Tony Romo Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Jays got Travis,Donaldson and Estrada in the span of a month. Crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 You know Baltimore's starting pitching has been bad when three of their four pitchers with the most wins are relievers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 14 hours ago, Down by the River said: Number 4 was a ball, number 5 a strike... The home plate ump had a terrible night. As was already pointed out, he was fairly consistent with the high, inside strike call, but he was all over the map on other pitches. I remember one AB where one of the Jays' hitters laid off a ball a few inches below the strike zone, only to have it called a strike. The very next pitch was in the same area (maybe even a bit lower) but he swung and grounded it to short, because he felt he had to swing. Chris Davis was rung up on a pitch that was obviously a ball as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 45 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: The home plate ump had a terrible night. As was already pointed out, he was fairly consistent with the high, inside strike call, but he was all over the map on other pitches. I remember one AB where one of the Jays' hitters laid off a ball a few inches below the strike zone, only to have it called a strike. The very next pitch was in the same area (maybe even a bit lower) but he swung and grounded it to short, because he felt he had to swing. Chris Davis was rung up on a pitch that was obviously a ball as well.... Yep, definitely an odd strike zone last night. At least we never got the feeling that one team was getting the shaft, although I thought Miley really took advantage of that inside corner "strike" more than the Jays pitchers. Heh, knowing the two teams playing, maybe that was the umps way of keeping the score lower. That being said, with consistent professional bats, the Jays were able to get 5 runs. I'm no fan of striking out a lot, but am willing to forgive last night (especially when compared to the series in Houston, ugh, that was horrific). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantomex Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I wish I was heading back to Toronto this summer to watch the Jays live... Oh well, maybe next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Wow... we are fielding our absolute BEST lineup tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numb3r 16 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Just now, Xbox said: Wow... we are fielding our absolute BEST lineup tonight. Switch saunders and pillar, even tho saunders has great numbers against jimenez he's been pretty inconsistent since all-star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numb3r 16 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Also don't mind putting Travis in leadoff, bautista has terrible numbers against jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Just now, numb3r 16 said: Switch saunders and pillar, even tho saunders has great numbers against jimenez he's been pretty inconsistent since all-star Yeah I only meant we have our top 9 all playing at the same time as our ace pitcher. I still don't like Joey Bats at #1 but all of those batters deserve top 5 so I guess someones gotta leadoff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Just now, numb3r 16 said: Also don't mind putting Travis in leadoff, bautista has terrible numbers against jim Totally agree. I think sometimes the only thing stopping Gibbons from moving Bautista down is that the Jays record with Bautista leading off has been exceptionally good and if it ain't broke why fix it?. Personally, I think that the record is just an anomaly, not that Bautista hasn't been bad there, it just makes more sense to have Travis lead off, particularly since he has put up better numbers in the leadoff stop this year than last. Dirk Hayhurst wrote a very good article on this the other day: http://www.tsn.ca/bautista-best-suited-as-dh-lower-in-the-order-1.557071 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 8 minutes ago, numb3r 16 said: Also don't mind putting Travis in leadoff, bautista has terrible numbers against jim If you put Travis at #1 then on of Martin/Tulo/JB/EE/JD will be out of the top 5 which none of them deserve. I look at it this way - Travis is still right before Bats/JD/EE in the order so you could think of it as 1/2/3/4. As long as it's not 3 up 3 down like last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numb3r 16 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Could it be the jay's??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 (edited) 22 minutes ago, numb3r 16 said: Could it be the jay's??? My guess is Red Sox or White Sox. Probably the Red Sox since they lost Benintendi, but could also be the White Sox since they were trying to acquire him at the deadline. Edited August 30, 2016 by Xbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YummyCakeFace Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Upton chickened out again. Just like he did yesterday at the side wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YummyCakeFace Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Nicely done Travis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YummyCakeFace Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Why not have Bautista lower in the line up until he gets his bat back coming off of injury. Travis should be leading off to get him that possible extra at bat being the highest batting average on the team. Another thing I disagree with Gibby about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 16 minutes ago, YummyCakeFace said: Why not have Bautista lower in the line up until he gets his bat back coming off of injury. Travis should be leading off to get him that possible extra at bat being the highest batting average on the team. Another thing I disagree with Gibby about. Pretty sure Travis is batting lower because of his injury. Bautista got a home run last night, but I still don't like him leading off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YummyCakeFace Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Was that Travis' thumb that was hurt? Can't remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numb3r 16 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) We have to get something done here top of the order Edited August 31, 2016 by numb3r 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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