Blue Jays GDT: 2024 v3 | Thu, May 23 | @ Det | 6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT | Gausman vs Flaherty

[MS]

Not sure why he was admiring the hit

Clutch by Varsho

It's the weirdest thing about baseball.

You get 4 ABs/game and once you take out K/BBs you actually probably put 2 balls into play a game and have to run 90 feet hard twice a night. As a professional athlete. Give it 100% and it's still, like, the equivalent of one shift for an NHL player.

And yet somehow when a guy like Kiermaier or Varsho actually runs out every ball, they're a freaking unicorn. It's literally the easiest fundamental in the world but 95% of MLB somehow can't do it.

Varsho, of course, was sprinting out of the box on his HR that was well into the stands.

 

[The Nemesis]

And to think he has 5 more homers than Vladdy at this stage...

Varsho may end up with 30 if he keeps it up.

Yeah but he's trash

 

[MK78]

And yet somehow when a guy like Kiermaier or Varsho actually runs out every ball, they're a freaking unicorn. It's literally the easiest fundamental in the world but 95% of MLB somehow can't do it.

Varsho, of course, was sprinting out of the box on his HR that was well into the stands.

Varsho is a freak on the bases. yesterday when he hit a triple he wasn't even breathing hard...

When vladdy went from 1st to 3rd he looked like he ran a marathon lol.

 

[The Nemesis]

Varsho is a freak on the bases. yesterday when he hit a triple he wasn't even breathing hard...

When vladdy went from 1st to 3rd he looked like he ran a marathon lol.

So what you're saying is that Varsho isn't even trying that hard if he's not pushing until he's winded. What a trash player

 

[The Nemesis]

Bichette quietly roaring back.

Up next for him is to take the step towards burning down villages.

 

[MS]

Varsho is a freak on the bases. yesterday when he hit a triple he wasn't even breathing hard...

When vladdy went from 1st to 3rd he looked like he ran a marathon lol.

Vladdy ran hard there and looked fine going into 2nd. He's actually a hell of a baserunner which is what makes the lazy bits so frustrating.

Bichette is back to normal.

 

[MK78]

Nice some late innings runs what a novelty!

 

[MS]

Wow, what a throw from Carpenter there.

Didn't think that would even be close at the plate. Don't think Bichette did either.

 

[canucksfan]

Bo is doing what made him successful, hitting the ball hard.

 

[MK78]

Yeah Bo realy went from zero to hero in 2 weeks.

 

[The Nemesis]

Dan acting like it's insane that they have to start the game at 11:30am

Meanwhile out on the west coast I'm faced with having to get up for 8:30 on a Sunday. Yeah, I don't think so. I'll get there when I get there.

 

[MS]

Dan acting like it's insane that they have to start the game at 11:30am

Meanwhile out on the west coast I'm faced with having to get up for 8:30 on a Sunday. Yeah, I don't think so. I'll get there when I get there.

I'm stoked for that 8:30 game, lots more freedom for the rest of my day.

Watching sports on the east coast is the weirdest thing. I'm so programmed from childhood to get home from school -> turn on sports and was in Baltimore for a work convention a couple years ago and it finishes at 4 and get back to the hotel room to put a game of some sort on before going out for dinner ... and it's an absolute wasteland of daytime TV til 7 pm. It's bizarre, although I guess it's what you're used to.

 

[shaner8989]

The offense is slowly turning it out around

If the pitching can maintain and we go on a seriousssssssss run like 15-5 over the next 20. The season can be saved.

 

[Forgotusername]

More of that Vladdy.

 

[canucksfan]

The jacket is working!!

 

[red devil]

Vladdy now goes deep the 3rd homerun tonight

 

[MK78]

Yeah I guess Vladdy took exception to Varsho being 5 homers up on him lol.

 

[canucksfan]

I could be wrong but they seem to be hitting the harder and pulling it more

 

[MS]

This might be the most impressive game for the bats this year.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Back to back 9 run games?!? Who are these guys and what did they do with the real Blue Jays??

 

[Vector]

Vladdy ran hard there and looked fine going into 2nd. He's actually a hell of a baserunner which is what makes the lazy bits so frustrating.

Bichette is back to normal.

I remember looking up Vladdy’s sprint numbers a season or two ago and was very surprised that he has league average speed. He’s not slow at all just, like you said, he doesn’t hustle enough.

 

[647Hockey]

For those of you who didnt see it, Vogel smashed a ball to RF. Off the wall. He was held to a single as he didnt run.

 

[MS]

I remember looking up Vladdy’s sprint numbers a season or two ago and was very surprised that he has league average speed. He’s not slow at all just, like you said, he doesn’t hustle enough.

He's an athlete. That superman slide he did last year was insane for a player his size. And he's a smart baserunner too.

But he probably costs himself 5 hits/year by not running anything out unless it looks like extra bases.

For those of you who didnt see it, Vogel smashed a ball to RF. Off the wall. He was held to a single as he didnt run.

I wonder if Schneider pinch-ran for him in the 6th despite the DH spot coming up another time because of this.

 

[Eyedea]

He's an athlete. That superman slide he did last year was insane for a player his size. And he's a smart baserunner too.

But he probably costs himself 5 hits/year by not running anything out unless it looks like extra bases.



I wonder if Schneider pinch-ran for him in the 6th despite the DH spot coming up another time because of this.

I believe it was the 7th in a 1-1 game, it made logical sense but the fact that he admired the distance probably further swayed the decision into replacing him. Like the least you could have done was jog to ensure 2B, but it seemed like he really waited around home plate.

(I also thought it was gonna go out though)

 

[Discoverer]

He's an athlete. That superman slide he did last year was insane for a player his size. And he's a smart baserunner too.

But he probably costs himself 5 hits/year by not running anything out unless it looks like extra bases.



I wonder if Schneider pinch-ran for him in the 6th despite the DH spot coming up another time because of this.

I think Vlad costs himself even more bases by regularly hitting low line drives 110+ mph off the wall. He often comes out of the box running hard but gets held to a single because it gets to the outfielder so fast.