I guess I shouldn't be surprised, with the Rays due for a reality check, but I am. And if they sweep, wow.
― clemenza, Sunday, 16 April 2023 05:31 (one year ago) link
As perplexing as ever. (I mean, I know the Rays were due, and the Astros are the Astros, but still.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 01:59 (one year ago) link
"I know the Rays were due"--that didn't quite come out right. Due to bounce back from the two losses, I meant.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 02:03 (one year ago) link
Third good start in a row by Bassitt. I feel a little sorry for him, in that he got hammered so badly his first start, it'll probably take him till the All-Star break to get his ERA under 4.00, and maybe not even then.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 03:12 (one year ago) link
i think he's having some serious trouble with the new pitching rules. the short timeframe to select a pitch and start your motion is a lot more deal-able with for a two-pitch closer vs a 6-pitch Bassitt. looks like he (and possibly Schnider) had a talking to from the ump last night about something... my guess is he maybe wasn't coming all the way set each time before starting his motion and they maybe got a warning after someone noticed
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 14:08 (one year ago) link
As Lou Reed once said, it's called bad luck.
https://ca.yahoo.com/sports/news/blue-jays-star-george-springer-is-off-to-a-cursed-start-to-mlb-season-200820692.html
― clemenza, Friday, 21 April 2023 20:31 (one year ago) link
Found this rather surprising: Gausman's 11 K today only the second time ever a Jay has struck out 11 in Yankee Stadium (Clemens the other).
― clemenza, Sunday, 23 April 2023 20:49 (one year ago) link
Starters’ combined ERA last 7 games, including tonight: 0.96
― francisF, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 01:11 (one year ago) link
(all QS)
― francisF, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 01:15 (one year ago) link
ok i’m not sure the total numbers but we can add on 5.2 IP 0 RA for the starter Kikuchi to this run of amazing starts, but the main story today might be that the bullpen struck out 9 of the last 10 batters!? for a total of 17.Looking forward to the at least competent Mariners. Firing on all cylinders right now
― francisF, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 20:43 (one year ago) link
Really happy to see them sweep the kind of team they need to periodically sweep.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 21:01 (one year ago) link
so the last 8 starts: 0.86 ERA / 0.69 WHIP
― francisF, Thursday, 27 April 2023 00:11 (one year ago) link
Manoah's struggling (100 pitches in five innings, four walks), but he bulldozed through. If Springer and Varsho can get going, their offense will be tough 1-9.
― clemenza, Saturday, 29 April 2023 12:45 (one year ago) link
Kind of bored with the whole Gatorade thing, but today--Varsho's walk-off--I loved it.
― clemenza, Saturday, 29 April 2023 21:36 (one year ago) link
Kind of amazed by this: first time the Jays have ever started 18-9.
― clemenza, Sunday, 30 April 2023 18:20 (one year ago) link
Down 4-0 by the time I turn on the TV; Jays go up 8-4, I head out to the gym. Come back, down 10-8. What the hell happened!?
― clemenza, Sunday, 30 April 2023 20:49 (one year ago) link
Jays started 18-9 in 2009 & 1992 fwiw
what happened wuz: Richards, Bass and Garcia. Romano and Swanson unavailable.
did you see Merrifield seemingly walking and striking out in the same AB? Apparently there was a balk called on the first 3-2 count
― francisF, Sunday, 30 April 2023 22:29 (one year ago) link
Disgruntled old guy looking for new favourite team.
― clemenza, Friday, 5 May 2023 01:54 (one year ago) link
Jays have scored 51 runs in Kikuchi's seven starts (not all while he was still in the game--a better road-to-recovery even than developing a new pitch.
― clemenza, Sunday, 7 May 2023 23:46 (one year ago) link
Missing end bracket after "game"...
― clemenza, Sunday, 7 May 2023 23:47 (one year ago) link
I don't know what's going on with Manoah, if it's just a normal shaky stretch or if it has something to do with not adjusting to the pitch clock. Eight starts: two exceptional, the other six mediocre or poor.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 10 May 2023 12:29 (one year ago) link
Was at a movie, so just caught the tail end on the radio, but, if I heard right, Bassitt threw the Jays' first CG since Stroman in 2017, and first CG shutout since Buehrle in 2015. That's almost a decade--I know I shouldn't be amazed, but I am.
― clemenza, Saturday, 13 May 2023 02:27 (one year ago) link
Me, three weeks ago: "it'll probably take (Bassitt) till the All-Star break to get his ERA under 4.00, and maybe not even then."
He's down to 3.49. Minus his opening-day meltdown, he's given up 10 earned runs in 45.2 IP: 1.97.
― clemenza, Saturday, 13 May 2023 12:51 (one year ago) link
Whoah! Highlight of the year so far.
― clemenza, Sunday, 14 May 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link
what, all the times the Braves ran into each other like Little Leaguers?
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Sunday, 14 May 2023 21:04 (one year ago) link
I was at a movie this afternoon, so just caught the last inning.
― clemenza, Sunday, 14 May 2023 21:16 (one year ago) link
Manoah getting roughed up again. Two excellent starts out of 9, not even one other quality start. I've probably forgotten someone obvious, but Judge might be the biggest Jay killer since Brett.
