2023 Toronto Blue Jays Season Thread

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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

Cards are a good team, likely another 90+ win season and division title for them again. A good deep lineup of pesky hitters behind two superstars in Arenado and Goldie.

I wouldn't sweat these last two games much.

Ya that's how I feel too.

Really a Chapman error and a Bassitt blow up are the story. 3 games in.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

Hope so. They won 91 and 92 games the last two seasons lol

In the toughest division in baseball too

Yes, and now less games against that division.

[Roof-Daddy]

I will say though, I was concerned about Bassitt's velocity in the spring, but then there was that report about how he's just an old vet slowly ramping things up. Well, better get it ramped up bud, it ain't spring training anymore lol

88-90mph isn't going to get it done unless the command is near perfect.

Hopefully they didn't just bring in the next Tanner Roarke haha

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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

I will say though, I was concerned about Bassitt's velocity in the spring, but then there was that report about how he's just an old vet slowly ramping things up. Well, better get it ramped up bud, it ain't spring training anymore lol

88-90mph isn't going to get it done unless the command is near perfect.

Hopefully they didn't just bring in the next Tanner Roarke haha

I mean you definitely have to be a bit concerned with a pretty pronounced drop in velo. Especially a 34 year old pitcher. One thing I checked in on was his velo charts from 2022 on FanGraphs and he definitely built up his velo over April into May. The fact that’s he’s not a huge “blow you away with his fastball” guy anyways and more of a location pitcher means there is definitely a lot of room for improvement. I mean it literally could not have been any worse.

[KelVarnsen]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1642952604454928384

[bluejays]

Bleachers? Meh. Definitely won’t be sitting there.

[KelVarnsen]

Sigh

[flamingred89]

Sigh. Can we not spot the opponent a run(runs) in the first inning every game please? Feels very Flames-like to be coming from behind all the time.

[Roof-Daddy]

lol

Jays go down in 6 pitches in the top of 1

Then Berrios gives up a lead off double and an RBI single

Now 1st and 3rd with one out

Bahaha

[Hockey]

Oh boy

[Roof-Daddy]

Hahaha

Hit parade

Berrios is straight up BP now

[flamingred89]

Ffs.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Different year, same pitcher. Looks brutal.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Awesome, down by 3 after the first.

Be great to get some decent pitching sometime soon.

[Roof-Daddy]

Thank goodness for Dozier and Bradley

Their suckiness at the plate is even worse than Berrios' suckiness on the mound lol

[Hockey]

What if Kickuchi hasn't improved at all?

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Pretty tight strike zone

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by Hockey

What if Kickuchi hasn't improved at all?

He had a great spring, so hopefully that's a sign of things to come.

Berrios was bad last year, bad in the spring, bad to start tonight.

[SportsJunky]

Kirk lol.

[ben voyonsdonc]

Kirk is such a liability on the bases that he probably should be hitting lower in the lineup.