2024 Toronto Blue Jays Season Thread

[Ped]

Wow Vladdy looks like he is in the best shape of his life

[Whynotnow]

Good to get that first one, they have a very tough schedule to start.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by Ped

Wow Vladdy looks like he is in the best shape of his life

He’s looked great at the plate and in the field in my viewings this week…
Dare to dream

[Scornfire]

Ahhh my yearly reminder MLBtv is as useless as the rest of the sports broadcasters, glad it was free otherwise I'd be alot more annoyed we're still getting blackouts in 2024

[Party Elephant]

162-0 is still on the table baby

[accord1999]

Originally Posted by Scornfire

Ahhh my yearly reminder MLBtv is as useless as the rest of the sports broadcasters, glad it was free otherwise I'd be alot more annoyed we're still getting blackouts in 2024

The Jays are the in-market team for all of Canada so you'll need to pay Sportsnet for those games (and Apple for the occasional game on their platform).

[Ducay]

Great response after the lead off HR. Exactly the sort of bounceback we would want to see.

Good pitching
Good offense
Tack on runs
Big defensive stops when needed

[HitterD]

Originally Posted by Party Elephant

162-0 is still on the table baby

I’m just happy the Rays aren’t going to start like 20-0 like last year (or was it even more?). Edit: it was 13-0 and the jays of all teams ended it last season.

Feels so good to beat the rays. Every. Single. Time

[browna]

Rays manager left the SP in probably 2-3 hitters too long.

Schneider relived Berrios didn't get into any trouble in the first four innings and have to pull him out two games in a row.

Nice to see some clutch hitting and put team away early.

[Inferno]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1773494534233628795

[bizaro86]

Great game today. Good to see production from the top of the order with Springer and Vladdy both hitting homers and 2 hits for Bo. Also a great game at the plate from Biggio with a HR and 2 walks. Not often your number 9 hitter has 2.75 OPS...

Berrios was great as well, good composure. He pitched his way out of the 6th even though the defense behind him was weak (2 misplayed in a row by Springer in right plus IKF bobbling a grounder turning a double play into a fielders choice). IKF had a bad game at the plate as well, 0 for 4 with 3 groundouts, including one GIDP, only Jay to not get on base, and responsible for 2 of the 3 outs in the 6th.

It was funny on the rays broadcast when they were talking about the rest of the series they showed the pitching lineups, with both the Jays and Ray's having the pitcher for game 4 TBD. They obviously hadn't looked at the graphic in advance as they were speechless for a second. I thought the Rays crew was pretty professional. Apparently the little puffs when the ball hit the ground hard in the outfield are coconut husks that they're trying this year. (Not sure if sportsnet mentioned, I thought that was interesting).

[jayswin]

So I was little out of following the Jays when this happened, but we traded Gurriel Jr AND Moreno for Varsho, why? Like what was the strategy behind that, when Moreno hadn't had a chance to show if he could be a star yet?

In hindsight that seems like a disaster of a trade, was it seen as smart from the Jays perspective at the time?

[Samonadreau]

Originally Posted by jayswin

So I was little out of following the Jays when this happened, but we traded Gurriel Jr AND Moreno for Varsho, why? Like what was the strategy behind that, when Moreno hadn't had a chance to show if he could be a star yet?

In hindsight that seems like a disaster of a trade, was it seen as smart from the Jays perspective at the time?

Scrutinized pretty hard at the time. Then it was justified by saying Varsho's defensive game and war was underrated and then his offensive game and WAR took a drop last season which made it look even worse. Hopefully his offensive game gets a bump this season.

[flamingred89]

I can't get over how skinny Vladdy is. He looks like a totally different person

[KelVarnsen]

Home plate ump in mid season form

[flamingred89]

Robo umps please. That was two horrible strike calls or the Jays would be staring down a big inning.

[dieHARDflameZ]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

Home plate ump in mid season form

That was two putrid strike three calls in that inning. Both of them were 3-4 inches outside the zone.

[ForeverFlameFan]

What a filthy pitch to end the inning by Bassitt.

[KelVarnsen]

Summer of George!

[flamingred89]

Springer Dinger!