Blue Jays Discussion: Blue Jays rotation in flux

[Rysto]

A's are down 3, bases loaded, 2 out.

Edit: lol, Valencia grounds out weakly.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Interesting projections.

Looks like Estrada and Happ have "outperformed" their projections.

Chavez 2.0 ?

Actual

 

[Woodman19]

Interesting projections.

Looks like Estrada and Happ have "outperformed" their projections.

Chavez 2.0 ?

[source]

Thought that looked familiar.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Kind of laughed at this:

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...denies-alex-rodriguez-request-play-third-base

Manager Joe Girardi turned down Alex Rodriguez's request to play third base in his final game as a Yankee on Friday in the Bronx.

"Tuesday, I came into his office," Rodriguez said. "He told me what the plan was and I said, 'Well, any chance I could play third base on Friday?' He just said no."

A-Rod started at third base twice last year. He has not played the field at all this season.

"We thought about it, but he hasn't done any work," Girardi said. "We are still in the business of trying to win games."

 

[Eyedea]

You mean 3.

OG pick + 3 (Bautista, EE, Saunders) comps?

 

[Leafin]

You mean 3.

1. our own
2. Bautista
3. Edwin
4. Saunders?

Or you don't think we'll tender him a QO?

 

[Woodman19]

OG pick + 3 (Bautista, EE, Saunders) comps?

I forgot to include EE because in my mind hes always coming back lol.

 

[canucksfan]

Kind of laughed at this:

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...denies-alex-rodriguez-request-play-third-base

Good for Giradi

 

[BertCorbeau]

Good for Giradi

In nearly all instances I'd side with the player and say that's extremely disrespectful and smiley of the GM. But it's A-rod.. So I'm happy.

 

[Scrub*]

Need Betances to close this out.

 

[Del Preston]

Another loss for Boston. xD

 

[BertCorbeau]

Need Betances to close this out.

And he did

Suck it Boston.

 

[ADifferentTim]

And he did

Suck it Boston.

Just checked the Wild Card standings and saw both Detroit and Seattle, knocking on Boston's door.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Just checked the Wild Card standings and saw both Detroit and Seattle, knocking on Boston's door.

Yeah it's really getting close for that second WC spot. The Tigers went on a nice run but have cooled off since. And not the Mariners are on a roll. I'd love for the Jays to just keep their distance from those teams and keep that division lead in tact

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Kind of laughed at this:

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...denies-alex-rodriguez-request-play-third-base

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. I really don't like how athletes are treated at times, as if the individual is above the team. The Yankees already did that with Jeter, allowing him to play a position that he couldn't play for far too long and had him batting 2nd all year in his final season. Jeter demanded far more money than he was worth near the end and demanded to play SS. I respect Jeter but it's amazing to me that people can simply turn a blind eye to how large these guys egos are. I'm not saying Jeter and Rodriguez are the same because the simply aren't but ARod is the kind of guy who only thinks of himself. If he were still putting up numbers people wouldn't bat an eye and Yankees fans would cheer the egomaniac on.

 

[The Nemesis]

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. I really don't like how athletes are treated at times, as if the individual is above the team. The Yankees already did that with Jeter, allowing him to play a position that he couldn't play for far too long and had him batting 2nd all year in his final season. Jeter demanded far more money than he was worth near the end and demanded to play SS. I respect Jeter but it's amazing to me that people can simply turn a blind eye to how large these guys egos are. I'm not saying Jeter and Rodriguez are the same because the simply aren't but ARod is the kind of guy who only thinks of himself. If he were still putting up numbers people wouldn't bat an eye and Yankees fans would cheer the egomaniac on.

While I don't have a problem with the Yankees telling A-Rod to stick it becuase he's not gonna get any preferential treatment, it does make Girardi's reasoning look hollow given that they did exactly what you described with Jeter, letting an inferior defensive player an awful hitter at the end of his career continue to get prime PAs at the top of the lineup and the starting SS gig when in all rationality he should've been booted to 3B the moment A-Rod arrived on that roster.

But that's the magic of *swoon* Derek Jeter, I guess. Giftbaskets for everyone.

 

[ShaneFalco]

The Astros start rookie right-hander Joe Musgrove (0-0, 0.79 ERA) against Toronto left-hander Francisco Liriano (6-11, 5.34) in the opener.
Musgrove made a superb major league debut against the Blue Jays on Aug. 2 when he took over from starter Lance McCullers, who was forced from the game with an elbow injury. The 23-year-old struck out eight and allowed one hit and one walk in 4 1/3 innings in a game the Blue Jays won 2-1.

http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/game/houston-astros-toronto-blue-jays-20160812/Preview

Ruh-roh. We don't hit well against unknowns

 

[Suntouchable13]

http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/game/houston-astros-toronto-blue-jays-20160812/Preview

Ruh-roh. We don't hit well against unknowns

That was in Houston. Now we got them here, I think it will be a different story.

 

[BlueForever]

That was in Houston. Now we got them here, I think it will be a different story.

Huge 3 game stretch here for the Jays. We get Houston at home, Baltimore gets SF on the road. A sweep for us and a sweep for SF would really be nice.

Let hope so

 

[Discoverer]

Huge 3 game stretch here for the Jays. We get Houston at home, Baltimore gets SF on the road. A sweep for us and a sweep for SF would really be nice.

Let hope so

It's nice that the Jays don't rely entirely on home games to win the way Baltimore does.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Good for Giradi

Really ?
He said a number of flase statements. The #1 being the Yankees are still trying to win. The Yankees are getting rid of assets. Definitely not trying to win.

 

[theaub]

A-Rod is a legend

Too bad he had the entire era of Bud Selig's willing, blind-eye incompetence taken out on him.

 

[Discoverer]

Girardi's an idiot. The least he can do is come up with a better excuse than "My job description does not entail a farewell tour" (which it quite clearly does given the way Jeter was treated two years ago) or "We're still trying to win games" (which they clearly aren't after trading every valuable short-term asset away two weeks ago).

I would respect him a lot more if he just came out and said he didn't like A-Rod.

 

[Woodman19]

Huge 3 game stretch here for the Jays. We get Houston at home, Baltimore gets SF on the road. A sweep for us and a sweep for SF would really be nice.

Let hope so

I will settle for a series win for us and a series loss for Baltimore. Would put us 1.5 games up and provideo us a little wiggle room.

This is where our pitching and revamped pen is going to pay off as we go on and consistently let us take 4 games a week from here on out.

 

[Mad Brills*]

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. I really don't like how athletes are treated at times, as if the individual is above the team. The Yankees already did that with Jeter, allowing him to play a position that he couldn't play for far too long and had him batting 2nd all year in his final season. Jeter demanded far more money than he was worth near the end and demanded to play SS. I respect Jeter but it's amazing to me that people can simply turn a blind eye to how large these guys egos are. I'm not saying Jeter and Rodriguez are the same because the simply aren't but ARod is the kind of guy who only thinks of himself. If he were still putting up numbers people wouldn't bat an eye and Yankees fans would cheer the egomaniac on.

Jeter not moving off SS in 2004 is more selfish that what arod has done TBH