Toronto Blue Jays (50-43) @ Boston Red Sox (48-45) - July 22-24

polo007 · Post #1 » by **polo007** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:45 pm

GoRapstheoriginal · Post #2 » by **GoRapstheoriginal** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 5:27 pm

Mandatory need to win 2 out of 3 IF not a total sweep of Red Sox.

Gausman, Manoah & Stripling better have their TOP tier / Grade A stuff absolutely!

GO JAYS GO!

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Randle McMurphy · Post #3 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 8:08 pm

Tapia leading off. Bring back Gibbons.

polo007 · Post #4 » by **polo007** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 8:35 pm

Randle McMurphy wrote:Tapia leading off. Bring back Gibbons.

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Randle McMurphy · Post #5 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:20 pm

Why is Tapia leading off?

Raps in 4 · Post #6 » by **Raps in 4** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:33 pm

Wtf is this Tapia leading off??? This team is doing everything in their power to miss the playoffs.

duppyy · Post #7 » by **duppyy** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:37 pm

Wow chappy

Randle McMurphy · Post #8 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:39 pm

Do they realize leading Tapia off means he may very well get the most PAs on the team today? Do they know?

Raps in 4 · Post #9 » by **Raps in 4** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:54 pm

Randle McMurphy wrote:Do they realize leading Tapia off means he may very well get the most PAs on the team today? Do they know?

Maybe JL was right. Maybe it was always Shatkins forcing Tapia. That's two managers now who are sticking him where he doesn't belong in the lineup.

Randle McMurphy · Post #10 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:58 pm

Raps in 4 wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:Do they realize leading Tapia off means he may very well get the most PAs on the team today? Do they know?

Maybe JL was right. Maybe it was always Shatkins forcing Tapia. That's two managers now who are sticking him where he doesn't belong in the lineup.

Or maybe it was Schneider doing the lineups all along, which would be hardly surprising. Montoyo just a figurehead.

Dark times ahead if that is the case.

Raps in 4 · Post #11 » by **Raps in 4** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:58 pm

The worst part is if we win in spite of Tapia today, it'll only embolden the team to keep him in the leadoff role. I hate being a fan of this team.

Corinne · Post #12 » by **Corinne** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:59 pm

Gausman looking sharp tonight

Randle McMurphy · Post #13 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:01 am

Corinne wrote:Gausman looking sharp tonight

Not really? He's thrown nearly 50 pitches in 2 innings. Not commanding the splitter where he needs to.

vaff87 · Post #14 » by **vaff87** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:04 am

Tapia is hitting like .336 in his last 115 plate appearances. Over that span he’s hitting .347 with a .917 OPS and 157 wRC+ vs righties. I don’t see a problem with him leading off occasionally vs righties, if he’s hitting like this.

Randle McMurphy · Post #15 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:07 am

vaff87 wrote:Tapia is hitting like .336 in his last 115 plate appearances. Over that span he’s hitting .347 with a .917 OPS and 157 wRC+ vs righties. I don’t see a problem with him leading off occasionally vs righties, if he’s hitting like this.

Small sample sizes aside, he's easily the worst hitter in this lineup right now. I think that would be the primary reason not to do it.

vaff87 · Post #16 » by **vaff87** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:10 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:
vaff87 wrote:Tapia is hitting like .336 in his last 115 plate appearances. Over that span he’s hitting .347 with a .917 OPS and 157 wRC+ vs righties. I don’t see a problem with him leading off occasionally vs righties, if he’s hitting like this.

Small sample sizes aside, he's easily the worst hitter in this lineup right now. I think that would be the primary reason not to do it.

He’s been hotter than most of our hitters over the last two months.

Randle McMurphy · Post #17 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:11 am

vaff87 wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:
vaff87 wrote:Tapia is hitting like .336 in his last 115 plate appearances. Over that span he’s hitting .347 with a .917 OPS and 157 wRC+ vs righties. I don’t see a problem with him leading off occasionally vs righties, if he’s hitting like this.

Small sample sizes aside, he's easily the worst hitter in this lineup right now. I think that would be the primary reason not to do it.

He’s been hotter than most of our hitters over the last two months.

He can be hot batting 9 then.

Randle McMurphy · Post #18 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:16 am

Eovaldi literally pitching around Jansen to face our leadoff hitter. I wonder why that could be.

Hottie McShotty · Post #19 » by **Hottie McShotty** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:18 am

Off to a good start!

Hottie McShotty · Post #20 » by **Hottie McShotty** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:18 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:Eovaldi literally pitching around Jansen to face our leadoff hitter. I wonder why that could be.

You hate Tapia. :lol: