ST: Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox | June 25-27

MGD24 · Post #1 » by **MGD24** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:19 pm

The Jays travel to Boston to take on the Red Sox in a 3 game battle for the basement!

Monday June 25 - Henderson Alvarez (3-6, 4.30) vs Felix Doubront (8-3, 4.31) - 710pm
Tuesday June 26 - Aaron Laffey (0-0, 3.00) vs Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-2, 6.06) - 710pm
Wednesday June 27 - Ricky Romero (8-1, 4.34) vs Jon Lester (4-5, 4.48) - 135pm

BigLeagueChew · Post #2 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:03 pm

2 wins will be tough this series.

Randle McMurphy · Post #3 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:12 pm

BigLeagueChew wrote:2 wins will be tough this series.

1 win will be tough, 2 wins will be just about impossible with that pitching staff the Jays are throwing out there.

Garmfay · Post #4 » by **Garmfay** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:55 pm

Sweep by Redsox. Lind bats clean up, Coello/Pauley in late game situations.

Wo1verine · Post #5 » by **Wo1verine** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:00 pm

Garmfay wrote:Sweep by Redsox. Lind bats clean up, Coello/Pauley in late game situations.

With Farrell - Anything is possible! :lol:

Tyrone Slothrop · Post #6 » by **Tyrone Slothrop** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:01 pm

Runs will be in abundance this series, that's for sure.

Garmfay · Post #7 » by **Garmfay** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:02 pm

Seriously though, if Coello is not DFA'd by tomorrow's game I will **** rage

Raider917 · Post #8 » by **Raider917** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:12 pm

youkilis being dealt is good

Hamyltowne · Post #9 » by **Hamyltowne** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:30 pm

Garmfay wrote:Sweep by Redsox. Lind bats clean up, Coello/Pauley in late game situations.

Don't forget Coco in the 8th.

Hamyltowne · Post #10 » by **Hamyltowne** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:31 pm

Raider917 wrote:youkilis being dealt is good

Is it? Will Middlebrooks has been excellent. He's why they traded Youkilis.

torontoaces04 · Post #11 » by **torontoaces04** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:43 am

Why is Robert Coello still on this team?

Garmfay · Post #12 » by **Garmfay** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:05 am

torontoaces04 wrote:Why is Robert Coello still on this team?

Agreed. Shocked he wasn't part of the roster moves today. AA has a specific love fest for certain scrubs. This year its Francisco, Coello etc Raging **** hard man. Bring up Beck/Gill over this clown

nonc · Post #13 » by **nonc** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:52 am

Anthopoulos is sh*tting himself with these roster selections. and Lind back? wtf? Further, i wasn't at all impressed by his half inning with Buck and Pat at the Marlins game, in which he basically felt sorry for himself and deemed finding pitching and talking to other GMs too difficult.

f*ck me, Alex, do your job. it wouldn't matter if we were 10 games below .500 in the same situation, he'd still have to find us a starting pitcher. look through the triple-A affiliates of the top 10 ERAs in the MLB, Yusmeiro Petit? Graham Godfrey? Bruce Billings? we could get these guys for next to nothing. and what happened to our foothold in the Caribbean? are there no Caribbean free agents who can pitch better than Chavez and Coello? hadn't we seen enough of Chavez after he WALKED IN 3 BREWERS IN A ROW??

youreachiteach · Post #14 » by **youreachiteach** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:34 am

They didn't think they were really competing anyway this year so there is no money in the budget to make a major splash at least until the trade deadline. And in that case, he's looking at trading some major league assets plus a prospect (Snider) to fill other holes (probably younger and longer term pieces anyway). Due to the Jays being stuck in a tight contention window they don't want to really be in right now, I'd bet players like KJ and EE will be dealt. Bautista will be kept for fan appeasement.

Why do you think they stuck so long with Drabek and Alvarez at this level for the past month even before the injuries? Because they had no choice. The Jays are basically a developmental team at the major league level until their talent coalesces in 2014-2016. Even then, the youngsters probably need a year or two after that to "get it".

Because of the added wildcard, the Jays will stay relevant for longer, and if they are fortunate, one year they may decide to expedite the process if they are in better position. We have to hope to luck out like Baltimore has this year.

Maybe next year....

The Jays have had some difficult injuries, to be sure. The truth is, If Santos alone had been healthy and had stayed along his career norms this year, we'd probably be tied with Baltimore or Tampa, and there would be the kind of pressure necessary to complete a "win-now" trade. These injuries allow AA/Rogers a built in excuse not to try and to let the chips fall where they may. They can then trade from a position of "strength" when the trade deadlne gets here (as sellers who don't NEED to deal to compete). At the moment they appear desperate for pitching and the poker player that AA is won't fold his hand until the tide turns.

AA doesn't like being put in situations where he could have to compete for talent in the free market, so look for him to wait until the off season to improve the pitching through trades in a less high-priced time slot.

Graham's Cracker · Post #15 » by **Graham's Cracker** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:59 pm

I don't understand why we didn't bring Shawn Camp back. He wasn't terrible for us and he only ended up getting a minor league deal. In spite of his pained expressions on the mound I'd prefer him over some of these guys we're running out there. They give me pained expressions watching them try to pitch.

RapsFanInVA · Post #16 » by **RapsFanInVA** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:38 pm

I can't decide who will give up more runs, Alvarez or Laffey?

Holmes · Post #17 » by **Holmes** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:47 pm

RapsFanInVA wrote:I can't decide who will give up more runs, Alvarez or Laffey?

Adam Lind will.

Fairview4Life · Post #18 » by **Fairview4Life** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:04 pm

Holmes wrote:
RapsFanInVA wrote:I can't decide who will give up more runs, Alvarez or Laffey?

Adam Lind will.

xAIRNESSx · Post #19 » by **xAIRNESSx** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:33 pm

Sounds like serious rain headed to Boston tonight.

s e n s i · Post #20 » by **s e n s i** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:37 pm

yep, highly doubt there's a game tonight. double-header on wednesday?