April 30-May2: Week of the Living Dead. Jays at Twins

dagger · Post #1 » by **dagger** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:38 am

Six games in the next five? Eight in the next seven? If Discovery Channel had a Death March Week, we'd be a featured attraction.

Ugly tidings.

First, a visit to Minnesota:

Monday, April 30
Aaron Sanchez (1-2, 3.69 ERA) vs Lance Lynn (0-2, 7.71 ERA)

Tuesday, May 1
Marco Estrada (2-2. 6.00 ERA) vs Kyle Gibson (1-1, 3.33 ERA)

Wednesday, May 2
Marcus Stroman (0-3, 8.88 ERA) vs Phil Hughes (0-0, 7.71 ERA)

Then on to Cleveland for a makeup doubleheader, and then Tampa Bay for the weekend. Love those frequent flyer points.

Skin Blues · Post #2 » by **Skin Blues** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 3:00 am

Looking at those names it would have been hard to imagine prior to the season, but we may have the inferior starter going in all 3 matchups. Sanchez and Stroman have been trash, and though I expect Estrada to pick things up a bit, 2018 Kyle Gibson is actually pretty good. The fact that Stroman vs Hughes is even a discussion is a scary thought. I mean, even without the ability to throw a strike, Stro should have the edge there... but it just doesn't feel comfortable.

manjusaka · Post #3 » by **manjusaka** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 12:53 pm

Stroman has been awful, especially his walk rate. He never had a high walk rate throughout his professional career. Is there something wrong? ...Hoping it is just small sample size.

The_Hater · Post #4 » by **The_Hater** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 1:10 pm

Considering the tough schedule, the key injuries and the disappointing SP, 15-12 is an excellent start.

Lateral Quicks · Post #5 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:42 pm

The_Hater wrote:Considering the tough schedule, the key injuries and the disappointing SP, 15-12 is an excellent start.

Their schedule has actually been pretty easy so far, and they've had a lot of winneryness to boot. But yeah, with the key injuries are significant underperformance of key personnel (Stroman, Estrada, Martin, Travis, Diaz, Grichuk, etc) a winning record is somewhat surprising.

Post #6 » by **JaysRule15** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:37 pm

So long do we wait until we give Stroman the Devon Travis treatment and send him down for a bit so he can play catch up after missing spring training.

Post #7 » by **Schad** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:54 pm

Skin Blues wrote:Looking at those names it would have been hard to imagine prior to the season, but we may have the inferior starter going in all 3 matchups. Sanchez and Stroman have been trash, and though I expect Estrada to pick things up a bit, 2018 Kyle Gibson is actually pretty good. The fact that Stroman vs Hughes is even a discussion is a scary thought. I mean, even without the ability to throw a strike, Stro should have the edge there... but it just doesn't feel comfortable.

Stroman will get it together at some point. I think. Estrada and Sanchez, I dunno...I think that Estrada is going to ultimately look a lot like the 2017 iteration, and Sanchez looks like the guy we were pretty sure was a future reliever. Happ needs to be cocooned in bubble wrap on his off-days, because he's the only sure thing we have at the moment.

BigLeagueChew · Post #8 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:11 pm

Grichuk to DL, Ngoepe recalled.

LF C. Granderson (L)
RF T. Hernandez (R)
1B Justin Smoak (S)
3B Y. Solarte (S)
CF Kevin Pillar (R)
C Russell Martin (R)
DH Kendrys Morales (S)
2B Lourdes Gurriel (R)
SS Aledmys Diaz (R

dagger · Post #9 » by **dagger** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:40 pm

Schad wrote:
Skin Blues wrote:Looking at those names it would have been hard to imagine prior to the season, but we may have the inferior starter going in all 3 matchups. Sanchez and Stroman have been trash, and though I expect Estrada to pick things up a bit, 2018 Kyle Gibson is actually pretty good. The fact that Stroman vs Hughes is even a discussion is a scary thought. I mean, even without the ability to throw a strike, Stro should have the edge there... but it just doesn't feel comfortable.

Stroman will get it together at some point. I think. Estrada and Sanchez, I dunno...I think that Estrada is going to ultimately look a lot like the 2017 iteration, and Sanchez looks like the guy we were pretty sure was a future reliever. Happ needs to be cocooned in bubble wrap on his off-days, because he's the only sure thing we have at the moment.

But do you re-sign Happ at his age? He'll be 36 in October.

Post #10 » by **Schad** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:58 pm

dagger wrote:But do you re-sign Happ at his age? He'll be 36 in October.

For more than a year + option or something? No. Unfortunately, at his age, he's probably not getting the $50m guarantee that would get us a comp pick either.

Post #11 » by **JaysRule15** » Tue May 1, 2018 12:31 am

LMAO WHAT A BREAK

rotty · Post #12 » by **rotty** » Tue May 1, 2018 12:34 am

diaz is terrible. i cant believe im saying this but I wish Tulo was back

dagger · Post #13 » by **dagger** » Tue May 1, 2018 12:36 am

Someone should tell Russell Martin tomorrow is May 1 and it's okay to start looking like you might make it over the Mendoza line by the all-star break.

Post #14 » by **JaysRule15** » Tue May 1, 2018 12:40 am

dagger wrote:Someone should tell Russell Martin tomorrow is May 1 and it's okay to start looking like you might make it over the Mendoza line by the all-star break.

Yeah I don't think we're trading him even if we wanted to lol.

Lateral Quicks · Post #15 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Tue May 1, 2018 12:45 am

Diaz, Martin, Morales, Grichuk, Travis... one lineup can only have so many sub Mendoza line hitters.

BigLeagueChew · Post #16 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Tue May 1, 2018 12:50 am

What was it like last year after Martin was injured? i don't think it went very well.

Post #17 » by **Schad** » Tue May 1, 2018 1:04 am

Lance Lynn isn't quite building up to a big free agent contract after taking that one-year deal.

vaff87 · Post #18 » by **vaff87** » Tue May 1, 2018 1:19 am

Anybody else kinda reminded of JD Martinez by Teoscar?

Post #19 » by **JaysRule15** » Tue May 1, 2018 1:30 am

Feels like someone on the Jays hits a homer every time we play in this park lol.

Post #20 » by **JaysRule15** » Tue May 1, 2018 1:31 am

vaff87 wrote:Anybody else kinda reminded of JD Martinez by Teoscar?

Offensively and defensively lol.