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Blue Jays (44-44) vs. Indians (45-42) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:00 am
by BlackMaple
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)
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:09 pm
by RapsFanInVA
Time to come out hot. Sweep sweep sweep!
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:23 am
by Raptor04
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.
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:08 am
by Brinbe
Statement Series!
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:12 am
by spykelee
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.
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:28 am
by RapsFanInVA
Brinbe wrote:Statement Series!
We haven't had one of these on the Jays board in quite some time! Let's go!!!!
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:52 am
by hyper316
didn't bautista fall into a slump after all-star break? too much HR swings messing his timing
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:50 am
by BigLeagueChew
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.
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:38 pm
by satyr9
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.
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:57 pm
by Randle McMurphy
Not starting Alvarez in the top three likely has a lot to do with Cleveland's lineup construction (almost entirely LHBs).
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:09 pm
by BigLeagueChew
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.
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:46 pm
by satyr9
Boo! My more convoluted theory is much better than yours.
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:43 am
by RapsFanInVA
satyr9 wrote:Boo! My more convoluted theory is much better than yours.
A for effort
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:46 pm
by kwamebargnani
Why isn't Snider up yet.
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:57 pm
by MGD24
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
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:31 pm
by Wo1verine
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
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:17 pm
by Hamyltowne
Anyone else having problems with rogersondemand.com?
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:20 pm
by Tyrone Slothrop
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.
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:31 pm
by Nocturne
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".
Re: Blue Jays (43-43) vs. Indians (44-41) | July 13 - 15
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:34 pm
by Hamyltowne
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?