Marcus Stroman won't stop tweeting; 2019 Vlad Guerrero Jr/Blue Jays thread

i'm really starting to hate Stroman. constant humble bragging about his lifestyle to bitching about how unfair the game is to him/players and now this:

Stromans puppy 4 days ago. Stromans puppy 24hrs ago. Apparently HDMH stands for Height Doesnt Measure Humanity. pic.twitter.com/SiMZuYGWF2

— 🕶 (@JaysTrain2Reign) March 11, 2019

which is a shame because i love the intensity and hustle he brings to the field.

anyways. Anthony Alford is having an electric spring and i'd love to see him open as our starting LF or CF. hopefully last year was a fluke. (i hope this comment doesn't age brutally)

ugh - didn't realize the pic would display like that... sorry everyone!

When he's winning and the team's winning, I want all the theatrics from him that I don't want when they're not. (I get the feeling he's really worried about going on the market--another poor season and his value will be comparatively nothing--so he's flailing about trying to do this, that, and the other to get an extension.)

Why the fuck would you do that to a dog

Sorry, I just glided past the dog photos--Stroman did that? I don't get it. When I said theatrics, I meant his on-field theatrics.

Ya he did that for reasons beyond my understanding. I had to unfollow him on social medi a while back because I couldn’t handle his jeuvenile bs anymore.

https://www.thedodo.com/ear-cropping-cruel-1212872917.html

it's a shitty thing that people do to their dogs for aesthetic reasons. when i see it in vancouver it's exclusively rich peoples' dogs. but i think the practice has origins in dog fighting

That was my first thought when I saw the ears (not that I thought he was fighting the dog, but it’s the dog fighting “look”.

So the Jays just gave 50% raises to all their minor leaguers apparently!

Bo Bichette this spring: 42 PA, .421/.476/.816. That has to be ideal for a young guy playing in the shadow of someone like Guerrero.

it's just spring, but ya - certainly beats him going 5/30. he's also looked pretty good in the field. he keeps this up and i think we'll see him up some time after the break (whenever the super-two date passes).

with him, Vlad, Jansen and Borucki all (probably) playing this year, i'm going to enjoy watching them this season. when i saw that "faith and hope" thing on mlbtr, all i could think about is how much i'm looking forward to this season and the seasons to come – with Biggio, Smith and Pearson all due to debut over the next couple years. it's going to be fun.

i'm going to the game at the olympic stadium tonight! no vlad :( but maybe bichette/biggio?

anyone i shd keep an eye out for? man the jays depth chart is one of the most deeply uninteresting rosters i've seen in a while :/

conversely the brewers depth chart is nice

I was going to lead with "Please post if you see the ghost of ______________," but I just looked up 15 or 20 Expos from the early '70s, and every last one of them is still alive.

Only spring training, for sure. I was just thinking of how much harder it would be for Bichette if all the focus were on him. He's totally under the radar--if Guerrero had had that kind of spring, he'd probably be a bigger story than the Raptors or Leafs right now.

not much on display at that game i am afraid! barely anything even hit as far as the outfield for the first six innings. nice little rally to win it though, and the fact that there's a dude named nate orf meant we got to yell ORF SIDE LONG BEACH a few times, so that was fun! also a "bo bichette" chant started and it took me a second to realize they weren't saying "holy shit"

Bo-ba-fett! Bo-ba-fett! Bo-ba-fett!

Kendrys traded to the As! it's Rowdy time!

Keep getting rid of that dead weight--couple more to go.

48 mil going out to players not on the team!

And looks like they added Alford instead of Tellez.

If Stroman were to have a great year on a poor team, I think he could well be unbearable.

I'm looking forward to seeing whether the Jays can pull off their first proper rebuild since the 80's. Hopefully Stroman also realizes that the window opens next year?

If anyone was born to berate management and demand a trade via Twitter, Stroman's the guy. So I hope you're right.

Between us being the '71 Orioles on the mound or the Tigers being the '68 White Sox with the bat, I'm guessing it's the latter.

Too bad we don't have anyone in the minors who might help jumpstart the offense.

Bichette?

http://phildellio.tripod.com/vladimir.jpg

Not bad. The fact that I noticed Cleveland was the beneficiary before I thought "April Fools" tells you how trustworthy I find current management when it comes to possible collusion.

pillar to the giants

You're next, Stroman.

I'm liking this DePaula guy we're getting back, btw.

Down at the game tonight. Until Vlad gets here, that place is officially a morgue. Attendance: 12,110.

What do we think of Grichuk's extension? I guess the price is right, so why not.

Through six games, the Jays are 1 for 55 in the first three innings.

re: Gritch – it's ok i guess. he a good defender, young and can hit some dingers. so there's some value there and they pay looks appropriate. maybe what's more important is the team is signalling (in this small way) that they are interested in keeping *some* guys around.

Vladisaur Jr. will be activated off the IL for tonight's Dunedin Blue Jays vs. Clearwater Thrashers game.

first homer of the minor league season belongs to cavan biggio (off gio gonzalez)

This season is going to both suck - and be fun as shit.

VladJr goes 1-4 with a run scored for High A Dunedin route of the Clearwater Thrashers.

