ST: Blue Jays @ Athletics | July 15-17

Lateral Quicks · Post #1 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 1:32 am

The Jays travel to the land of vast green fields and no home runs.

Game 1: 10:05, Stroman (7-4, 4.89 ERA) vs Mengden(1-4, 4.54 ERA)
Game 2: 4:05, TBD (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Gray (3-8, 5.16 ERA)
Game 3: 4:05, TBD (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs TBD (0-0, 0.00 ERA) - naturally, our TBD > their TBD

The A's aren't very good this year, but West coast swings always have the potential to be rough. I'll be satisfied with 2 of 3 here.

Tigersrule · Post #2 » by **Tigersrule** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 4:42 am

Thought Rich Hill is pitching tomorrow

Lateral Quicks · Post #3 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:59 am

Tigersrule wrote:Thought Rich Hill is pitching tomorrow

I always go by the Jays website when I make these. It's down as Mengden for now.

Also, note to self: don't make threads when half asleep.

zilby · Post #4 » by **zilby** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 2:05 pm

ESPN also has Mengden vs. Stroman.

Need to keep the momentum from before the break going if we want to stay in the hunt.

Meanwhile, in classic Red Sox fashion, they get Drew Pomeranz for a high-end prospect. Sigh. Really can't stress enough how important it is for the team and this city to stay competitive into August and September.

The_Hater · Post #5 » by **The_Hater** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 2:15 pm

A couple of sites had Rich Hill pitching game 1 a couple of days ago, Oakland seems to have switched it up yesterday.

Rich Hill is almost certainly getting traded before the deadline isn't he?

Jays4WS · Post #6 » by **Jays4WS** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 5:59 pm

The_Hater wrote:A couple of sites had Rich Hill pitching game 1 a couple of days ago, Oakland seems to have switched it up yesterday.

Rich Hill is almost certainly getting traded before the deadline isn't he?

He most likely is, but I read somewhere he had a blister on his pitching hand so he isn't making his start.

Tigersrule · Post #7 » by **Tigersrule** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 7:34 pm

Heard some rumours that the Jays may wanna trade for Rich Hill...36 year old pitcher..wtf are you gonna give up for him

Lateral Quicks · Post #8 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:13 am

Anyone have an update on Bautista? Seems like he's been injured forever.

Tyrone Slothrop · Post #9 » by **Tyrone Slothrop** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:13 am

Tigersrule wrote:Heard some rumours that the Jays may wanna trade for Rich Hill...36 year old pitcher..wtf are you gonna give up for him

Other teams have way more need for a starter and better prospect options, so I doubt it happens. Jays have such awful prospect depth that any trade will be for a guy no ones talking about (ie some random reliever on the Brewers) or someone who doesn't fit an obvious need but still improves the team.

Tyrone Slothrop · Post #10 » by **Tyrone Slothrop** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:14 am

Lateral Quicks wrote:Anyone have an update on Bautista? Seems like he's been injured forever.

I heard end of the month.

jaymeister15 · Post #11 » by **jaymeister15** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:19 am

Everything being hit hard...but should have been out of the inning right there.

dballislife · Post #12 » by **dballislife** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:20 am

nice start to 2nd half stroman...come on guys, we gotta start sweeping teams like these

vaff87 · Post #13 » by **vaff87** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:20 am

Travis getting hit by bad bounces again.

dballislife · Post #14 » by **dballislife** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:21 am

coulda gone home there

Boogie! · Post #15 » by **Boogie!** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:26 am

Stroman.... :roll:

Blue Jays 1992 · Post #16 » by **Blue Jays 1992** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:30 am

O's & Sox won tonight and you'd think the Jays would play with some sense of urgency but Stroman gets them in an early hole. I keep asking myself when will the Jays take over first in the East and I am not convinced they will b/c they keep looking up at those 2 teams who also have 4 games in hand over them.

jaymeister15 · Post #17 » by **jaymeister15** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:38 am

Blue Jays 1992 wrote:O's & Sox won tonight and you'd think the Jays would play with some sense of urgency but Stroman gets them in an early hole. I keep asking myself when will the Jays take over first in the East and I am not convinced they will b/c they keep looking up at those 2 teams who also have 4 games in hand over them.

Its 1.5 innings into the 1st game after the all star break...and having games in hand doesn't mean much, both of those teams could easily lose 3 of those 4 games they have in hand.

StringerBell · Post #18 » by **StringerBell** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:50 am

It's baseball Matt, take a breath
Never heard a play by play guy in love with the sound of his own voice more than Devlin.

vaff87 · Post #19 » by **vaff87** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:59 am

Umpire has been pretty inconsistent.

dballislife · Post #20 » by **dballislife** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 3:02 am

i dont know why martin still bats before tulo...lets not even look all the years before this, even when tulo struggled to begin the year he was hitting better than russell, i know that martin has been hot lately too, but tulo has been on fire