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    [Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread

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    10 minutes ago, Wild Sean Monahan said:

    Nah, I donno about hiring him as a manager or coach. Maybe in a minor league role first, sure.

     

    side note- love the stirrups on stroman 

    The only thing I disagreed with Zaun last year is when he said he thought Trout was MVP over Donaldson, because it's Trout. I literally called him out on Twitter about his decision, no joke within a couple days he changed his approach about it and said he made a mistake. But everything he says is true and are the right decisions, those are the decisions you want your manager making. This is why I believe he would succeed at the role, and he knows this team and what all the players are capable of doing, from watching them all the time.

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    12 minutes ago, ShakyWalton said:

    Another strikeout for Saunders...I like him  but thats all he does lately...he has picked up where Martin left off..I bet Carrera is in tomorrow and Saunders on the bench...

     

    Buck and Pat are such homers...they never call it like it is about the team..everything with them has to have a positive spin..must be paid by Rogers.

    This is why I like Zaun so much, he tells it like it is because he knows what's right. Been wanting Zaun as the coach for years, guy is smart whether you like him or not, he knows the game.

     

    Saunders is just in a slump all players go through it, I like Saunders a lot because he does have such a great bat, but like all great hitters they have their slumps. Giving him a day off especially against Price might be a good decision, but still hard since he has had success against lefties this year. But yeah give him the day off tomorrow, and depending on how the game goes, if a pinch hit chance is available late in the game, could be good for breaking the slump, maybe even hero ability..... Trying to predict it :)

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    Like I understand the bullpen is garbage and you want your starters going as long as they can, but as a manager you just need to see the little things and Gibbons lacks this. This game could easily still be 5-3 if Stroman was pulled after the first hit in the 6th, because Boston had caught up to everything he was throwing it was freaking obvious in the 5th. Jezz now it could of been 5-4, the coach put this team in the hole they're in.

     

    Also state Gibbons pulls starters when other teams haven't all caught up to their stuff yet, but the Jays are winning and Gibbons gets scared and thinks the other team has caught up to it when they haven't. What happens, the bullpen gets lite up because now the other team has a better chance at a pitcher who before were struggling against, and then the Jay's lose the lead. Gibbons just fails at realizing what's really going on in the game most of the time.

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    5 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said:

    Normally, I'd agree with you Chuck, but Martin is a lousy bunter. IMO, bringing Zeke in to bunt for him was the percentage play. Bear in mind, if the Jays score that inning, the game is over and Thole doesn't even have to come into the game.

    Never see him bunt so don't know, but I'm sure he's lousy at that too lol. Still if he's not taking him out of the game he should be getting the call to attempt to bunt even if he sucks, should be still getting the signal for it. 

     

    We still have opposite opinions on switching him, but I totally see what you'd rather do and nothing wrong with it. Just like any coach we have different views on it. Maybe if the team was down a couple runs then 100% I'd do it, need the runs or less you lose. But with zero out and the lineup they have struggling or not especially in a tie game I would feel more confident the guys would come through, but I would want Martin bunting rather then striking out or popping up. Obviously they weren't able to get it done which sucks, but my views are still the same to get it done again if they were in the same position.

     

    Just fyi though if it was say Donaldson or Bautista or EE at bat instead, I would not want them bunting I want them swinging, that's my mentality guys like that can be clutch. Other guys should be bunting.

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    3 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said:

    The thing is, Gibby's never been afraid to play for the win at home. (Nor should he be) How many times have we seen Edwing get on base and be pulled for a pinch runner, when the Jays need a run.

     

    In this particular case, the Jays needed a run to win and had the leadoff guy (Pillar, I think) at second with no outs. Martin was the scheduled hitter and was slumping as usual. Meanwhile, Carerra, a good bunter was on the bench and instead of using him to sacrifice Pillar to third, Gibby let Martin do his thing which as it turned out, was to strike out.

