Blue Jays GDT: 2024 v2 | Thu, Apr 25 | @ KC | 2pm ET/11am PT | Berrios vs Ragans

[The Nemesis]

Doubtful. Only 80 pitches for Yusei, weird

He was struggling by the end.

 

[MK78]

Turner redeems himself with the play at the plate to save a run

He was struggling by the end.

Yeah I agree with the pull.

 

[Nineteen67]

gets out of it thanks to a big park and heads up play by Turner

 

[Discoverer]

That's a tough call. I wanted them to give Kikuchi another inning, but he did labour a lot through the 6th.

 

[MK78]

That's a tough call. I wanted them to give Kikuchi another inning, but he did labour a lot through the 6th.

yeah for a change I agree with Schneider going to the pen. Plus Kikuchi had something goin on earlier the trainers were out i dont know what it was about... He's been great this year lets not mess with a good thing.

 

[The Nemesis]

lol, they fix the camera issues and then lose the whole broadcast feed during the commercial break. Fantastic job, Sportsnet.

 

[Cloned]

lol, they fix the camera issues and then lose the whole broadcast feed during the commercial break. Fantastic job, Sportsnet.

Earlier this year they went to commercial break in the middle of live action during an Oilers game. It was when McDavid was on 99 assists and during a dangerous zone possession with him on the ice too.

 

[dredeye]

Can we please swap Biggio and Springer. Springer should be hitting in the 9 hole for the foreseeable future. He’s a garbage bat at this point. That contract is aging very poorly.

 

[MK78]

Romano gives up a solo dinger, but retires the next one, Jays win 5-3.

 

[The Nemesis]

Can we please swap Biggio and Springer. Springer should be hitting in the 9 hole for the foreseeable future. He’s a garbage bat at this point. That contract is aging very poorly.

But we can't put Springer at 9th since that spot has to be reserved for the human pile of burning trash that is Varsho.

 

[dredeye]

I must say Romano

But we can't put Springer at 9th since that spot has to be reserved for the human pile of burning trash that is Varsho.

very true. Also Moreno

 

[Discoverer]

But we can't put Springer at 9th since that spot has to be reserved for the human pile of burning trash that is Varsho.

Not when Varsho's on the bench where he belongs!

 

[Tw1ster]

Team will be quite something if the boys who are supposed to hit start hitting. I think ya gotta move Vladdy and Springer down the line up for a stretch though

 

[canucksfan]

Team will be quite something if the boys who are supposed to hit start hitting. I think ya gotta move Vladdy and Springer down the line up for a stretch though

Vladdy is hitting fairly well. Keep him there. Springer is really bad. The contact he makes is awful.

 

[MK78]

Vladdy is hitting fairly well. Keep him there. Springer is really bad. The contact he makes is awful.

I think we just have to get used to it that Vladdy is not a prolific home run hitter anymore, and probably won't be again. Who knows if he ever truly was, the one anomaly being the covid year with so many games in minor league ballparks.

Heck, he's not hitting many doubles either.

He's a good player, just not a great player.

 

[canucksfan]

I think we just have to get used to it that Vladdy is not a prolific home run hitter anymore, and probably won't be again. Who knows if he ever truly was, the one anomaly being the covid year with so many games in minor league ballparks.

Heck, he's not hitting many doubles either.

He's a good player, just not a great player.

I believe his stats were similar across road, minor league parts and rogers Center.

This year his underlying stats suggest he’s doing a lot worse than he should be. I’ve said it a few times but the Jays biggest concern is Springer.

Offense is down in baseball so worth looking at wrc.

Jays are 9-4 last 13 games. Solid record.

 

[PanniniClaus]

On a night where the Leafs were my focus,, Starting pitching... keep rolling

 

[Tw1ster]

Vladdy is hitting fairly well. Keep him there. Springer is really bad. The contact he makes is awful.

I think that’s fair, maybe it’s the Baez like whiffs he has during his at bats that makes it seem worse. His OBP is respectable

 

[Puckstuff]

Martinez, Barger and Horwitz are totally blocked by Vogelbach, Biggio and IKF. Could we turn some quantity into a more proven guy?

How about Barger and Martinez for Donavan over at the Cardinals?

Or should we just be patient and let them cook in the minors? Seems like they don't have much more to prove though.

 

[Bjindaho]

Something to note with Varsho...his average and OBP are in line with his numbers two years ago.

One of the big comments from that time was that his stats would increase playing for the Jays versus Dbacks because of the stadiums that he gets to hit in, and that's precisely what he's doing now. He's hitting balls to the pull side of a lot of lefty pull friendly parks.

 

[fancy lad]

nice result. Only caught bits and pieces, but i'm loving the Varsho redemption tour.

 

[HockeyThoughts]

Martinez, Barger and Horwitz are totally blocked by Vogelbach, Biggio and IKF. Could we turn some quantity into a more proven guy?

How about Barger and Martinez for Donavan over at the Cardinals?

Or should we just be patient and let them cook in the minors? Seems like they don't have much more to prove though.

Of course we should trade our two hottest hitting prospects for a 27 year old batting .202 on the season.

What do you think?

 

[Puckstuff]

Of course we should trade our two hottest hitting prospects for a 27 year old batting .202 on the season.

What do you think?

Seems to check out value wise. Orelvis doesn’t have a ton of defensive value either.

I also don’t mind holding on to them though.

 

[shaner8989]

The pitching is just outstanding so far.

Getting a couple hits now too.

 

[Bjindaho]

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Seems to check out value wise. Orelvis doesn’t have a ton of defensive value either.

I also don’t mind holding on to them though.

I think Orelvis is a better player. I also think that evaluating his defense based on box scores is a bad practice, because it only tells you that he is making errors (not how he's making them). He's only 400 innings into learning 2B as a young player. He still needs work, but I wouldn't write off his D yet.