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That pitch would have been outside the zone. It was a good pitch as Beltre did swing for it. He just connected. He isn't going to fan every batter he faces. It was a good placed ball and Beltre being a great hitter hit it. You can't call every good hit ball "struggling".

Dang, thought Jose may have had it.

Ouch, Donaldson got rekt.

I don't know why, but seeing Jose stretch always makes me laugh.

Random. Really picking the top named revilers. Your idea is a HULLVA lot better. Will do that. Shuh guys. No its not mkay! He's closer to Sanchezian level then he is Chapmans. Trade Hendriks for PTBNL? Get on that article GD. EDIT! Alright peeps, I did a little update on the entire article. IWok mentioned its a little unfair to lump Lowe on the team's result which is true as he was newly acquired. So I cut down on the lot of fluff and posted it up top again on my original post. No49, I tried to match SwStr% vs xFIP but had a hard time as excel kept on crashing and had a hard time overlaying the data as ststr% is in percentages where xFip were whole numbers. I just had a thin line at the bottom for swstr% and then the xfip plot.

I want the Jays to DESTROY them harder than they did the Angels. Reading Twitter and SBNation (shut up, can't find another site) the Rangers fans don't seem to be scared of us... they will be! Also, Texas' bullpen sucks. So please work the pitcher like you have Jays and get to that pen.

You mean outfield defense is a thing? Get out. Here I thought Kemp had magically bounced back after last season despite being confirmed for having arthritis on his hips.

... OR just sign Chris Davis for cheaper and watch Baltimore get salty. MUCH more enjoyable.

Having MLB TV and listening to other broadcasters from different teams make me realize how much Buck sucks. The only broadcasters I found worse than him are the Roayls.

You and I are going to be best friends. ... or you'll hunt me down, break my legs and have me read a dictionary. Its really 50/50.

No GD. You're wrong. Its always been Osuan. ...god dammit and thanks! I figured it may work well. I had you in mind and why I expanded a little more on the basic stats. I was surprised to see Liam's SwStr% be at 10%. Thought he'd at least be around 13% or so. Guess I remember more swinging strikes of his than not. E: Also I am going to send this off to IWok to review as well.

Doing this little fluff article, I am very happy SD didn't trade Kimbrel to NYY. Good god that Pen would just be rednok to new levels if they did.

Something I've just written up quickly. Shoot me some comments suggestions and such peeps. The Bulls in the Pen The 2014 season began with a lot of promise for the Jays, having taken a commanding lead of the AL East division early in the year. However, it ended with the Jays looking from the outside into the post-season. General Manager Alex Anthopoulos publically blamed the bullpen, which was a strength for the team in 2013, as the reason for their downfall. High expectations were set by fans and media alike but for whatever reason, Anthopolous mostly failed to bolster the bullpen from the free agent crop. The list of big names -- among them David Robertson, Andrew Miller, and Luke Gregerson -- slowly shortened until it became clear the Blue Jays would enter the season using the assets at hand. A-ball rookies Miguel Castro and Roberto Osuna were both handed high leverage roles. Due to the breakout performance of Liam Hendriks, whom was reacquired in a trade during the offseason from the Roayls, and surprise rookie sensation Roberto Osuna, the Jays rank 7th in the league in WAR for their bullpen. http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac23/jessieg235813/Bpen%20WAR_zpssv00hwzj.png In terms of Expected Fielding Independent Pitching (xFIP), a statistic that estimates a pitcher’s expected run prevention independent of the performance of their defense the Jays pen ranks 5th at 3.40 and due to some luck as well as much improved defensive team behind them, the Pen’s ERA at 3.13 has outperformed their xFIP. http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac23/jessieg235813/xfip%20vs%20era%20team_zpspdiiud4s.png Lastly, the Swinging Strike. Our own Spencer Estey already broke down why swinging strikes are important. The Jays have had hitters look silly, ranking 9th best in the league. http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac23/jessieg235813/swstr%20vs%20avg%20team_zpsirjar8uk.png Individually the Blue Jays top 3 relievers Osuna, Hendricks, Cecil and newly acquired reinformcement Marke Lowe, rank low in xFIP all below the league average for qualified relievers at 3.60. http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac23/jessieg235813/BJS%20vs_zpsnfidjlg2.png Among qualified relievers, the average SwStr% is 12% thus anything higher is ideal. Only Liam Hendriks ranks below average from the group at 10.3%. http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac23/jessieg235813/Swst%20vs%20average%20player_zpshirzckw7.png While the Blue Jays may have missed out in 2014 in part due to their pen, the Bulls in the Pen they have this year will not be a limiting factor rather a contribution for this team’s push into the post season and more.

Dramatic? You don't find the irony in this post? Considering this all started after something "petty" from TL pointing out BC on reddit. Its just annoying as f*** going through a thread reading you two bicker about nothing related to the topic of the thread at all. I don't mind baseball talk and smack talk, but rehashed the same s*** over multiple threads over multiple times is annoying.

Common guys. Not this again. Smokey do you really have to jump on TL for everything he posts that you don't agree with? Honest question. I didn't think he did anything wrong by pointing out to BC that there was a thread on reddit about him. It was completely random, the thread on reddit wasn't started by TL and he just pointed it out. Was it really necessary to go into the "fluffy" s*** with him over that? Yes, yes I know, being a hypocrite by jumping into this and not making anything easier. But f*** man if you have a issue with him just PM him. I like you both when it comes to your posts on baseball so don't want to IL either of you.

Jk No49! Nice. I am almost done my article on the pen as well. Its a little long and per usu I'll post here for feedback before I put it up.

I was going to do that for my future article but isn't Havoc working on a Estrada piece already? Seems like Dickey would be a great followup article for him.

Baseball is probably the hardest sport to draft for. Seriously a guys draft round doesn't matter. There are a lot of players that slip due to signability concerns and other times scouts/teams just miss certain players.

^ anyone ever tell you that your avatar is really f***ing creepy? E: God dammit MagicMike. I meant that for Followthelight.

My schedule is pretty much in the air. I do forex trading and the market has been a gong f***ing show. It could get wild and I'll easily be distracted or it could be easily tempered and I have nothing but time on my hands. I am working on article on the pen right now so it'll be in line with the "fluff" pen stuff. Unless just scrap that for this week and focus on a fluff piece?

I am rooting for the O's. They honestly don't scare me. Plus let them get over confident. O's hangout will be more fun to read with the false hope and lies.

I say we let Deli go and pickup Rodney! Seriously, how the f*** did the M's never catch Rodney tipping his pitches?

http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/sports/baseball/2015/01/14/orioles-gm-dan-duquette-to-replace-blue-jays-ceo-paul-beeston/paul-beeston.jpg Clearly BC is tying to apply for the next President's job at the Jays.

I'd just love it to piss off the O's fans. Can you imagine? I bet they accuse him of always being on the juice and rag on it there after.

Oh s***! I was. Dang. >