saskjayfan

floyd is a reliever. He's been one for 3 years. Might be fun if he starts, we can start a pool for when his arm will fall off. Put me down for May 10th

okay, I get that, but if you're likely not going to get 10+ starts from a guy, give hutch the job right out of the gate and put him in a position to succeed and throw floyd in the bullpen where he could provide a lot more in a realistic role for what his arm can handle.

Floyd has pitched 24.1 innings in 2013, 54.1 innings in 2014 and 13.1 innings in 2015 and their were a few innings in the minors in those years, but not many. He had 7 additional innings in the minors last year. How many innings can you realistically expect from floyd as a 5th starter? Just throw him in the bullpen and give the 5th spot to hutch. If you're concerned about innings limits for Sanchez, why wouldn't you be concerned about how many innings floyd's arm can handle.

I stopped reading after nobody breaks fip....so you would be correct. Time for another round.

all contact is equal....amen brother...hitters with high babip are simply those who sell their soul to the devil...

People are talking about his swinging strike rate like it will never change. Firstly, his swinging strike rate is based off 125 innings. His velocity as a starter was down last year. His command certainly needs to improve. The addition and improvement of other pitches will help make his fastball better. He's primarily thrown his fastball so hitters thus far in his career. Hitters have thus far just sat fastball and with the command not being very good in those 125 innings you are basing assumptions regarding contact rates, which are higher than you would like, on a limited sample size. The benefit of the movement can not be denied. He has thus far had an elite level ground ball rate. Determining whether he can improve his fastball command and develop his cutter, change, curveball isn't something that you can do simply looking at statistics. Is his delivery showing improvement this year? Can't use statistics to make that analysis. You only have 9 innings to go off of. His curveball seemingly looks better, but he hasn't thrown enough of them to form a conclusion. Sanchez has the foundation to become a great pitcher. There just aren't a lot of starters who can throw 98 with movement. He may or may not develop the secondary pitches and command with is fastball to achieve long term success, but putting percentages on him becoming a number 1 or 2, or a 5th starter, or reliever is just wild ass guesswork as well. Historically power arms often take longer to develop and some develop and some don't.

I could be wrong, I just made the football connection. The individual I'm thinking of changed also changed his avatar, which made me think it was him. Could just be coincidence though.

I must admit I don't for sure, but generally people passionate enough to tweet about blue jays issues are also on here as well, and if it's the fan I'm thinking of he's a canaries fan. There aren't many hard core canaries fans who are also hard core Jays fans and there's one fan on here who is also fans of both clubs.

I hope this individual contacts the reporter, and he's on this forum, so I hope he gives a shout out to the bluejaysmessageboard in his interview...lol

I could be making this up, but I thought there was an article or two about him possibly starting in buffalo about a week ago. I would like to here the shapiro interview as well. Who interviewed him?

when is sanchez pitching again?

rodriguez hip and he's a lot older had a pretty decent year last year

he's like that shiny new toy made of plastic. It's fantastic, but you know it's going to fall apart, but we may as well enjoy it while it lasts. He's looking good. Let pompey develop at AAA.

saunders is a stud...hitting to all fields

just limit the walks and let the defense make you look good!

just pencil him in...saunders is starting in left to open the season

portabello mushroom sandwich with a triple!

I just googled wiziwig and blue jays. There's a link there and you don't have to open an account to view the link..Dickey is looking tricky...

anyone know if Sanchez is ptiching after dickey?

Bautista hasn't had repeat injuries. The guy is unique in the work he puts in with his body in the offseason. I don't think many players his age put the work, in terms of both flexibility and strength training, that Bautista does. He's going to have a monster year this year. I think expectations for Stroman are a bit high. I think he will have a good year, but not as good as some are expecting.

I haven't really paid close enough attention. Sanchez has 6 strike outs in 4 innings and doesn't have a single swinging strike? He needs to buy a lottery ticket.

In the game that Saunders hit 2 homers there was a line drive hit down the left field side and I thought off the bat it might get to the wall and Saunders cut it off easily. I remember watching him last year thinking he could hardly run. He looks a lot faster this year, but it's just the old eye test.

no i'm canadian born and raised. I'm not even a lifetime footy watcher. My buddy got me into the game 6 or 7 years ago. I actually cheer for a different small premier league club. His co-worker, who i also know, is from england and was born and raised a leicester city fan though. Pretty crazy to know an actual leicester city fan in saskatchewan. Who's not cheering for them though. If they somehow finish this off it will be one of the greatest accomplishments in profession sports ever.

old age? or vodka and orange juice for breakfast?

suanders mobility looking night and day compared to last year