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[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
Wilbur replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
I wonder how sustainable McGuire's numbers are over a longer stretch -
[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
Wilbur replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
Looking at his past stats and how he's played with the Jays, I'd expect him to be an opportunistic base stealer, not a consistent SB threat. Maybe 20 a year? -
I'm still bitter it wasn't on the main channel (or able to stream for free).
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[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
Wilbur replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
Man this stretch of games has been painful. Can't pitch, can't hit. The more I see some of these guys it's almost as if the bleaker it gets. In order to let the youth the ability to grow the Jays need to improve the CF and 1B spots. They could get away with a short term fix at first because as Groshans develops he could push Guerrero over to 1st, however I don't see anything that raises the bar in the system at CF. They need something there that doesn't strike out 2 to 3 times a game. Then there is the pitching. There is literally one pitcher on their roster that a team with playoff aspirations would take right now and he'll probably be traded in the off season. Thornton, Waguespack, Borucki, Shoemaker, Zeuch, Kay...all of those guys have question marks and if the front office is determined to answer ALL of those question marks in the majors, well then next year will be no better. -
And this is why I'm cancelling TSN on the next wave of restructuring my cable package. Every once in a while TSN has something I'd absolutely love to watch but it's almost always inevitably on TSN2/3/4/5 because the main TSN channel caters to football, NBA, soccer, and auto racing. None of which I watch. Yesterday for the women's final, my son and I had the excitement of seeing Andreescu win by watching the real-time score updates. Woulda been cool to see the winner live, but instead we got to see the 2nd set score update to 7-5. I get it, you don't want to upset CFL fans, but you couldn't have figured something else out? Stream it for free? Keep the CFL on in Saskatchewan and Manitoba but tennis everywhere else?
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Watched the start of the match at a resteraunt, get home to discover it's not on the main tsn channel again....I absolutely, positively hate you tsn. Can't even watch the game on line unless I fork out the money. Next time I redo my TV package I am completely cutting tsn out. Whenever there's a sporting event on tsn I want to watch it's NEVER on the main channel, and I refuse to pay for 4 more just in case. Once again tsn, you absolutely suck
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Wish I could watch this match, guess 3.2 million viewers for yesterdays match isn't enough to warrant having it on the main TSN channel tonight.
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In Belarus, Article 181 of their criminal code forbids human trafficking.
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[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
Wilbur replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
Blech, I think the MLB has to ease away from this. Home runs were sexy but now all we see are BB, K's, or HR's. I wanna see higher batting averages, not players worried about a higher launch angle. -
[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
Wilbur replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
Grichuk with the sac fly to score a run. When was the last time that happened? -
[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
Wilbur replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
Day off. He'd probably be DHing if the game wasn't in Atlanta. -
[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
Wilbur replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
Without Guerrero Jr and Gurriel Jr in the line up this batting order is -
[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
Wilbur replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
Kind of reminds me of the return in the Aaron Loup trade except there are two of them. Not bad for a 3 month rental. Both those guys have solid solid numbers that'll be good for organizational depth at the very least. And, you never know, Waguespack is getting a chance earn a MLB spot and if either of these guys get that chance down the road, that'll make the trade great. -
United Nations Security Council Resolution #174 saw Jamaica admitted as a member to the United Nations.
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[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
Wilbur replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
Jays get a couple of prospect arms in the return for Sogard. https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-acquire-two-pitchers-rays-complete-sogard-deal/ Not sure where either Gonzalez or Taylor project, but both seem to be putting up decent numbers in their respective leagues by the looks of it. -
Diarrhea of a Wimpy Kid
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[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
Wilbur replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
Since he's been up, for the most part, I've really liked what I've seen from Waguespack. I like soft contact starting pitchers, especially when pitching in the American League East. Like Stroman, don't expect him to get shutout every night, but any night you can walk away after 6/7 innings and only allow 1-3 runs, that's a success against a lineup full of mashers. -
Has the Western World Lost Moderate/Centrist Politics?
