Gurn Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Team needs a re-thingy. Gaussman and Manoah are the top two pitchers, but Berrios has been either good or bad, no in between Stripling has been great Ryu was horrid Kikuchi- imo has until the end of the season to get turned around or should be released/traded/waived/ whatever if he doesn't get it back together. Bull pen has been a mixed bag as well, some really good performances from Romano, and Cimber(mostly), but others have been kind of meh/average? Need some more left handed batters. Catcher has been a position of strength, I could see any of those guys traded, but would prefer to keep Kirk, and Marino over Jansen- who is a fine catcher, but one has to give in order to get. As was mentioned earlier in the thread- Bo needs some more /better coaching training on his defense. Is any Blue Jay in the top 5 rated for his position? or a few in the top 10? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_ws Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I feel sorry for those that paid for tickets to see this weekend series. They deserve a refund. What a dumpster fire, that was beyond frustrating. Hope the manager rips these players apart behind closed doors as this was a fucking embarrassment. I stand by my prediction they will just miss out on the wild card. Tampa Bay, Seattle and Baltimore are all better and more consistent teams than the Jays. The Jays are not a playoff team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mj2345 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Remember we also got swept in Seattle and now the lowly Angels …that’s 7 wins we could have had 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 ***sigh*** Vladdy must be leading the universe in ground balls to 3rd / Short..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_ws Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Waste of time watching this team. The offense is super ice cold. So many wasted opportunities with men on base. Terrible time to be slumping this badly. It won't surprise me if they get swept by the Cubs. The Jays suck right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounce000 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 The city of Toronto is a playoff collapse waiting to happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 The Jays right now remind me of me whenever I play on Legend difficulty on MLB the Show. I can never anticipate what's coming so I just swing at whatever and get nothing but weak ground balls and popups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Pretty huge win....maybe that turns things around.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 That dinger by Vladdy shows you why the book on him is to keep the ball down....That might have been the first strike he's seen at the top of the zone in days.....and he did that with it. Opposing teams are going to throw everything at the bottom of the zone and outside, off the plate moving forward. Vladdy has to realize this and take his walks instead of swinging at pitches that he can't do anything with....and if someone makes a mistake like Rucker did last night.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 hour ago, RUPERTKBD said: That dinger by Vladdy shows you why the book on him is to keep the ball down....That might have been the first strike he's seen at the top of the zone in days.....and he did that with it. Opposing teams are going to throw everything at the bottom of the zone and outside, off the plate moving forward. Vladdy has to realize this and take his walks instead of swinging at pitches that he can't do anything with....and if someone makes a mistake like Rucker did last night.... spend the off season with his Dad. Vlad Sr. might be able to teach how to hit the ball, from anywhere, like he used to do. side note: Buck seems to be giving out mixed and confusing messages.-again. " Need to take a few" " These guys are aggressive, no need to take pitches'". " Bo's got plate discipline" " Bo and Vladdy did alright last year on first pitches"---------------Yah, they did, but how is this year looking? " Good job taking that pitch by Vladdy". "have to take pitches and get the pitchers back into the strike zone" Come on Buck make up your mind. Starting to wonder if this will be Buck's last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 hour ago, gurn said: spend the off season with his Dad. Vlad Sr. might be able to teach how to hit the ball, from anywhere, like he used to do. Going the other way and taking the single is a lost art in general. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Monahan Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 19 minutes ago, King Heffy said: Going the other way and taking the single is a lost art in general. Didn’t vlad hit an opposite field home run yesterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Game is about a half hour early today, according to my schedule. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mj2345 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 I wish Matt Devlin(Raptors play by play)was the Jays full time play by play guy, he’s filled in a few times on the road mostly in Tampa, he has a good voice better than Schulman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 12 minutes ago, Mj2345 said: I wish Matt Devlin(Raptors play by play)was the Jays full time play by play guy, he’s filled in a few times on the road mostly in Tampa, he has a good voice better than Schulman The replacement for Dan will be his kid; might be the first time in broadcasting. sports " Thanks for the keys Dad, later" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounce000 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Mitch White makes me want Kikuchi to come out and pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_ws Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 White is not a starter by any means. I have no idea why management didn't bother to add another back of the rotation arm. It pretty much is an automatic loss every time you trot him out. Are you sure you can't get anyone better from the minors? Jays have a habit of making the opposing pitcher look like an ace. I am still not a believer in this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 7 hours ago, gurn said: spend the off season with his Dad. Vlad Sr. might be able to teach how to hit the ball, from anywhere, like he used to do. side note: Buck seems to be giving out mixed and confusing messages.-again. " Need to take a few" " These guys are aggressive, no need to take pitches'". " Bo's got plate discipline" " Bo and Vladdy did alright last year on first pitches"---------------Yah, they did, but how is this year looking? " Good job taking that pitch by Vladdy". "have to take pitches and get the pitchers back into the strike zone" Come on Buck make up your mind. Starting to wonder if this will be Buck's last season. That was the line that really made me shake my head.... Yes, both of those guys mashed first pitches last season.....and every team in the league knows it, Buck..... It's pretty much SOP not to groove a first pitch fastball to a guy who's known for killing them.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 6 hours ago, King Heffy said: Going the other way and taking the single is a lost art in general. Can't remember which game it was, but it was in the series against the Angels.....the Jays were down by 3 or 4 runs late in the game and Springer is leading off.... The Angels are in the shift, so I'm thinking, "Perfect. Just serve one into right and hand the baton to Vladdy".....but that didn't happen. George swung hard and hit it right to the 3rd baseman..... It's honestly baffling....so what if you go deep? You're still down a bunch. What you need is guys on base, FFS! Same with guys who swing at the first pitch, in that situation.....WTF? Did they throw out the cardinal rulebook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Tonight was yet another example of why MLB has to take calling balls and strikes away from these umpires.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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