Toronto Blue Jays (58-46) @ Minnesota Twins (55-49) - August 4-7

Hottie McShotty · Post #21 » by **Hottie McShotty** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 12:50 am

Manoah doesn't look comfortable right now. That's two batters in a row that he has fallen behind.

pilkoids · Post #22 » by **pilkoids** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 12:51 am

Don't tell me that comebacker rattled him

Post #23 » by **Schad** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 12:52 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:
Raps in 4 wrote:To everyone saying an outdoor stadium wouldn't ever work in Toronto, the Twins are proof why that's nonsense. Minneapolis is even colder than Toronto and they're managing just fine in their new outdoor ballpark.

I'd want no part of an outdoor ballpark in Toronto in April, May and October. The cold sucks, snow/rain sucks, and postponed games suck.

Also, I'm assuming that Rogers would want it to hold events in the offseason, and it's hard to have concerts in knee-deep snow. I'd be shocked if the new stadium didn't have a retractable roof.

Hottie McShotty · Post #24 » by **Hottie McShotty** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 12:54 am

Man.. this sucks!

pilkoids · Post #25 » by **pilkoids** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 12:54 am

Yeah somethings wrong

Hottie McShotty · Post #26 » by **Hottie McShotty** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 12:55 am

pilkoids wrote:Yeah somethings wrong

Looks like it.

Raps in 4 · Post #27 » by **Raps in 4** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 12:55 am

Manoah has turned into Kikuchi this inning. I hope he's just shaken and it's not an injury.

Randle McMurphy · Post #28 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 12:57 am

Schad wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:
Raps in 4 wrote:To everyone saying an outdoor stadium wouldn't ever work in Toronto, the Twins are proof why that's nonsense. Minneapolis is even colder than Toronto and they're managing just fine in their new outdoor ballpark.

I'd want no part of an outdoor ballpark in Toronto in April, May and October. The cold sucks, snow/rain sucks, and postponed games suck.

Also, I'm assuming that Rogers would want it to hold events in the offseason, and it's hard to have concerts in knee-deep snow. I'd be shocked if the new stadium didn't have a retractable roof.

Hard to imagine that isn't the plan, yeah.

Randle McMurphy · Post #29 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 12:58 am

Raps in 4 wrote:Manoah has turned into Kikuchi this inning. I hope he's just shaken and it's not an injury.

This is hardly the first time Manoah has hit a guy or walked a LHB. I'm sure he's fine.

pilkoids · Post #30 » by **pilkoids** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 12:59 am

He's still just at around 60 pitches at the end of 4

Randle McMurphy · Post #31 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 1:02 am

They might want to hit Sonny Gray at some point if they want to win this game.

Hottie McShotty · Post #32 » by **Hottie McShotty** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 1:04 am

Chapman back at sucking again..

two pitches right down the middle. :banghead:

Post #33 » by **Schad** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 1:09 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:They might want to hit Sonny Gray at some point if they want to win this game.

Would definitely help, though their 'pen has been even worse than ours.

SharoneWright · Post #34 » by **SharoneWright** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 1:13 am

Don’t be scared to take a walk here, Vlady

Raps in 4 · Post #35 » by **Raps in 4** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 1:19 am

Pinch hit Tapia for Vladdy next time up. We need someone who can hit with RISP.

Randle McMurphy · Post #36 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 1:22 am

Raps in 4 wrote:Pinch hit Tapia for Vladdy next time up. We need someone who can hit with RISP.

Tapia with RISP in 2022: .700 OPS
Vlad with RISP in 2022: .793 OPS

Which actually means Vlad underperforms slightly in such situations while Tapia remains his (terrible) self.

Post #37 » by **Schad** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 1:46 am

Would take quite a needle-threading to end up facing the Twins in the first round, but I'm all for it. They are basically us (good offense, shaky rotation, questionable bullpen) but juuuust a bit worse in every department.

Randle McMurphy · Post #38 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 1:54 am

Terrible umpiring on Manoah this game. There have been at least 5 calls that were strikes now that have gone against him and that one to Polanco for ball 4 may cost us the game.

Randle McMurphy · Post #39 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 2:15 am

Not great managing by Schneider here to let Mayza start this inning. Baldelli made the obvious decision to counter with a RHB in Urshela to start the inning and Sanchez follows right after him.

Post #40 » by **Mr Swagtastic** » Fri Aug 5, 2022 2:25 am

Gurriel has been on a tear over the last month or so probably The Jays best hitter right now