Welp, if you have told me at the start of this 8 games we'd be 4-4 I probably would have taken it, but sucks starting out 4-1 only to lose 3 straight.
Jays now play 13 games against the A's, Mariners, Phillies and Royals.
Hopefully they can go 9-4 in that stretch but I have my doubts.
Oh shut the f*** up, the Rays didn't let anyone win.
I notice you never post when the Jays win. Tool bags like you are the worst thing about internet forums. Always 100% negative ********, never here to celebrate or discuss the positives.
It's not just about the 4 innings or whatever, Castillo has 60+ innings this season at AA, AAA and MLB and has out performed Hatch by a wide margin in every aspect.
Starting Hatch yesterday was baffling to say the least, and the results were not surprising.
Every time you think this team is starting to get some traction they either have s*** luck knock them down a peg, or they make a stupid moronic dumbass decision, or both.
Today is both.
Of course it's one of our starting pitchers who's actually pitching up to his capabilities that takes a liner off the foot, and not one of the inconsistent yo-yo f***heads with a 5+ ERA.
And of course it's the Rays that take him out.
What's the next f***ing brainstorm idea?
Maybe we should call Bowden Francis back up to the bigs and let him start a game too?
What f***ing moronic idiot **** face thought it was a good idea to start Hatch in the major leagues instead of using Castillo as the extra starter?
That's what I'd f***ing like to know.
Trevor Richards pitched an inning for Buffalo today, gave up 3 runs and 2 homers. He's cooked
Kay also pitched 1.2 innings for Buffalo back from rehab in Dunedin. 2 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks.
Jesus these guys are terrible.
Uh oh.
Zulu didn't have a good AA debut and came out after only 46 pitches and 1.2 innings pitched.
Hopefully not hurt, just getting him out of there because his debut wasn't going great.
1.2 IP, 2 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 walks, 1 K, 46 pitches, 23 strikes
Frasso was also promoted to Vancouver (in case you missed it)
It's so nice to have a bunch of really good to elite level pitching prospects to follow instead of just one or two that you hope their arms don't fall off.
Lol the two pitchers the Rays added to replace the guys they had to leave behind have better AAA numbers than any pitcher the Jays have in AAA.
High K guys with low walk rates and low xFIPs
I don't know f*** all about them but I bet at least one of them comes in throwing an easy 98 with some sort of wipe out secondary.
The Jays AL ranks are:
wRC+ - 3rd
SLG - 2nd
OBP - 2nd
Offensive fWAR - 2nd
Position player fWAR - 3rd
And that's after a pretty bad start to the season.
They're fine as a group IMO.
I'm all for upgrades if possible (I want Correa this off season), but I wouldn't be too worried about any of their starters. Not really any big holes in there.
The bench OF's are not good, the bullpen is not good, and two of the starters are not good (but could be if they get their s*** together)
The good news is that this time last year the Jays were on pace for 84 wins (0.519%) and right now they're on pace for 90 wins (0.560%) so they are not only ahead of the game, but there is also more playoff spots. If they can get it all together again and go on a solid run in the second half they should be able to win 95+ games.
Oh s***, well which way will Tiedemann go from here?
The way of Nate Pearson, or the way of Alek Manoah?
He's way younger than those two were when they became highly touted pitching prospects.