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
Stromans puppy 4 days ago. Stromans puppy 24hrs ago. Apparently HDMH stands for Height Doesnt Measure Humanity. pic.twitter.com/SiMZuYGWF2
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)
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 19:52 (one year ago) link
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.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 19:59 (one year ago) link
Why the fuck would you do that to a dog
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 03:46 (one year ago) link
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.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 03:57 (one year ago) link
Ya he did that for reasons beyond my understanding. I had to unfollow him on social medi a while back because I couldnât handle his jeuvenile bs anymore.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 14:10 (one year ago) link
https://www.thedodo.com/ear-cropping-cruel-1212872917.html
― na (NA), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 14:11 (one year ago) link
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
― ( ÍĄâ ÍÊ ÍĄâ) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 16:07 (one year ago) link
That was my first thought when I saw the ears (not that I thought he was fighting the dog, but itâs the dog fighting âlookâ.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 16:45 (one year ago) link
So the Jays just gave 50% raises to all their minor leaguers apparently!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 17 March 2019 23:16 (one year ago) link
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.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 20:03 (one year ago) link
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).
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 20:11 (one year ago) link
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 â with Biggio, Smith and Pearson all due to debut over the next couple years. it's going to be fun.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 20:45 (one year ago) link
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 :/
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 21:20 (one year ago) link
conversely the brewers depth chart is nice
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 21:22 (one year ago) link
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.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 22:30 (one year ago) link
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"
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 17:41 (one year ago) link
Bo-ba-fett! Bo-ba-fett! Bo-ba-fett!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 19:02 (one year ago) link
Kendrys traded to the As! it's Rowdy time!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 28 March 2019 00:35 (one year ago) link
Keep getting rid of that dead weight--couple more to go.
― clemenza, Thursday, 28 March 2019 03:28 (one year ago) link
48 mil going out to players not on the team!
And looks like they added Alford instead of Tellez.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 28 March 2019 12:26 (one year ago) link
If Stroman were to have a great year on a poor team, I think he could well be unbearable.
― clemenza, Friday, 29 March 2019 02:17 (one year ago) link
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?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 29 March 2019 10:58 (one year ago) link
If anyone was born to berate management and demand a trade via Twitter, Stroman's the guy. So I hope you're right.
― clemenza, Friday, 29 March 2019 11:26 (one year ago) link
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.
― clemenza, Saturday, 30 March 2019 20:49 (one year ago) link
Too bad we don't have anyone in the minors who might help jumpstart the offense.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 31 March 2019 05:37 (one year ago) link
Bichette?
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 31 March 2019 19:11 (one year ago) link
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.
― clemenza, Monday, 1 April 2019 23:55 (one year ago) link
pillar to the giants
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 16:01 (one year ago) link
You're next, Stroman.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 17:00 (one year ago) link
I'm liking this DePaula guy we're getting back, btw.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 17:01 (one year ago) link
Down at the game tonight. Until Vlad gets here, that place is officially a morgue. Attendance: 12,110.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 03:29 (one year ago) link
What do we think of Grichuk's extension? I guess the price is right, so why not.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 08:26 (one year ago) link
Through six games, the Jays are 1 for 55 in the first three innings.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 11:57 (one year ago) link
re: Gritch â 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.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 18:51 (one year ago) link
Vladisaur Jr. will be activated off the IL for tonight's Dunedin Blue Jays vs. Clearwater Thrashers game.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 4 April 2019 21:06 (one year ago) link
first homer of the minor league season belongs to cavan biggio (off gio gonzalez)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 April 2019 21:36 (one year ago) link
This season is going to both suck - and be fun as shit.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 5 April 2019 01:52 (one year ago) link
VladJr goes 1-4 with a run scored for High A Dunedin route of the Clearwater Thrashers.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 5 April 2019 03:26 (one year ago) link
Outshined by Cavan Biggio!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 5 April 2019 13:00 (one year ago) link
https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2829741-blue-jays-reply-to-fan-asking-about-source-of-justin-smoak-info-literally-us.amp.html
― Buttigieg comes right from the source (Neanderthal), Saturday, 6 April 2019 01:03 (one year ago) link
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.
― clemenza, Saturday, 6 April 2019 23:43 (one year ago) link
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.
― clemenza, Monday, 8 April 2019 12:01 (one year ago) link
ya, it hasn't been that long. just feels long. gonna be another long two weeks.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 8 April 2019 20:58 (one year ago) link
matty shoes for cy young
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 03:04 (one year ago) link
bo bichette, broken hand
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 16:04 (one year ago) link
the Curse of Mook
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 April 2019 16:11 (one year ago) link
Happy Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Day! @BlueJays— Marcus Stroman (@MStrooo6) April 26, 2019
― mookieproof, Friday, 26 April 2019 15:17 (one year ago) link
We were trying to guess where he'd be in the order today: 2nd or 5th for me, a co-worker thought 7th.
