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Blue Jays GDT: 2022 v7 | Next: Fri, Jul 29 | vs Det | 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT | *STUPID APPLE TV GAME* | Garcia vs Manoah

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Horwitz, not a ton of power? The only Jays regulars who have a higher ISO this year are Jansen, Springer and Teo. It's the minors sure, but he absolutely has power
 
Besides the Friday game and crazy runs Jays scored, what's shocked me a lot is how bad this Boston team has become.... The amount of mistakes and lack or caring is really alarming imo if I'm a Boston fan, I can't remember seeing a Boston team look this bad, don't get me wrong they've had their bad years before, but they were still trying, this Boston team looks lost, just the amount of mistakes and errors is just crazy imo.
 
ChuckNorris4Cup said:
Besides the Friday game and crazy runs Jays scored, what's shocked me a lot is how bad this Boston team has become.... The amount of mistakes and lack or caring is really alarming imo if I'm a Boston fan, I can't remember seeing a Boston team look this bad, don't get me wrong they've had their bad years before, but they were still trying, this Boston team looks lost, just the amount of mistakes and errors is just crazy imo.
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I don't think anything will ever beat the beer and chicken team.
 
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I missed the last inning, why was Stripling taken out before 5 complete?
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Blue Jays stay hot on a steamy Sunday to beat Red Sox and complete sweep - Sportsnet.ca

The conditions were pretty similar during Sunday’s 8-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox, completing a three-game sweep sure to send the Fenway faithful deep into tantrum-land. A heat advisory was in place, the temperature was 35 C at first pitch and peaked at 37 C, although the humidity, mercifully, was only at 29 per cent.

Still, the heat was severe enough that Blue Jays players, especially starter Ross Stripling and catcher Danny Jansen, were told to pre-hydrate the night before, water and cooling ammonia towels were stocked in the dugout and the up-and-downs for pitchers were closely monitored.

Stripling, for instance, went only four innings of two-run ball on 62 pitches, although the heat wasn’t the only thing he had to grind through.

“It’s funny, I was talking with Trevor Richards (who threw 1.2 innings) after his outing, we were more concerned with the wind,” Stripling said. “The heat, I’m from Texas. That’s hot, don’t get me wrong. But I’ve pitched in heat all my life. I don’t think that bugged me as much as the wind. When you get a crosswind, it just messes with your stuff. If you look at Trevor’s changeups and my changeups, a lot of them were kind of straight, even like fizzling in the strike zone. Some of them even cut, which for me and him is very rare. So we were dealing with that actually more than the heat.”

Still, interim manager John Schneider exercised caution with Stripling, knowing that four innings in this weather could be as draining as far more in better conditions. He also wanted to get more of his relievers back on the bump with an off-day Monday and he did that with David Phelps, Tim Mayza, Yimi Garcia and Adam Cimber behind Stripling and Richards.

Based on his own experiences, Pete Walker knew the day would be challenging for everyone no matter how it played out.

“The difficulty when it’s this extreme, you can’t go to any part of your jersey to dry off. Everything is wet and it affects grip on the ball,” said Walker, now the team’s pitching coach. “Long innings can be detrimental because if you’re out there, 25 to 30 pitches, it can have an adverse effect for the following inning. So you want to try to have quick innings. You want to limit your warmup prior to the game. You want to try to stay cool between innings. But it is not easy."

“One hundred pitches in regular conditions is probably 75 to 80 in these kinds of conditions,” he added. “It definitely takes it takes its toll on a pitcher.”
 
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Blue Jays stay hot on a steamy Sunday to beat Red Sox and complete sweep - Sportsnet.ca

The conditions were pretty similar during Sunday’s 8-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox, completing a three-game sweep sure to send the Fenway faithful deep into tantrum-land. A heat advisory was in place, the temperature was 35 C at first pitch and peaked at 37 C, although the humidity, mercifully, was only at 29 per cent.

Still, the heat was severe enough that Blue Jays players, especially starter Ross Stripling and catcher Danny Jansen, were told to pre-hydrate the night before, water and cooling ammonia towels were stocked in the dugout and the up-and-downs for pitchers were closely monitored.

Stripling, for instance, went only four innings of two-run ball on 62 pitches, although the heat wasn’t the only thing he had to grind through.

“It’s funny, I was talking with Trevor Richards (who threw 1.2 innings) after his outing, we were more concerned with the wind,” Stripling said. “The heat, I’m from Texas. That’s hot, don’t get me wrong. But I’ve pitched in heat all my life. I don’t think that bugged me as much as the wind. When you get a crosswind, it just messes with your stuff. If you look at Trevor’s changeups and my changeups, a lot of them were kind of straight, even like fizzling in the strike zone. Some of them even cut, which for me and him is very rare. So we were dealing with that actually more than the heat.”

Still, interim manager John Schneider exercised caution with Stripling, knowing that four innings in this weather could be as draining as far more in better conditions. He also wanted to get more of his relievers back on the bump with an off-day Monday and he did that with David Phelps, Tim Mayza, Yimi Garcia and Adam Cimber behind Stripling and Richards.

Based on his own experiences, Pete Walker knew the day would be challenging for everyone no matter how it played out.

“The difficulty when it’s this extreme, you can’t go to any part of your jersey to dry off. Everything is wet and it affects grip on the ball,” said Walker, now the team’s pitching coach. “Long innings can be detrimental because if you’re out there, 25 to 30 pitches, it can have an adverse effect for the following inning. So you want to try to have quick innings. You want to limit your warmup prior to the game. You want to try to stay cool between innings. But it is not easy."

“One hundred pitches in regular conditions is probably 75 to 80 in these kinds of conditions,” he added. “It definitely takes it takes its toll on a pitcher.”
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Makes sense yes. Thx for sharing.
 
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