John_Havok

They've been calling a great game so far, calling out the refs multiple times for non calls on Brooklyn

Now lowry, Johnson, salmons, DeRozan and Patterson. No real interior presence... Awful non call on Livingston pushing off, another 2 free points for Brooklyn

1st quarter, nets in the bonus with 4 minutes left, 6.5 left in the 2nd quarter they get there... So of the 24 first half minutes, 45% of the time the Nets will be in the bonus... Complete ********

Bonus already with 6 minutes left? Shocker?

Very tense on the floor right now for the Raptors... Getting cheap calls against ... Of course. Lowry with 3 already

Everyone juggling the ball when catching a pass.... Fundamentals.... And f*** you Blatche

Raptors are a little out of sorts right now.... Just slow down and runs decent play

Some really awful non calls here....

Vasquez really being overly aggressive... He needs to calm down. It's okay to play with intensity but you have to be under control.

Nice Ross, take it to rack and good s*** happens

DeRozan makes it but still long two.... Really need to get inside, get them I to foul trouble... Another 3 missed....

First two shots are from mid to longe range... 1 hit 1 miss... Go inside boys

Hope they keep pounding it inside, even though they aren't going to JV, getting really good looks inside.

I don't get it, you know he's going to be taking a three at the end of the quarter, get in his face!

2 starters, 3 bench guys.... Salmons in, Casey needs to ride his starters harder

I'm watching the ABC feed, neither announcer knows how to pronounce Vasquez.... Both are saying Vaskwez

Really hope Casey doesn't go full derp in his rotations...

I guarantee the Nets will be in the bonus every quarter...

His K's are down, walks and ground balls are up, strand rate is awful and will likely improve...still preventing HR nicely. Wouldn't be a terrible pickup for someone, as most of the numbers should regress and he'd still be serviceable. Not upper tier or anything, but an okay pen arm.

Game 30 Reyes - Frenchsoup, Angrioter, vdub Melky Bautista - GD Edwin - orgfiller, ElNik2013 Francisco - Jonn, JohnHavok Lawrie - Glock, JaysAllMighty, theblujay Rasmus - Spanky99 Kratz - Dylan, JFaS Bench - o2cui2i Bonus Walker - o2cui2i, JohnHavok Davis - Spanky99, Glock, Frenchsoup Alvarez - Jonn, orgfiller, Angrioter, JaysAllMighty, ElNik2013, Dylan, GD, JFaS Snider - theblujay

Not quite like that though. You have to pay him a base salary and then add incentives based on # of starts or IP. For example... 5 million base salary with bonuses of 1 million for hitting 150 IP, 175 and 200... Or 1 million bonus for hitting 20, 25 and 30 starts. Bonuses on a per start basis wouldn't be allowed.

Latest Baseball America Hot sheet: http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/prospect-hot-sheet-may-2-bet-on-betts-for-top-spot/ 2. Marcus Stroman, rhp Team: Triple-A Buffalo (International) Age: 22 Why He’s Here: 1-0, 0.00, 6 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 SO The Scoop: As detailed earlier this week, Stroman appears on the cusp of a callup to Toronto to replace the struggling Dustin McGowan. And why not? He’s done everything he can at Triple-A, including what could have been his parting shot, a six-inning, no-hit, 10-strikeout valedictory speech. Questions abound about his size and relative lack of innings so far, but the Jays curbed him at 80 pitches in his most recent outing. In The Team Photo Matt Boyd, lhp, Blue Jays. He’s already 23, so Boyd’s tear through the Florida State League while at high Class A Dunedin has to be tempered. But it’s tough to ignore 4-0, 0.29 and a 37/5 SO/BB ratio. He has an average fastball so skeptics abound, and his first outing Thursday at Double-A New Hampshire (4 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 4 SO) could be more indicative of his stuff. Dalton Pompey, cf, Blue Jays. The speedy, switch-hitting Ontario native went 10-for-24 (.417) with two doubles, two triples, six walks and three stolen bases this week at high Class A Dunedin. The Blue Jays have to be thrilled with his showing in April, which neatly encapsulates the 21-year-old table-setter’s skill set. Pompey ranks among the Florida State League leaders with 14 steals, 37 hits and a .444 on-base percentage.

Agreed. The Recency Effect is on display in full force here.

Yup, that's why it's hard not to over-react... Had the pen blow ups been spread out like they were last year, nobody would even care, when they happen seemingly day after day for a three week period, it just seems gloomy. This pen could go on a two week stretch(unlikely of course) and allow no runs at all, and people would still remember the blow ups.

Yup.