Outshined by Cavan Biggio!

https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2829741-blue-jays-reply-to-fan-asking-about-source-of-justin-smoak-info-literally-us.amp.html

Looking at the Jays boxscore today (so today's game is included), eight of the nine guys in the starting lineup are hitting between .077-.217; five are sub-Mendoza.

I thought Toronto's .183/.261/.318 slash line might be historically significant, but there are three or four teams right there with us or worse this year.

ya, it hasn't been that long. just feels long. gonna be another long two weeks.

matty shoes for cy young

bo bichette, broken hand

matty shoes for cy young

the Curse of Mook

Happy Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Day! @BlueJays

— Marcus Stroman (@MStrooo6) April 26, 2019

We were trying to guess where he'd be in the order today: 2nd or 5th for me, a co-worker thought 7th.

He has arrived. Ya llegó. @vladdyjr27 @VladGuerrero27 #VladDay #VladdyJr pic.twitter.com/pkKroNvshO

— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) April 26, 2019

I'm going to look into that today. Incredible longshot, but my guess is it's never been done before.

Started working backwards and got to Ted Williams in '42. He led the (white) majors in all five categories--batting average, on-base, slugging, HR, RBI--but Baseball Reference has dropped him to third in batting average behind two Kansas City Monarch players.

would i recognize their names?

Not Josh Gibson-level famous; I didn't recognize them, but I probably should (Ted Strong and Bonnie Farrell).

no clue.

I don't think it would be a bad idea to give Vlad a night off. He had that phenomenal series in Fenway, almost had a couple of 0-fers against the Yankees. He's played every game.

Manoah looked amazing tonight. Had a no hitter go into the 6th… wound up pitching 7 shutout innings with 10 strikeouts!

Hurrah

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31829476/toronto-blue-jays-get-approval-canada-health-officials-july-30-return-reportedly-likely

I wonder if I have a hope in hell of seeing a game.

TOR-TEX runs in the series: 25-2. Can we always play Texas?

I wonder what the series record is since the bat-flip...will look that up.

Overall: 21-14 for Toronto (18-14, + 3-0 playoff sweep).

rough inning

Do the Jays normally play a three-game series' with a different uniform style in each game? Against the Mets they wore the grays, the powder blues, and then the dark blues in succession.

I’m honestly not sure how it’s decided.

on some teams at some times it's supposedly the starting pitcher's choice (assuming a certain veteran prominence)?

in general i suspect it has more to do with the marketing department? as wedded to routine/comfort as players are, i'll bet the whole thing drives them fucking nuts a la chris sale. i can't blame them

That would make sense. I heard Ryu loves the powder blues.

attn clemenza: https://sportsstories.substack.com/p/the-king-and-his-court

Thanks, I'll read that. I think I mentioned that I saw him give an exhibition once--very hazy memory, but I'm pretty sure.

Jays just traded Adams (totally expendable) for Brad Hand.

So that series vs Boston was epic.

yeah.

I can’t watch this team anymore. They can’t score runs when it matters and the pen can’t hold a lead.
These guys are killing me.

well they did just shut out the Rangers but yeah the pattern is pretty bad. beat up on bad teams, choke against good ones.

They manage to make AAAA pitchers look like Nolan Ryan far too often for my liking as well. Having one massive 12 run game every two weeks isn’t going to get it done

lol sorry wrong thread!! xpost

basically all your comments about the jays apply 100% to the sox

variety: red

Ya, I thought you were just confused about the team (Tex vs Det)

Tho, I’d rather have the Red Sox problems right now.

would you really though

Did you see what happened today?! Yes.

Pretty cool six-run comeback w/2 outs in the 8th, and then another comeback in the ninth.

I had the game going in the background while a (non-baseball fan) neighbour was over and he was 100% invested by the 9th. It was fun.

So this is a weird fucking play. Can’t say I’ve ever seen a pitcher throw a body check before. I don’t want to say it was intentional - but I have no idea why he went straight into him like that

https://www.reddit.com/r/Torontobluejays/comments/plskn8/game_thread_september_10_toronto_blue_jays_7762/"> https://www.reddit.com/r/Torontobluejays/comments/plskn8/game_thread_september_10_toronto_blue_jays_7762/

Ok, that link was funky…

https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/012edaf5-308f-4c66-b402-6d690b91907c.mp4

Most animated jumping-around on that Springer HR was from Gurriel, who evidently knew how terrible that bit of baserunning was.

I was with the kids and missed the game, but had written it off as a loss last time I checked the score, I guess, prematurely!

This has to be the weirdest, liveliest Blue Jay doubleheader ever.

It was an insane 14 innings for sure.

Especially that last inning!!

Gurriel and Teoscar are going crazy.

Manoah's stuff looks insane right now too.

Are you watching? I was in the next room, so I may not have heard him exactly, but I swear Pat Tabler complimented the Jays on their small-ball play recently (not being ironic, either).

team is running amok

if only the yanks had lost today, alas

Boston losing rn!

to Clem: i have gotten very good at tuning out Tabler.

this HR is nuts

Vladdy Jr. is the 3rd player 22 or younger to hit 45 HR through 143 games in a season (Mathews, DiMaggio). pic.twitter.com/3o3NLqKCw0

— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) September 14, 2021

That thing was a laser

15 degrees

Another quality cy young caliber performance today.
1 run through 7 with 13 Ks!!!