Blue Jays @ Phillies, May 5, 6, 7 & 8

Graham's Cracker · Post #1 » by **Graham's Cracker** » Mon May 5, 2014 5:38 pm

Since nobody else has got this going yet and game time is a few hours away. You get a crappy series thread.

VS

Monday, May 5th 7:05 PM

VS

Career VS Kendrick
AB/AVG/OPS
Jose Bautista 6/.333/1.500
Melky Cabrera 5/.000/.000
E Encarnacion 12.250/.940
Juan Francisco 3/.000/.000
Chris Getz 3/.667/1.667
Brett Lawrie 3/.333/1.167
Dioner Navarro 1/.000/.000
Colby Rasmus 11/.364/1.273
Jose Reyes 33/.394/1.171
Josh Thole 20/.300/.600
Totals 101/.307/.934

Tuesday, May 6th @ 7:05 PM

VS

Statistics versus Hamels
BATTER AB/AVG/OPS
Jose Bautista 6/.167/.542
Melky Cabrera 15/.400/1.104
E Encarnacion 11/.273/.657
Juan Francisco 2/.500/.833
Chris Getz 3/.667/1.667
Adam Lind 8/.375/1.125
Dioner Navarro 3/.000/.000
Colby Rasmus 3/.000/.000
Jose Reyes 56/.393/.943
Josh Thole 3/.333/.667
Totals 110/.355/.887

Wednesday, May 7 @ 7:07 PM

Cliff Lee VS

Mark Buehrle

Career versus Lee
BATTER AB/AVG/OPS
Jose Bautista 12/.250/.808
Melky Cabrera 15/.333/.908
Encarnacion 13/.154/.599
Juan Francisco 1/.000/.000
Chris Getz 2/.500/1.500
Maicer Izturis 9/.111/.333
Brett Lawrie 4/.500/1.000
Adam Lind 13/.231/.462
Dioner Navarro 16/.063/.188
Colby Rasmus 7/.286/.571
Jose Reyes 13/.231/.615
Josh Thole 2/.500/1.000
Steve Tolleson 5/.600/2.200
Totals 112/.241/.672

Thursday, May 8 @ 7:07 PM

Burnett VS

BATTER AB/AVG/OPS
Jose Bautista 14/.429/1.744
Melky Cabrera 24/.125/.285
Encarnacion 14/.429/1.395
Juan Francisco 4/.000/.000
Chris Getz 6/.333/.667
Maicer Izturis 21/.381/.935
Erik Kratz 5/.200/1.000
Adam Lind 20/.250/.583
Dioner Navarro 29/.207/.603
Jose Reyes 25/.160/.400
Josh Thole 3/.000/.000
Totals 165/.248/.726

Looking at the numbers, it's clear that Chris Getz will need to maintain his 1.667 OPS vs Hamels & Kendrick for the Jays to win this series.

Worth noting
• Former All-Star closer Joel Hanrahan on Friday signed a one-year, $1 million contract with the Tigers. He is recovering from Tommy John surgery but could be ready to pitch by June. The Phillies need bullpen help, but Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. on Sunday would only say that they contacted Hanrahan's agent.

• Cole Hamels pitches Tuesday against the Blue Jays. He had been scheduled to pitch Sunday against the Nationals but was scratched because of the flu.

• Blue Jays right fielder Jose Bautista has reached base in all of Toronto's 31 games this season. That's the longest streak to begin a year since Cincinnati's Joey Votto accomplished the feat in 2011 over 33 games.

• The Blue Jays' bullpen entered play on Sunday with the second-worst WHIP in the Major Leagues at 1.56. They also had the second-worst walks per nine innings with 4.98 and the fifth-worst home run total of 12. Last year, Toronto had the ninth-lowest WHIP (1.23).

Back2back2back · Post #2 » by **Back2back2back** » Mon May 5, 2014 5:43 pm

Looks good to me bud!

Thanks for making the game thread. I was told we would alternate depending on and if the Jays win a series. If they win then that same person who created the original game thread would do the same for the next series. Maybe that somehow will bring some good luck and continue the Jays winning ways.

