ST #4: TOR @ BOS, April 15-18 | Sportsnet

[The_Hater]

I know a lot of people don't like Zaun but he's the only one covering the Jays with enough balls to call out stupidity when it occurs.

[jaymeister15]

After all the gloom and doom and crappy offence, 7-7 isn't half bad considering it consists of 8 road games in Boston/Tampa and 6 home games against NY/Boston.

[Randle McMurphy]

Storen sucks so far

I thought we got the better end of the revere deal but now that I'm watching storen pitch I can see why they so that trade straight up... This guy throws 92 max his slider is nice but he looks like a worse Casey Janssen.

Prime Casey Janssen was definitely better than Storen will ever be. After Henke and Ward, Janssen is right there among the best RPs in franchise history.

[Randle McMurphy]

Also happ making everyone stfu right now..

3/36 for Happ considering the market was always a fine contract even if he went back to pre-Pittsburgh levels. Seems he's picked up right where he left off, though.

[b0na f1de]

Osuna fractured finger..nail

[CrookedJ]

Storen sucks so far

I thought we got the better end of the revere deal but now that I'm watching storen pitch I can see why they so that trade straight up... This guy throws 92 max his slider is nice but he looks like a worse Casey Janssen.

Prime Casey Janssen was definitely better than Storen will ever be. After Henke and Ward, Janssen is right there among the best RPs in franchise history.

Agreed. Janssen was so reliable. Always hit his spots. Storen does technically have a great slider, but it doesn't generate much interest... so its kind of a waste.

[Randle McMurphy]

Osuna fractured finger..nail

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Well, at least it isn't his arm. We have a total of zero dependable RPs now, though. Cecil needs to find that 2nd half form again and fast.

[Randle McMurphy]

I thought we got the better end of the revere deal but now that I'm watching storen pitch I can see why they so that trade straight up... This guy throws 92 max his slider is nice but he looks like a worse Casey Janssen.

Prime Casey Janssen was definitely better than Storen will ever be. After Henke and Ward, Janssen is right there among the best RPs in franchise history.

Agreed. Janssen was so reliable. Always hit his spots. Storen does technically have a great slider, but it doesn't generate much interest... so its kind of a waste.

Janssen could command four pitches really well and he almost never left something over the middle of the plate. It made him really difficult to square up.

Storen's velocity on the FB being about 2 MPH below last year is not helping him right now.

[The_Hater]

Storen sucks so far

I thought we got the better end of the revere deal but now that I'm watching storen pitch I can see why they so that trade straight up... This guy throws 92 max his slider is nice but he looks like a worse Casey Janssen.

We still might. I'm not sure Revere plays ahead of Saunders and the Nationals were so desperate to find a CF that they're playing Revere out of position.

Janssen was really good when he played here though, if he's only slightly worse than that we made a good trade.

[wazabifuzz]

i dont see why the jays dont give janssen a call to see if he wants a minor league deal.
isnt he released ?

[dballislife]

theres a reason why all 8 playoff teams have amazing pens all the time, the 7, 8, and 9th innigs are biggest in baseball...we gotta improve that pen, we dont have enough weapons in there...our starters pitching like this all year?

[EastBayBoy]

Also happ making everyone stfu right now..

3/36 for Happ considering the market was always a fine contract even if he went back to pre-Pittsburgh levels. Seems he's picked up right where he left off, though.

I remember a few posters in particular calling out this signing and calling out Shapiro for being worse then AA ( without letting the off season and regular season fully play out) ( not calling or referring you our Boogie). Referring to a dude who only posts when the Jays make a bad play

[Sifu]

Also happ making everyone stfu right now..

3/36 for Happ considering the market was always a fine contract even if he went back to pre-Pittsburgh levels. Seems he's picked up right where he left off, though.

I remember a few posters in particular calling out this signing and calling out Shapiro for being worse then AA ( without letting the off season and regular season fully play out) ( not calling or referring you our Boogie). Referring to a dude who only posts when the Jays make a bad play

This could be half the board including me on posting on a bad play lol.

[torontoaces04]

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[Lateral Quicks]

Some quality relief from Storen there. Let's hope he finds his pre-Pabelbon stuff right quick.

[duppyy]

Storen just wanted to make things interesting.

[The_Hater]

theres a reason why all 8 playoff teams have amazing pens all the time, the 7, 8, and 9th innigs are biggest in baseball...we gotta improve that pen, we dont have enough weapons in there...our starters pitching like this all year?

This is the new theory because KC won the series using that formula but a starting pitcher giving you 200 quality innings a season is still far more important than a RP throwing 60-70. If you give up 3 runs in the 2nd inning, the 5th inning or the 9th inning it still counts the same on the scoreboard.

Also, the bullpen is much easier to fix during the season than the rotation. The Jays know this was well as anyone, fixing the bullpen on the fly last season after they blew multiple games in April/May.

[ldnk]

Also happ making everyone stfu right now..

3/36 for Happ considering the market was always a fine contract even if he went back to pre-Pittsburgh levels. Seems he's picked up right where he left off, though.

Yeah I mean if we could have Price as a direct swap for Happ I do it but Happ for 3/36 is a good deal. The way he is pitching right now though he has been a steal. 4 of our 5 pitchers have been good-to-great (Stroman's ERA is worse than what he has provided).

[Xaos]

Yay I voted for a split!!

Who's doing the next GT?

[Boogie!]

Prime Casey Janssen was definitely better than Storen will ever be. After Henke and Ward, Janssen is right there among the best RPs in franchise history.

Agreed. Janssen was so reliable. Always hit his spots. Storen does technically have a great slider, but it doesn't generate much interest... so its kind of a waste.

Janssen could command four pitches really well and he almost never left something over the middle of the plate. It made him really difficult to square up.

Storen's velocity on the FB being about 2 MPH below last year is not helping him right now.

the casey janssen comparison comes from the fact that hes a soft tosser that has some decent movement and offspeed stuff... but yeah, i liked casey janssen but a worse version of him is a guy that doesnt throw hard, doesnt have great command and gets hit a lot... and thats what storen is... i always thought storen was a power guy for some reason and am super disappointed at what ive seen... i feel like his nationals numbers are inflated pitching in the national league and that he wont be as successful up here, especially in the al east...