Blue Jays GDT: 2024 v1 |Sun, Apr 7| @NYY | 1:30pm ET/10:30am PT | Francis vs Gil

[MK78]

Well they made it close, but fell 1 run short.

 

[shaner8989]

Nice ab Springer. That’s embarrassing

To little to late. Nice try

 

[TMLeafer]

Lol George

 

[Natey]

Schneider needs to go. He's f***ing terrible. Give me anyone else.

 

[Revolt]

Well, the offence woke up a little bit at least.

 

[Eyedea]

Spend 15 mill on a pos and already pinch hitting for him. Lol. Fire them all.

To be fair he’s getting paid 7.5m which is bench player money, and you could pinch hit 20m+ players if it meant getting a better outcome.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Of course the two Vogelbach baserunning plays end up being the difference. Dumb mistake in the 7th and not pinch running for him in the 9th (I guess PR = no Biggio hit, but I still choose to be mad lol)

At least we forced them to use some good RP

 

[Natey]

Of course the two Vogelbach baserunning plays end up being the difference. Dumb mistake in the 7th and not pinch running for him in the 9th

At least we forced them to use some good RP

Right? How the f*** do not pinch run for him? Hell, put in a pitcher to run. No one can be slower.

Joke of a manager. Should have been fired after the playoff collapse.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

John Schneider is not a manager. He is only capable of being a bench coach.

 

[dredeye]

I'd give him a pass, for this outing he had the setback in spring training so could take him a bit longer to get going.

I'm more concerned about Bassitt thru 2 starts.

I get that but his last outing was really good. His velo was really down. Seems like he may be destined for a dl stint

 

[BertCorbeau]

hopefully this at least helps the offense get going

 

[dredeye]

Right? How the f*** do not pinch run for him? Hell, put in a pitcher to run. No one can be slower.

Joke of a manager. Should have been fired after the playoff collapse.

I said last year I wouldn’t watch a game until he was fired. Theirs is zero reason for him to still have a job.

It's crazy that the top three hitters in our lineup are all sub .200 and the amount of guys sub .200 and even sub .100 is concerning. It's early and those numbers can adjust quicker at this time of year but this season will go sideways real fast if they don't fix it. Might be time to put Bo back to where he likes hitting.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Couldn't take advantage of the pitching matchup tonight. Hopefully, the offense is alive now at least

Tomorrow will be tough but you can knock Gil out early and get to their tired pen

 

[Eyedea]

I get that but his last outing was really good. His velo was really down. Seems like he may be destined for a dl stint

https://www.mlb.com/news/kevin-gausman-struggles-in-blue-jays-loss-to-yankees?partnerID=web_article-share

Happened before last year, I’d expect him to bounce back. In fact, I looked through his game logs from 2023 and his average FB velo dipped below 93 a few times, including a start where he went 7 shutout innings against the Yankees on April 23, 2023.

 

[dredeye]

https://www.mlb.com/news/kevin-gausman-struggles-in-blue-jays-loss-to-yankees?partnerID=web_article-share

Happened before last year, I’d expect him to bounce back. In fact, I looked through his game logs from 2023 and his average FB velo dipped below 93 a few times, including a start where he went 7 shutout innings against the Yankees on April 23, 2023.

Did he have a similar start where he missed spring though? I don’t remember. That’s my concern is that he didn’t built up enough but his first start was so good. Hopefully, it was just one of those days

 

[red devil]

 

[DuklaNation]

When you don't fire people after failure, expect similar or even worse results.

 

[Puckstuff]

IKF over Schneider?

Not to be melodramatic but I don't think i'm going to watch today.

 

[The Nemesis]

Siddall talking sense about pitcher injuries and the PA's taking issue with the pitch clock. The skyrocketing rates of TJ pre-date the clock, but somewhat away from his point it also pre-dates the revolution (pun intended) of spin rate and the rise of analytics. TJ rates have grown all the way back into the 90s. Max effort and rising velocity has been a thing for years and years and years and it's just now that in the massive raft of injuries and TJ that have occurred that it's happened to a bunch of prominent guys all at once. Singling out the pitch clock is focusing on one tiny micro issue (that isn't much of an issue) to the exclusion of everything else that has much greater impact.

I will say in some deference to Siddall's broader point that the ability to measure spin rate now has probably accelerated things a little bit compared to previously, but I don't want to see this turn into another "math nerds who didn't play are ruining the game" reckoning when this was already happening back in the days before anyone had heard of Moneyball.

 

[canucksfan]

IKF over Schneider?

Not to be melodramatic but I don't think i'm going to watch today.

Davis doesn’t match up well against Gil but I would still start him. IKF is best coming off the bench IMO.

 

[The Nemesis]

Oh f***. Angel Hernandez behind the plate. Get ready for the chaos.

 

[red devil]

Angel Hernandez is behind the plate can't wait for pitches 2 feet off the plate being called strikes

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Gil has always had control issues. Just step into the box and don't swing at all

Jk, Angel will still call everything a strike.

 

[Cleetus]

Gil is throwing gas

 

[The Nemesis]

Gil has always had control issues. Just step into the box and don't swing at all

Jk, Angel will still call everything a strike.

Angel Hernandez: "Strike One"