Wilbur replied to Rob_Zepp's topic in Off-Topic General
But but she's telling us to do! Clearly the way to solve the climate crisis is to: 1) let everybody do what they want, whenever they want 2) Definitely don't put a tax on it 3) Mine all the coal in the name of freedom 4) Burn all the fossil fuels and allow the released CO2 to issue forth an unprecedented plant growth boom that will solve both climate change AND world hunger at the same time #winning -
The Amazon is experiencing a record number of forest fires
Wilbur replied to PhillipBlunt's topic in Off-Topic General
I wonder if part of it is how powerless we are from Canada to actually change it? I know some of it is empathy fatigue. The CBC had an ongoing series on the climate and, scanning the comments, most of them were complaints about the CBC "shoving the climate agenda down our throats". I think we've gotten to the point where, unless our house is on fire, people don't want to hear about it. We know we can't continue to exploit natural resources forever, it is a finite planet after all, but greed and laziness soon take over as change could mean a less comfortable life. Conservatism, Liberalism, Democratic Socialism all ultimately fail when it comes to environmental policy. The latter two pay a little bit more lip service to it but talk is cheap and we as a society can't wrap our heads around a productive economy without taking the easy way out and exploiting our environment. I know it's been said before, but we really need to take bold action. The economy isn't some benign entity that exerts it's will over us, but rather something we can fully control if we wish. It'll be a tough, and will take some sacrifice, hard choices, and creative thinking but it can be done.....has to be done. -
The Amazon is experiencing a record number of forest fires
Wilbur replied to PhillipBlunt's topic in Off-Topic General
Environmentalism doesn't pay. Developing does. Polluters don't pay nearly enough for the damage they do to the environment. This is a critical flaw in capitalism that has to be fixed. -
[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
Wilbur replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
You know things are going well when Richard Urena comes in to pitch. They need to save Godley and Gaviglio for tomorrow? Yikes. Mamma said their'd be days like this. Edit: and with Godley and Gaviglio due up next...tomorrow. -
[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
Wilbur replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-ready-ramp-use-openers-strategys-early-success/ I was wondering if the opener for the Jays was here to stay or not and this article was a good discussion of that. Personally, in the long term, the opener is a symptom of a starting rotation that isn't good enough (which the Blue Jays rotation clearly isn't) but if it's something you have to do, then it can get you by, which the Jays 9-3 record with the opener clearly indicates. I'm curious to hear what your guys' opinion on the opener is. Font sure has been good in that role, but hopefully we see less and less of it as that'll mean we have better starting pitching. -
[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
Wilbur replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
Wilmer Font must be really feeling it right now. Over his 7 outings (16 and a third innings) he's been good for a 2.20 ERA, a WHIP below 1 and (most impressively to me) 21 strikeouts to just 3 walks. I wonder if this is sustainable. -
[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
Wilbur replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
I suspect we'll see Urena back up. I'm starting to get worried for leadership. I know the young core is going to lead this team but some veteran leadership would help when the young core is rocking it but still losing games because the pitching is atrocious. -
[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
Wilbur replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
Hopefully he can turn out better than McKinney, Hernandez, Alford, and Connine. I don't doubt it when Atkins says he has potential. The issue I have is I just listed 4 names that Fisher is, arguably, as good as. The Jays already had 4 guys to try and take that 3rd outfield spot (Connine being a little farther away). A spot that is pretty easy to fill in free agency if one is so inclined. I just don't get trading a position of low depth for a position of high depth unless the guy is hands down better (which, at this point he is not). I am now starting to honestly believe that Atkins and Shapiro just wanted to clear the deck of major league assets, primarily, in order to tank and get a better draft pick, which I completely resent. Around the trade deadline I read in one of the Sportsnet interviews, a comment from Atkins on the failure to get a true high end arms was "we're lined up to get one high in this years draft (or something to that extent). That just told me this deadline was all about getting rid of players to improve the draft the pick, return was secondary. To me, in a rebuild, return never should be secondary. I'm okay with the Phelps and Hudson trades as they got prospects that made sense for the organization (plus they came in for free and arms like that can be found for free most likely next off-season). Sogard needed to go to give playing time to Biggio and Bichette, so I get that. I'm disappointed that Stroman couldn't return more but at least there is some pitching there. But Sanchez and Biagini just leaves me scratching my head because talented but fringe outfielders are a dime a dozen, pitching is not.