Blue Jays (44-44) vs. Indians (45-42) | July 13 - 15

BlackMaple · Post #1 » by **BlackMaple** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:00 am

vs.

Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON

Friday, July 13, 7:07 PM, Sportsnet

vs.

Romero (8-4, 5.22 ERA) vs. Masterson (5-8, 4.40 ERA)

Saturday, July 14, 1:07 PM, Sportsnet

vs.

Laffey (0-1, 2.67 ERA) vs. Jimenez (8-7, 4.50 ERA)

Sunday, July 15, 1:07 PM, Sportsnet

vs.

Villanueva (3-0, 3.05 ERA) vs. Lowe (8-6, 4.43 ERA)

RapsFanInVA · Post #2 » by **RapsFanInVA** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:09 pm

Time to come out hot. Sweep sweep sweep!

Raptor04 · Post #3 » by **Raptor04** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:23 am

Important series for the Jays, with all the wild-card teams playing each other:

Yankees vs Angels
Rays vs Red Sox
Orioles vs Tigers

If everything goes right, now is the time to move from last in the division to 3rd or even 2nd. We've got Romero coming off a bounce back and a hot Villanueva.

Brinbe · Post #4 » by **Brinbe** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:08 am

Statement Series!

Post #5 » by **spykelee** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:12 am

Though we should beat the indians, Masterson owned us on opening day, and Lowe almost always pitches well against us... We'll be lucky if we can win this series.

RapsFanInVA · Post #6 » by **RapsFanInVA** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:28 am

Brinbe wrote:Statement Series!

We haven't had one of these on the Jays board in quite some time! Let's go!!!!

hyper316 · Post #7 » by **hyper316** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:52 am

didn't bautista fall into a slump after all-star break? too much HR swings messing his timing

BigLeagueChew · Post #8 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:50 am

hyper316 wrote:didn't bautista fall into a slump after all-star break? too much HR swings messing his timing

His OPS was 1.0 + for both July and August last year but he did slow down his HR/AB slightly.

satyr9 · Post #9 » by **satyr9** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:38 pm

Well, the pitching order says a bit about what they think/hope will happen IMO.

Last 5 starts before ASB = Villanueva/Alvarez/Laffey/Romero/Cecil

First 5 starts after ASB = Romero/Laffey/Villanueva/Alvarez/Cecil

IMO that means Alvarez and Cecil are the de facto 4 and 5's for the year. Laffey and Villanueva are Morrow and trade placeholders. IMO if they had any confidence in Alvarez right now he'd be at least 3rd starting out again. Especially 'cause if they want to do skips, the first two days off could/would skip the 5th and 4th starters respectively.

Of course if Laffey and/or Villanueva are replaced, but have outperformed the 4 and 5 I guess they could slide down, but IMO when they set this rotation, that's the initial plan for the second half, which bodes fairly well for those hoping for an upgrade since I don't think they'd be holding 2 and 3 open unless they plan to add a SP. I guess they could've already decided Villanueva is the #3, but that doesn't seem likely to me.

Anyway, end of my pointless conjecture based on almost nothing.

Randle McMurphy · Post #10 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:57 pm

Not starting Alvarez in the top three likely has a lot to do with Cleveland's lineup construction (almost entirely LHBs).

BigLeagueChew · Post #11 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:09 pm

Randle McMurphy wrote:Not starting Alvarez in the top three likely has a lot to do with Cleveland's lineup construction (almost entirely LHBs).

Yeah Buck and Tabby mentioned this before the break, Indians have less than 10 wins against LHP this year so it certaintly helps, and then giving the pitchers a few extra days rest that need it most will also help.

We also get 2 lefties against the Yankees coming up, who also hit worse against lefties.

satyr9 · Post #12 » by **satyr9** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:46 pm

Boo! My more convoluted theory is much better than yours.

RapsFanInVA · Post #13 » by **RapsFanInVA** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:43 am

satyr9 wrote:Boo! My more convoluted theory is much better than yours.

A for effort

kwamebargnani · Post #14 » by **kwamebargnani** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:46 pm

Why isn't Snider up yet.

MGD24 · Post #15 » by **MGD24** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:57 pm

Tonight's lineup;

Brett Lawrie 3B
Colby Rasmus CF
Jose Bautista RF
Edwin Encarnacion 1B
Adam Lind DH
Yunel Escobar SS
Kelly Johnson 2B
Rajai Davis LF
J.P. Arencibia C

Wo1verine · Post #16 » by **Wo1verine** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:31 pm

MGD24 wrote:Tonight's lineup;

Brett Lawrie 3B
Colby Rasmus CF
Jose Bautista RF
Edwin Encarnacion 1B
Adam Lind DH
Yunel Escobar SS
Kelly Johnson 2B
Rajai Davis LF
J.P. Arencibia C

Bautista is hitting #28 tonight :wink:

Hamyltowne · Post #17 » by **Hamyltowne** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:17 pm

Anyone else having problems with rogersondemand.com?

Tyrone Slothrop · Post #18 » by **Tyrone Slothrop** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:20 pm

I missed Jays games so much, I'm not even going to complain about anything tonight. I'm even looking forward to seeing Coco's chubby face.

Nocturne · Post #19 » by **Nocturne** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:31 pm

Hamyltowne wrote:Anyone else having problems with rogersondemand.com?

Not sure if rogersondemand.com uses the same feed as what's sent to mlb.tv but I'm trying to watch on mlb.tv and that's screwed. It's stuck on the screen that says "this game will begin shortly". :evil:

Hamyltowne · Post #20 » by **Hamyltowne** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:34 pm

Nocturne wrote:
Hamyltowne wrote:Anyone else having problems with rogersondemand.com?

Not sure if rogersondemand.com uses the same feed as what's sent to mlb.tv but I'm trying to watch on mlb.tv and that's screwed. It's stuck on the screen that says "this game will begin shortly".

That's exactly what I'm getting, too.

The curse of the home-run derby?