Aug 17-19 The pray for rain thread - Jays @ Yankees

dagger · Post #1 » by **dagger** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 1:57 pm

I don't know when the Jays got into NY after that last rain-delayed game in KC, but it must have been in a 4-5 am range. So you have to think that tonight would a good time for the baseball Gods to deliver MORE RAIN, and in great abundance. And there is a T-Storm treat in the forecast. Can Gene Kelly play 3B?

Watch on YouTube

Aug 17 7:05 pm EDT
Marcus Stroman (4-8, 5.03 ERA) vs Lance Lynn (8-8, 4.46 ERA)

Aug 18 1:05 pm EDT
Sean Reid-Foley (0-1, 5.40 ERA) vs Luis Severino (15-6, 3.27 ERA)

Aug 19, 1:05 pm EDT
Ryan Borucki (2-2, 3.29 ERA) vs Jay Happ (13.6, 3.86 ERA)

BigLeagueChew · Post #2 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 7:55 pm

McKinney recalled from Buffalo , C Luke Maile on the Paternity List.

So_Fresh · Post #3 » by **So_Fresh** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:05 pm

Happ vs the Blue Jays on Aug.19

Feels weird doesn't it?

dagger · Post #4 » by **dagger** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 3:15 pm

Rain didn't come soon enough... sigh

Stroman likely to miss his next start, blister flared up last night

So_Fresh · Post #5 » by **So_Fresh** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 3:58 pm

what's with the blisters??? First Sanchez now Stroman?? Jesus Christ!

I'm telling you all this team is cursed...

rotty · Post #6 » by **rotty** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 4:37 pm

Almost forgot donaldson was on this team...

Is this dude going to play this year ?

BigLeagueChew · Post #7 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 5:42 pm

Reid foley faces real hitting.

Myth11111 · Post #8 » by **Myth11111** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 5:48 pm

dagger wrote:Rain didn't come soon enough... sigh

Stroman likely to miss his next start, blister flared up last night

https://www.tsn.ca/stroman-blister-likely-bound-for-dl-1.1159344

dagger · Post #9 » by **dagger** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 6:20 pm

You almost never see major league players picked off first. Happens a lot more in the minors.

Myth11111 · Post #10 » by **Myth11111** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 6:32 pm

Hopefully this is his last start at the MLB level this year. People who watched his first start predicted this would happen. He is not ready.

Post #11 » by **Schad** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 6:35 pm

SRF is a wee bit of a work in progress.

dagger · Post #12 » by **dagger** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 6:37 pm

Schad wrote:SRF is a wee bit of a work in progress.

Agreed, but today also shows that you need some decent defence behind rookie pitchers - like outfielders who can run decent routes, sure handed second basemen, etc.

Lateral Quicks · Post #13 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 6:47 pm

Jansen may already be the best hitter on the team. OK, probably not, but is this offense every frustratingly incompetent.

Hopefully the poor pitching performance is more SRF's pitching and less Jansen's game calling.

Post #14 » by **Schad** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 6:57 pm

Lateral Quicks wrote:Jansen may already be the best hitter on the team. OK, probably not, but is this offense every frustratingly incompetent.

Hopefully the poor pitching performance is more SRF's pitching and less Jansen's game calling.

SRF has zero command at the moment. Isn't a hell of a lot the catcher can do under the circumstances.

BigLeagueChew · Post #15 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 7:03 pm

I get Kyle Drabek vibes from Reid Foley.

Post #16 » by **Schad** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 7:09 pm

Drabek could never strike anyone out in the upper minors, which was a bad combination with his lack of control. SRF has much better swing-and-miss stuff, but it's only in the past few months that he had any semblance of command, so it'll take a while.

BigLeagueChew · Post #17 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 7:49 pm

Schad wrote:Drabek could never strike anyone out in the upper minors, which was a bad combination with his lack of control. SRF has much better swing-and-miss stuff, but it's only in the past few months that he had any semblance of command, so it'll take a while.

I guess I based it mostly on lack of command and only seeing 2 starts from SRF but they don't seem the same statistically.

vaff87 · Post #18 » by **vaff87** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 7:52 pm

Yankees looking like Teoscar Hernandez defensively that inning.

BigLeagueChew · Post #19 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 7:54 pm

From blue jays facebook:

Danny Jansen is the first catcher in team history with a hit in each of his first 4 games.

dagger · Post #20 » by **dagger** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 3:24 pm

Pannone is back up, Justin Shafer joins as a new reliever, and Santos is optioned back to Buffalo. One more move coming on the 40-man roster.

Update: Aaron Sanchez to the 60 Day DL - retroactive to June 22. Man, this is the world's worst contusion. Please someone in the media, there has to be more than this to that story.