Blue Jays GDT: 2021 v2 |Next: Wed, Apr 21| @ Bos |7pm ET/4pm PT | Thornton vs Richards

[Suntouchable13]

Sometime tonight, please.

 

[canucksfan]

Right call, not conclusive.

 

[Suntouchable13]

I miss ump and manager arguments. Replay has really almost ended that.

 

[The Nemesis]

It's crazy to think that once upon a time Justin Upton was the clear-cut best prospect in baseball.

 

[The Nemesis]

crisis averted

 

[Kurtz]

Alright, the one situation where bunting is ok coming up now. Montoya's revenge.

 

[hoc123]

Hey, this actually might be the one good time to sac bunt

 

[Canada4Gold]

So we have Kirk at 2nd instead of Davis now. I assume Montoyo will tell Semien to bunt into a fielder's choice to get Kirk out at 3rd.

 

[as Pure as Evil]

bunt to third and sacrifice don't over complicate it

its a win

 

[Kurtz]

So we have Kirk at 2nd instead of Davis now. I assume Montoyo will tell Semien to bunt into a fielder's choice to get Kirk out at 3rd.

Kirk can move, baby. It just takes him a few bases to reach top speed.

 

[ryno23]

It's too bad the Jays are carrying extra pitchers cause if you had 1 more bench guy you could have double switched Davis in for Jansen and the extra bench guy for Panik who was 8th in the lineup. Now you got Davis at 2nd to start the 10th.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Who's our fastest pitcher? Put them in the game to run at 2nd, and forfeit because we don't have a catcher if we don't score

 

[MS]

It's crazy to think that once upon a time Justin Upton was the clear-cut best prospect in baseball.

Crazier that you could be so talented that a 35 WAR career is a massive failure.

 

[The Nemesis]

Who's our fastest pitcher? Put them in the game to run at 2nd, and forfeit because we don't have a catcher if we don't score

It's not Roark. He takes a while to get going.

 

[Kurtz]

Lol the one time a bunt would have been a good idea.

 

[hoc123]

The one time it actually makes sense, and you don't bunt

 

[Canada4Gold]

It's too bad the Jays are carrying extra pitchers cause if you had 1 more bench guy you could have double switched Davis in for Jansen and the extra bench guy for Panik who was 8th in the lineup. Now you got Davis at 2nd to start the 10th.

You could have double switched Davis in anyway. Davis PH and hits 9th, replaces Gurriel in the outfield. Kirk comes on to hit in Gurriels spot in the lineup and catches.

 

[Canada4Gold]

It's not Roark. He takes a while to get going.

Roark would take offense to the fact Kirk did half the work getting to 2nd and they took him out of the game before he was allowed to finish what he started

 

[ryno23]

Who's our fastest pitcher? Put them in the game to run at 2nd, and forfeit because we don't have a catcher if we don't score

Yeah you got Panik as the emergency catcher and let the pitcher play left lol

 

[ryno23]

You could have double switched Davis in anyway. Davis PH and hits 9th, replaces Gurriel in the outfield. Kirk comes on to hit in Gurriels spot in the lineup and catches.

Yeah could have done that as well. Why wasn't that done? Montoyo doesn't think outside the box.

 

[The Nemesis]

Crazier that you could be so talented that a 35 WAR career is a massive failure.

Yeah. Looking at his history he really only had 2 elite level seasons in his whole career. He had a bunch of other very good ones, but he wasn't supposed to be meant for "very good". He was supposed to be a 5-tool OF cornerstone type guy.

At least he did better than Delmon Young in the race of "little brothers of solid MLBers who were destined for great things"

 

[Canada4Gold]

While situationally bunting might "make sense" the spot in the order didn't. Semien is a fine hitter who you want to let swing the bat. Kirk is slower than the average runner, and Biggio strikes out a lot so isn't a great option to bunt a guy to 3rd to have him cash in.

 

[theaub]

Such a balk

 

[Leafs at Knight]

0/5 Siemien, have yourself a day at the plate

 

[The Nemesis]

*sigh*

Though in fairness he would've been gunned down had he gone for it.