Blue Jays Discussion: Steve Pearce: comeback machine

[Eyedea]

Bichette is awesome.

another 2 hits and a walk so far tonight.

unrealistic to think he could be a top 10 prospect at the end of the year?

Steamer already likes him more than Goins/Barney.

 

[dredeye]

Reid-Foley is pitching. Terrible outing so far. 6 hits, 2 walks 6 runs 4 ER. Hasn't made it out of the 2nd inning yet.

He's not progressing very well. I'm losing some hope that he's worth being excited about.

 

[canucksfan]

He's not progressing very well. I'm losing some hope that he's worth being excited about.

He's 21 and in AA lots of time for him to improve. He's pitched much better after the second inning.

I assume he is done now because he is just under 100 pitches. Since 2nd inning he gave up 2 hits both singles and one walk in four innings of work. Terrible first two innings but recovered after that.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Man, Montero has been ****.

 

[Mitchy]

ol' Smoaky is a 3 fWAR player now, with a wRC+ over 150.

And since he's a Jay, he'll always be accused of using PEDs to fuel his success.

 

[hockeywiz542]

Tim Kurkjian of ESPN joins Tim and Sid to discuss what big names could be on the move when the MLB trade deadline arrives and how the Toronto Blue Jays will likely approach the deadline, including if they move Josh Donaldson now or a year from now.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/shows/tim-and-sid-show/im-guessing-deal-donaldson-year-now-kurkjian-ts/

 

[The Nemesis]

ol' Smoaky is a 3 fWAR player now, with a wRC+ over 150.




And since he's a Jay, he'll always be accused of using PEDs to fuel his success.

Joke's on those people. Smoak succeeds the real Blue Jay way: with a corked bat and the man in white.

 

[Del Preston]

Stanton hit a bomb off Grilli and then taunted him. Remember this post when the Rangers fire one at his ribs in the future.

Beltre also got ejected for moving the on-deck circle. Lol.

 

[canucksfan]

This is pretty funny

 

[hockeywiz542]

Whether they were in first place or last Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro believes the team would be active at the trade deadline and did suggest that their current position has them planning more for the future than short term.

http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/video/shapiro-on-trade-deadline-we-ll-be-active~1175478

 

[trellaine201]

Because he showed up the ump. Thus why he was ejected. It did look quite funny as it played out.

 

[trellaine201]

Does Oakland ever want to win ?? Why do they want to get rid of Gray. Seems like a very good pitcher. Young. Controllable. The A's are like a farm team for the rest of MLB.

 

[hockeywiz542]

According to the New York Times, the Mets are receiving little trade interest in Jay Bruce despite his power numbers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/...t-in-jay-bruce-despite-his-power-numbers.html

SAN DIEGO - Over the winter, the Mets faced an outfield surplus and dangled Jay Bruce as a trade chip. But after not receiving offers they deemed worthy for an outfielder who hit 33 home runs in 2016, the Mets kept him.

As the Mets' 2017 season of high expectations has fizzled, Bruce, who is 30 and will be a free agent at the end of the year, has once again been put on the block. And as the team's most consistent power hitter this season - entering Wednesday he had 25 homers and 67 runs batted in - it seemed only logical that some clubs in contention for a postseason spot would at least talk to the Mets about acquiring him.

But with less than a week to go before Monday's non-waiver trading deadline, the Mets are running into the same problem with Bruce that they did over the winter.

There simply does not appear to be much of a market for outfielders, even for ones with a lot of power. But the demand for top relievers appears to be robust, and so it is not surprising that Addison Reed, who has had a solid season as the Mets' closer, is drawing a lot of interest from other teams.

And he said he was willing to talk about the eight teams on the partial no-trade list in his contract.

They are the Yankees, the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Miami Marlins, the Minnesota Twins, the Oakland Athletics, the Philadelphia Phillies, the Tampa Bay Rays, and the Toronto Blue Jays. Some of those teams are in contention, some are not.

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

Does Oakland ever want to win ?? Why do they want to get rid of Gray. Seems like a very good pitcher. Young. Controllable. The A's are like a farm team for the rest of MLB.

What do you think they can get for him?

 

[weems]

Steamer already likes him more than Goins/Barney.

Haha thats not saying much

 

[TheTotalPackage]

That Stanton taunt/imitation of Grilli was hilarious.

That Beltre ejection was ridiculous. MLB wants to cater to new/young fans, yet someone having meaningless fun is thrown out by a power tripped ump.

 

[Mach85]

That Stanton taunt/imitation of Grilli was hilarious.

That Beltre ejection was ridiculous. MLB wants to cater to new/young fans, yet someone having meaningless fun is thrown out by a power tripped ump.

Do you have a vid of this handy?

 

[TheTotalPackage]

do you have a vid of this handy?

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

That Stanton taunt/imitation of Grilli was hilarious.

That Beltre ejection was ridiculous. MLB wants to cater to new/young fans, yet someone having meaningless fun is thrown out by a power tripped ump.

It was tremendous.

Also, I would advise the Rangers not to try Stanton like they did Bautista.

 

[Mach85]

Lol thanks.

 

[ShaneFalco]

awww and hear I thought Grilli only celebrated like that here

 

[Canada4Gold]

Nats just went back to back to back to back. 4 homeruns in a row. 8th time in MLB history that's happened.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Nats just went back to back to back to back. 4 homeruns in a row. 8th time in MLB history that's happened.

And then got a 5th one after an out.

I think the Brewers need someone like Estrada back

 

[Canada4Gold]

5 HR in 6 AB's, damn Daniel Murphy, 6 in a row would have been sick

 

[hockeywiz542]