ST: Blue Jays @ Orioles - June 17-19

[MonkBatter42]

Can the guys in the truck cue up a decent replay?

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I think he's out but I hope they call him safe just to see Buck's annoying face.

[SharoneWright]

I love how Buck is explaining to the viewers that a player must be touching the bag when he catches the ball to record the out... Maybe he thinks we grew up on a different planet.

[Randle McMurphy]

Good review, if only just to piss off Showalter for a few minutes.

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Saunders defense is awful

[Randle McMurphy]

That should do it. That's the problem with using Chavez in Baltimore. The HRs.

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Saunders just stole a home run. Good for him.

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Every time I see Edwin at 1B he looks pretty good. Is there a reason we don't use him there more often?

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There is an idiot just doing random screaming at every pitch.....someone needs to silence him.

[KL78192020]

lol at everyone complaining about Gibbs, even if Stroman was pulled early this team would've still lost.

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Captain Obvious says the bullpen needs help... badly.

No idea where Cecil is, but we need him. And it's getting to the point where we may need to move Stroman to the bullpen - where hopefully he excels - and bring up Hutchison.

[Basketball_Jones]

And it's getting to the point where we may need to move Stroman to the bullpen - where hopefully he excels - and bring up Hutchison.

Raise your hand if you thought this was even a possibility before the season started lol. Crazy. But it's looking like a pretty viable option.

[Mehar]

Never thought Stroman would be the worst starting pitcher in this rotation, including the 41 year old Knuckler Dickey. In Stroman's case- Height Does Measure Heart right now, being 5 feet 8 inches tall. Some scouts were skeptical last year that he can be a true ace since he had not pitched for a full year in his career; when in the off-season the Jays apologists said that Stroman would be healthy for the whole season to replace Price, and be the ace. A shame that the cheap Jays ownership did not give the extra 10-15 Million Shapiro asked for in the off-season, so he could replace Price with a more proven starter. In his case- i hope he turns it around.

[zilby]

0-2 since Tulo's return. Lol

Game was not lost with the bullpen. Stroman is struggling badly and has hit a wall of sorts, I think you absolutely have to consider skipping him a start and getting him extra rest. Bring in one of Floyd, Chavez or Hutch for a spot start. Whatever it is, hope he figures it out. Don't know if Estrada pitching like an ace is sustainable, certainly magnifies the hole of an incomplete solid 5-man rotation we have, which will compound when Sanchez stops starting.

[Santoki]

0-2 since Tulo's return. Lol

Game was not lost with the bullpen. Stroman is struggling badly and has hit a wall of sorts, I think you absolutely have to consider skipping him a start and getting him extra rest. Bring in one of Floyd, Chavez or Hutch for a spot start. Whatever it is, hope he figures it out. Don't know if Estrada pitching like an ace is sustainable, certainly magnifies the hole of an incomplete solid 5-man rotation we have, which will compound when Sanchez stops starting.

And we still have a much better rotation than the Sox and O's. All three teams have holes they're just both out-slugging us so far this year. But it's mid-June and it'll likely be tight all the way through. Deadline will be interesting. No idea what the O's have in terms of assets but the Sox have a bunch they can use to get much better.

[The_Hater]

Every time I see Edwin at 1B he looks pretty good. Is there a reason we don't use him there more often?

He's more likely to get injured which has been a problem. He's not as good as either Smoak or even Cola defensively.

[The_Hater]

0-2 since Tulo's return. Lol

Game was not lost with the bullpen. Stroman is struggling badly and has hit a wall of sorts, I think you absolutely have to consider skipping him a start and getting him extra rest. Bring in one of Floyd, Chavez or Hutch for a spot start. Whatever it is, hope he figures it out. Don't know if Estrada pitching like an ace is sustainable, certainly magnifies the hole of an incomplete solid 5-man rotation we have, which will compound when Sanchez stops starting.

I thnk he talented enough that we need to give him the chance to play through this. Especially with Sanchez heading back to the pen in a few weeks. The season isn't always 6 straight months of wine and roses.

Overall the rotation has still been pretty amazing, especially with Boston and Baltimore still trying to find players to fill multiple rotation holes. This isn't the part of the team we need to worry about at this point.