Blue Jays GDT: 2022 v1 | Wed, Apr 13 | @ NYY | 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT | Berrios vs Cole

[Saitama]

I like how TSN is showing that they're in the top of the 10th now. Might just be me, but I thought games ended after 9 when one team had more runs than the other! Must be something new this year....

 

[Ciao]

I like how TSN is showing that they're in the top of the 10th now. Might just be me, but I thought games ended after 9 when one team had more runs than the other! Must be something new this year....

Another new thing?

With all the time they save using the pitch counter, maybe they get to play nine-and-a-half. No bottom of the tenth. Just time to pad the lead.

 

[Morgs]

Fantastic pitching and defense and great game for Springer, Espinal, and Teo. Bo looking like a stud at SS early with a little help from Vlad

Bo, Vlad, Lourdes, and Chapman do not look good at bat, at all. Bo barely can touch the ball right now, and Vlad is hitting everything right into the dirt. No worries on either, but they're both off right now. Let's hope the other two get hot. Not impressed by Collins at all. Looked just like Fisher out there, except worse.

 

[Deebo]

I love how much Yankee fans hate Springer.

 

[The Nemesis]

I like how TSN is showing that they're in the top of the 10th now. Might just be me, but I thought games ended after 9 when one team had more runs than the other! Must be something new this year....

Baseball adopted a soccer-style extra time format. The umps get together after 9 innings and decide if they want the game to continue for a couple more innings.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Fantastic pitching and defense and great game for Springer, Espinal, and Teo. Bo looking like a stud at SS early with a little help from Vlad

Bo, Vlad, Lourdes, and Chapman do not look good at bat, at all. Bo barely can touch the ball right now, and Vlad is hitting everything right into the dirt. No worries on either, but they're both off right now. Let's hope the other two get hot. Not impressed by Collins at all. Looked just like Fisher out there, except worse.

Meh I chalk it up to a short spring for those 4. On the bright side Manoah looked straight up unhittable. He walked a few too many guys for my liking but no one on the Yanks could hit the ball hard let alone touch it. Really nice to finally see a good outing from a starter.

 

[Puckstuff]

Great win.

The Jays looked like the Rays tonight. Just by playing Espinal everyday and having Chapman on our team our defence improves significantly. Teo with a great catch. Bichette with a spectacular spin throw. Bullpen holding it down. An amazing performance tonight.

 

[Apotheosis]

Hot take, but Manoah will be our best SP this year.

 

[Killer Orcas]

Hot take, but Manoah will be our best SP this year.

I agree and think he's our ace moving forward kids legit since entering league.

 

[LeafsOHLRangers98]

Hot take, but Manoah will be our best SP this year.

If he ever controls all that movement he can be insanely good.

 

[Vector]

Don't get me wrong, I love it. I was just thinking that almost every other change to "how things were when I played" that has been brought up over the last few years has been met with the crotchetiest of crotchety resistance from both guys. Catching on one knee, shifting, openers, pen arm streaming, the wristbands with signs/assignments/plans of attack, the manager calling pitches from the dugout, launch angle, analytics and the statistical revolution, the universal DH, the rise of strikeouts, the metamorphosis of offensive approaches, the lack of complete games by starters, what kind of sunglasses guys are wearing, etc.

I've been so conditioned to hear talk shift to the topic of something new or different and immediately roll my eyes so hard they pop out of my sockets as Buck and/or Pat vociferously condemn every aspect of it. So the PitchComm thing getting nothing but sterling praise is weird and off-putting.

So you're not alone on an island, I was surprised too. It makes sense why they would like it but it still goes against everything we've listened to for years and years from them. The best part about them waxing about how great it is was how Cimber and Kirk were using it to so fast that Judge and Stanton could not get comfortable. Buck, in particular, has been a big proponent of making hitters as uncomfortable as possible. I can almost guarantee his initial reaction would have been negative but seeing it in training camp and talking to the guys probably quickly changed his mind. There's also that I bet he hates how technology was used to steal signs and this is the perfect way to combat that.

