Kansas City Royals (45-56) at Toronto Blue Jays (51-48) - July 30 - August 1

polo007 · Post #1 » by **polo007** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:18 pm

s e n s i · Post #2 » by **s e n s i** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:19 pm

i remember laughing at the orioles back in 2016 (?) with how cheesy it was they trotted all the players and staff from the outfield during their home opener ceremony and now look at us. god what a horrible day so far.

Brinbe · Post #3 » by **Brinbe** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:27 pm

finally back home. hope to make it out to a game sometime soon. i've really missed hitting up random games during the summer.

SharoneWright · Post #4 » by **SharoneWright** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:54 pm

Tabby is just such a lug head

TOStateofMind · Post #5 » by **TOStateofMind** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:58 pm

crushed

welcome back baby

rarefind · Post #6 » by **rarefind** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:01 am

So basically .650 baseball needed?

A nice 10 game win streak reminiscent of the run we went on in 2015 would be nice.

Parataxis · Post #7 » by **Parataxis** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:20 am

rarefind wrote:So basically .650 baseball needed?

A nice 10 game win streak reminiscent of the run we went on in 2015 would be nice.

A nice long streak for the first third of august is absolutely needed. Let's get it started!

vaff87 · Post #8 » by **vaff87** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:42 am

Man, Bo is having a really good season.

SharoneWright · Post #9 » by **SharoneWright** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:50 am

Don’t tell me Espinal also doesn’t know how to play 3rd base… What was that!

Catcher runs down the line, you cover home. Every time all the time.

rarefind · Post #10 » by **rarefind** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:50 am

vaff87 wrote:Man, Bo is having a really good season.

Unfortunately he's not a shortstop though

LBJKB24MJ23 · Post #11 » by **LBJKB24MJ23** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:51 am

vaff87 wrote:Man, Bo is having a really good season.

batting wise. fielding... leads the league in errors lol.

vaff87 · Post #12 » by **vaff87** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:55 am

rarefind wrote:
vaff87 wrote:Man, Bo is having a really good season.

Unfortunately he's not a shortstop though

Why not? What is your explanation for why he’s not a SS. He has both the range and arm strength to play the position. He just struggles with inconsistency, which can be cleaned up.

rarefind · Post #13 » by **rarefind** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:13 am

vaff87 wrote:
rarefind wrote:
vaff87 wrote:Man, Bo is having a really good season.

Unfortunately he's not a shortstop though

Why not? What is your explanation for why he’s not a SS. He has both the range and arm strength to play the position. He just struggles with inconsistency, which can be cleaned up.

Bo has the worst fielding pct in qualified AL short stops. At a certain point when a team is trying to win you give up and go get an elite defender to play the most important position on the diamond.

Lateral Quicks · Post #14 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:15 am

Mayza has quietly put together a very good season. Apart from that brief meltdown earlier in the year, he's been dynamite.

johanliebert · Post #15 » by **johanliebert** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:18 am

Where is Romano’s velocity? He’s been shaky lately.

SharoneWright · Post #16 » by **SharoneWright** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:18 am

Whatever else happened on that play, Jordan Romano did certainly not get a “good break” like Tabby reflexively says…

TOStateofMind · Post #17 » by **TOStateofMind** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:22 am

what a play to end it

Parataxis · Post #18 » by **Parataxis** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:25 am

SharoneWright wrote:Don’t tell me Espinal also doesn’t know how to play 3rd base… What was that!

Catcher runs down the line, you cover home. Every time all the time.

Wouldn't it be the pitcher who should have headed to home to field? Especialy as the runner was coming from second?

s e n s i · Post #19 » by **s e n s i** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:33 am

s e n s i wrote:i remember laughing at the orioles back in 2016 (?) with how cheesy it was they trotted all the players and staff from the outfield during their home opener ceremony and now look at us. god what a horrible day so far.

i feel better now

vaff87 · Post #20 » by **vaff87** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:38 am

rarefind wrote:
vaff87 wrote:
rarefind wrote:
Unfortunately he's not a shortstop though

Why not? What is your explanation for why he’s not a SS. He has both the range and arm strength to play the position. He just struggles with inconsistency, which can be cleaned up.

Bo has the worst fielding pct in qualified AL short stops. At a certain point when a team is trying to win you give up and go get an elite defender to play the most important position on the diamond.

Jose Iglesias of all people has a worse UZR/150 and DRS than Bo. Maybe the Angels should move him? Fernando Tatis is the worst defensive SS in baseball, maybe he should be moved? Xander Bogaerts has the worst DRS among any SS in baseball, maybe he should be moved? Andrelton Simmons has a UZR/150 and RngR not much better than Bo, maybe he should be moved? Gleyber Torres has a DRS six runs worse than Bo, maybe he should be moved? Dansby Swanson has a DRS and RngR worse than Bo, and a UZR/150 only a little bit better, perhaps he should be moved?. The idea that Bo can’t play SS is nonsense.