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

We’re looking at pick#5 in the draft.

And I came here because BIGGIO JUST LEGIT BUNNTED A MF DOUBLE

Trent Thornton now tied for the team lead in wins (six).

Along the same lines: sad, but Grichuk is the first Jay to lead the team in six key offensive categories (they ran through them last night: I think it was hits, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, and something else). A .233 hitter, OBA under .300.

On the radio they were all “he’s been eleit this season”... ya, no.

At $5M, maybe he's something of a bargain, I don't know. But the fact is, his OPS+ is below league average, and he's 0.5 WAR. He strikes me as basically a replacement-level player this year, so what's the market value for someone right at replacement level?

Less than what he’s gettting paid the next few years.

Old stats bear out new stats (James tweet):

"Once more, 38% of you got it right, which was a plurality. Randal Grichuk missed more opportunities to drive in runs than any other major league player in 2019."

He seems to have done much better when he wasn't batting cleanup.

first of a series in which young-ish blue jays write scouting reports on themselves, which is an interesting angle

https://www.mlb.com/news/blue-jays-thomas-pannone-aims-to-improve

Pearson struck out 3/3 yankees today on 10 pitches.

Go Jays. (I would've entered the '92 team rather than the '93 team. The '93 team had more star-glamour and the big offense, but the pitching advantage to the '92 teams is sizable.)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/article-classic-jays-and-expos-to-face-off-in-computer-simulated-playoff-to/

"'92 team"

give me that '87 outfield any day.

Sorry, but after extensive professional counselling, I have successfully obliterated 1987 from my memory.

I only remember the glory.

The no travel restrictions element of this is particularly interesting for #BlueJays given the Canada fed gov’s seemingly more stringent response compared to that of the United States’ fed gov. What happens if teams can travel within the US but still can’t cross the border? https://t.co/HPLIsUMrvY

— Laura Armstrong (@lauraarmy) March 27, 2020

@joe_sheehan
Remember 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/

toronto has banned all public events through june 30

doesn't include sporting events. its things that require a special city permit for, like pride or caribana.

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.

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).

how

how on earth do you go to bed right after that?!

I felt confident they would win.

vlad moving to 1B

Not sure if they want him as a back-up 1b option, or if they’ve just realized he’s never going to be a passable 3b and want him there full time.
Either way, about time.

Also surprised the revive wasn’t about a storman tweet.

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.

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

i understand the lack of nu-thread motivation when the season may end next week, but i was lookin fwd to "2020 Buffalo Jays"

(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.

Aside from that one home run last night, he hasn’t looked so hot so far.

Anyways - really looking forward to watching Pearson pitch tonight!

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

That's it--just disappointment in the gap between good rookie season and the second coming.

Are the Aerostar uniforms new?

https://cs.copart.com/v1/AUTH_svc.pdoc00001/PIX133/ce4e5875-3245-48c8-bf24-bf86100f3e20.JPG

hahaha I knew they looked familiar
yes they're new, and they're quite ugly

I like the powder blue!

Also they are playing like dog shit today. Like fucking single A amateurs.

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

esp. with those uniforms :'D

Vlad has been one of the hardest things to watch about this team.

def.

hits a home run on queue

I should trash talk him more often.

last time i checked this game was 8-2 and now it's 11-11

I saw that. Turned it back on. Now they’re down 14-11 almost right away.

maybe if Stroman re-signs with the Jays this winter you lazyboys can keep using this thread

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.

not when you consider who they traded with :/

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/geddy-lee-cardboard-cutout-blue-jays/