Blue Jays GDT: 2024 v3 | Mon, May 13 | @ Bal | 6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT | Berrios vs Burnes

[Eyedea]

Maybe the Donnie Baseball approach has been zapping all the power from the lineup.

 

[Jojalu]

Maybe the Donnie Baseball approach has been zapping all the power from the lineup.

With Mattingly, Victor Martinez and EE, how the hell can they not figure it out

 

[Tw1ster]

Varsho is unreal in the field

 

[Eyedea]

With Mattingly, Victor Martinez and EE, how the hell can they not figure it out

Because Mattingly is not a good coach and everywhere he has gone in his professional career has been cursed.

Plus being an elite hitter usually doesn’t translate to being a good hitting coach.

 

[Eyedea]

Bichette will be Bichette. I’ve been hearing this all month and he somehow looks worse and worse with each passing day.

 

[MK78]

Oh boy, Vladdy caught napping picked off at 1st.

 

[GreytWun]

Oh boy, Vladdy caught napping picked off at 1st.

Comical at this point. I don’t get it.

 

[Gustave]

Comical at this point. I don’t get it.

I can’t get how bad his baseball mind is. Where the f*** was he going and why was he thinking about it??

 

[Jojalu]

Because Mattingly is not a good coach and everywhere he has gone in his professional career has been cursed.

Plus being an elite hitter usually doesn’t translate to being a good hitting coach.

No.

But you should be able to talk approach, what to look for and how to prepare for an at bat.

 

[red devil]

Both teams with baserunning errors so far and it is only the top of the 2nd

 

[MK78]

Nice double for the Babe. 2nd/3rd no out.

Miraculously they both score on two separate infield groundouts.

 

[red devil]

Kirk with an opposite field HR, his 1st of the season

 

[MK78]

Omg Fatty Homer!

 

[Tw1ster]

Schneider hitting the ball hard, he should probably sit the next game

 

[Eyedea]

No.

But you should be able to talk approach, what to look for and how to prepare for an at bat.

He was also an elite 1B fielder and is here to help Vladdy… who has somehow gotten worse defensively these last two years. I legitimately can’t explain what he does here but I can’t imagine he’s helping.

 

[Tw1ster]

Alejandro Kirk: ATHLETE

 

[canucksfan]

He was also an elite 1B fielder and is here to help Vladdy… who has somehow gotten worse defensively these last two years. I legitimately can’t explain what he does here but I can’t imagine he’s helping.

Not to mention since he's been here, the key offensive players have declined in their production.

He has stated on a few occasions the Jays lack power so they need to be more contact hitters which to me is bizarre. Springer, Vladdy, Bo, Jansen, Varsho and maybe Davis are all capable of hitting 30+ homers.

Martinez takes a lot of criticism but at least he has a good track record of being a hitting coach.

 

[Jojalu]

He was also an elite 1B fielder and is here to help Vladdy… who has somehow gotten worse defensively these last two years. I legitimately can’t explain what he does here but I can’t imagine he’s helping.

This AB is what is driving me crazy about the Jays.

Vlad pulls off a fastball for strike 1, then proceeds to take an inside fastball for a strike, before swinging and missing at a middle middle fastball.

What the hell are you looking for?

 

[MK78]

Vlad pulls off a fastball for strike 1, then proceeds to take an inside fastball for a strike, before swinging and missing at a middle middle fastball.

What the hell are you looking for?

His fastball approach has been the most frustrating part since last year.

 

[canucksfan]

His fastball approach has been the most frustrating part since last year.

In 2021/2022 the Jays approach was to crush fastballs and they did. Now, the goal is to let the ball travel more which results in less power.

 

[canucksfan]

Kirk's framing is so good.

 

[Eyedea]

Interestingly enough the Jays aren’t that bad against FBs this year. They are however atrocious against sliders and change ups.

 

[Discoverer]

Kirk's framing is so good.

I like how it was the first 50/50 call of the day to go the Jays way and the Dodgers were SO confused/angry.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Oh boy, Vladdy caught napping picked off at 1st.

It's like Edmundson barreling up the ice to join a rush with the 4th line on the ice. Where are you going?

 

[canucksfan]

Interestingly enough the Jays aren’t that bad against FBs this year. They are however atrocious against sliders and change ups.

And they see more offspeed pitches than fastballs. It is a league wide approach where teams are throwing fewer fastballs.