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

Yes--Ernie Whitt's HR in the 10-0 comeback an all-time Jays moment.

First time ever: team comes back from seven down one day, same two teams the next day and the other comes back from seven down.

The other day, in advance of Stroman leaving, one of the call-in shows was canvassing callers for their top 5 Blue Jay starters ever. The hosts talked for 10 or 15 minutes first. Halladay and Steib, obviously, they agreed. They both included Clemens--I wouldn't, because you're talking about a two-year stint, but if you want to, fine. After that, they batted around Hentgen, Stroman, Guzman, Estrada...not even once did Jimmy Key's name come up! Checking Blue Jay leaders, Key still sits 3rd in WAR, 3rd in ERA (tied with Stieb; 2nd among starters), 4th in wins, and 4th in IP. He's such an obvious pick for me, either third or fourth depending upon Clemens.

i hear bo’s been called up?

Ya.

The one thing that seems clear is that Shapiro and Atkins were fixated on getting rid of all remnants of the '15/16 teams--just Smoak is left, who I guess is cheap enough and drama-free enough that he gets to stay. So they have their clean slate, and they have their core of young position players right on or ahead of schedule. Now all they have to do is conjure up a pitching staff out of thin air.

i think that's why the deals we saw were light on the returns. they had their plan and were going to stick with them. extending Stroman might have made sense - most their future hitting core are up, so why not lock in a solid arm, or at least see how things look next year. but i think they were just determined to move everyone they could for what they could.

they went into the deadline around 21 on the fangraphs farm system rankings and have moved themselves into the #16 slot (most of that movement was from from Kay and SWR). but i feel like they could have done a lot better.

With the very large caveat that we've been playing the Orioles and Royals, the new guys are kind of exciting right now. I'm nicknaming them "The Squad."

Stroman not good, Sanchez throwing a no-hitter through 6--win some, lose some.

Very small sample size but how in the world does Brent Strom get all these pitchers to be that much better?

Someone get Tim Lincecum to Houston.

They actually did it (6 innings from Sanchez). Means nothing, I know, but it will be funny to listen to all the panicked hand-wringing on the Monday call-in.

Is every no-hitter now multiple pitchers?

oh god

This is too funny: 2 HR and 5 RBI for Sogard.

What did Vernon Wells do tonight?

i dunno – but Fisher took a fly ball to the face and had to leave the game last night,

Slump (or simply reality) on deck, but what a start for Bo Bichette:

32 AB, 7 XB hits, 2 HR, .406/.457/.750

He can tie the jays record tonight for hitting streak to start a career. I don’t watch games too often, but might put this one on tonight.

Barfield and Goins (looked it up)--speaking of whom, Goins is playing really well for the White Sox (although not all that often).

yes – Goins is part of the depressingly long list of recently departed Jays who are doing unexpectedly well.

Bo: 2-2, double and a homer.

That was a sweet start to the game.
I kind of find Fishers black eye hilarious.

nine games. blue jays record. also set some mlb record for xbh streak to start a career or somesuch. no biggie.

Yes: 10 XBH in his first nine games--first time ever.

Another double for Bo, his 8th in his first 10 games.

All streaks alive: HR for Bichette today. (We don't concern ourselves with things like "wins" and "losses" anymore.)

This kid.
Also new guy has hit his 2nd home run for us!

double in nine straight games is a major league record

Was just going to post: XBH in nine straight games, first rookie to do that since Ted Williams of the MFL.

Ridiculous start. Plus Vlad Jr seems like he has some potential too...

Cavan Biggio has 41 walks in a little over 200 AB!

(59 games)

seems legit

so the one game i do not check in on.

vlad since bo arrived: .373/.429/.686, 191 wRC+

never let them be separated again

Bo now 1/5th of the way to his dad's career bWAR! (only a smidgen over 1/10th of the way according to fWAR).

Another record last night...sort of--these x-number-of-games records are admittedly a little contrived.

🚨 MLB HISTORY ALERT 🚨@19boknows is the only player EVER to record 15 extra-base hits in his first 15 games! pic.twitter.com/5PL1ljeUsw

— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) August 13, 2019

They Won't Shut Up About Bo Bichette: 2019 Blue Jays Thread

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EB7t92uXUAAP4xh.jpg:small

ha!

2020 Blue Jays Thread: *I* won't shut up about Nate Pearson.

Didn't realize we had more spawn on the way: Griffin Conine, currently leading the Midwestern League in HR. (22 in A-ball doesn't seem that special, but they had somebody on the call-in yesterday who was high on him.)

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=conine000gri

Oh--50-game suspension last year.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/suspended-blue-jays-prospect-griffin-conine-releases-statement-twitter/

he's def got his flaws. his k-rate is the big red flag. he's also playing around dudes roughly his age, normally with prospects you like to see them succeeding against players older than them. not sure why they haven't promoted him either – if it's the Ks or his defence or what.

That's the thing that gives me pause too--by "22 in A-ball," I meant his age, not how many HR he's hit. They'll have to start moving him up the ladder quickly if they want him up here before he's 25.

(They always link fathers-sons-brothers on Baseball Reference, but they don't Griffin linked to Jeff yet.)

maybe BR knows something Jeff/Griffin don't!

I clicked on "contact" and sent them a message about this a few days ago, got a response today:

"We only link major league player relationships. If Griffin makes it to the majors, then we'd add the link on his newly created major league page."

That seems kind of silly to me. Your father is only officially your father if you make it to the majors.

I wonder if Guerrero's finished for the year? Not a lot of incentive to bring him back too quickly.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/expect-blue-jays-cautious-guerrero-jr-regardless-diagnosis/

This would be his 3rd IL stint this year iirc?

They’re saying that the mri came back clean, so I’d be surprised if he was done for the year, even with being cautious.

#17 prospect and 2016 first round pick TJ Zeuch just threw a no hitter for the AAA Bisons!