― clemenza, Friday, 26 April 2019 16:13 (one year ago) link
He has arrived. Ya llegĂł. @vladdyjr27 @VladGuerrero27 #VladDay #VladdyJr pic.twitter.com/pkKroNvshO— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) April 26, 2019
― Andy K, Friday, 26 April 2019 16:36 (one year ago) link
I only remember the glory.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 26 March 2020 21:54 (eleven months ago) link
The no travel restrictions element of this is particularly interesting for #BlueJays given the Canada fed govâs seemingly more stringent response compared to that of the United Statesâ fed gov. What happens if teams can travel within the US but still canât cross the border? https://t.co/HPLIsUMrvY— Laura Armstrong (@lauraarmy) March 27, 2020
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 March 2020 17:46 (eleven months ago) link
@joe_sheehanRemember that in 1995, Ontario law barred the use of strike breakers, so the Blue Jays were going to have to play in Dunedin before that plan, brought to you by Hall of Famer Bud Selig, fell apart.
Hadn't given him any thought until I saw this, and then I thought yeah, what happened?
https://jaysjournal.com/2020/03/30/toronto-blue-jays-whatever-happened-chris-colabello/
― clemenza, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 20:13 (eleven months ago) link
toronto has banned all public events through june 30
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 20:18 (eleven months ago) link
doesn't include sporting events. its things that require a special city permit for, like pride or caribana.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 22:46 (eleven months ago) link
http://theathletic.com/1701961/2020/03/30/a-shocking-fun-yet-legit-ranking-of-the-greatest-blue-jays-position-players/
Three different lists--the first one is partly a joke.
― clemenza, Friday, 3 April 2020 13:48 (ten months ago) link
I was up at 4:00 last night watching the bat-flip game...A couple of things I'd forgotten: 1) the fantastic one-handed play Donaldson made just prior to the bizarre errant throwback that put the Rangers up; 2) the Pompey slide at home just before Bautista's home run--that the catcher somehow managed to hang on to the ball, and that Texas was fishing for a double-play because of the slide. I've never heard anything like the noise-level, and right from the start of the game; it was so loud, there were constant audio drop-offs. The broadcast crew didn't even mention the bat-flip for at least the first four or five minutes after the home run (went to bed at that point).
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 April 2020 12:55 (ten months ago) link
how
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 19 April 2020 01:59 (ten months ago) link
how on earth do you go to bed right after that?!
I felt confident they would win.
― clemenza, Sunday, 19 April 2020 03:29 (ten months ago) link
vlad moving to 1B
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 July 2020 18:44 (seven months ago) link
Not sure if they want him as a back-up 1b option, or if theyâve just realized heâs never going to be a passable 3b and want him there full time. Either way, about time.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 10 July 2020 19:48 (seven months ago) link
Also surprised the revive wasnât about a storman tweet.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 10 July 2020 19:49 (seven months ago) link
I guess I wasn't paying attention down the stretch last year, because I didn't realize--until they were talking on the radio yesterday--how badly Guerrero faded at the end (.232/.264/.293 in September, no HR). They also said that, according to Guerrero, that's because he was worn out.
The punchline: he comes back this year not having lost any weight. Maybe you can place some of the blame on the pandemic, but wow, that seems clueless.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 16:53 (seven months ago) link
idk -- the weight isn't ideal, but it's pretty common for players that young to fade in their first season playing that many games
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 17:20 (seven months ago) link
i understand the lack of nu-thread motivation when the season may end next week, but i was lookin fwd to "2020 Buffalo Jays"
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 17:54 (seven months ago) link
(xpost) True, but it's hard to believe Guerrero's weight didn't play a part in that, maybe a large part. Honestly, I'd give him some kind of an ultimatum on the weight, within a reasonable time frame. If he doesn't get rid of it, get rid of him, when he still has tons of trade value, and spare yourself the next Prince Fielder/Ryan Howard.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 19:54 (seven months ago) link
Aside from that one home run last night, he hasnât looked so hot so far.
