[GDT] Jays Series Thread - vs Orioles May 23-26 - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

KelVarnsen · 05-23-2013, 02:48 PM

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Rogers Centre

Thursday Probable Starters
Kevin Gausman RHP (0-0) -.-- ERA vs. Brandon Morrow RHP (1-3) 5.16 ERA
7:07 pm MST S-Net One

Friday Probable Starters
Chris Tillman RHP (3-2) 3.52 ERA vs. Sean Nolin LHP (0-0) -.-- ERA
7:07 pm MST S-Net One

Saturday Probable Starters
Freddy Garcia RHP (0-2) 4.84 ERA vs. R.A. Dickey RHP (4-5) 4.50 ERA
11:07 am MST S-Net One

Sunday Probable Starters
Miguel Gonzalez RHP (2-2) 4.25 ERA vs. Chad Jenkins RHP (1-0) 3.60 ERA
11:07 am MST S-Net One

KelVarnsen · 05-23-2013, 06:37 PM

I have been really impressed with Lind this month.

KelVarnsen · 05-23-2013, 07:00 PM

EE! Grand slam!

puffnstuff · 05-23-2013, 07:00 PM

EE Grand Slam

KelVarnsen · 05-23-2013, 07:43 PM

Gose is bad fast.

dustyanddaflames · 05-23-2013, 10:19 PM

Thought Gausman threw well outside of a few hiccups with his control - 99 mph not matter which way you slice it, is gonna get you some outs. EE clutched up, and I thought Bonifacio had a nice at bat, battled to get a sac fly. Good game - 3 of 4 against divisional rivals isn't going to hurt, and 6.5 back of a wild card spot.

ben voyonsdonc · 05-23-2013, 10:28 PM

What's up with Morrow? Still injured? I didn't get to watch the game but the stats didn't sound very good.

Hockey · 05-23-2013, 10:30 PM

7-3 in last 10. Starting to turn things around it seems. Long way to go still though.

Roof-Daddy · 05-23-2013, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Hockey

7-3 in last 10. Starting to turn things around it seems. Long way to go still though.

7-3 in the next two sets of ten games would put the Jays back over the .500 mark only 67 games into the season.

Lots of baseball left.

Caged Great · 05-23-2013, 11:53 PM

If they can get up to .500 by the all star break, then they might still have a shot. Still would be a long shot, but a shot nonetheless

GirlySports · 05-23-2013, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Caged Great

If they can get up to .500 by the all star break, then they might still have a shot. Still would be a long shot, but a shot nonetheless

I think they have to get to .500 by the first day of summer June 21 to really have a shot.
Win 17 of the next 27 or something like that. They need one of those Oakland-esque winning streaks.

dustyanddaflames · 05-24-2013, 07:50 AM

Getting back to .500 seems a lot more doable after a couple decent streaks of play. The thing I noticed, and they did touch on it during the broadcast, is how much better the players' approaches at the plate has been. They still strikeout way too much, and don't walk nearly enough, but there are getting deep into counts now - which I think is huge. The more pitches you see, the greater likelyhood you get a mistake to hit. The EE grandslam inning was a great example - three walks followed by a GS. ALL WITH TWO OUT. That's the type of battling these guys need to start to climb up the standings - good stuff, looking forward to taking 3/4 from Bucky.

mrkajz44 · 05-24-2013, 11:57 AM

Totally agree on the approach. It's like they thought they only had one strike or they were out all through April. Now they are looking for specific pitches and are coming up with good results.

Still need a stable infield though - Reyes needs to get back and 2B has to be consistant (though its starting to look that way with Bonifacio).

GirlySports · 05-24-2013, 01:05 PM

Would any of you put Kawasaki at 2nd when Reyes comes back or is he too weak of a hitter?

Jiggy_12 · 05-24-2013, 01:23 PM

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Would any of you put Kawasaki at 2nd when Reyes comes back or is he too weak of a hitter?

If Kawasaki can play 2B (no clue if he has any history there) then absolutely. He may be a weaker hitter than Boni or Izturis historically, but his OBP is a full .100 points higher than either of them and has shown surprising creativity and excellent patience.

He has more SB's than either of them, more RBI's..comparable runs scored and all with about 30-40 less at-bats then those two guys.

If he can continue drawing walks in the 9 spot it creates huge opportunities to turn the lineup over with production, especially having Bautista hitting in the #2 hole.

Trojan97 · 05-24-2013, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jiggy_12

If Kawasaki can play 2B (no clue if he has any history there) then absolutely. He may be a weaker hitter than Boni or Izturis historically, but his OBP is a full .100 points higher than either of them and has shown surprising creativity and excellent patience.

He has more SB's than either of them, more RBI's..comparable runs scored and all with about 30-40 less at-bats then those two guys.

If he can continue drawing walks in the 9 spot it creates huge opportunities to turn the lineup over with production, especially having Bautista hitting in the #2 hole.

Plus he's the type of quirky ####### who will keep things light in the clubhouse during our pennant run.

dustyanddaflames · 05-24-2013, 01:52 PM

Ya Kawasaki is a tough out - easy choice between him and Bonifacio.

flames_fan_down_under · 05-24-2013, 02:05 PM

Just listening to yesterdays DJF podcast and they're talking about JP's numbers, I knew he was pretty terrible but he has 55 Ks and 2 walks all season! That is ludicrous!

Rapidfire999 · 05-24-2013, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under

Just listening to yesterdays DJF podcast and they're talking about JP's numbers, I knew he was pretty terrible but he has 55 Ks and 2 walks all season! That is ludicrous!

and he surprisingly doesn't have the most Ks lol

dustyanddaflames · 05-24-2013, 02:20 PM

They actually do have a great podcast, eh?