***Official Jays Thread*** They spent $234 Million on this? (2 Viewers)

[Northern Voice]

Adam Lind on paternity list, Brad Lincoln recalled. In addition to giving the Jays overused bullpen another arm, his career .243 MLB batting average probably makes him the best pinch hitting option over Bonifacio/DeRosa/Blanco.

 

[Northern Voice]

Josh Johnson forearm tightness, recently (re)claimed Aaron Laffey and his 9.59 ERA vs. Yankees starts tonight instead.

 

[Eephus]

Anthopoulos leads the majors in waiver claims. He's the big time equivalent of that guy in your fantasy league.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

So the Jays got swept in a 4 game series by the Yankees, have now lost 10 of their last 13, and have won just 1 of their first 8 series'. Now what?

 

[Smack Tripper]

How long can you go with Gibbons here. Cito 3?

 

[Premier]

So the Jays got swept in a 4 game series by the Yankees, have now lost 10 of their last 13, and have won just 1 of their first 8 series'. Now what?

Trade for more Marlins?

 

[Eephus]

So the Jays got swept in a 4 game series by the Yankees, have now lost 10 of their last 13, and have won just 1 of their first 8 series'. Now what?

Trade for more Marlins?

The Blue Jays AAA rotation reads like a pack of 2007 Topps commons. Miguel Batista, Ramon Ortiz, David Bush, Claudio Vargas, Buddy Carlyle and Justin Germano have all started games for Buffalo this year.

 

[Premier]

Wow Ramon Ortiz is still rattling around?

 

[Northern Voice]

This team is capable of going 17-9 over a stretch an any time IMO, but that only gets them back to .500. It's going to be an uphill battle.

Right now, taking Jose Reyes out of it, the highest batting average is Rajai Davis' .267

The only one with an OBP over .315 is Adam Lind.

On the other hand, opponents are batting .290+ against each of Morrow, Johnson and Buehrle... those three all have ERA's above 5 as well.

Not panic time yet but it's getting close.

 

[RnR]

The only one with an OBP over .315 is Adam Lind.

... and you wanted to run him out of town... <_<

 

[Eephus]

The only one with an OBP over .315 is Adam Lind.

... and you wanted to run him out of town... <_<

Lind's 21% walk rate is one of the oddest small sample stats of the season so far (SSSOTSSF).

His major league BB% in the past three seasons were 6.2%, 5.9% and 8.2% and his K% were 23.5%, 19.7% and 17.3%. He's somehow turned that around this month and transformed into Eddie Stanky (complete with a .318 SLG).

 

[RnR]

The only one with an OBP over .315 is Adam Lind.

... and you wanted to run him out of town... <_<

Lind's 21% walk rate is one of the oddest small sample stats of the season so far (SSSOTSSF).

His major league BB% in the past three seasons were 6.2%, 5.9% and 8.2% and his K% were 23.5%, 19.7% and 17.3%. He's somehow turned that around this month and transformed into Eddie Stanky (complete with a .318 SLG).

I printed this thread out and sent it to him for bulletin board material. Dude's feelings were seriously hurt.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

What a bomb. 16th dinger to reach the 5th deck at Skydome.

 

[Smack Tripper]

What a bomb. 16th dinger to reach the 5th deck at Skydome.

Who are the others? Has a lefty ever done it?

 

[Eephus]

What a bomb. 16th dinger to reach the 5th deck at Skydome.

Who are the others? Has a lefty ever done it?

Canseco?

 

[Cliff Clavin]

What a bomb. 16th dinger to reach the 5th deck at Skydome.

Who are the others? Has a lefty ever done it?

Not sure who they all are; the broadcast said the last one to do it was Shelley Duncan and the last Jay to do it was Vernon. Manny did it as well. McGwire.

And what is funny, is that it wasn't even the longest hit last night. Apparently it only measured about 427 while Carp's was 444.

