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    [Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread

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    3 minutes ago, Down by the River said:

     

    Buck said he was waved around. 

     

    Yeah I know, but by just watching Bautista running, you can see what "he" was thinking, that's what I want to see. 

     

    I think Bautista was thinking in his mind he would be holding at 3 and wasn't expecting to be waved home, then saw he was being waved so he was behind. But I just wanted to see his run from 1st to 3rd to really see first.

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    3 minutes ago, Green Building said:

     

    No you're right, It could be 3. 

     

    Since the Jays won the season series against both teams they would likely choose to be designated the A team, with Baltimore as the B team and Detroit as the C team. The Jays would then host Baltimore in a tiebreaker game and Detroit would host a second tiebreaker game against the loser of the first tiebreaker game. The winners of the two tiebreaker games would then play in the wild card game.

     

    Jays could lose to Baltimore in the tiebreaker, then beat Detroit in the second tiebreaker, then rematch the O's for the Wild Card. I think.

     

    Yes that would be correct.

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    3 minutes ago, ShakyWalton said:

    as much as Saunders has struggled..Upton is no upgrade.

     

    No I agree as well, but the only advantage is Uptons speed, if he does get on base that does help more. And of course righty lefty match up, hope it gives Upton a better chance.

     

    Read earlier that Boston isn't going to have Price pitch a lot of innings today want to save his arm, so I could see Saunders in the game early maybe.

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    I just can't believe Rogers had to cheap out this year, it still pisses me off. AA should of been here for 1 more year, he knew what this team needed instead Rogers was scared with the contracts AA was going to offer or go after. Bringing in someone new a year after your team made the playoffs for the first time in 20+ years it's just retarded. Wasted to much time re evaluating his new team to figure out what needs to be done, just a complete joke imo and I put all the blame on Rogers. 

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    Well that sucked, it looked so promising then just fell apart....

     

    This game was exactly my argument back before the season started, and about having a strong bullpen. Come playoffs you won't be outscoring other teams by 8-10 runs(not like that really happened as much this year), they're going to be close games and your bullpen needs to be strong. This was exactly like what playoffs are like, and it didn't look good how it ended. 

     

    Obviously Grilli and Osuna have screwed up a couple times here, but they've been good all season and you just hope they bounce back and don't have these again. When it's playoffs, you can't be having these mistakes or your out of the playoffs, this was exactly like a playoff game situation.

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    16 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said:

    I don't see Travis as an RBI guy. To me he's an ideal #2 hitter. He handles the bat extremely well and has the ability to shoot the ball to right field and take advantage of the gap between first and second when they have a man on first. He can also pull the ball when he wants, which means that the defense has to play him honest, rather than shifting to the right side of the infield in that situation.

     

    He makes good contact and along with his ability to hit from "line to line", it makes him an excellent hit an run guy as well.

     

    Bossman has pretty good speed, but he strikes out too much for a leadoff guy, IMO and he'll likely be needed in the middle of the order to offset the loss of some of the power bats this offseason.

     

    Travis was in the top 5 last year in RBIs before he was put into the lead off spot, then his numbers dropped, then he was injured. No question the guy can put the ball anywhere in the field, but hes adjusted his approach more because he's in a lead off position and isn't in a position to drive guys in. He's an amazing hitter and imo knows how to adjust to be put in any position actually.

     

    Will also add with Travis it's amazing how many times he goes down 0-2 at bat. He battles up there whether it's watching balls or fouling balls off, and get a hit or walk not many walks but more hits, still he's a great batter.

     

    Regarding Upton, I go back to last year with Revere. Revere who is a lead off batter, was not put into that position at first so he's in the middle of the lineup and needs to adjust his approach. He struggled and my argument was to have him leading off especially with his speed, finally after so long Gibbons puts him lead off and what happened? He excelled at it because he's most comfortable being in that position. Same goes for Upton he's always been a lead off guy, but here in Toronto he's in the middle of the lineup so his approach is different to try and drive guys in. Put him in his position where he is most comfortable being a lead off, and chances are he will excell at it because that's where he is most comfortable.

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    4 hours ago, Xbox said:

    This is my issue as well. A lot of Gibbons pitching choices are awful and I dont understand why they pull good pitchers so soon or why they leave in pitchers having an off night for so long. It's killing our season.

     

    This has been a problem for years he doesn't read his players properly in a game as it's going on. But he gets all this credit for being good, with a stacked line up to win him games, it's ridiculous.

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    3 hours ago, Sean Monahan said:

    "Brawl" my a**. I hate when that crap happens. If you're gonna clear benches, somebody please throw a punch. Otherwise just sit down, shut up, and play. It makes the league, the players, and the game as a whole look bad. Baseball's just a few more of these "dust-ups" away from being laughed at the way soccer is. 

     

    Buck and Tabby saying Smoak didn't hesitate to charge the mound. He absolutely did hesitate. He stopped and looked to his bench before making any move, and then was restrained by the ump with little to no effort. You're telling me Smoak, a big man in the physical prime of his life, couldn't have gotten after Severino if he actually wanted to? This little old man could actually hold him back? 

     

    It's all posturing and chest-puffing IMO. 

     

    This first bench clearing was sad, the 2nd one was kind of weak, but if you watch the replay Smoak is actually throwing the fists into someone I'm surprised he wasn't ejected. 

     

    It looked like Smoak wanted to hit the catcher with his bat but resisted, then Pillar went to rush the pitcher and play tough then backed off thought that was pretty weak on his part. I do want to see Martin go at it with someone, he reminds me of a hockey player sometimes he just wants to go one on one with someone, but there's always to many players holding guys back unfortunately.

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    3 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said:

    Totally understand Chuck, and to a point, I agree. If Atkins and Shapiro let him go next season, I won't shed any tears.

     

    Earlier in this thread, I made the suggestion that the Jays might be wise to consider a change of philosophy next season. Instead of trying to replace the power lost by the departures of Edwing, (someone will pay him more than we can) Bats and Saunders, find a legitimate leadoff guy (Travis is a perfect #2 hitter, IMO) and start playing more small ball. They still have enough RBI guys, in JD, Tulo, Martin, Upton and possibly Smoak. (I think if he plays every day, his power numbers should approach 20HR, 70RBI)

     

    IMO, it makes sense to change managers if you're going to change your overall offensive philosophy. Gibby has pretty much always been a 3 run homer type of manager.

     

    I agree with Travis watching him last year the guys got power, he fits better in a non lead off role too drive players in, could take EEs spot. Personally I don't see why Upton can't be the lead off guy especially with his speed, but agree they need a legit leadoff guy who has speed. 

     

    I would rather have Justin Morneau then Smoak at first. Maybe someone can find the stats on Smoak, but what's his average as a RH vs being LH at bat... Because I feel he needs to be better on one side before he continues being a switch hitter, he looks like a better LH hitter, but he needs to just stick to one side and become better IMO. 

     

    Like I was saying about Gibby last year in playoffs, playing Colabello over Smoak was the right decision. Colabello was the better overall player at the time, and watching Smoak yesterday he had 2 chances to pick balls and didn't come up with any, would rather do without him.

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