Jays 2023

[Toronto Passions]

Yaay! I get to watch The Dodgers vs The A’s tomorrow at Dodger Stadium….. sadly, the reality is I’ll be looking at my phone for the Ryu boxscore the whole time. I would even consider bringing my headphones for my MLB app radio broadcast, but these tickets are a gift and that’s just plain rude. Lol. No disrespect to the Dodgers.

Philip

 

[tml]

Yaay! I get to watch The Dodgers vs The A’s tomorrow at Dodger Stadium….. sadly, the reality is I’ll be looking at my phone for the Ryu boxscore the whole time. I would even consider bringing my headphones for my MLB app radio broadcast, but these tickets are a gift and that’s just plain rude. Lol. No disrespect to the Dodgers.

Philip

You get to see the A's in their final 2 months representing Oakland.

 

[Insidious Von]

Still no update on BoBoChette, I'm not speculating.

Bob Einstein was the funniest man alive.

 

[ramblin]

Ryan Mountcastle has been kyrptonite to the Blue Jays. In last nights game he hit 2 for 3, two doubles and a run scoring sacrifice fly. He was responsible for 3 of The Orioles 4 runs. That double in the first inning was particularily tough.

Is it worth intentionally walking him some of the time he's at bat? The Jays did intentionally walked Shohei a few times over the weekend, after he did damage in Game 1 and Chapman chewed out Schneider, so they aren't adverse to using the intentional walk when it makes sense.

 

[Toronto Passions]

You get to see the A's in their final 2 months representing Oakland.

I guess so. Yeah I did think about that. I don’t even know what’s going on with that….. is it official? Are they moving to Vegas?

Philip

 

[unassuming]

Fuck'n Mountcastle! Jays have to walk him every at bat for the next 3 games!

They have to make a dead for Teo ,in case Bo is out indefinitely.

 

[K Douglas]

CC Sabathia as well.

The unknown factor of sorts is the pitch clock… that being said I’m not sure if those guys worked that slow either Where it comes into play now is a longer at bat. You get more rest in between batters. But when you get to say 6 pitches in the middle of at bat, you can no longer reset and take a bit of a break which I am sure many of the guys above did.

I think it’s at least a small part of the factor but probavly not near the biggest part of it. His slider has no bite and his command is off early in innings as well before fatigue would set in.

Agree but CC Sabathia was also taller. Still he would have a hard time with the pitch clock today.

 

[K Douglas]

Fuck'n Mountcastle! Jays have to walk him every at bat for the next 3 games!

They have to make a dead for Teo ,in case Bo is out indefinitely.

We need to do something to shake up our pitiful offense. Putting Belt in the 3 slot is just stupid. I get that he has a good OBP but he strikes out way too much. 102 strikeouts in 284 plate appearances is terrible for anyone hitting in the top 5 of the order. This is the batting order I would put out on field vs. RHP
1. Merrifield
2. Bichette
3. Springer
4. Vladdy
5. Keirmeier
6. Chapman
7. Belt
8. Jansen
9. Varsho

 

[Toronto Passions]

Agree but CC Sabathia was also taller. Still he would have a hard time with the pitch clock today.

I wonder how Clemens would have done with the pitch clock.

Philip

 

[K Douglas]

How could a guy who was so dominant for a year and a half seemingly lose it so suddenly. He is struggling mightily to find the strike zone.

I believe it is mostly mental.

 

[unassuming]

Jays are getting SS Paul De Young:

Paul DeJong Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Paul DeJong. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

www.baseball-reference.com

 

[K Douglas]

This acquisition of DeJong tells me the injury to Bichette may be more serious than first thought.

 

[K Douglas]

While I agree with most of your suggestion, Bichette is a question mark now and I would move Jano out of the 8th spot as that's where you typically have your worst hitter. So Varsho right now.

I had Springer in 4th in my post the other week. But since then he's leading the team with hitting into double plays, so I would maybe drop him to 5th so in theory the bases are clear after the clean up hitter. If The Jays can get a clean up hitter.

Yes I didn't like having Jansen at 8 tbh. He's arguably been one of our better hitters the past month or so.

 

[maurice93]

This acquisition of DeJong tells me the injury to Bichette may be more serious than first thought.

