Blue Jays Discussion: That's it: Jays win, but don't get help from TB/WSH & are eliminated from playoff contention

[Eyedea]

Jimenez, too.
Surprisingly strong ops at 915 over 180 pa’s. And at least Cre Finfrock is a boss name.
What happened with Joey Murray and Jackson Rees to end the year….anyone know?

Not sure about Murray (had a rehab outing in August and was shutdown again) but Jackson Rees had tommy john.

 

[Cloned]

This is gonna be one of those stupid fluke years where Boston wins the WS, isn't it? Ugh.

 

[Dr.Funk]

 

[Dr.Funk]

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Right. I still have no idea why the universal DH wasn't implemented ages ago. MLB traditionalists can take a lap

I like the lack of DH in the NL. Because that way managers have to strategize.

 

[dredeye]

Jays GM Atkins excited about potential in off-season to build upon team's progress - TSN.ca

Atkins confirms Blue Jays coaching staff to return in 2022 - TSN.ca

fckfckfckfck

interested to see what they do with the roster

 

[dredeye]

I like the lack of DH in the NL. Because that way managers have to strategize.

It's scary to think about Montoyo managing in the NL park in a world series.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

I like the lack of DH in the NL. Because that way managers have to strategize.

Eh it's just so painful watching sac bunts and automatic outs. Or even good pitchers being lifted early for a hitting opportunity

Create more jobs and offense with the universal DH

 

[Maestro84]

This is gonna be one of those stupid fluke years where Boston wins the WS, isn't it? Ugh.

If all goes as it should Tampa wipes the floor with Boston

 

[MarkusKetterer]

It's scary to think about Montoyo managing in the NL park in a world series.

True. And I dunno why pitchers are generally terrible at hitting. Like, don’t they grow up doing it?

 

[Nineteen67]

True. And I dunno why pitchers are generally terrible at hitting. Like, don’t they grow up doing it?

The don't get to practice enough and they don’t see enough big league pitches.
Hitting is hard for every day players who take BP everyday.

 

[trellaine201]

Whoever thought Billy McKinney would be in the majors, WC game and playing first base lol

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

That was a Montoyo move bringing in a struggling Reyes in a high leverage situation

 

[Maestro84]

Whoever thought Billy McKinney would be in the majors, WC game and playing first base lol

McKinney and Socrates Brito walked so Vladdy and Springer could run

 

[Maestro84]

Of course Bellinger who’s forgotten how to baseball somehow scores the winning run

 

[OVO16]

Need some predictions for the Blue Jays this off-season. Who we adding? Who we losing?

 

[hoglund]

True. And I dunno why pitchers are generally terrible at hitting. Like, don’t they grow up doing it?

It's because they don't work on it, pitching is their main thing that they're concerned with. There are some who have natural ability like Ruth, Drysdale and Ohtani, but that's rare.

 

[Discoverer]

It's because they don't work on it, pitching is their main thing that they're concerned with. There are some who have natural ability like Ruth, Drysdale and Ohtani, but that's rare.

In addition to not working on it, they're generally just not good at it. Pitching and hitting are two completely different skills. Most pitchers probably never would have come close to the majors as position players, even if they had worked on it their entire lives.

 

[theaub]

The whole thing with "strategery" in the NL is overblown anyways.

 

[Suntouchable13]

True. And I dunno why pitchers are generally terrible at hitting. Like, don’t they grow up doing it?

But most of those guys couldn’t hit early on anyway, that’s why they are pitchers.

 

[Bjindaho]

The whole thing with "strategery" in the NL is overblown anyways.

Well, it wouldn't be so bad if the strategy they employed actually made sense.

An NL team with 10 3 inning pitchers, 2 wipe-out single inning guys, a starting 8 with multiple players that can cover SS and CF, and a bench of quality hitters who make sure that pitchers only get at-bats in blow-outs is the optimal strategy based on the current rules.

 

[weems]

It's actually crazy that one sport has two seperate rules.

Imagine in the NHL, the western conference played some entirely different game than the eastern conference?

 

[Bjindaho]

It's actually crazy that one sport has two seperate rules.

Imagine in the NHL, the western conference played some entirely different game than the eastern conference?

There used to be two different strike zones