     

    The Jays got away with that mistake, winning it in extras, but I thought it was a poor decision to try and boost Martin's confidence by asking him for an RBI base hit, when the percentages called for the sacrifice.

    Well yes with EE the team normally has other batters who can slot into a DH role easier then a catching role.

     

    Well what should of happened was Martin should of been bunting then instead of swinging no brainer just bad managing by Gibbons. Just FYI I am not a fan of Gibbons, don't like him ever since they brought him back for a 2nd stint with this team thought it was a stupid move.

     

    I agree with what your saying Martin should of been bunting. But as mentioned about Gibby he has been and always will be a coach who would rather see home runs instead of small ball and that's why he's not a good coach. Plus he just has a bad time evaluating his players and what to get out of them, but in his mind it's power over small ball. Have said for years that's not going to always help you, especially in playoffs.

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    On 5/8/2016 at 9:37 PM, RUPERTKBD said:

    Sorry Chuck. I didn't mean to imply anything about your post. What I meant was that Martin in a sac fly situation was in a perfect spot to build some confidence. All he needed to do was focus on getting the ball in the air.

     

    However, in a previous game, Gibby sent him out there to try and win the game with a base hit, when the percentage play was to have Carrera pinch hit for him and sacrifice the winning run to third with one out.

    Gotcha! Kind of took it as you were implying he was put into that position, when of course it kind of just happened. But I totally understand what you mean how that can also help boost someone's confidence easily. 

     

    Never saw the play that you're talking about, so not sure about the situation. If Martin was put in to pinch hit over Carrera then I would argue for sure that would be stupid. But if Martin was already in the game catching, hard to take him out and have Thole be your catcher if the game is tied and continues on. I bet if Navarro was still here that move may of been made for sure.

    [Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread

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    On 2016-05-05 at 0:07 PM, RUPERTKBD said:

    This is how you boost a guy's confidence. Instead of asking him to come through with a clutch hit, you put him in a position where a fly ball feels every bit as good as a single...

    That's not what I was suggesting. Martins approach for a long time now since last year is go up there and try to hit a home run and be the hero, like the other guys EE, Bautista, Donaldson. What I was writing about is I am finally seeing him take the approach of just trying to hit a good pitch and drive it up the middle or in the gap, instead of swinging for the fences. Let the other guys I wrote do the home runs, because they are more capable of doing it, but as long as Martin doesn't think like that and uses the approach that he has been doing lately he will be a much better batter.

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    40 minutes ago, ShakyWalton said:

    They are getting harder to watch by the day...now they cant hit.....Navarro sure looks good as a White Sox....to bad he wasnt good enough for the Jays...lol...he is better than Thole annnndd Martin..lol

    Yes it's tough to watch them right now, it's very tough when your starter should be pulled but you don't want him pulled lol. One of my arguments last year was besides Martin's arm, Navarro IMO is the better catcher. The hitting, I hope it still comes around, and they're just going through a Crosby early slump, it's the relief pitching and Dicky that worries me the most still.

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    [Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread

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    30 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said:

    I wasn't really upset with Smoak for the K. But Martin should have been looking for the hook after watching the two previous batters get one when they got to 2 strikes. 

     

    Martin still looks to me like he's trying to go yard all the time. Shorten up the swing and take it up the middle. Zeke, Tulo and JD showed everyone the way yesterday. I wonder if anyone noticed?

    Been noticing this since last year in his approach, especially in playoffs which pissed me off.

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    10 hours ago, Jaimito said:

    Probably just Smoak. I thought Bourn was a minor league contract?

    Should of explained more in depth, but your right they want to see if he can get back to his old self first. But like myself and I think the Jays as well they don't feel to comfortable with Smoak they will give him a chance, but I think they may look at the option I suggested if Smoak fails, of course he's on a 4 game hitting streak now lol.

     

    I read this 5 days ago.

    Due to the struggles of Smoak and Chris Colabello, manager John Gibbons said Edwin Encarnacion may begin to see more playing time at first base with someone else taking over DH duties, the Toronto Sun reports.

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