That was my initial thought but on further reflection The answer to that could be yes or no. The Jays needed an upgrade over Espinal and Bichettr irregardless of Bichettes injury. So it could be just that and Dejong is a nice fillet for 10 or 20 days … or it could be because Bichette has a more serious injury.

Either way it’s a help at a low prospect cost … except they Jays will probably have to cut him a cheque of 3m at the end of the year.

I suspect the Jays are not going to give out any real info on Bichette until aftet the trade deadline … would only make sense for leverage purposes.

 

[maurice93]

Yes I didn't like having Jansen at 8 tbh. He's arguably been one of our better hitters the past month or so.

I’m fine with Jansen at 7 or 8 — he is a good clutch hitter but has a terrible OBP. That type of hitter is better at the bottom of the order.

 

[The Oracle]

This acquisition of DeJong tells me the injury to Bichette may be more serious than first thought.

It was very un Bichette like not to try to hobble back to first last night when he pulled up lame.

He must have been in a lot of pain to just stop dead like that and bend over.

I'm thinking this could be serious.....He might miss the rest of the season. Hope not though he's such an all around great player. He's worked hard on his defense this year and it shows.

 

[The Oracle]

Jays are getting SS Paul De Young:

Paul DeJong Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Paul DeJong. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

www.baseball-reference.com

''In 2015, DeJong graduated from ISU with a degree in biochemistry with a pre-medical emphasis. He had a 3.74 GPA and a plan to attend medical school in case a career in professional baseball would not have worked out.''

Baseball aside he's a very smart guy...Looks like he's struggled there for a few years after a promising start to his career.

Looks like they don't like what they have in Espinal either.

 

[Toronto Passions]

Report: Blue Jays 'front-runners' to acquire Mariners' Teoscar Hernandez

The Toronto Blue Jays are reportedly at the front of the line to acquire Seattle Mariners outfielder Teoscar Hernandez.

www.sportsnet.ca

Come on Blue Jays let’s get this done….Bring Teoscar home!!!

Philip

 

[shack]

We need to do something to shake up our pitiful offense. Putting Belt in the 3 slot is just stupid. I get that he has a good OBP but he strikes out way too much. 102 strikeouts in 284 plate appearances is terrible for anyone hitting in the top 5 of the order. This is the batting order I would put out on field vs. RHP
1. Merrifield
2. Bichette
3. Springer
4. Vladdy
5. Keirmeier
6. Chapman
7. Belt
8. Jansen
9. Varsho

Actually, by most metrics, the Jays offense is pretty good.

Ranking in all of MLB (lots of top 10's):
batting average-5th
at bats/game-2nd
hits/gm-5th
slugging%-9th
OBP-8th
OPS-9th
runs/gm-15th
HR/gm-14th

The 2 stats that are killing them:
Hit into double play-27th in MLB
Runners left in scoring position-28th in MLB

They get lots of hits and lots of men on base, but they squander their opportunities. Their timely hitting is real bad. How do you correct that when the stats show that the guys in the order can definitely hit way above the league average. But for some reason the don't do it with men on base/in scoring position. And in general it's different guys on different nights that strand the baserunners.

They have the same skill set when they come to the plate with men on base, but they don't display it when it's most needed. It's a mental thing. How does that get corrected?

As for Belt, yes he has a good OBP which is his job, so maybe it is the guy(s) behind him who are the problem. It's not his fault that they can't advance him.

TBH, it's a weird situation.

 

[Toronto Passions]

Actually, by most metrics, the Jays offense is pretty good.

Ranking in all of MLB (lots of top 10's):
batting average-5th
at bats/game-2nd
hits/gm-5th
slugging%-9th
OBP-8th
OPS-9th
runs/gm-15th
HR/gm-14th

The 2 stats that are killing them:
Hit into double play-27th in MLB
Runners left in scoring position-28th in MLB

They get lots of hits and lots of men on base, but they squander their opportunities. Their timely hitting is real bad. How do you correct that when the stats show that the guys in the order can definitely hit way above the league average. But for some reason the don't do it with men on base/in scoring position. And in general it's different guys on different nights that strand the baserunners.

They have the same skill set when they come to the plate with men on base, but they don't display it when it's most needed. It's a mental thing. How does that get corrected?

As for Belt, yes he has a good OBP which is his job, so maybe it is the guy(s) behind him who are the problem. It's not his fault that they can't advance him.

TBH, it's a weird situation.

Teoscar Teoscar Soon Soon?

Philip