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

[The Nemesis]

Maybe Tapia's a victim of the 2022 dead ball and he's secretly Jose Bautista 2.0?

 

[trellaine201]

ROFL Tapia cleanup.

 

[trellaine201]

I thought chapman was a much better hitter than he i shown but ill take his defense. Any offense is a bonus.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Tapia.....walked?!?!? Am I dreaming?!?

 

[Maestro84]

I thought chapman was a much better hitter than he i shown but ill take his defense. Any offense is a bonus.

He is a good hitter he just strikes out a lot. He can give you 30 HRs, 100 RBIs and .800 or higher OPS but you'll have to accept those high K's

With that said, no one is happier for this series to be over than Chapman, he's been cold as ice during these 4 games

 

[The Nemesis]

Tapia.....walked?!?!? Am I dreaming?!?

And he hit a fly ball earlier.

Clearly someone has kidnapped and replaced him using one of those mission impossible latex masks.

 

[Maestro84]

I know injuries and slumps happen but man this lineup looks abysmal lol

They need all the pitching and defence they can get today with no Vlad, no Teo, no Collins, and no Jansen

 

[TheBeastCoast]

God damn Manoah is fun to watch pitch.

 

[as Pure as Evil]

with the shortened spring and what not we should probably expect a team hitting its stride early to mid june at the latest one could hope

 

[Maestro84]

I could see Vlad pinch hitting for Katoh and Collins pinch-running for Kirk later this game

 

[trellaine201]

Have you seen our lineup? Who the hell knows what Montoyo will do. He is a strange manager on many days.

 

[Maestro84]

Also is Ross Stripling a full time starter even if Ryu returns soon? He had two very quality starts and found a way to keep the Jays in a game vs Verlander where they won.

I know it's only 3 starts but he's looked a lot better than Ryu has in his 2.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Tapia made that routine play look like a 5 star catch. That was so awkward

 

[phillipmike]

Watch a catch Tapia! never doubted you!

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Tilapia, baby!

 

[PanniniClaus]

Also is Ross Stripling a full time starter even if Ryu returns soon? He had two very quality starts and found a way to keep the Jays in a game vs Verlander where they won.

I know it's only 3 starts but he's looked a lot better than Ryu has in his 2.

They probably give Ryu another look but if he can't get it done... Stripling it will be....and possibly a deadline SP for depth..

 

[Nineteen67]

Even Wilner will have a hard time defending this O

 

[trellaine201]

Zimmer will be gone when Teoscar returns.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Great job. Gave up a very dusty double and then the Sux were hacking away at the first couple of pitches

I know we have a potato lineup, but was hoping for another run or two

 

[trellaine201]

Great defense today! And pitching of course.

 

[weems]

Manoah is such a great pitcher already.

Power and control with good composure.

It will be hard for many teams to match us 1 thru 3 in the rotation.

 

[Discoverer]

Tapia made that routine play look like a 5 star catch. That was so awkward

"Routine play" seems a bit much. It was still a nice catch.

 

[The Nemesis]

Also is Ross Stripling a full time starter even if Ryu returns soon? He had two very quality starts and found a way to keep the Jays in a game vs Verlander where they won.

I know it's only 3 starts but he's looked a lot better than Ryu has in his 2.

Stripling was mostly quietly effective as a starter the last couple of years. He had a run in the middle of last year where he started for the better part of June-August and made 13 starts for about 61 innings and had an ERA in the mid 3s and really had only 2 bad outings (one at the Trop where he gave up 4 runs in just under 4 innings and then the disaster start vs Boston where he coughed up 6 while only recording a single out.)

He might be the guy you piggyback with Pearson when Nate comes back. Because it seems like he can reliably go 3-5 innings but not longer. So you could have each of them log 3-4 innings before it turns over to the pen.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Oh, Bo....

Those were some Carlos Gomez esque hacks

 

[phillipmike]

Can we please add some insurance runs? This offence has been frustrating as of late.