The Blue Birds vs The Pirates Pierogies, May 02-04

[Lateral Quicks]

I would have left Stroman pitch both innings with a five point lead, but meh, a win is a win.

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I would have left Stroman pitch both innings with a five point lead, but meh, a win is a win.

Same here. Give the kid some innings and some confidence to close out the game.

[Randle McMurphy]

Can anybody tell me how McGowan looked? Was at the Raptors game. Looks like he did pretty well, although it may have been like his other "good" start where he was hit hard and had little command.

[dagger]

Seems to be the Jays pattern. Squander a pair of winnable games, then take season series finale. That's .333 stuff.

[Back2back2back]

Can anybody tell me how McGowan looked? Was at the Raptors game. Looks like he did pretty well, although it may have been like his other "good" start where he was hit hard and had little command.

He looked good Randle. Had the Pirates batters guessing all game. Great fastball today and very good control. 101 pitches over 7 innings which is a season high for him. The Pirates managed just three hits and three walks. He struck out five.

[Randle McMurphy]

Can anybody tell me how McGowan looked? Was at the Raptors game. Looks like he did pretty well, although it may have been like his other "good" start where he was hit hard and had little command.

He looked good Randle. Had the Pirates batters guessing all game. Great fastball today and very good control. 101 pitches over 7 innings which is a season high for him. The Pirates managed just three hits and three walks. He struck out five.

Thanks. Guess you can't end that experiment yet after all. I'll try to catch Jays in 30 later.

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Rasmus is heating up! Grand slam today. 6 hits in his last 4 games to go with 3 HR's and 9 RBI's. Not too shabby!!

[s e n s i]

what a miracle that we're only 2.5 games back of the division.

[dballislife]

one of rogers or redmond gotta be off this team, i dont even know what their roles are...we dont need two guys with no roles on team

[stealthmode]

Now that's what I'm talking bout

[Randle McMurphy]

Rasmus is heating up! Grand slam today. 6 hits in his last 4 games to go with 3 HR's and 9 RBI's. Not too shabby!!

Yet another example of why one shouldn't pay attention so much to April numbers. Both Lawrie and Rasmus are hitting now.

[Back2back2back]

Let's hope this trend continues Randle.

We got the Phillies tonight.

GO JAYS GO!!

[Santoki]

Rasmus is heating up! Grand slam today. 6 hits in his last 4 games to go with 3 HR's and 9 RBI's. Not too shabby!!

Yet another example of why one shouldn't pay attention so much to April numbers. Both Lawrie and Rasmus are hitting now.

Rasmus is a streaky hitter. We can't claim that this past week is what we can expect from him for the rest of the season and longer (if signed to an extension). Let's just see how long his hot vs cold streaks last this year.

[uniballer]

Tim and Sid killed AA and his desperation moves this afternoon

[Randle McMurphy]

Rasmus is heating up! Grand slam today. 6 hits in his last 4 games to go with 3 HR's and 9 RBI's. Not too shabby!!

Yet another example of why one shouldn't pay attention so much to April numbers. Both Lawrie and Rasmus are hitting now.

Rasmus is a streaky hitter. We can't claim that this past week is what we can expect from him for the rest of the season and longer (if signed to an extension). Let's just see how long his hot vs cold streaks last this year.

He's also a career .753 OPS hitter. Unless your expectations for him are unreasonable (like, say, a repeat of his great 2013), he likely won't disappoint. I'd rather not even get my hopes up about an extension, though.

[s e n s i]

reyes gets a hold of one early followed by another melky single. dat offense tho

[Schad]

JA Happ: merely an ace, or future Hall of Famer?

[Santoki]

Wrong thread boys.