The Vlad-less (8-12) @ The A's (11-10) - April 19-21

Lateral Quicks · Post #1 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Fri Apr 19, 2019 2:48 pm

The Vlad-less Jays embark on a peculiarly short 3-game west coast trip against the A's. Will our bombs-away offense adjust to playing in the cavernous Oakland Coliseum? Why are there only 3 infielders on the A's active roster? Will Socrates Brito get his first hit of the season? Can the Jays win their second series in a row? Tune in to find out.

Game 1 - Fri 10:07: Stroman (0-3, 1.99 ERA) vs Brooks (2-1, 4.24 ERA)
Game 2 - Sat 4:07: Shoemaker (3-0, 1.75 ERA) vs Fiers (2-1, 7.06 ERA)
Game 3 - Sun 4:07: Sanchez (2-1, 2.86 ERA) vs Anderson (3-0, 2.63 ERA)

We get to see this guy (and his .569 OPS)!

BigLeagueChew · Post #2 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Fri Apr 19, 2019 10:19 pm

Eric Sogard (L) 2B
Freddy Galvis (S) SS
Randal Grichuk (R) DH
Justin Smoak (S) 1B
Teoscar Hernandez (R) LF
Billy McKinney (L) RF
Brandon Drury (R) 3B
Socrates Brito (L) CF
Danny Jansen (R) C

edit: lineup change, brito cf/grichuk dh

Brinbe · Post #3 » by **Brinbe** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 2:36 am

Brito got a hit!

Post #4 » by **Schad** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 2:37 am

4/19/2019 11:39pm: I witnessed a Socrates Brito hit.

Post #5 » by **Schad** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 2:39 am

They're losing but the kelly green jerseys are quality. Stadium might spontaneously combust at any time, but they look solid.

BigLeagueChew · Post #6 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 2:40 am

thats it, build around brito and sogard

vaff87 · Post #7 » by **vaff87** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 2:44 am

Hard to believe Drury has zero RBI.

vaff87 · Post #8 » by **vaff87** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 4:15 am

Good to see Teoscar’s walks and strike outs trending in the right direction to start this year.

manjusaka · Post #9 » by **manjusaka** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 6:22 am

vaff87 wrote:Good to see Teoscar’s walks and strike outs trending in the right direction to start this year.

He has the upside of above average player if he can improve his defence.

hst420 · Post #10 » by **hst420** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:04 pm

Shoemaker hurts his knee in a tag run down.. a rundown that should have been completed before he got involved imo. Poor Shoemaker.. tough break for him and the Jays... hopefully not serious.

Post #11 » by **Schad** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:22 pm

Drury showing something approximating signs of life: he's 5 for his last 16 with 2 HRs and a double, and only 4 strikeouts! That's semi-competent.

Sogard's BABIP luck making our roster situation a little harder to resolve. Gotta hate when you call someone up to be a sacrificial lamb and they end up having 50%+ of their balls in play go for hits.

Post #12 » by **spykelee** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:27 pm

How have we put up five run innings four times already this year? We really are all or nothing I guess.

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Lateral Quicks · Post #13 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:27 pm

Tellez certainly bringing the power this year. Would like to see those K numbers come down, though.

Post #14 » by **Schad** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:30 pm

We're actually hitting reasonably well over the past couple weeks. More than 5 runs/game from the Boston series on, with peripherals that are more league-average than absolutely pathetic.

Brinbe · Post #15 » by **Brinbe** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:38 pm

May well be a .500 team by the time Vlad gets called up

Bats have shown up

Post #16 » by **spykelee** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:44 pm

Geez I feel like I'm in the twilight zone here

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Lateral Quicks · Post #17 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:45 pm

Drury continues to do things...

vaff87 · Post #18 » by **vaff87** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 10:02 pm

Man, Shoemaker has the worst luck.

vaff87 · Post #19 » by **vaff87** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 10:47 pm

Wow, Galvis going all David Wright. That was crazy.

Post #20 » by **spykelee** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 10:48 pm

Wow that catch by galvis was one of the most ridiculous I've ever seen, truth.

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