Anyways - really looking forward to watching Pearson pitch tonight!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 20:22 (seven months ago) link
xp jesus you're hard to please! howard wasn't a full-time starter until age 26, fielder age 22. they combined for 10 top-10 mvp finishes before hitting walls at age 30. howard turned into a joke because the phillies gave him an absurd contract, not because he wasn't an extremely good player for five or six years
the jays don't have to pay vlad $30m for each of his decline years, they simply get to work with him for a while while paying him very little. he was an above-league-average hitter as a 20-year-old, which is extremely rare, and he is roughly the same size as pete alonso, whose weight doesn't seem to concern many people
admittedly he hasn't torn shit up like his reputation suggested, but it's not like the jays are pressed for time or have any better options, so you might as well be patient -- he has a very high ceiling and even if he doesn't pan out it won't be anywhere near the disasters you mention
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 20:29 (seven months ago) link
That's it--just disappointment in the gap between good rookie season and the second coming.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 21:17 (seven months ago) link
Are the Aerostar uniforms new?
https://cs.copart.com/v1/AUTH_svc.pdoc00001/PIX133/ce4e5875-3245-48c8-bf24-bf86100f3e20.JPG
― Andy K, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 23:44 (six months ago) link
hahaha I knew they looked familiaryes they're new, and they're quite ugly
― francisF, Thursday, 13 August 2020 01:01 (six months ago) link
I like the powder blue!
Also they are playing like dog shit today. Like fucking single A amateurs.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 13 August 2020 01:10 (six months ago) link
I'm against powder blue in the loose-fitting age in general. How do you like the hats?
Vladdy looking especially like a DH today that may or may not be able to hit. I hate to be negative but I have difficulty watching this team sometimes
― francisF, Thursday, 13 August 2020 01:23 (six months ago) link
esp. with those uniforms :'D
― francisF, Thursday, 13 August 2020 01:24 (six months ago) link
Vlad has been one of the hardest things to watch about this team.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 13 August 2020 01:25 (six months ago) link
def.
― francisF, Thursday, 13 August 2020 01:32 (six months ago) link
hits a home run on queue
― francisF, Thursday, 13 August 2020 01:33 (six months ago) link
I should trash talk him more often.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 13 August 2020 01:36 (six months ago) link
last time i checked this game was 8-2 and now it's 11-11
― âș ✠â â (â), Thursday, 13 August 2020 02:28 (six months ago) link
I saw that. Turned it back on. Now theyâre down 14-11 almost right away.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 13 August 2020 02:36 (six months ago) link
maybe if Stroman re-signs with the Jays this winter you lazyboys can keep using this thread
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 August 2020 13:41 (six months ago) link
Stroman tweets will always be relevant!Speaking of which, I saw he opted out of the season. Pretty amazing haul the Jays got for him considering he only wound up starting 11 games.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 13 August 2020 16:33 (six months ago) link
not when you consider who they traded with :/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 August 2020 17:09 (six months ago) link
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/geddy-lee-cardboard-cutout-blue-jays/
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 13 August 2020 17:13 (six months ago) link
This team is so much goddamn fun to watch.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 29 August 2020 02:06 (six months ago) link
My interest had been awakened a bit before the Yankees series. Hard to care at this point, even if they back into a "playoff" spot.
― clemenza, Sunday, 20 September 2020 03:01 (five months ago) link
Didnât expect them to take 3/4 of this series after how the last one against the Yankees went; but theyâre playoff bound!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 25 September 2020 04:16 (five months ago) link
I think it'd take them advancing to the second round for me to begin to take a sincere interest, but it they were to win today, that'd be a half-step towards that: .550 is at least a legitimate record for a playoff-bound team. So I guess the schedule just lined up perfectly with whatever good 60-game stretch they were going to have during an actual season.
― clemenza, Sunday, 27 September 2020 14:40 (five months ago) link
they oscillate between frustrating to watch and really fun.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 27 September 2020 15:19 (five months ago) link
i don't like this Shoemaker thing.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 13:05 (five months ago) link
Ryu & Walker 1-2 makes a lot more sense, especially since they only need 2 wins, and then throw everybody you have into game 3 if you need tooh well, we'll be in much better shape if they actually pull game one out
― francisF, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 20:58 (five months ago) link
So Shoe did ok. I guess he had really good splits v the Rays and Walker's are terrible.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 00:30 (five months ago) link
"I did not get to the second training well, and I told myself that this cannot happen again. I was overweight, I said that it couldn't happen again, and I got to work at once."
That's a start.
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2047080
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 23:39 (three months ago) link
Vlad has reportedly dropped 40 pounds.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/jays-gm-atkins-sees-benefits-of-gurrero-jr-off-season-weight-loss-1.5920904
― clemenza, Saturday, 20 February 2021 02:07 (one week ago) link
why do you refuse to say he's in the BEST SHAPE OF HIS LIFE
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 February 2021 03:33 (one week ago) link
As long as he's not still round, any shape will do.
― clemenza, Saturday, 20 February 2021 04:00 (one week ago) link
dropping 30-50 lbs before spring training every year can't be good for your health or baseball production
― â, Saturday, 20 February 2021 04:53 (one week ago) link
Kirk, too, is all aboard the best shape of his life train.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 20 February 2021 05:33 (one week ago) link