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What a f***ing ******** game

Yeah, its about time for these injuries to stop happening because I can't stand Carrera/Barney/Coghlan out there everyday

Can we please get Alford or Pompey up here starting in LF

Another article from Fangraphs: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/blue-jays-prospect-bo-bichette-is-noisily-bashing-baseballs/ Lots of quotes fro Bo and Gil Kim Bo: Kim:

Last year he had a .480 BABIP. You heard it here first, he'll be the first player ever to maintain a .440+ BABIP for his entire career!!!

Jesus Bo is on fire

Walkoff single for Bo in a 1-0 game in the bottom of the 12th! Looks like Vlad first out there to celebrate again

Travis walkoff sounds about right

What a boring, infuriating game so far

Bo's spray chart is especially impressive

This guy is unhittable if a cutter a foot outside is gonna be called a strike. WTF are they supposed to do?

If you're hungry for a glimpse of our future savior, check the end of this video of a Lugnuts walk off: http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?content_id=1429244983&sid=t499 First out of the dugout, splashes teammate with water and remains in the middle of the huddle. I'd give him a 70 grade for intangibles, he's clearly a plus teammate.

It's almost to the point where it doesn't really matter how he does in Lansing. I'm way more interested in how he and Bo fare against better pitching.

And Maese has gone 7IP with 12K and 0BB, wow!

Vlad Jr. double http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?content_id=1412363483&sid=t499

From Fangraphs (http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/sunday-notes-clevelands-czech-almoras-maturity-norris-on-comping-vladdy-jr-more): "Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will need to have a pretty remarkable career in order to match the exploits of his father. Vladimir Guerrero Sr. hit 449 home runs and logged a 931 OPS in 16 big-league seasons. He did so with one of the most-aggressive approaches of his generation. According to Blue Jays farm director Gil Kim, the top prospect in the Toronto system isn’t a chip off the old block in every respect. When I asked him what stands out about the 18-year-old third baseman, he gave an answer I wasn’t expecting. “Strike-zone discipline,” stated Kim. “You look at Vladdy’s tools, and it may be easy to overlook the fact that he has more walks than strikeouts right now. That’s pretty impressive. Most people look at the power, and the sheer tools, but he controls the zone pretty well. Strike-zone discipline and instincts are two areas that have us really excited about Vladdy.” In other words, the son didn’t inherit the swing-at-anything-close from his father. “He did not,” agreed Kim. “But his hand-eye coordination is good enough to where if he did, he’d probably still be successful.” Guerrero is slashing .328/.430/.512 in 35 games with the low-A Lansing Lugnuts. At the time I talked to Kim, he had drawn 20 walks and gone down on strikes 18 times in 143 plate appearances. He has four home runs."

The changeup is looking silly today

If the ump is calling that high strike Estrada should be living up there

JD Martinez is off to a ridiculous start in his first week back from the DL. 6 homers with a .667 OBP and .818 ISO. Almost 1 WAR in a week.

Yes that's the idea, but also that our s***** lineup hasn't tanked our season already, evidenced by the fact that our record at this point is very similar to the last two years.

Run differential definitely does a better job of assessing how the team has performed, but given the lineup we're running out there every night it's not surprising it's pretty negative. I look at the record more like an indicator that all hope may not be lost once we get some talent back in the lineup.

Why was Alford taken out of the game? He wasn't hurt, right?

So I just realized that we have basically the same record this year that we've had this point the last two years. 2015: 18-24 2016: 19-23 2017: 18-24 Considering all the injuries and guys due to come off the DL this is pretty encouraging. I think that since we started off so badly it feels like we're completely out of it, but we've been here before.

ESPN broadcast talking about run expectancy of bunting vs not bunting with runner on 1B, no outs.