 

[Northern Voice]

What a bomb. 16th dinger to reach the 5th deck at Skydome.

Who are the others? Has a lefty ever done it?

Canseco?

Canseco is one of two guys to put more than one in the upper deck (he did it 3 times). The other one was... Josh Phelps.

 

[Eephus]

What a bomb. 16th dinger to reach the 5th deck at Skydome.

Who are the others? Has a lefty ever done it?

Canseco?

Phelps had a career slash line of .273/.343/.472 in 1500 MLB PAs and is still just 34. I'm surprised he hasn't even gotten a sniff from any organization since 2010.

 

[RnR]

What a bomb. 16th dinger to reach the 5th deck at Skydome.

Who are the others? Has a lefty ever done it?

Canseco?

He was stricken with what doctors are terming "Ben Grieve-itis"

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Not panic time yet but it's getting close.

I think it's time.

 

[Northern Voice]

Not panic time yet but it's getting close.

I think it's time.

Their losses have been really ugly but they can still take this series with a win tonight. The margin of error for the rest of the season is gone, but I'm waiting till the end of May to really freak out.

 

[Northern Voice]

Ricky Romero starting Friday, Johnson to DL

 

[Eephus]

Ricky Romero starting Friday, Johnson to DL

Hope he's ready. He only had 7 IP at Dunedin.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Ricky Romero starting Friday, Johnson to DL

Hope he's ready. He only had 7 IP at Dunedin.

Comeback player of the year

who am I kidding. 2.1IP/6ER/6H/5BB/2K.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Lind in the 2 spot? Really? Really?

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Complete list of 500 level HRs

Shawn Green and Delgado were the only lefties.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Lind in the 2 spot? Really? Really?

Guy shockingly has a .380+ OBP, far and away the best on the team. Guy deserves the 2 spot more than anyone else at the moment.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Complete list of 500 level HRs

Shawn Green and Delgado were the only lefties.

good job out of you

 

[Northern Voice]

Complete list of 500 level HRs

Shawn Green and Delgado were the only lefties.

good job out of you

I like how Carlos Delgado hit one in the 5th deck off of Andy Pettitte 15 YEARS AGO.

Also, Raul Mondesi hit one up there against current Blue Jay Darren Oliver 10 years ago (and I bet he looked old then).

Gary Sheffield hit one off of Miguel Batista 9 years ago, Batista is currently on the Jays AAA team in Buffalo.

This is me talking about anything but the current Blue Jays season/tonight's game.

 

[Eephus]

Complete list of 500 level HRs

Shawn Green and Delgado were the only lefties.

good job out of you

I like how Carlos Delgado hit one in the 5th deck off of Andy Pettitte 15 YEARS AGO.

Also, Raul Mondesi hit one up there against current Blue Jay Darren Oliver 10 years ago (and I bet he looked old then).

Gary Sheffield hit one off of Miguel Batista 9 years ago, Batista is currently on the Jays AAA team in Buffalo.

This is me talking about anything but the current Blue Jays season/tonight's game.

Mondesi's son is a SS prospect in low minors for the Royals.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Lind in the 2 spot? Really? Really?

Guy shockingly has a .380+ OBP, far and away the best on the team. Guy deserves the 2 spot more than anyone else at the moment.

Come on. Its a ridiculous small sample that buoyed by a single game where he got 4 walks. A guy with a 7.1% career walk rate and .318 OBP isn't suddenly turning into an OB machine. Even in his single good year, he couldn't manage .380OBP. Thankfully that little experiment only last one game.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

I think these guys will straighten it out in the next month or so and be a very good team by August. Tough taking all these guys from all these different teams and throw them all together, continuity in baseball is pretty important. Once the pitching finds their footing they'll be just fine IMO.

 

[Eephus]

Romero looked to be OK until one bad inning in the 4th did him in. He was sitting in the low 90s early but lost velocity and command at the same time. His outing was still probably half full after such a terrible spring.

