Blue Jays GDT: 2023 v7 | Sat, Jul 29 | vs LAA | 3:00pm ET/12:00pm PT | Detmers vs Manoah

[mikeyz]

Schneider made a few terrible extra innings management decisions today.

 

[Dr.Funk]

Schneider made a few terrible extra innings management decisions today.

Belt not hitting for Biggio is the only one for me.

 

[Tw1ster]

Probably should use Belt instead of Biggio there. Biggio notoriously struggles with any pitch over 70mph (okay, 95) and this dude is throwing 100

 

[dredeye]

That makes no sense. Putting KK on as the runner was the right call and they were never going to pinch hit for Springer no matter what kind of slump he is in. Biggio should have been sat down for Belt to hit. That was the mistake this inning.

No Schneider is an awful manager. Yes you pinch run for Vladdy but you do it when he’s on first not when he goes to 2nd. Pulled Vladdy there but not the guy in a brutal slump. It was the wrong decision or timing. But yes if you’re adamant on not pinch hitting for George you do for Biggio but didn’t do that either. Just poor management again. I would have 100% ph for Springer being that ice cold.
We are lucky the Angels were brutal all weekend with risp.

Springer has absolutely tattooed 3 balls today with unfortunately nothing to show for it. 100% right call to let him bat.

I’m sure they hoped he’d get one there to get his confidence back and that strike 3 was a brutal call but I’d still pull him.

 

[Discoverer]

No Schneider is an awful manager. Yes you pinch run for Vladdy but you do it when he’s on first not when he goes to 2nd. Pulled Vladdy there but not the guy in a brutal slump. It was the wrong decision or timing. But yes if you’re adamant on not pinch hitting for George you do for Biggio but didn’t do that either. Just poor management again. I would have 100% ph for Springer being that ice cold.
We are lucky the Angels were brutal all weekend with risp.


I’m sure they hoped he’d get one there to get his confidence back and that strike 3 was a brutal call but I’d still pull him.

No manager in baseball pinch hits for Springer in that situation.

 

[Dr.Funk]

No manager in baseball pinch hits for Springer in that situation.

Past, present or future.

 

[dredeye]

No manager in baseball pinch hits for Springer in that situation.

Probably why I’m not a manager but I would have with my player that hasn’t hit in a week at a critical point in the game

 

[Suntouchable13]

I don't quite understand why not use Belt for Biggio? I mean, the result might have been the same but at least you put the better hitter up there. Is he nursing something that we don't know about? Strange decision, imo. Although, yea, Belt has definitely struggled against high velo.

 

[tmlms13]

Phil Nevin losing his mind. For all the stupid ejections we see, how did he not get ejected there? Then he tried to get at the ump after the game. Yikes.

Also, the announcers going on and on about the bad call on the third strike there, going as far as to say it was "a couple balls outside" even though Gameday shows it being maybe a quarter inch off the plate and the fact that they watched the overhead camera view that showed it actually caught plenty of the plate...

If you are unfamiliar with closecall sports it's a really good follow to learn the actual rules instead of homerism from players managers and broadcasters

 

[tmlms13]

Kirk getting jobbed out by two calls that were up.

It's cause he's short. Same reason Judge gets all those called strikes that are low.

Yes umpires should adjust for top and bottom with but it is very difficult. The TV strike zone things don't move.

 

[Discoverer]

If you are unfamiliar with closecall sports it's a really good follow to learn the actual rules instead of homerism from players managers and broadcasters

Nice, that's really well done and I hadn't heard of it. The part that really got me (and it's in one of the clips on that video) is the announcers watching the overhead replay where you see that the ball went over the plate and saying "Yeah, you can see it was off the plate there." I just don't get it.

 

[kb]

Nice, that's really well done and I hadn't heard of it. The part that really got me (and it's in one of the clips on that video) is the announcers watching the overhead replay where you see that the ball went over the plate and saying "Yeah, you can see it was off the plate there." I just don't get it.

It's just further 'conditioning' of humans to never trust anything they see for themselves, just blindly believe what you are told.

Been going on for many years now everywhere.

 

[Discoverer]

It's just further 'conditioning' of humans to never trust anything they see for themselves, just blindly believe what you are told.

Been going on for many years now everywhere.

Seems a little more conspiratorial that what I was going for... I figure he wasn't paying attention to the replay or had a bias or something.

 

[kb]

Seems a little more conspiratorial that what I was going for... I figure he wasn't paying attention to the replay or had a bias or something.

In all sports it's occuring.

I mean the Apple TV announcer basically flat out lied, and if he actually couldn't see that crossed the plate on several replays.....what is he doing being a broadcaster if he can't see? lol

 

[Scintillating10]

Jays trade for Jordan Hicks. Has a live arm but we need a bat.

 

[MK78]

Sucks they blew this one and didnt complete a sweep. Horrible RISP result again.

Good they got Jordan Hicks, finally some power in the bullpen. But yeah, they need an impact every day bat.

 

[CabanaBoy5]

Time to move Springer further down the lineup till he figures it out. Yeah, he hit the ball harder, but it's still an out. He's coming up in key situations with runners on base and not producing. Not saying he's crap or anything, and he will eventually figure it out, but moving down to batting fifth hasn't been the remedy. Worked for Varsho today hitting ninth.