ST: Grandpa Joey and the Blue Jays @ Tampa Bay Carly Rae’s | April 6,7,8 & 9

Dr Octagon · Post #161 » by **Dr Octagon** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 2:07 am

Jays will never win a game.

Lateral Quicks · Post #162 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 2:07 am

Well, it could have been a grand slam.

Bonus points for another one run loss.

Lady3Jane · Post #163 » by **Lady3Jane** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 2:07 am

Lateral Quicks wrote:Hmmmm... Bautista looks toast. Still early, but man, he looks bad.

Our lineup in general looks horrific to start this year. Five games in and we have:

Pearce - 3 for 15 with 0 HR 0 RBI 2 Strikeouts
Travis - 3 for 16 with 0 HR 1 RBI 4 strikeouts
Bautista - 2 for 17 with 0 HR 1 RBI 7 strikeouts
Morales - 4 for 18 with 1 HR 6 RBI 4 Strikeouts
Tulo - 2 for 19 with 1 HR 4 RBI 4 Strikeouts
Martin - 0 for 10 with 0 HR 0 RBI 3 Strikeouts

Combined: .112 AVG 2 HR 12 RBI 24 Strikeouts in 125 at bats from 2/3rds of our Lineup.

Only Donaldson, Pillar and surprisingly Smoak have looked halfway decent.

s e n s i · Post #164 » by **s e n s i** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 2:07 am

ahhh nothing says early april jays ball like a bases loaded walk to lose the game in extras

blastttOFF · Post #165 » by **blastttOFF** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 2:08 am

brad miller crossed the plane, shouldve been strike 3

Post #166 » by **Schad** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 2:11 am

s e n s i wrote:ahhh nothing says early april jays ball like a bases loaded walk to lose the game in extras

By a guy making his major league debut because you had to set the entire bullpen on fire the night before. It's peak April Jays.

dagger · Post #167 » by **dagger** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 2:13 am

Schad wrote:
s e n s i wrote:ahhh nothing says early april jays ball like a bases loaded walk to lose the game in extras

By a guy making his major league debut because you had to set the entire bullpen on fire the night before. It's peak April Jays.

The problem with peak April is that they all count. You don't want to dig too deep of a hole for yourself. This team inspiring confidence in me right now

Post #168 » by **JaysRule15** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 5:44 am

I knew this was coming when I saw the schedule had us start on the road against the O's and Rays. Two teams filled with more winneryness than the rest of the American League combined.

Need a healthy Osuna back asap so everyone in the pen can slide down a rung on the ladder. Hopefully Estrada can get us the split and we can come home with 2-4 record.

ldnk · Post #169 » by **ldnk** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 2:01 pm

JaysRule15 wrote:I knew this was coming when I saw the schedule had us start on the road against the O's and Rays. Two teams filled with more winneryness than the rest of the American League combined.

Need a healthy Osuna back asap so everyone in the pen can slide down a rung on the ladder. Hopefully Estrada can get us the split and we can come home with 2-4 record.

Tampa is only winnery against the Jays. They suck against all others.

dagger · Post #170 » by **dagger** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 2:18 pm

dagger wrote:
Schad wrote:
s e n s i wrote:ahhh nothing says early april jays ball like a bases loaded walk to lose the game in extras

By a guy making his major league debut because you had to set the entire bullpen on fire the night before. It's peak April Jays.

The problem with peak April is that they all count. You don't want to dig too deep of a hole for yourself. This team not inspiring much confidence in me right now

dagger · Post #171 » by **dagger** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 2:28 pm

Howell has gone on the DL with a potentially significant shoulder issue. And he has had shoulder surgery in 2010. So that makes Aaron Loup the only lefty in the pen. There is no lefty at BUF or NH except maybe Chad Girado, who is not on the 40 man roster currently, who can step in. This could become a significant sore spot, no pun intended.

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So_Fresh · Post #172 » by **So_Fresh** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 3:43 pm

panac time!

Today's lineup:

1. Devon Travis (R) 2B
2. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B
3. Jose Bautista (R) RF
4. Kendrys Morales (S) DH
5. Troy Tulowitzki (R) SS
6. Russell Martin (R) C
7. Justin Smoak (S) 1B
8. Kevin Pillar (R) CF
9. Ezequiel Carrera (L) LF

So_Fresh · Post #173 » by **So_Fresh** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 3:55 pm

Shatkins should have gone out there and grabbed some quality arms for the bullpen!

Like dagger said, this will be a sore spot the entire season if it's not addressed.

If Howell's injury is serious, any chance we move Liriano to the bullpen as a middle reliever, and slot someone else in the starting rotation?

dagger · Post #174 » by **dagger** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 4:11 pm

So_Fresh wrote:Shatkins should have gone out there and grabbed some quality arms for the bullpen!

Like dagger said, this will be a sore spot the entire season if it's not addressed.

If Howell's injury is serious, any chance we move Liriano to the bullpen as a middle reliever, and slot someone else in the starting rotation?

The problem is that aside from Biagini, there isn't really a good candidate for that fifth starter, not in the bullpen now or in Buffalo.

LLJ · Post #175 » by **LLJ** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 4:57 pm

Not that preseason matters, but the Jays were very bad in spring training and while many were off at the WBC, historically, bad spring training has sometimes hinted at bad starts to Jays seasons...

Post #176 » by **JaysRule15** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 5:15 pm

JD!

Not a bad start. Let's hope we can actually hold the lead this time.

Fairview4Life · Post #177 » by **Fairview4Life** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 5:41 pm

Not sure if you guys know this, but if you're going to get a hit with 2 outs, you'd prefer to get an extra base hit.

Tigersrule · Post #178 » by **Tigersrule** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 6:09 pm

Wtf Smoak..dive u fatass..no one on our team has the balls to dive for a ball except for donaldson and pillar

Natural11 · Post #179 » by **Natural11** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 6:09 pm

Weak effort from smoak there.

Tigersrule · Post #180 » by **Tigersrule** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 6:16 pm

Every hit has been a deep fly ball that went out..of course they were eventually gonna take him deep lol..