 

[Northern Voice]

I think these guys will straighten it out in the next month or so and be a very good team by August. Tough taking all these guys from all these different teams and throw them all together, continuity in baseball is pretty important. Once the pitching finds their footing they'll be just fine IMO.

I agree, problem is they have to play 80-52 baseball from here out to get to 90 wins. It's possible and they should be a good team, it's a big hole though.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Dickey

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Lind in the 2 spot? Really? Really?

Guy shockingly has a .380+ OBP, far and away the best on the team. Guy deserves the 2 spot more than anyone else at the moment.

Come on. Its a ridiculous small sample that buoyed by a single game where he got 4 walks. A guy with a 7.1% career walk rate and .318 OBP isn't suddenly turning into an OB machine. Even in his single good year, he couldn't manage .380OBP. Thankfully that little experiment only last one game.

Look at his game log, he's walked in 7 of the last 9 games he's played in and he didn't even start in 2 of those games, his recent trend of walking is more than just the 4 walk game. I've been as big of a Lind-hater as the next guy in recent years, and he's still pretty ####, but he's certainly more deserving of the 2 hole than Melky is right now. What good is Lind's walking hot streak if it's going to waste in the bottom of the order with Izturis and Kawasaki's .275 SLG%'s? Might as well try turning these solo bombs the middle of the order keeps getting into 2 run bombs.

 

[Raider Nation]

What a disaster.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Dickey

He's an NL guy.

These guys would be sellers if they were smart. This is getting to be a big hole in a competitve division.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Well it a was good run. Usually Jays fan get till at least July before the season is over.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Well it a was good run. Usually Jays fan get till at least July before the season is over.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Well it a was good run. Usually Jays fan get till at least July before the season is over.

Best game of the season by a mile. Sign of things to come? Probably not! But #### let's hope so.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Well it a was good run. Usually Jays fan get till at least July before the season is over.

Best game of the season by a mile. Sign of things to come? Probably not! But #### let's hope so.

Best part, IMO, was how Morrow pitched after they got him the lead. No dicking around. Just strikes. Be nice if he, and the rest of the starters, would do that all game every game.

 

[Northern Voice]

Not optimistic for this series, Tampa kills the Jays even when they're firing on all cylinders.

 

[Northern Voice]

So what should be a fly out hits the catwalk in Tropicana field causing it to drop in the middle of nowhere. If it hits the catwalk, it's a home run (despite the fact it would have otherwise have landed in Rasmus' glove), but there's no camera angle showing it hitting the catwalk.

So what should have been an out, then should have been a home run by the ground rules becomes an RBI single.

Also Mark Buerlhe can go back to Miami and live with his pit bulls if he likes, he's basically been throwing batting practise all season.

 

[Northern Voice]

JPA #!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!##!#!#!#!#!

 

[Northern Voice]

Casey Janssen loves expanded strike zones. And all other strike zones, to be fair, but an ump calling anything near the plate and Janssen on the mound seems particularly unfair.

What a great comeback!

 

[Northern Voice]

Janssen hasn't given up a hit over his last 7 innings, has faced the minimum 21 batters in that time and hasn't walked a batter this season. He has given up 3 hits all season long.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Casey Janssen loves expanded strike zones. And all other strike zones, to be fair, but an ump calling anything near the plate and Janssen on the mound seems particularly unfair.

What a great comeback!

That was a terrible strike zone tonight. Consistent. But terrible.

Great comeback

ETA: And a big thanks to Yunel. He helped out the Jays more tonight than he did all last year.

 

[Northern Voice]

Melky's bat is coming around nicely.

 

[Northern Voice]

Another nice comeback win for the Jays, now guaranteed a series split in Tampa, where they haven't won a series since 2007. Big HR from Colby, solid bullpen again behind Happ, just like last night after Buehrle, and Janssen took 11 pitches this time out to get 3 up, 3 down.

Reason for hope?

Hope Happ is okay.