Blue Jays Discussion: Spring Training Discussion: Countdown to the Season (Thursday at 3pm ET/noon PT)

[The Nemesis]

Is this the 1st time Vladdy is doing a live interview in English?

I think it might be. He's doing well.

 

[canucksfan]

if Swanson and Romero start the year on the injured list who do you have making the team in place of them?

 

[red devil]

I think it might be. He's doing well.

You can tell he understands the language fairly well and I've seen him do pre tape interviews in English with Hazel before but nothing live

 

[Suntouchable13]

You can tell he understands the language fairly well and I've seen him do pre tape interviews in English with Hazel before but nothing live

I applaud Vladdy. I love that he is making an effort. And he is going to get better and better at it.

 

[red devil]

I applaud Vladdy. I love that he is making an effort. And he is going to get better and better at it.

I hope he does more in the future but I also understand he maybe reluctant doing a live interview in your 2nd language as he may say something that can be misinterpreted. Most people would understand that he is speaking in his 2nd language but there would be others that would make a controversy out of it.

 

[canucksfan]

 

[canucksfan]

 

[Nineteen67]

That brings end of another home ST season and roughly 330 days and 87 wins until we get to do it again.

 

[Dr.Funk]

 

[Discoverer]

That brings end of another home ST season and roughly 330 days and 87 wins until we get to do it again.

I'm glad to see they've added a win since your last update. Progress!

 

[dredeye]

Don't like Kikuchi right now. This guy is such a p***y. You have great stuff, use it. Stop nibbling around then serving up meatballs. I don't get it.

Bad Kikuchi did that all the time. Afraid to go after hitters.

 

[Discoverer]

You can't trust ip numbers.

Both years include time in the lab, so he actually threw more than both numbers, but some of it wasn't in a game setting.

Yeah, I can't remember if it was 2023 or 2022, but I remember at one point they sent him to the complex for a few weeks before moving him up a level. It won't show in the stats, but whatever he was doing there would likely count towards his innings pitched that year... we just wouldn't know about it.

 

[Nineteen67]

I'm glad to see they've added a win since your last update. Progress!

86 is the floor 90 is the ceiling.

 

[canucksfan]

This means Pop and Pearson likely make the team if Swanson and Romano are on the injured list. The other guys need a forty man move.

 

[Jojalu]

That brings end of another home ST season and roughly 330 days and 87 wins until we get to do it again.

You really believe Kirk, Vlad and Springer will all underperform again this year? Add Varsho to that list.

The pitching is about the same, and outside of the Yankees adding Soto, they are not any better.

87 seems low. 100 seems high.

No reason they can't win 95

 

[dredeye]

This means Pop and Pearson likely make the team if Swanson and Romano are on the injured list. The other guys need a forty man move.

I always forget about Pop

 

[Dr.Funk]

 

[Nineteen67]

You really believe Kirk, Vlad and Springer will all underperform again this year? Add Varsho to that list.

The pitching is about the same, and outside of the Yankees adding Soto, they are not any better.

87 seems low. 100 seems high.

No reason they can't win 95

I expect them to hit a little better and if everything goes well with the pitching, anywhere between 85-90 is a pretty darned good season.

86.5 is the O/U on many Vegas sites. 95 could happen, but that seems extremely aggressive.

 

[The Nemesis]

oh no we suck again.

 

[canucksfan]

 

[Leaf Rocket]

 

[trellaine201]

shoved?

 

[LaP]

You really believe Kirk, Vlad and Springer will all underperform again this year? Add Varsho to that list.

The pitching is about the same, and outside of the Yankees adding Soto, they are not any better.

87 seems low. 100 seems high.

No reason they can't win 95

I don't think you can say Varsho underperformed last year, His career average numbers are pretty much inline with what he did last year. He performed slightly worse than his average but not much. There's a non insignificant possibility that his 2022 season was an small outlier and that expecting progress from that season was unrealistic.

 

[Suntouchable13]

The offence is in mid-season form today

 

[Eyedea]

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