New Season New Hope! 2021 Edition. The "Stankees" vs. The "Blue Birds" (April 1,3 and 4)

polo007 · Post #182 » by **polo007** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 3:51 pm

T-d0t · Post #183 » by **T-d0t** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 4:03 pm

Payamps gets optioned because???

Does it have to do with having an extra lefty?

Michael Bradley · Post #184 » by **Michael Bradley** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 4:26 pm

Lateral Quicks wrote:
Michael Bradley wrote:If Montoyo thinks Joe Panik is more worthy to pinch hit for Jansen than Kirk is, then this is going to be a problem all season. He clearly doesn't know who his best players are. Panik is a 75 wRC+ player the past 3 seasons. There's a strong chance Jansen is a better hitter than him, never mind Kirk who is clearly better.

Kirk is likely the better hitter, but he'll need more than 25 major league plate appearances to prove it. Panik is decent at getting on base and we needed a man on base in that situation. As a fan I'd have preferred to see Kirk in that situation, but I understand where Montoyo was coming from there.

Panik has a .613 OPS (67 wRC+) against RHP in his last 479 plate appearances. For his career, Jansen has a .671 OPS (82 wRC+) in 433 plate appearances against RHP, which includes a 118 mark in 2020. Pinch hitting Panik for Jansen alone was a questionable decision. The fact that Kirk was sitting there makes it worse.

On the plus side, Montoyo was able to find a way to get Panik's big bat into the lineup at DH today.

Lateral Quicks · Post #185 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 5:20 pm

Lots of hard contact against Zeuch in the first, but everything hit right to a fielder.

Brinbe · Post #186 » by **Brinbe** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 5:24 pm

vladdy gonna mash the hell out of the ball this season. here comes the breakout

Read on Twitter

that oppo shot :nod:

TOStateofMind · Post #187 » by **TOStateofMind** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 5:24 pm

vladdy in for a big year

Post #188 » by **Schad** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 5:26 pm

Michael Bradley wrote:On the plus side, Montoyo was able to find a way to get Panik's big bat into the lineup at DH today.

In general, I tend to give a pass to early-season lineup weirdness because most managers like to get everyone a little time in a first couple series.

I do however draw the line at DHing Joe Panik under any circumstances.

Post #189 » by **Schad** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 5:29 pm

Domingo German getting hammered like it's a charity gala and he's about to do unspeakably awful things.

The only people happier with this turn of events than the Jays' players are the Yankees' players.

TOStateofMind · Post #190 » by **TOStateofMind** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 5:30 pm

nice shot grichuk

Brinbe · Post #191 » by **Brinbe** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 5:31 pm

this offense is dynamite. just need pitching to hold up

Lateral Quicks · Post #192 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 5:33 pm

Sportsnet is getting as many shots of Gurriel's hair in the dugout as humanly possible.

Brinbe · Post #193 » by **Brinbe** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 5:44 pm

hold on, zeuch...

Lateral Quicks · Post #194 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 6:00 pm

Gurriel is having some really good at-bats.

Post #195 » by **Schad** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 6:12 pm

Imagine selling your soul and pissing off most of your team to bring back a guy as mediocre as Domingo German.

Post #196 » by **Schad** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 6:36 pm

Credit to Zeuch: he has limited hard contact, and what hard contact there has been has consisted of grounders/low liners. I'm still pretty iffy that he can be a regular starter, but he has had a good outing.

Wo1verine · Post #197 » by **Wo1verine** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 6:48 pm

Schad wrote:Imagine selling your soul and pissing off most of your team to bring back a guy as mediocre as Domingo German.

Overreaction- imagine getting rid of him and him blossoming else where?

If management listened to the players they’d probably wouldn’t win championships much.

Wo1verine · Post #198 » by **Wo1verine** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 6:50 pm

Taking out the Big Z may cost this team

Post #199 » by **Schad** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 6:51 pm

If Tommy Milone enters a game, he'll be the second player ever to wear the number 69 for the Jays, after Peter Munro. He's only the second player in baseball history to have worn the number with two organizations, after Bronson Arroyo (naturally).

Post #200 » by **Schad** » Sun Apr 4, 2021 6:54 pm

Wo1verine wrote:Overreaction- imagine getting rid of him and him blossoming else where?

If management listened to the players they’d probably wouldn’t win championships much.

He's 28 and has never been better than mediocre. Also, his partner had to lock herself in a room and call one of his teammates and his teammate's wife to come rescue her, because he was beating her and she thought he might murder her.