Blue Jays Discussion: Trade deadline: Aug 31 (no, not that one. The other one. The waiver one)

[ACC1224]

This headline is like finger nails on a chalkboard:

"Back catcher Josh Thole returns to Blue Jays"

http://www.cp24.com/sports/back-catcher-josh-thole-returns-to-blue-jays-1.3054510

Did you not expect him back?

 

[Discoverer]

This headline is like finger nails on a chalkboard to long time baseball fan:

"Back catcher Josh Thole returns to Blue Jays"

http://www.cp24.com/sports/back-catcher-josh-thole-returns-to-blue-jays-1.3054510

Nothing screams "article written by non-baseball fan" quite like that.

 

[Longshot]

Did you not expect him back?

I think he meant the use of the term: "back catcher." There is no such position in baseball. Thole is a catcher.

 

[Longshot]

They did sign him yesterday. That's why Travis had to be optioned. Thole is eligible for the playoffs.

Thanks. The initial report I read today on Twitter said he would not be playoff eligible.

 

[ACC1224]

I think he meant the use of the term: "back catcher." There is no such position in baseball. Thole is a catcher.

Got it and I knew that. Seems like a silly thing to whine about, to each their own.

 

[Eyedea]

Heard the term back catcher a lot in youth leagues.

 

[theaub]

He should try being a front catcher

 

[Longshot]

Most likely one of the bull pen guys goes back down once Barney comes back. That is a lot of pitchers. There has to be like 18 of them, including a 6 man rotation and a 12 man bull pen.

I think Goins sticks around, and Thole will probably come back too. I wouldn't have minded seeing how someone like Montero or Tellez did either, considering EE may leave.

????

It's Sept. 1. Rosters have expanded to 40 men. Nobody has to be sent down when Barney returns. In addition, the Triple A season ends in a few days. There is no place for anybody to be sent down shortly.

Are you seriously suggesting they play Montero or Tellez during a Sept. playoff push?

 

[Longshot]

Got it and I knew that. Seems like a silly thing to whine about, to each their own.

I didn't see it as whining. I saw it as: "who is the moron writing headlines over there?"

 

[deletethis]

decided to remove this post

 

[v-man]

I think he meant the use of the term: "back catcher." There is no such position in baseball. Thole is a catcher.

Seldom used these days, but it was indeed referred to as that in the past. Heard it quite often in the 80's/90's.

 

[Longshot]

Seldom used these days, but it was indeed referred to as that in the past. Heard it quite often in the 80's/90's.

I don't recall anybody in major league baseball ever using that term.

I remember it being used when I played kids softball.

And, according to this, it's a Canadian thing.

http://www.torontomike.com/2016/05/back_catcher_vs_catcher.html

 

[ACC1224]

I didn't see it as whining. I saw it as: "who is the moron writing headlines over there?"

The "nails on the chalkboard" seemed a little over dramatic.
Whatever, kids these days. Things will get better when school goes back in.

 

[deletethis]

The "nails on the chalkboard" seemed a little over dramatic.
Whatever, kids these days. Things will get better when school goes back in.

Get that drama off my lawn!

 

[Canada4Gold]

Those seem like reasonable callups. I figured we might see Burns and Girodo as well, guess not.

I was hoping to see Tellez, just because I think he could be a solid bat off the bench at times, and another option at 1st because I don't like Smoak, but like I said before I didn't expect them to put him on the 40 potentially risking a burnt option next year when they didn't have to do that yet.

Still holding out hope that maybe he gets the callup after the NH season though, but probably not

 

[Canada4Gold]

And I love seeing the casuals reactions to odd things like Travis down to Bluefield, it's just funny watching people freak out when they think management is making a huge mistake but it's just them not understanding what's going on

 

[ShaneFalco]

And I love seeing the casuals reactions to odd things like Travis down to Bluefield, it's just funny watching people freak out when they think management is making a huge mistake but it's just them not understanding what's going on

Was there anyone not 'getting it' ?

 

[Canada4Gold]

Was there anyone not 'getting it' ?

I'm not talking about on here. Twitter mostly, the replies to the first few tweets saying Travis had been sent to Bluefield

 

[Eyedea]

Was there anyone not 'getting it' ?

Probably a lot of people on twitter and facebook.

 

[ShaneFalco]

Probably a lot of people on twitter and facebook.

Man twitter brings out the worst of the worst
I follow sports on there mainly, but also some celebs like Ryan Reynolds. The crap people respond with to his posts........ it makes me ashamed of the human race

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

Probably a lot of people on twitter and facebook.

Remember when tsn.ca and sportsnet.ca used to be the spots to get outlandish, inaccurate belches of baseball opinion. The times, they are a changin' (not really, but whatever).

 

[hockeywiz542]

iowa city, iowa -- matt dermody received a call to the buffalo manager's office wednesday following the team's triple a game against scranton/wilkes-barre. Gary allenson had good news.

It was during that meeting that dermody, a 2013 university of iowa graduate and four-year hawkeye letterwinner, learned of his sept. 1 call-up to major league baseball's toronto blue jays.

"i am not a big jump-for-joy kind of guy," said dermody. "but i was like, 'cool, awesome, thank-you.'"

it was the culmination of a season-long journey where dermody made three stops in toronto's minor league system. He started the year in dunedin playing at advanced class a level, was promoted to double a new hampshire before joining the bisons in july.

dermody went 3-1 with a 1.82 era over the three stops. In 47 games, he tossed 54 1/3 innings, where he had 47 strikeouts.

"it has been quite the road," said dermody, a lefty relief pitching specialist. "i am grateful for everything that has happened."

 

[Epictetus]

New discussion thread up: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2121105