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

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/

This team is so much goddamn fun to watch.

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.

Didn’t expect them to take 3/4 of this series after how the last one against the Yankees went; but they’re playoff bound!

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.

they oscillate between frustrating to watch and really fun.

i don't like this Shoemaker thing.

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 to
oh well, we'll be in much better shape if they actually pull game one out

So Shoe did ok. I guess he had really good splits v the Rays and Walker's are terrible.

"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

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

why do you refuse to say he's in the BEST SHAPE OF HIS LIFE

As long as he's not still round, any shape will do.

dropping 30-50 lbs before spring training every year can't be good for your health or baseball production

Kirk, too, is all aboard the best shape of his life train.

bo: fastest to 100 hits in blue jays history

An unexpected list of names there.

Also Julian Merryweather has looked like a fucking god in the two innings he’s pitched so far.

Matz looked great today. Good start to the season this far!

Ryu + Scrubs seems like an ineffective game plan, with hindsight

Two of the scrubs are there because the starters are injured!

I know, but relying on Pearson as the number 2 guy was my main problem even before he was foreseeably injured. Just frustrated is all

Yeah I wish they went for someone like Odorizzi.

vlad's off to a nice start eh

Him and Grich!

man, Grich was looking like Pillar in that first Angels game -- couple of huge diving grabs

One was because he jumped the wrong direction at first tho.