ST: BlueJays @ RedSox June 27th-30th

Post #182 » by **Schad** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:47 pm

Dammit, thought that we were going to be saved by the triangle.

Wo1verine · Post #183 » by **Wo1verine** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:47 pm

Gosh dammit! Rasmus should have had it! :-?

dballislife · Post #184 » by **dballislife** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:48 pm

gose gets that easy

dballislife · Post #185 » by **dballislife** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:54 pm

izturis and boni on base ability is horrible

Greatness · Post #186 » by **Greatness** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:55 pm

A Bautista bomb would be nice here

Greatness · Post #187 » by **Greatness** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:57 pm

This guy had an ERA of 11 coming into this game, can we score some damn runs?

shotcaller09 · Post #188 » by **shotcaller09** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:58 pm

can we pay someone to argue with Bautista or maybe pay the ump to call horrible strikes against him and then throw him out? we need something to fire Bautista up

this slump of his is lasting rather long...

Greatness · Post #189 » by **Greatness** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:04 am

The worst catcher in baseball at it again

Avenger · Post #190 » by **Avenger** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:05 am

Greatness wrote:The worst player in baseball at it again

fixed that for you

Greatness · Post #191 » by **Greatness** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:08 am

What a catch

Lateral Quicks · Post #192 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:13 am

JPK is an embarassment to the team. I'm so sick of his crap defense and hack offensive approach. The guy has an OBP of .250, and it's only that high because he had some big games against the likes of Jeff Francis.

I put the blame squarely on AA here. Not only did he drastically overpay for Dickey, but he gave up the heir apparent at catcher in doing so. If it weren't for his other quality moves, it would suggest a real lack of talent assessment ability on his part.

Randle McMurphy · Post #193 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:14 am

Johnson is pitching poorly tonight. Not going to cut it against a team this good.

shotcaller09 · Post #194 » by **shotcaller09** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:14 am

just great...johnson already at 73 pitches and we are not even through 3 innings

sigh, this team can be so frustrating as times

11x · Post #195 » by **11x** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:15 am

Gunned down.

Mehar · Post #196 » by **Mehar** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:16 am

Glad to know that JPA remembered to block the plate against the speedy Ortiz. Thankfully he did not pull a Molina.

Avenger · Post #197 » by **Avenger** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:16 am

What difference does it make when you have a moron of a manager who continues to play him everyday regardless of how much he's hurting the team? You don't even have to like Josh Thole but to even argue that he wouldn't be a significant improvement over JPK is unconscionable, again like i said before except for reliever usage Gibbons is as terrible as Farrell, there's not a creative bone in his body.

Post #198 » by **Schad** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:18 am

Avenger wrote:What difference does it make when you have a moron of a manager who continues to play him everyday regardless of how much he's hurting the team? You don't even have to like Josh Thole but to even argue that he wouldn't be a significant improvement over JPK is unconscionable, again like i said before except for reliever usage Gibbons is as terrible as Farrell

Thole is 2 for 19. He's hitting .226/.286/.279 over 375 PAs in 2012 and 2013. No, it's not unconscionable to argue that he would not be a significant improvement. I have no love for Arencibia, but he is genuinely the better option.

Randle McMurphy · Post #199 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:19 am

Avenger wrote:What difference does it make when you have a moron of a manager who continues to play him everyday regardless of how much he's hurting the team? You don't even have to like Josh Thole but to even argue that he wouldn't be a significant improvement over JPK is unconscionable, again like i said before except for reliever usage Gibbons is as terrible as Farrell, there's not a creative bone in his body.

Thole is terrible. We've been over this.

Randle McMurphy · Post #200 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:20 am

Schadenfreude wrote:
Avenger wrote:What difference does it make when you have a moron of a manager who continues to play him everyday regardless of how much he's hurting the team? You don't even have to like Josh Thole but to even argue that he wouldn't be a significant improvement over JPK is unconscionable, again like i said before except for reliever usage Gibbons is as terrible as Farrell

Thole is 2 for 19. He's hitting .226/.286/.279 over 375 PAs in 2012 and 2013. No, it's not unconscionable to argue that he would not be a significant improvement. I have no love for Arencibia, but he is genuinely the better option.

Even keeping in mind his lack of offense, he's also a worse defensive catcher than Arencibia. And that makes him quite bad in that area, indeed.