Battle Of Florida: Rays vs. Jays May 21-24

Post #1 » by **JaysRule15** » Fri May 21, 2021 11:47 pm

I hate making GTs because I have an atrocious record, but here we are.

Kay getting squeezed badly in the first inning here.

Randle McMurphy · Post #2 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri May 21, 2021 11:56 pm

Disgraceful umpiring in the 1st inning, both on the first base call and the strike calls. Cost Kay at least 10 pitches.

vaff87 · Post #3 » by **vaff87** » Fri May 21, 2021 11:57 pm

It feels like we’re always facing a star pitcher.

vaff87 · Post #4 » by **vaff87** » Sat May 22, 2021 12:00 am

Buck just said “the covid” again.

Post #5 » by **JaysRule15** » Sat May 22, 2021 12:01 am

Man, Semien/Bichette/Vlad/Teo/Grichuk has to be the best top 5 in baseball so far this season.

SharoneWright · Post #6 » by **SharoneWright** » Sat May 22, 2021 12:06 am

Encouraged to see Vlad run down the line like that.

Hottie McShotty · Post #7 » by **Hottie McShotty** » Sat May 22, 2021 12:34 am

Sign Semien to an extension. He's a keeper. Loving his bat and play so far this season.

SharoneWright · Post #8 » by **SharoneWright** » Sat May 22, 2021 12:38 am

Tabby so full of shid

The_Hater · Post #9 » by **The_Hater** » Sat May 22, 2021 12:41 am

SharoneWright wrote:Tabby so full of shid

He has this uncontrollable urge to fill dead air with constant bullsheet theories.

The_Hater · Post #10 » by **The_Hater** » Sat May 22, 2021 12:47 am

Hottie McShotty wrote:Sign Semien to an extension. He's a keeper. Loving his bat and play so far this season.

Good idea in theory, but Simeon signed a 1 year deal for a reason, so that he could rebuild his value after a terrible 2020 season. There’s zero reason for him to sign an extension now when he’s doing just that. And after the season, he’ll solicit offers from as many teams as possible.

But man, what a month he’s having.

Lateral Quicks · Post #11 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sat May 22, 2021 12:49 am

Vladdy didn't get cheated there. LOL.

TOStateofMind · Post #12 » by **TOStateofMind** » Sat May 22, 2021 12:49 am

Vladdy bomb. Just so good.

The_Hater · Post #13 » by **The_Hater** » Sat May 22, 2021 12:52 am

Lateral Quicks wrote:Vladdy didn't get cheated there. LOL.

That one looked like a 500 footer if there was even a small tail wind. Absolutely crushed.

Randle McMurphy · Post #14 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sat May 22, 2021 12:55 am

It feels like Vlad focuses in more against the great pitchers (Scherzer, Cole, Glasnow). He can hit anybody.

Post #15 » by **JaysRule15** » Sat May 22, 2021 12:56 am

The_Hater wrote:
Hottie McShotty wrote:Sign Semien to an extension. He's a keeper. Loving his bat and play so far this season.

Good idea in theory, but Simeon signed a 1 year deal for a reason, so that he could rebuild his value after a terrible 2020 season. There’s zero reason for him to sign an extension now when he’s doing just that. And after the season, he’ll solicit offers from as many teams as possible.

But man, what a month he’s having.

Yeah, there's no way he doesn't test FA. I'm just hoping that the crowded IF market means that we might be able to bring him back at a decent price (if that is something FO decides to do).

The_Hater · Post #16 » by **The_Hater** » Sat May 22, 2021 12:57 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:It feels like Vlad focuses in more against the great pitchers (Scherzer, Cole, Glasnow). He can hit anybody.

The Jays have had some great hitters but nobody with this type of potential. So complete in every facet.

Randle McMurphy · Post #17 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sat May 22, 2021 12:59 am

I'm looking at the active roster and have no idea how this team plans to get through 9 innings of this game with what they have available.

vaff87 · Post #18 » by **vaff87** » Sat May 22, 2021 1:00 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:It feels like Vlad focuses in more against the great pitchers (Scherzer, Cole, Glasnow). He can hit anybody.

Yeah, he does, I think. They actually mentioned the other day that he craves the matchups vs great pitchers.

In other news, he currently leads baseball in WAR.

Randle McMurphy · Post #19 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sat May 22, 2021 1:00 am

The_Hater wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:It feels like Vlad focuses in more against the great pitchers (Scherzer, Cole, Glasnow). He can hit anybody.

The Jays have had some great hitters but nobody with this type of potential. So complete in every facet.

I'd say that few in the history of baseball have this kind of potential offensively.

vaff87 · Post #20 » by **vaff87** » Sat May 22, 2021 1:04 am

The_Hater wrote:
Hottie McShotty wrote:Sign Semien to an extension. He's a keeper. Loving his bat and play so far this season.

Good idea in theory, but Simeon signed a 1 year deal for a reason, so that he could rebuild his value after a terrible 2020 season. There’s zero reason for him to sign an extension now when he’s doing just that. And after the season, he’ll solicit offers from as many teams as possible.

But man, what a month he’s having.

Not necessarily. If he keeps this up for another month it’s possible he can get a good extension from the Jays. Not many guys were getting big contracts last offseason. I don’t think Semien had any long term offers in the neighborhood of what he thought he was worth. Also, there’s the chance he really feels at home with the jays. Who knows.