2011 Blue Jays Season Thread

[flames_1987]

Originally Posted by ricoFlame

very different lineup today...Mccoy in centre, Nix @ 3bag.

Molina behind the plate too.

[Sylvanfan]

Nice start by Drabek with a strikeout to open the game.

[Machiavelli]

And gets Morneau after the walk to Mauer. Good job.

[Sylvanfan]

Jose Molina with a homer to put the Jays up by 1.

[CedarMeter]

Jays looking good, Sinder with a nice hit 5-1 jays going into the 6th

[flames_1987]

Drabek makes a huge 3-2 pitch, to get that double play and get out of the inning. First major league wine hopefully and a great way to start the season. I wish we'd get to see Morrow on the mound tomorrow.

[Cowboy89]

The Blue Jays always look good from April to June. I'm excited for this season and what I've seen so far. But I start believing when they are within range of the post season in August.

[Lil Pedro]

From a defensive standpoint, I would much rather see Nix at third than Encarnacion. Guy played great today, and he contributed with his bat by knocking in a home run. Keep Encarnacion at DH or on the bench, he's too much of a liability in the field.

[ShaolinFlame]

Originally Posted by Lil Pedro

From a defensive standpoint, I would much rather see Nix at third than Encarnacion. Guy played great today, and he contributed with his bat by knocking in a home run. Keep Encarnacion at DH or on the bench, he's too much of a liability in the field.

E5 being in the 3b/2b/SS pool for type a/b status is a much brighter outlook than being in the pool with DH. Free draft picks!

[flames_1987]

27, 000 and change at the game today. DJF tweeted a picture of the walkup crowd today and it was quite the crowd.

[nik-]

I saw that this game was on early and ended up forgetting and missing the first 8 innings. Blast, I wanted to see Drabek pitch.

How did he do?

[habernac]

Drabek looked great. Nice to see a great couple of games to start the season. Wins are worth the same amount in April as they are in August.

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by nik-

I saw that this game was on early and ended up forgetting and missing the first 8 innings. Blast, I wanted to see Drabek pitch.

How did he do?

Pretty much awesome. 1 hit which was a cheap single in 7 innings pitched. Dominate performance, and if he continues to pitch like that, we'll easily have a replacement for Halladay.

[Lil Pedro]

Drabek was on today, but I also gotta give credit to Molina. Every inning those two were talking non-stop discussing how they were going to attack the batters next inning. Just goes to show how valuable a veteran catcher is on a young pitching staff. Looking forward to seeing Cecil pitch tomorrow

[ricoFlame]

Starting Lineup for today:

1. Escobar, SS
2. Rivera, DH
3. Bautista, RF
4. Lind, 1B
5. Hill, 2B
6. Encarnacion, 3B
7. Snider, LF
8. Arencibia, C
9. McCoy, CF
SP. Cecil

[Matty81]

Originally Posted by ricoFlame

Starting Lineup for today:

1. Escobar, SS
2. Rivera, DH
3. Bautista, RF
4. Lind, 1B
5. Hill, 2B
6. Encarnacion, 3B
7. Snider, LF
8. Arencibia, C
9. McCoy, CF
SP. Cecil

Hope Davis is not badly hurt. Rivera that high up in the order is just scary - although he is due for a hit at least.

Also thought Nix looked like a better defender than Encarnacion, hopefully that doesn't bite Cecil - edit, just looked at Nix's career numbers over there and he's E5 calibre.

[flames_1987]

Davis really makes that lineup look a whole lot different when he's healthy. Will be interesting to see ho Cecil comes out today after having a tough spring and all the talk about the velocity of his fastball. Here's to a sweep!

[malcolmk14]

Cecil strikes out the side in the 1st.

[flames_1987]

Rivera with his first hit. Looks like a decent crowd again at Skydome

[malcolmk14]

Cecil makes quick work of the Twins in the 2nd.