The 2017 Blue Jay season thread

[Insidious Von]

Roberto Osuna has anxiety issues....and he's even more dominant. Not one wasted pitch today.

Like I said before, Osuna grew up in Cartel territory. He's too young not to be affected by it. I haven't located the psychologist Osuna is conferring with, but he has had talks with Gold Medalist Clara Hughes.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/roberto-osuna-blue-jays-anxiety-1.4178752

 

[Toronto Passions]

The Sky Dome of 1989 is not the Rogers Centre of 2017. They moved the outfield walls and it's now a much more hitter friendly park.

Are you sure? All I could find was this describing 1989. https://thebaseballscholar.com/ballparks/rogers-centre/:

SkyDome (1989–2005)
FIELD DIMENSIONS
Left field : 328 ft
Left center field : 375 ft
Center field : 400 ft
Right center field : 375 ft
Right field : 328 ft
CAPACITY
49,282
FIRST GAME
June 5, 1989
Milwaukee Brewers







And this describing 2017 taken from Wikipedia for Rogers Center:

Left Field Line - 328 feet (100 m)
Left-Centre Power Alley - 375 feet (114 m)
Centre Field - 400 feet (122 m)
Right-Centre Power Alley - 375 feet (114 m)
Right Field Line - 328 feet (100 m)
Backstop - 60 feet (18 m)


Aside from them changing their turf 20 billion times, I couldn't find any other information regarding the changing of playing field dimensions.

Philip

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Are you sure? All I could find was this describing 1989. https://thebaseballscholar.com/ballparks/rogers-centre/:

SkyDome (1989–2005)
FIELD DIMENSIONS
Left field : 328 ft
Left center field : 375 ft
Center field : 400 ft
Right center field : 375 ft
Right field : 328 ft
CAPACITY
49,282
FIRST GAME
June 5, 1989
Milwaukee Brewers


And this describing 2017 taken from Wikipedia for Rogers Center:

Left Field Line - 328 feet (100 m)
Left-Centre Power Alley - 375 feet (114 m)
Centre Field - 400 feet (122 m)
Right-Centre Power Alley - 375 feet (114 m)
Right Field Line - 328 feet (100 m)
Backstop - 60 feet (18 m)


Aside from them changing their turf 20 billion times, I couldn't find any other information regarding the changing of playing field dimensions.

Philip

Uhm Philip, I love you (and your girls) to death, but you do realize the dimensions you just posted are pretty much the same, right (from 1989 to 2017)???

 

[Dawgger]

The Sky Dome of 1989 is not the Rogers Centre of 2017. They moved the outfield walls and it's now a much more hitter friendly park.

Are you sure? All I could find was this describing 1989. https://thebaseballscholar.com/ballparks/rogers-centre/:

SkyDome (1989–2005)
FIELD DIMENSIONS
Left field : 328 ft
Left center field : 375 ft
Center field : 400 ft
Right center field : 375 ft
Right field : 328 ft
CAPACITY
49,282
FIRST GAME
June 5, 1989
Milwaukee Brewers







And this describing 2017 taken from Wikipedia for Rogers Center:

Left Field Line - 328 feet (100 m)
Left-Centre Power Alley - 375 feet (114 m)
Centre Field - 400 feet (122 m)
Right-Centre Power Alley - 375 feet (114 m)
Right Field Line - 328 feet (100 m)
Backstop - 60 feet (18 m)


Aside from them changing their turf 20 billion times, I couldn't find any other information regarding the changing of playing field dimensions.

Philip

Uhm Philip, I love you (and your girls) to death, but you do realize the dimensions you just posted are pretty much the same, right (from 1989 to 2017)???

Phil put the bottle down! He realizes it, in fact, that is his point!

 

[Toronto Passions]

Phil put the bottle down! He realizes it in, fact, that is his point!

Lol ty

Philip

 

[ultistar]

Iirc wasn't it the change in air conditioning that turned Skydome into a hitters park?

Of course in 2017, only the visiting teams seem to be hitting well there.

 

[Keebler Elf]

I thought they changed the height of the outfield wall...

 

[Toronto Passions]

I thought they changed the height of the outfield wall...

They definitely changed the design. And the Jumbotron is now some HDTV thing lol.

Philip

 

[black booty lover]

The Sky Dome of 1989 is not the Rogers Centre of 2017. They moved the outfield walls and it's now a much more hitter friendly park.

The walls are the exact same distance now as the day it opened.

 

[Keebler Elf]

Happ looked great yesterday. Nice to see a Blue Jays pitcher in complete command of his pitches. And the Jays scoring with base hits instead of home runs? I thought I was watching an episode of the Twilight Zone!

 

[Keebler Elf]

The walls are the exact same distance now as the day it opened.

Yup. This was already confirmed in post #2017.

 

[Big Rig]

Happ looked great yesterday. Nice to see a Blue Jays pitcher in complete command of his pitches.

Great to see. He will fetch some good young talent in a trade as Jays dump vets and free agents if the Jays are smart

If Estrada gets back into form he will fetch same young talent as well as contenders load up on pitching

 

[Dartman]

I have a program for opening day at the Skydome in mint condition

 

[Toronto Passions]

I have a program for opening day at the Skydome in mint condition

I was there too, and I had a rusty old keychain tag that fell off of my keychain 27 years ago lol. It was pretty cool I wish I kept it safe.

Philip

 

[tombrady12]

Estrada shits the bed again. Too bad the game isn't 4 innings lol 6 runs on 4 dingers so far.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

What to do about Estrada now??
You can't keep sending him out there when he's giving up 5 or 6 runs every game

 

[tombrady12]

We have no better options right now, sadly. Best case, he gets traded and Sanchez comes back healthy.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Estrada's contract expires end of this season and he becomes a UFA

 

[tombrady12]

Does that stop us from trading him now?

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Does that stop us from trading him now?

If he keeps pitching like this it will be the smart move.
But who will want him, he turned 34 today??
I doubt you'll get much for him