― clemenza, Monday, 15 May 2023 23:23 (one year ago) link
Judge (before tonight's HR): 98 G, 28 HR, .285/.385/.558Brett: 163 G, 22 HR, .321/.402/.551
― clemenza, Monday, 15 May 2023 23:32 (one year ago) link
Judge and possible sign-stealing last night seems to be a story. Going by his career record against the Jays, I'm not putting much stock in it.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 15:58 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah, there's no way he'd hit that AAAA-pitcher's hanging slider that drifted into his hot zone like a gigantic meatball without some covert tech.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 20:44 (eleven months ago) link
You may as well be talking about Manoah these days.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 20:47 (eleven months ago) link
(Just realized you are! I thought his second one was off someone different.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 20:49 (eleven months ago) link
Um, good company at the bottom at least!
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/blue-jays-alek-manoah-is-experiencing-a-near-unpredented-fall-from-grace-185226741.html
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 18:51 (eleven months ago) link
Couldn't watch tonight, but wow, Bassitt almost has his ERA under 3.00. When you start the year by giving up 9 runs in 3 innings, that's a pretty remarkable thing to manage by mid-May.
― clemenza, Thursday, 18 May 2023 03:23 (eleven months ago) link
Don't mean to fixate on Manoah, but thought this was something: last year, batters hit under .200 off his slider; this year, almost .370.
― clemenza, Thursday, 18 May 2023 14:14 (eleven months ago) link
Had some fantasy they were going to win 100 games this year; scratching out another wild-card seems to again be the best possible outcome.
― clemenza, Saturday, 20 May 2023 05:19 (eleven months ago) link
Par for the course these days:
https://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/blue-jays-forced-to-pull-alek-manoah-from-game-due-to-incredible-mistake/615378
Not that they weren't going to find a way to lose anyway.
― clemenza, Sunday, 21 May 2023 03:54 (eleven months ago) link
Schneider may be a bit of a bozo
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 21 May 2023 13:20 (eleven months ago) link
He seemed to be toying with sending Kikuchi out to run in extras today, until Baltimore blew it wide open. Not sure how long a leash he has, but this is turning into a disaster in the making.
― clemenza, Sunday, 21 May 2023 21:26 (eleven months ago) link
We're currently in last place, but are tops in the league in another very important stat:
https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2023/5/18/23728526/blue-jays-hot-dogs-loonie-stat-mlb-toronto
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 22 May 2023 08:59 (eleven months ago) link
I'll be down for the Aug. 15 game against the Phillies, but (diabetes II) will avoid the hot dogs. So maybe this guy need to make an adjustment (xHD+) for medical factors.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 May 2023 13:31 (eleven months ago) link
If there's a silver lining to this nightmare (there isn't--I'm just pretending), it's that Manoah probably needed a dose of humility. He's getting enough to last him till he's 30.
― clemenza, Friday, 26 May 2023 01:36 (eleven months ago) link
Curious as to how they handle this: write the year off and wait, do something dramatic (top of the list would be bailing on either Vladdy or Bo), fire Schneider (seems doubtful, but who knows). They fired Jimy Williams 36 games into the season in '89, but there was no WC then.
― clemenza, Friday, 26 May 2023 14:39 (eleven months ago) link
Bo is so streaky, that I expect he'll go into funk at some point in the near future, so I'll enjoy this while it lasts: one of the best players in the game right now (tied with Acuna for second in bWAR behind Franco), has pushed his career average over .300 and career slugging pct. to almost .500, is following through on Dave Fleming's MVP prediction, and has three HOF'ers on his Similarity-Score list through 24 (Lazzeri, Berra, and Banks). Also on there: Tulowitzki, Cano, Nomar, and Hanley Ramirez, which sounds about right: I still wonder if he's Juan Samuel, and could see him flaming out before he's 30.
― clemenza, Monday, 29 May 2023 12:57 (eleven months ago) link
Blue Jays pitcher Anthony Bass is under fire after he shared a social media post promoting the anti-LGBTQ campaigns to boycott Target and Bud Light over their Pride-themed partnerships and campaigns. https://t.co/u87oebUwBl— Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) May 30, 2023
― na (NA), Tuesday, 30 May 2023 18:27 (eleven months ago) link
I read about this and it didn’t surprise me that he is a right wing piece of shit, but it did that he did this in spite of the Jays having some Budweiser sponsored home run thing?
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Tuesday, 30 May 2023 18:31 (eleven months ago) link
Oh ok, just saw he was doing a press conference in an hour. Expect him to eat shit as well as innings in lost games. Feel sorry for Toronto fans.
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Tuesday, 30 May 2023 18:34 (eleven months ago) link
'the Pride community'
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 20:57 (eleven months ago) link
I KNOW
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Tuesday, 30 May 2023 21:06 (eleven months ago) link
Pretty common observation about your hometown team, but a third of the way through, they are puzzling. Except for Manoah's total implosion (getting worse), a number of things have gone well or even better than that: Bo, Chapman, Kiermaier, Gausman, Bassitt, Berrios, Merrifield. Another half-dozen guys have been just okay--not gaping holes or anything. So other than Manoah, it's hard to point one place and say "That's the problem." A bunch of the okays just have to play better, Vladdy and Springer especially, of course. (I haven't watched enough to vouch for this, but a couple of the FAN guys were saying they do a lot of boneheaded stuff on the basepaths.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 June 2023 15:00 (eleven months ago) link