That's my understanding on how this works here. Mods please correct me if I'm wrong.

Graham's Cracker · Post #3 » by **Graham's Cracker** » Mon May 5, 2014 5:45 pm

Back2back2back wrote:Looks good to me bud!

Thanks for making the game thread. I was told we would alternate depending on and if the Jays win a series. If they win then that same person who created the original game thread would do the same for the next series. Maybe that somehow will bring some good luck and continue the Jays winning ways.

That's my understanding on how this works here. Mods please correct me if I'm wrong.

Sounds good to me.

Santoki · Post #4 » by **Santoki** » Mon May 5, 2014 7:11 pm

Last minute game threads at the beginning of May? Feels like September already.

dballislife · Post #5 » by **dballislife** » Mon May 5, 2014 7:40 pm

2 of 3 would be nice

Back2back2back · Post #6 » by **Back2back2back** » Mon May 5, 2014 7:44 pm

dballislife wrote:2 of 3 would be nice

Yes it would! :nod:

That Lee vs Buehrle game should be a dandy!!

PHI: Lee, Cl (3-2, 3.00)
TOR: Buehrle (5-1, 2.25)

Homer Jay · Post #7 » by **Homer Jay** » Mon May 5, 2014 10:38 pm

Looks like two guys that Reyes has done really well against in the past. Maybe a break-out series for him I hope.

This is a 4-game home/home series FYI.

CrookedJ · Post #8 » by **CrookedJ** » Mon May 5, 2014 11:10 pm

Homer Jay wrote:Looks like two guys that Reyes has done really well against in the past. Maybe a break-out series for him I hope.

This is a 4-game home/home series FYI.

So I guess you called it!

T-d0t · Post #9 » by **T-d0t** » Mon May 5, 2014 11:34 pm

So Thole is now Joe Mauer eh?

Lateral Quicks · Post #10 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Mon May 5, 2014 11:45 pm

Dat Navarro/Thole catcher combination tho

Lateral Quicks · Post #11 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Mon May 5, 2014 11:46 pm

Is it too early to get Happ out of there?

whysoserious · Post #12 » by **whysoserious** » Mon May 5, 2014 11:48 pm

I can't believe Lawrie continues to play 2nd base...

Lateral Quicks · Post #13 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Tue May 6, 2014 12:12 am

Three walks and three hits in three innings. Happ has been lucky so far. Thank goodness for Ryan Howard.

BigLeagueChew · Post #14 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Tue May 6, 2014 12:21 am

Lawrie injured :banghead:

TheJays · Post #15 » by **TheJays** » Tue May 6, 2014 12:23 am

This team always has the worst of luck. Lets hope its nothing serious...

Randle McMurphy · Post #16 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Tue May 6, 2014 12:40 am

TheJays wrote:This team always has the worst of luck. Lets hope its nothing serious...

It's not entirely luck when you've got a team full of injury prone players. You just have to be prepared and have the bench depth ready to deal with those losses (which the Jays don't have at all).

Regulator · Post #17 » by **Regulator** » Tue May 6, 2014 12:45 am

How these guys pull hamstrings just running down first base line is beyond me. Aren't they well conditioned athletes? Ridiculous.

Randle McMurphy · Post #18 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Tue May 6, 2014 12:48 am

Regulator wrote:How these guys pull hamstrings just running down first base line is beyond me. Aren't they well conditioned athletes? Ridiculous.

Happens all the time to athletes, even great ones. Just watch some 100M races with some of the world's best and you'll see it there too.

MikeM · Post #19 » by **MikeM** » Tue May 6, 2014 12:54 am

Juan Francisco with a 12%BB in AAA and now around 13%BB in the show...

Randle McMurphy · Post #20 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Tue May 6, 2014 12:56 am

MikeM wrote:Juan Francisco with a 12%BB in AAA and now around 13%BB in the show...

Seems like a fluke that's the result of a hot streak.