieber gets the ball for the Blue Jays this afternoon at Tropicana Field as Toronto looks to slow down Seymour and the Rays.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	WED	TOT
Tyler Rogers	15	0	0	0	7	22
Spencer Miles	10	0	0	10	0	20
Simeon Woods Richardson	29	0	0	0	0	29
Paul Sewald	0	18	0	0	6	24
Mason Fluharty	9	0	0	2	7	18
Louis Varland	13	0	0	0	0	13
Brendon Little	0	21	0	0	13	34
Braydon Fisher	12	12	0	0	13	37

[Laika]

Must win game today. I kind of like who is in the lineup, McAdoo and Daz Cameron have been swinging it well and it is nice to not see Jesus Sanchez in there.

That being said, pretty stupid to have them 1-2 and Clement and Okamoto are the veterans and we have much more statistical confidence in their abilities. They should be 1-2. 

 

[Omar]

[Brownie19]

Okamoto has a 67 wRC+ since June 27th.  Clement's at 79 over the same span and amazingly is worse against LHP than he is v. RHP this year. The fact that anyone wants either hitting in the top 2 is a great example of how awful this offense really is.

McAdoo has been hot and has crushed lefties.  I assume Daz hit lefties well in the minors too.  I see no issue with this lineup construction.  Schneider has been out there trying to make chicken salad out of chicken sh*t all season.

McAdoo and Kirk are essentially the only players I expect to hit better than Ryan Goins these days. 

[Brownie19]

From Arden Zwelling..."wrt the fourth inning play, Sanchez said he lost the ball in the lights.  He believed Andres Gimenez was going to make the play on it but said "I don't want to make an excuse".  "That's a ball I need to catch...that's my ball, I need to catch it"

That's exactly what I expected he'd say.  

[Laika]

Baseball is funny. 

Ernie has been a consistent hitter for a few years for the MLB team. McAdoo gets a few good swings off and the manager and the fans suddenly give the new guy more at bats. 

High K, high power dudes like Okamoto always slump. The key with them is to just stick with them for the whole year. 

[Landry_25]

1 minute ago, Laika said:

Baseball is funny. 

Ernie has been a consistent hitter for a few years for the MLB team. McAdoo gets a few good swings off and the manager and the fans suddenly give the new guy more at bats. 

High K, high power dudes like Okamoto always slump. The key with them is to just stick with them for the whole year. 

Play the hot hand, keep it simple

[Laika]

Just now, Landry_25 said:

Play the hot hand, keep it simple

hot hand fallacy lol

[Brownie19]

1 minute ago, Laika said:

hot hand fallacy lol

We've been trying a lot of unconventional things since the trade deadline.  I see no reason to stop now.

[Laika]

Well if they are going to throw projections out the window and just prioritize "hot hands" and s*** then why the f*** is Jesus Sanchez even on the team? 

[Laika]

I demand more dumb s***. 

[SeranthonySantander]

If we had santander we would be in the rays position right now 

[Governator]

1 hour ago, Laika said:

Must win game today. I kind of like who is in the lineup, McAdoo and Daz Cameron have been swinging it well and it is nice to not see Jesus Sanchez in there.

That being said, pretty stupid to have them 1-2 and Clement and Okamoto are the veterans and we have much more statistical confidence in their abilities. They should be 1-2. 

I don't really see what veteran presence on top means in a line up but McAdoo leading off makes sense to me. He's kind of producing what he did in the minors, he swipes bags and Kirk can do damage behind him. I love Clement, he's a got the grit and works harder than anyone to be a league average bat but he's been slumping for weeks now and shouldn't get the extra at bat until he works through it.

[Laika]

Ernie is sick so whatever

But Okamoto leads the team in dingers. You guys don't want to possible give him one extra chance at a homer today? 

[Omar]

Pinango > Cameron

Rather the lefty bat.

[Brownie19]

1 hour ago, Laika said:

Well if they are going to throw projections out the window and just prioritize "hot hands" and s*** then why the f*** is Jesus Sanchez even on the team? 

121 wRC+ v. RHP on the season - best on the team

107 wRC+ in August, 4th on the team

Defense and base runner?  Horrendous.

[Brownie19]

26 minutes ago, Omar said:

Pinango > Cameron

Rather the lefty bat.

The Jays are the worst hitting team in baseball v. LHP this year (78 wRC+).

I have to believe Cameron has hit lefties well in AAA this year (and in Korea last year?).  Pinango is Sanchez, Sanchez is Pinango.  There isn't room for 2 LH hitters who can't hit LHP or play any defense.  DFA Sanchez and call up Pinango?  Sure.

[ComeTogether]

Win the series.

 

 

 

[Laika]

12 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

121 wRC+ v. RHP on the season - best on the team

107 wRC+ in August, 4th on the team

Defense and base runner?  Horrendous.

negative zero point one WAR in 87 games

[Laika]

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

Chuckie Macadoo and Dazzy Cameron each struckout on three pitches to begin the game. 

HOT f***ING HANDS LADS

HOT HANDS 

[james jones]

Enjoy your retirement, Springer

[Spanky__99]

LETS GO BIRDS WIN THIS MOFO!!!

 

[ComeTogether]

Oka Bomb! 

[james jones]

Oka with the power we needed

[Stangstag]

1 hour ago, Brownie19 said:

Okamoto has a 67 wRC+ since June 27th.  Clement's at 79 over the same span and amazingly is worse against LHP than he is v. RHP this year. The fact that anyone wants either hitting in the top 2 is a great example of how awful this offense really is.

McAdoo has been hot and has crushed lefties.  I assume Daz hit lefties well in the minors too.  I see no issue with this lineup construction.  Schneider has been out there trying to make chicken salad out of chicken sh*t all season.

McAdoo and Kirk are essentially the only players I expect to hit better than Ryan Goins these days. 

Merp merp

[Spanky__99]

JAYS IN FLIGHT... Big Fly Kaz!



 

[ComeTogether]

Too bad couldn't get G men home. 

[G-Snarls]

17 minutes ago, ComeTogether said:

Oka Bomb! 

Love it 

[Laika]

Kirk hasn't had a bat plate appearance in.... a long time.