ST: Blue Jays @ Astros | May 14-17

Santoki · Post #1 » by **Santoki** » Thu May 14, 2015 2:57 pm

*Times listed in Central, add an hour to all of them*

s e n s i · Post #2 » by **s e n s i** » Thu May 14, 2015 4:29 pm

**** the asstros.

(because they currently have a better record than us and a bunch of really good young players and i'm bitter about it and still hope that they end up losing 100 games because that's what i'm used to)

i'll be happy with a split here

dagger · Post #3 » by **dagger** » Thu May 14, 2015 4:30 pm

I like their pitching better than ours, but our beards are better.

duppyy · Post #4 » by **duppyy** » Thu May 14, 2015 7:23 pm

Losing the little faith that I had in this pitching staff. Hope they can prove me wrong.

Xaos · Post #5 » by **Xaos** » Thu May 14, 2015 8:04 pm

2 out 4 would be nice... i guess.

s e n s i · Post #6 » by **s e n s i** » Thu May 14, 2015 8:44 pm

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s e n s i · Post #7 » by **s e n s i** » Thu May 14, 2015 8:59 pm

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Nights King · Post #8 » by **Nights King** » Thu May 14, 2015 9:01 pm

I think i'd rather give Bautista a day off to promote faster healing with Martin at DH. Does Gibbons even know that you can DH catchers? I can completely agree with keeping his catching load at around 120 games but there's no reason he shouldn't be DH'ing another 25-30 games. Good offensive catchers like Posey and McCann are playing tons of games at 1B to get their bat into the lineup and we have the luxury of a DH spot that is completely open which Gibbons refuses to use with Martin.

Lateral Quicks · Post #9 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Thu May 14, 2015 9:06 pm

Nights King wrote:I think i'd rather give Bautista a day off to promote faster healing with Martin at DH. Does Gibbons even know that you can DH catchers? I can completely agree with keeping his catching load at around 120 games but there's no reason he shouldn't be DH'ing another 25-30 games. Good offensive catchers like Posey and McCann are playing tons of games at 1B to get their bat into the lineup and we have the luxury of a DH spot that is completely open which Gibbons refuses to use with Martin.

Yet another way having Bautista monopolizing DH hurts the team overall.

Nights King · Post #10 » by **Nights King** » Thu May 14, 2015 9:10 pm

Lateral Quicks wrote:
Nights King wrote:I think i'd rather give Bautista a day off to promote faster healing with Martin at DH. Does Gibbons even know that you can DH catchers? I can completely agree with keeping his catching load at around 120 games but there's no reason he shouldn't be DH'ing another 25-30 games. Good offensive catchers like Posey and McCann are playing tons of games at 1B to get their bat into the lineup and we have the luxury of a DH spot that is completely open which Gibbons refuses to use with Martin.

Yet another way having Bautista monopolizing DH hurts the team overall.

but Martin wasn't DH'ing before Baustista got hurt either and just the other day when Bautista had the day off and Martin wasn't catching he sat on the bench instead of DH'ing.

Its another one of those things Gibbons does that makes no sense

Randle McMurphy · Post #11 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu May 14, 2015 9:47 pm

So now Gibbons is catching flak for starting a superior hitter (and also the team's best) over an inferior hitter at DH. The guy can't win. :lol:

BigLeagueChew · Post #12 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Thu May 14, 2015 9:52 pm

Might as well get him some rest, the Jays don't have a day off until May 28th. Pinch hit him in high leverage spot if needed.

Randle McMurphy · Post #13 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu May 14, 2015 9:53 pm

Nights King wrote: Does Gibbons even know that you can DH catchers?

I would imagine so. I don't know if you were watching the Jays in 2006, but he started Zaun/Molina a combined total of 30 times at DH that season (and also got a lot of criticism for it from those worried about what would happen if one of them got hurt).

BigLeagueChew · Post #14 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Thu May 14, 2015 9:59 pm

Randle McMurphy wrote:
Nights King wrote: Does Gibbons even know that you can DH catchers?

I would imagine so. I don't know if you were watching the Jays in 2006, but he started Zaun/Molina a combined total of 30 times at DH that season (and also got a lot of criticism for it from those worried about what would happen if one of them got hurt).

Or our backup catcher named Navarro that DH'd several times in April until he got a cramp that lasted for 3 weeks.

Nights King · Post #15 » by **Nights King** » Thu May 14, 2015 10:04 pm

BigLeagueChew wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:
Nights King wrote: Does Gibbons even know that you can DH catchers?

I would imagine so. I don't know if you were watching the Jays in 2006, but he started Zaun/Molina a combined total of 30 times at DH that season (and also got a lot of criticism for it from those worried about what would happen if one of them got hurt).

Or our backup catcher named Navarro that DH'd several times in April until he got a cramp that lasted for 3 weeks.

ok so he only DH's terrible hitters

BigLeagueChew · Post #16 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Thu May 14, 2015 10:12 pm

Nights King wrote:
ok so he only DH's terrible hitters

Yes. Bautista is awful.

vaff87 · Post #17 » by **vaff87** » Thu May 14, 2015 10:41 pm

I don't like having that scrub Pillar hitting 5th.

vaff87 · Post #18 » by **vaff87** » Thu May 14, 2015 11:00 pm

The Jays signed Luke Scott?

Isn't he a massive d-bag?

Randle McMurphy · Post #19 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu May 14, 2015 11:02 pm

vaff87 wrote:The Jays signed Luke Scott?

Isn't he a massive d-bag?

Yes, but he's a massive d-bag with a career 121 wRC+ vs righties on a team forced to start Carrera and Colabello. It's worth it to see if he has anything left.

Lateral Quicks · Post #20 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Thu May 14, 2015 11:33 pm

Can't speak for Night's King, but the point I'm making is that having Jose at DH hurts the team overall. That doesn't mean he shouldn't be playing there (he should), just that it would make the team better if he were back at RF and we could cycle average to above-average hitters through DH instead of parading the Carrera's and Tolleson's of the world out there.