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I don't think I've ever created a winning series thread, so I might as well take on one we're practically guaranteed to lose.

Game 1: July 10th
Marco Estrada vs Danny Duffy (LHP)
8:10pm EST

Game 2: July 11th
Mark Buehrle vs Chris Young (RHP)
2:10pm EST

Game 3: July 12th
Felix Doubront vs Edison Volquez
2:10pm EST

We sweeping these *****! Let's go BABY!!

Encarnacion thinks so! "UH HUH. YUP!"



Joey Bats says, "We going to make em cry."



Donaldson on KC and on the All Star Game voting. " Who is it? POS. **** You! Suck my cock! I made the All Star game biatch!"

I just hope KC don't sweep us. Don't suck Jays!

SS Jose Reyes (S)
3B Josh Donaldson (R)
RF Jose Bautista (R)
1B E. Encarnacion (R)
LF Danny Valencia (R)
DH Russell Martin (R)
C Dioner Navarro (S)
CF Kevin Pillar (R)
2B Devon Travis (R)

What's with Dioner getting the start again?

Why not DH Smoak (who can switch hit) and play Martin at C.

This is a big series!

Xaos wrote:What's with Dioner getting the start again?

Why not DH Smoak (who can switch hit) and play Martin at C.

This is a big series!

They don't seem to play Smoak against lefties. I haven't checked the stats between Navarro and Smoak batting righty.

ace doubront gonna get it.

Are we playing tonight? SN should be updating us during com breaks.

Santoki wrote:

Xaos wrote:What's with Dioner getting the start again?

Why not DH Smoak (who can switch hit) and play Martin at C.

This is a big series!

They don't seem to play Smoak against lefties. I haven't checked the stats between Navarro and Smoak batting righty.

Smoak this season.



Navarro this season.

Santoki wrote:

Xaos wrote:What's with Dioner getting the start again?

Why not DH Smoak (who can switch hit) and play Martin at C.

This is a big series!

They don't seem to play Smoak against lefties. I haven't checked the stats between Navarro and Smoak batting righty.

Gibbons does what Gibbons wants.

Smoak only has 13 plate appearances with 4 hits, 1 walk and 2 home runs against lefties. He's a career .650 OPS against lefties however.

Meanwhile Navarro is hitting .188 with a .465 OPS against lefties this year. He does have a career .762 OPS.

I find Gibbons to be a horrible manager. He bases his splits decisions based on data that is a good 5 years old most of the time when making situations decisions.

Thor is really dealing it tonight. We should trade for him.

Going to get some baseball tonight fellas!

First pitch at 10:15PM EST.

Nice of them to delay the game until I got home.

Bautista and EE aren't their normal dominant selves this year. EE has a sub-800 OPS, and Bautista has arguably put up one of the quietest .871 OPS seasons in history. He's not blistering the ball like he used to. It looks to me like he's lost some batspeed. Still an incredible player, mind you, just not quite as elite as in past years.

I would be hesitant to sign either Bautista or EE to $20M+ AAV extensions at this point, as that's probably what they're going to command in free agency. All the more reason to trade them now if - and only if - they continue muddling along at .500.

we're not even a full inning into the series and the bandwagon royals fans are already annoying

Kansas City Orioles

Lateral Quicks wrote:Bautista and EE aren't their normal dominant selves this year. EE has a sub-800 OPS, and Bautista has arguably put up one of the quietest .871 OPS seasons in history. He's not blistering the ball like he used to. It looks to me like he's lost some batspeed. Still an incredible player, mind you, just not quite as elite as in past years.

Bautista 2012: 137 wRC+
Bautista 2013: 133 wRC+
Bautista 2014: 159 wRC+
Bautista 2015: 141 wRC+

Looks like a problem with your expectations, not Bautista.

Randle McMurphy wrote:

Lateral Quicks wrote:Bautista and EE aren't their normal dominant selves this year. EE has a sub-800 OPS, and Bautista has arguably put up one of the quietest .871 OPS seasons in history. He's not blistering the ball like he used to. It looks to me like he's lost some batspeed. Still an incredible player, mind you, just not quite as elite as in past years.

Bautista 2012: 137 wRC+
Bautista 2013: 133 wRC+
Bautista 2014: 159 wRC+
Bautista 2015: 141 wRC+

Looks like a problem with your expectations, not Bautista.

If a normal Bautista gets on base .380 of the time I'll keep him until he turns hot. If we can't afford to extend both of them though, move Bautista to 1b eventually and then Edwin can sign for less as a DH or sign elsewhere.

BigLeagueChew wrote:

Randle McMurphy wrote:

Lateral Quicks wrote:Bautista and EE aren't their normal dominant selves this year. EE has a sub-800 OPS, and Bautista has arguably put up one of the quietest .871 OPS seasons in history. He's not blistering the ball like he used to. It looks to me like he's lost some batspeed. Still an incredible player, mind you, just not quite as elite as in past years.

Bautista 2012: 137 wRC+
Bautista 2013: 133 wRC+
Bautista 2014: 159 wRC+
Bautista 2015: 141 wRC+

Looks like a problem with your expectations, not Bautista.

If a normal Bautista gets on base .380 of the time I'll keep him until he turns hot. If we can't afford to extend both of them though, move Bautista to 1b eventually and then Edwin can sign for less as a DH or sign elsewhere.

Extending them is a different discussion that is predicated on what this team is trying to do in 2016 (with what could very well be new management), but Bautista is doing more than fine this year. Almost right on his projections (144 wRC+/145 wRC+) as well.

JD showing KC fans who they should have voted for.

And **** all these former Blue Jays getting hits against us!