2022 Blue Jays Season Thread

[ben voyonsdonc]

Having 10 hits between your 1, 3, 4 hitters but 0 for your 2 and 5 hitters is pretty bad.

[Karl]

And the Rays won. And the Mariners are leading. FML.

[ben voyonsdonc]

Losing was bad. Losing while eating up the bullpen was worse. Losing while TB and Seattle are winning is…

[ben voyonsdonc]

Kikuchi should NEVER be used for less than 2-3 innings…he’s a low leverage long man. When you put him in, the only result you are looking for is the number of innings eaten…like Zimmermann did yesterday. He’s cannon fodder right now. If the team needs to worry about how many runs he’s going to give up, you just don’t put him in.

[Roof-Daddy]

Why do the Jays always have to have a guaranteed loss night gas can in their rotation?

Finally demote Kikuchi, enter Mitch White. Maybe he'll get better, but he's pure garbage right now and is costing the Jays wins. Total momentum stopper with the Jays on a 5 game win streak and out to an early lead in this one.

Jays FO knocked it out of the park last year with Ray and Matz, but completely missed the mark this year with Kikuchi and White.

[Party Elephant]

Eh, I'm not too worried. It was one game and they've scored 7, 8 and 6 runs in the last 3. Bass and Mayza may have been "used" last night but those were very brief outings, plus Phelps, Cimber and Romano are all fresh. Did Pop get sent back down? And it's Manoah tonight so he could go 6 or 7, 5 at the worst. Then it's a day off so everyone should be fresh for the next series. I agree it sucks that there hasn't been a reliable 5th starter all season but right now the bats are doing enough to give the team a chance every game. Imagine if Vladdy can get going again.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by Party Elephant

Did Pop get sent back down?

He was the extra player for the doubleheader so he had to be.

[Blaster86]

The thing with White is, his numbers with Jansen catching are good. Soooo they keep trotting Kirk out behind the plate?

But also, yes, please stop finding bad pitchers k thx.

[KelVarnsen]

Gabbo and Pop are back. Teo to paternity and White to AAA

https://twitter.com/user/status/1567607780340539393

[Inferno]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1567588931331362818

[Party Elephant]

Originally Posted by Inferno

https://twitter.com/user/status/1567588931331362818

That's the second catcher the pirates have claimed from the blue jays this season, Tyler Heineman being the other. Weird.

[KelVarnsen]

That was a terrible top half of the 1st inning. 3 pitches? JFC

[flamingred89]

3 outs on 3 pitches to begin the game. Please don't be this version of the bats tonight. We need to win. Can't split the series after sweeping the double header. A 4.5 game lead is a lot more comfortable down the stretch. And the season series would almost even up at 6-7. But a loss and it's a 2.5 game lead and 5-8 against the O's. Which would almost be insurmountable for the tie breaker.

[ben voyonsdonc]

####ing Mountcastle.

[Blaster86]

Team isn't making the play-offs.

[KelVarnsen]

Ouch. Lourdes is hurt

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Oh man this doesn't look good. Darn.

[Blaster86]

This team's approach at the plate is minor league level.

[Hockey]

Terrible only getting 1 run there

[flamingred89]

A single and 3 walks and the Jays can only muster a run. They are such an unbelievably frustrating team. It's like you know early on what team its going to be and there's no way around it. Going to be hard for them to win this one.