Blue Jays GDT: ('14 v4) Next Game: @Pit| Fri, May 2 |7pm ET/4pm PT| B.Morrow vs G.Cole

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Woodman19

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Shows you how good we have been on this road trip when despite the meltdown to the Twins we can still go 6-3.
 

Bad News Benning

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DH for Goins, let the pitchers hit.

I like his defense but he never hit in the minors and I dont expect to him to hit in the majors. I really hope AA is working the phones and can find an upgrade. This organization gives players that arent good enough too long a leash.
 

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DH for Goins, let the pitchers hit.

I like his defense but he never hit in the minors and I dont expect to him to hit in the majors. I really hope AA is working the phones and can find an upgrade. This organization gives players that arent good enough too long a leash.

If the Angels continue to suck, maybe they can be enticed into trading Howie Kendrick. Dunno for what though.

Or hey, maybe the D-Backs bottom out and entertain giving us Aaron Hill back. :laugh:
 

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way to go, new guy! :laugh:

and on Edwin, I'm getting a little concerned about the Ks. His current K rate (just under 22%) Isn't bad for a guy that has as much power as Edwin does (in spite of not showing it yet) and isn't down scraping against the Mendoza line, but through 18.5 games so far he's struck out 19 times. Last season he didn't get to 19 strikeouts until almost his 30th game.
 

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way to go, new guy! :laugh:

and on Edwin, I'm getting a little concerned about the Ks. His current K rate (just under 22%) Isn't bad for a guy that has as much power as Edwin does (in spite of not showing it yet) and isn't down scraping against the Mendoza line, but through 18.5 games so far he's struck out 19 times. Last season he didn't get to 19 strikeouts until almost his 30th game.

EE hasn't looked right at the plate all year. Rasmus has looked foolish a lot more though. I'm getting tired of watching catchers essentially stand up behind him for the high heat and watching Rasmus strike out on the pitch every time.
 

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Casual fan here with a question about the Kipnis at-bat and ones like it. When a batter fouls off so many pitches and then takes a walk, is it a deliberate strategy? Is he fouling off pitches in the strike zone because he doesn't think he can get a hit off them, so he's protecting himself, waiting for a walk? Or is he attempting to hit and just not putting balls in play? Sometimes one and sometimes the other?
 

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Casual fan here with a question about the Kipnis at-bat and ones like it. When a batter fouls off so many pitches and then takes a walk, is it a deliberate strategy? Is he fouling off pitches in the strike zone because he doesn't think he can get a hit off them, so he's protecting himself, waiting for a walk? Or is he attempting to hit and just not putting balls in play? Sometimes one and sometimes the other?

A little of both. Just foul off the balls he can't do anything with and figure that sooner or later the pitcher will make a mistake that he can hit, or he'll miss the zone a couple of times and get the walk.
 

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A little of both. Just foul off the balls he can't do anything with and figure that sooner or later the pitcher will make a mistake that he can hit, or he'll miss the zone a couple of times and get the walk.

Thank you! (Canucks fan cheers for Jays.)
 
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