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  1. Ceciliani is starting tonight and so is Upton. Saunders at DH.
  2. If they are having this much internal struggle with Sanchez's innings this year, magnify that by a million for Osuna. It's not happening. Plus, Shapiro looks at WPA based on his interview with Bobcat and Osuna is 4th in all of baseball for pitchers. He might be happy with Osuna in the pen.
  3. Tillman, Gausman, Bundy, and Miley is good enough with their offense and bullpen. Those bastards are like the Giants as far as their evened year success (minus the rings). The Red Sox are probably more likely to fall off than Baltimore.
  4. I agree but some people still think it's a possibility.
  5. Stroman threw 166 innings in 2014 and it was almost entirely as a starter (that relief stint was really necessary for two weeks). Sanchez was covered in bubble wrap for years by AA and so he's never had a full season as a starter. I think 100 IP is the most he's pitched out of the rotation, and he's on the verge of doubling that, which is why it's such a huge deal for the front office. Those of you expecting Osuna to start will get the same rude awakening.
  6. Read his stuff. He's a white Stephen A. Smith, except a bit more subdued.
  7. Man, I just saw Jose Bautista's numbers on the season. Yuck. Why isn't he getting more flack? He's been awful this year and it's already August. I know he's been hurt, but damn. Enters spring training with his chest puffed out, causes a distraction for no reason by saying he wants 5/150 and that he's not budging from that number, bashes ownership, talks about how he's so great, and how he'll defy aging, etc, etc. Since then, he's played like ass offensively and defensively, gotten hurt, and became a meme for the rest of his career by being punched in the face. I wish he had a 5 WAR season this year and then rode off into the sunset, but he almost had this coming by the way he acted in Feb/March.
  8. Keith Law is the definition of a douchebag. Perfect fit for the type of s*** ESPN likes to promote as "expert analysis".
  9. Between Smoak and Colabello, the Jays have been below replacement level at 1b all season. Play Upton and hope to hell he starts to hit while you can rotate DH around JB, EE, Donaldson, and Saunders. That's a better option than Smoak at first right now.
  10. There's no way Martin is going to catch 5 days in a row while Thole catches Dickey. Thole's going to have to catch one of the other starters as well unfortunately, until the rosters expand and they can put Jimenez or Kratz in there instead.
  11. I wonder if Gibbons will bring Barnes in for the 6th. Sanchez had a long inning and while the Royals have been lucky as hell (what else is new?) and he's only at 75 pitches, I wonder if he was instructed to go easy on Sanchez's innings going forward. We will see tonight.
  12. Upton hits lefties well, so he bats 9th against one tonight, while he's not good against righties, yet on Thursday against a righty he batted 6th ahead of Tulo.
  13. Alex isn't the GM anymore. Urena isn't being called up and SRF won't be pitching out of the pen.
  14. Why didn't Feldman stay in the game? Could have saved the pen a bit in case it goes to extras because lord knows the Jays won't be scoring a damn thing for the rest of the game if the last week is any indication.
  15. Happ getting 20 wins is a lot less likely with a 6 man rotation. That's probably his best shot at winning the CY.
  16. I was curious about this as well. They'll have to have Thole catch at least one more starter in addition to Dickey to avoid Martin burning out. They want Martin to "fix" Liriano so Thole won't be catching him. Might have to mix him in during a Estrada or Happ start every now and then.
  17. Osuna has thrown 4 times in 5 days. With Gibbons managing, it would be hard to make a convincing argument that Sanchez is less likely to get hurt in the pen. He will be run to the ground in the pen. At least Gibbons has been fairly consistent at keeping him at around 100 pitches as a starter. I understand Shapiro's argument, but without more science based fact about whether it actually helps a starter remain healthy, it's kind of pointless. With how hard Sanchez throws, he could get hurt at any moment. There's really no way to predict it or prevent it.
  18. Extra rest for starters is a good thing (especially Sanchez, Estrada, and Stroman for different reasons), but I can't see this lasting long. Someone is going to struggle and they'll be pushed aside or skipped. This does appear to be a PR move to placate Sanchez and probably a lot of his teammates. Maybe they were not expecting the backlash that they got. There are ways to work around this without putting him in the pen, they'll just need to skip him some times and/or make sure Gibbons does not extend him in games unnecessarily (this is the tough one since Gibby keeps starters in the game for 100 pitches regardless of performance).
  19. Winning 3/4 with the offense s***ing the bed in practically all four games save for some solo home runs is amazing. Pitching was excellent.
  20. Man if the Jays can win this game/series it would be a freakin' miracle considering how bad the offense has been since Sunday.
  21. Thankfully the Jays do not visit Houston again. Good lord. Happ gives up 1 run and it feels like the game is slipping away. The bats have been brutal.
  22. Seriously, Upton can strike out 4 times a game and still have more value than Smoak. Can't believe we are stuck with him for two more years.
  23. Smoak loves to strike out.
  24. I don't think anything has changed. Sanchez will be in the rotation for a few more starts before they make the change. They are probably doing it to give Liriano some time to see how he does.
  25. I didn't quite catch what Shapiro said with Bobcat, but he mentioned that there was a stat out there where half of the pitchers in the top 10 were relievers. What stat was he talking about?
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