Blue Jays GDT: 2022 v2 | Thu, Apr 21 | @ BOS | 1:30pm ET/10:30am PT | Gausman vs Houck

[Maplebeasts]

Espinal is a stud defensively.

 

[The Nemesis]

Getting Cimber might've been the best thing Joe Panik ever did for the Blue Jays.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Getting Cimber might've been the best thing Joe Panik ever did for the Blue Jays.

Thinking back to Panik I'm actually giddy thinking of which pen arm we're going to get for Tapia

 

[Canada4Gold]

Nope. Different guy.

There's been more than 1 of them and apparently they were all drafted by the Jays.

No relation to Danny Jackson

 

[Canada4Gold]

Suicide squeeze incoming from Gurriel

 

[canucksfan]

Another reason to put Vladdy second. He will get walked more often with Gurriel behind him compared to Bo.

 

[Cloned]

Ray’s velocity has dropped quite a bit to start the year.

Isn’t everyone down right now due to shortened spring training? I think he also started last season off slower too.

 

[MS]

Guerrero walked because he’s batting 3rd and nobody swinging a hot bat behind him.

 

[The Nemesis]

Suicide squeeze incoming from Gurriel

Nah, just standard sacrifice to move Vladdy to 2nd.

 

[The Nemesis]

"Gurriel into score"

which would mean an out since he passed Springer and Guerrero on the basepaths.

 

[canucksfan]

Isn’t everyone down right now due to shortened spring training? I think he also started last season off slower too.

He started off last year really good touching close to 98. His velocity started to dip towards the end of last year 94-95. So far, he has had the biggest drop of any pitcher. He's bottoming out at 90MPH which is well below he was last year. He had a slight increase last year compared to 2020 which is why he had a strong season.

If his velocity doesn't get back to 96-97 he's going to be awful.

Most pitcher's velocities are where they should be.

 

[Deebo]

I'm glad to see the finger guns are back

 

[Canada4Gold]

Zimmer'sEspinal's hitting a HRgroundout here

 

[Cloned]

He started off last year really good touching close to 98. His velocity started to dip towards the end of last year 94-95. So far, he has had the biggest drop of any pitcher. He's bottoming out at 90MPH which is well below he was last year. He had a slight increase last year compared to 2020 which is why he had a strong season.

If his velocity doesn't get back to 96-97 he's going to be awful.

Most pitcher's velocities are where they should be.

His fastball is bottoming out at 90? Wow, I did not know that.

 

[canucksfan]

His fastball is bottoming out at 90? Wow, I did not know that.

Heere's last game.



One caveat, the conditions weren't great with a lot of rain but the rain stopped and he still couldn't get his velocity up.

 

[trellaine201]

A shame we couldn’t even get the ball in the air.

 

[Cloned]

Heere's last game.



One caveat, the conditions weren't great with a lot of rain but the rain stopped and he still couldn't get his velocity up.

Maybe the Jays saw this too and that’s one of the reasons they shifted so quickly to Gausman?

 

[Canada4Gold]

They showed Kerry Einerson's curling team in the stands to advertise the Raps game but didn't say anything about the curling team?

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Zimmer's AB was expected.

Was hoping Espinal to make good contact again

 

[canucksfan]

Maybe the Jays saw this too and that’s one of the reasons they shifted so quickly to Gausman?

Might be possible. His velocity took a dip last year towards the end of the season but it could have been due to a long season for him.

I am curious to see how his next start goes.

 

[canucksfan]

Garcia has looked sharp so far

 

[TGB]

Good game from Stripling. I was always in his corner over Kikuchi. People knocked him, of course. Hm..I wonder where those people are, now?

They should stop messing around with Collins and call up Moreno to DH for Hernandez. They're already down a catcher. Might as well bring up the one that might fill in for both an RBI bat AND at catcher if necessary. It's not like they don't have a bunch of back up fielders available.

So, I wonder if anyone will ever break the gender barrier?

 

[MS]

Maybe the Jays saw this too and that’s one of the reasons they shifted so quickly to Gausman?

Surely they would have been aware - a few of us here were commenting on the velocity drop at the end of last season, although I just assumed he was tired and would bounce back with a rested offseason.

Gausman struggled in the back half of last year, too, though.

 

[Maplebeasts]

That's why Vlad should be batting second. ANOTHER game where the Jays are probably done at the plate with him on deck.

 

[MS]

Guerrero left on deck AGAIN.