Blue Jays GDT: 2022 v9 | Next: Sun, Sept 4 | @ Pit | 12:00pm ET/9:00am PT | Stripling vs Brubaker

[TMLeafer]

Great to see Vladdy and Teo hit 'em out!

 

[Langdon Alger]

Hopefully Angels do us another favour tonight.

Why does it matter? We’re not catching the Yankees.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Vlad and Teo were overdue for a HR.

Hopefully Bo is next. Hasn't hit one in 17 games

 

[VanillaCoke]

Romano actually looks terrifying lol I'd never want to run into him on the street at night

He looks pretty average in mary browns

 

[Langdon Alger]

Vlad and Teo were overdue for a HR.

Hopefully Bo is next. Hasn't hit one in 17 games

Would be nice to see Gurriel hit one too. He has 5 on the season.

 

[EpochLink]

Hopefully Angels do us another favour tonight.

Sadly, no

 

[Suntouchable13]

Why does it matter? We’re not catching the Yankees.

Ummm... have you seen the way the Yankees have been lately? It's not impossible

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

Vladdy's LA issue is a non-factor when these silly pitchers given him a pitch to hit at his shoulders

 

[Suntouchable13]

John has to drill into the young players heads, and some not so young like Teo, that you have to play like this all the time if you want to be a playoff team.

 

[Beaumaris]

Vlad and Teo were overdue for a HR.

Hopefully Bo is next. Hasn't hit one in 17 games

Jays: no home runs, no win.

John has to drill into the young players heads, and some not so young like Teo, that you have to play like this all the time if you want to be a playoff team.

LOL!!!

 

[Maestro84]

Would be nice to see Gurriel hit one too. He has 5 on the season.

I'd rather Gurriel be what he is now than for him to try to hit more HRs. This is why I've been saying to drop him to #5 in the lineup behind Kirk and Teo and ahead of Bo/Chappy

 

[Suntouchable13]

I'd rather Gurriel be what he is now than for him to try to hit more HRs. This is why I've been saying to drop him to #5 in the lineup behind Kirk and Teo and ahead of Bo/Chappy

We need him and Kirky to get going again, they have been slumping badly lately. I think they are the best pure hitters on this team. Gurriel is hitting well overall, but he needs to do more "damage". Slugging only .400 on the season.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

We need him and Kirky to get going again, they have been slumping badly lately. I think they are the best pure hitters on this team. Gurriel is hitting well overall, but he needs to do more "damage". Slugging only .400 on the season.

Kirky is slowly losing that locked in spot he held in our C platoon moving forward. It's hard to justify carrying him over 2 guys that don't need a DH spot regularly.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Kirky is slowly losing that locked in spot he held in our C platoon moving forward. It's hard to justify carrying him over 2 guys that don't need a DH spot regularly.

We will see. I hope his all-star first half wasn't just a mirage and he can back to that form.

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[phillipmike]

Toronto’s Mitch White Has a New Team and a Revamped Slider

Acquired from the Dodgers at the trade deadline, the righty has a new slider grip, but the same blister issues.

blogs.fangraphs.com

Mitch White brought a new-ish slider to Toronto when the Blue Jays acquired him at this year’s trade deadline. He also brought a nerdy approach to pitching. That should come as no surprise. The 27-year-old right-hander had pitched in the Los Angeles Dodgers system since being selected in the second round of the 2016 draft out of Santa Clara University.

What’s Wrong With José Berríos?

Toronto’s erstwhile ace has been one of the worst pitchers in the game this year. Can he turn it around in time for the playoffs?

blogs.fangraphs.com

At the end of the day, the most important part of pitching is keeping runs off the board, and Berríos hasn’t been up to the task this year. But there’s room for optimism, because for the most part, he still possesses the tools that made him an effective starter for years. The Jays and Berríos mostly know what’s wrong. They’re trying to work on his fastball locations. But I wonder if they could skip that entirely and just find a new pitch mix that works better.

Note: All statistics in this article are through games of 8/28. Berríos made another start last night and took my advice, throwing his four-seamer only 16% of the time. He still gave up ten hits (though no home runs) in 5.2 innings.

 

[Langdon Alger]

I'd rather Gurriel be what he is now than for him to try to hit more HRs. This is why I've been saying to drop him to #5 in the lineup behind Kirk and Teo and ahead of Bo/Chappy

Well, homers aren’t everything, but he had 21 last year, so to only have 5 this year is surprising.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Why is that fishing trip so expensive? I mean, someone can go on vacation to Key West, fish, for a lot less than that. Sure, you won't get Buck Martinez with you but is it really worth it? I have nothing against Buck, I am glad he is back in the booth with Dan, but man. Why would you pay so much money for that?

 

[canucksfan]

Why is that fishing trip so expensive? I mean, someone can go on vacation to Key West, fish, for a lot less than that. Sure, you won't get Buck Martinez with you but is it really worth it? I have nothing against Buck, I am glad he is back in the booth with Dan, but man. Why would you pay so much money for that?

He’s be complaining about catching on one knee, shifts, and lack of bunting.

 

[The Nemesis]

Why is that fishing trip so expensive? I mean, someone can go on vacation to Key West, fish, for a lot less than that. Sure, you won't get Buck Martinez with you but is it really worth it? I have nothing against Buck, I am glad he is back in the booth with Dan, but man. Why would you pay so much money for that?

Rich people tax writeoffs.

 

[The Nemesis]

Whit the f*** was that?

 

[red devil]

Why is that fishing trip so expensive? I mean, someone can go on vacation to Key West, fish, for a lot less than that. Sure, you won't get Buck Martinez with you but is it really worth it? I have nothing against Buck, I am glad he is back in the booth with Dan, but man. Why would you pay so much money for that?

Current bid is over $40,000

 

[TMLeafer]

Poor read by Kirk...

 

[Forgotusername]

I understand Jays Care is trying to get the most money, but the bids are insane and is for the wealthy and not the average Jays fan unless they want to go into significant debt for it.

 

[Suntouchable13]

They always do this shit, some scrub who has not pitched much during the season dusts them first time through the order. But the other team has no big issues hitting our scrub.