 

[Discoverer]

So you're not alone on an island, I was surprised too. It makes sense why they would like it but it still goes against everything we've listened to for years and years from them. The best part about them waxing about how great it is was how Cimber and Kirk were using it to so fast that Judge and Stanton could not get comfortable. Buck, in particular, has been a big proponent of making hitters as uncomfortable as possible. I can almost guarantee his initial reaction would have been negative but seeing it in training camp and talking to the guys probably quickly changed his mind. There's also that I bet he hates how technology was used to steal signs and this is the perfect way to combat that.

I loved that part of it. Yankee players were constantly stepping out (which wastes at least as much time as slow pitchers, but I doubt the league will do anything about it) and Cimber was just waiting on the mound ready to go. It really seemed to throw off Yankee hitters, and I'm hopeful the Jays can continue to take advantage of stuff like that.

 

[Discoverer]

The pro-PitchComm thing really threw me off too, but there was also a fantastic, classic Buck moment: Espinal was in the OF as the 4th OF against Gallo. Gallo rips a line drive into the corner, where Espinal is waiting. He cuts it off and gets it in quickly to hold Gallo at first. Gallo even threw his arms up in obvious frustration with only getting a single out of it. Buck's response, meanwhile, was something like "Nothing the shift can do about that!"

Like... the shift literally held the runner at first on an easy double. But all Buck can see is "He got a hit, the shift failed."

They also still don't understand the difference between a groundball and a flyball/linedrive. Jays hitters keep hitting liners and flyballs the otherway and every time Buck says they "crossed up the shift" even though those would be hits with a normal alignment anyway. Hell, they still don't shut up about "Why would you shift and then throw fastballs away?" while clearly not realizing (or caring, probably) that those players usually pull fastball away, too.

They're just completely clueless about shifting.

 

[Vector]

I loved that part of it. Yankee players were constantly stepping out (which wastes at least as much time as slow pitchers, but I doubt the league will do anything about it) and Cimber was just waiting on the mound ready to go. It really seemed to throw off Yankee hitters, and I'm hopeful the Jays can continue to take advantage of stuff like that.

It works especially well with Cimber's odd stance, delivery, and low velocity. Made it extremely difficult for them to get their timing down. He's exactly the type of pitcher that benefits. Imagine Mark Buehrle with this? Innings would just fly by.

 

[Vector]

The pro-PitchComm thing really threw me off too, but there was also a fantastic, classic Buck moment: Espinal was in the OF as the 4th OF against Gallo. Gallo rips a line drive into the corner, where Espinal is waiting. He cuts it off and gets it in quickly to hold Gallo at first. Gallo even threw his arms up in obvious frustration with only getting a single out of it. Buck's response, meanwhile, was something like "Nothing the shift can do about that!"

Like... the shift literally held the runner at first on an easy double. But all Buck can see is "He got a hit, the shift failed."

They also still don't understand the difference between a groundball and a flyball/linedrive. Jays hitters keep hitting liners and flyballs the otherway and every time Buck says they "crossed up the shift" even though those would be hits with a normal alignment anyway. Hell, they still don't shut up about "Why would you shift and then throw fastballs away?" while clearly not realizing (or caring, probably) that those players usually pull fastball away, too.

They're just completely clueless about shifting.

Well, he started with that but quickly realized what the shift did and him and Pat started talking about how having Espinal out there cut that down from an easy double to a single. So his initial reaction was wrong but quickly pivoted into talking how now as the perfect time to utilize the 4th outfielder and if Espinal wasn't out there it was extra bases.

 

[horner]

Hot take, but Manoah will be our best SP this year.

I agree

 

[MS]

Hot take, but Manoah will be our best SP this year.

This probably isn't really that hot of a take considering that Manoah was the best of the team's current 5 starting pitchers by a mile in the 2nd half of last season.

 

[The Nemesis]

Dude in the crowd showed up to a Yankees game in Yankee Stadium with a Mets jersey?

 

[Blitzkrug]

Of course Jansen gets nicked up when he came out hot.

Not sure why Collins isn't starting when he's supposed to be your reliable backup for situations like this, but I digress.

 

[The Nemesis]

Umps gonna ump

 

[Blitzkrug]

That's a ball, chief.

 

[Starry Knight]

All-star ump crew in New York for this series

 

[theaub]

Yankee strike zone in full effect

 

[MS]

Somehow the umping is getting worse.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Hopefully Kikuchi doesn't pitch as ugly as his glove looks because woof.