Blue Jays GDT: 2022 v3 | Next: Sun, May 1 | vs HOU | 1:30pm ET/10:30am PT | Valdez vs Gausman

[Man Bear Pig]

Bo looks awful right now. Makes no sense keeping him in the 2 hole.

 

[Maplebeasts]

WTF Bo. Dude swings at a pitch that was practically spiked into the dirt for the K.

 

[The Nemesis]

Keith Law won

Someone should tape Keith Law's anti-Biggio takes to Cavan's locker to motivate him. You can't just let Law win like that.

 

[Jojalu]

1) You're not supposed to disengage from the rubber until you release the ball. He comes off it twice as he shuffles back and forth.

2) The pitching motion is supposed to be a smooth and continuous towards home plate (or at least continuous towards the ultimate direction of home plate to allow for things like guys wrapping back or torquing heavily). He starts and stops and goes back and forth multiple times

His delivery is illegal in multiple ways, and more egregious than other pitchers who have had to alter their deliveries to conform to umpire demands. But somehow he's allowed to keep it.

The OBR rule concerning the steps allowed was changed in 2006/2007 to allow a lateral step. I could cite from every single manual but that does not seem to persuade anyone anymore. So here is a cite posted by one of our resident experts in July 2019—and a link to that thread--

“Concerning the step to the side as the pitcher commits to pitch, make sure that this step is led by the heel and/or side of the foot. If the toes lead the way, consider it a step to the base, which is exactly what it will look like

 

[The Nemesis]

J.Z. Collincibia!

 

[Hurt]

Hahaha this is why you swing on 3-0. I don't care what the unwritten rules say.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Holy shit Collins. I like him a lot better than Reese

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Collins is legit. Can't believe we got this guy for Spanky

 

[Da Cool Rula]

Now who complained about this trade?

 

[danron1376]

boom!

 

[ShaneFalco]

Collins has been awesome at the plate so far. I couldn't understand the pick up at the time

 

[inthe6ix]

reese who?

nice

 

[ShaneFalco]

Holy shit Collins. I like him a lot better than Reese

Reese was pretty good at choking up though

 

[Hurt]

Collins has been awesome at the plate so far. I couldn't understand the pick up at the time

He needs to work on his pitch-calling but the bat is looking nice!

 

[Hurt]

Julian got pulled pretty quick, no?

 

[Maplebeasts]

Can't say I feel too bad for Garcia there. That delivery with no runners on is bullshit.

 

[Natey]

Espinal... Holy shit.

 

[The Nemesis]

Cut to the crowd to see Craig Biggio wearing an Espinal jersey.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Espinal is gonna be a 4 WAR player by seasons end. Such a beauty.

 

[Maplebeasts]

WTF Espinal is a defensive god.

 

[The Nemesis]

Reese was pretty good at choking up though

But sometimes he would get over-excited and grip the stick a little too hard.

 

[hoc123]

WTF Espinal is a defensive god.

I don’t even remember Espinal being considered that great a defender as a prospect.

 

[ShaneFalco]

Damn Espinol is so valuable - where did he even come from?

 

[Suntouchable13]

But sometimes he would get over-excited and grip the stick a little too hard.

The jokes will never stop, eh? Lol

 

[Hurt]

Damn Espinol is so valuable - where did he even come from?

To be fair, we did give up World Series MVP, Steve Pearce, for him.