The 2016 Toronto Blue Jays Thread

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by troutman

It is early, and they are certainly still in the hunt, but how do you figure they are odds on favorites?

well assuming I read his post right I would guess the easier schedule and the fact that the bats are just starting to come around

[troutman]

90 wins will take a record of 61-46 .570 baseball. Doable, but not easy.

Let's say they get swept in a 3-4 game series one more time this year. They then have to go 20 games over .500 in all the other games.

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by troutman

It is early, and they are certainly still in the hunt, but how do you figure they are odds on favorites?

because with the starting pitching they have now the bats are coming around they're going to rack up a ton of wins. Bostons bats on the other hand are going to cool down at some point.

The Jays biggest question mark IMO remains starting pitching and how they handle potential innnings limits on Stroman and Sanchez. The possible good news on that front is Hutchison in addition to throwing really well in his one start had pitched well in AAA, with a sub .200 batting average against and a whip of only 1.06 in 10 starts.

We play the next 17 days straight, it'd be nice to see him come up for a spot start to give everyone a extra days rest in the middle.

[troutman]

We should see more HRs as the weather heats up, but that goes for all the teams in the AL East.

Strength of schedule to date I think:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/rpi/_/sort/sos

Looking for remaining SOS . . .

http://www.playoffstatus.com/mlb/americansosrg.html

[Dan02]

So basically everyone has the same strength of schedule left

Massive game today for the Jays, beating price would go a long way to boost their confidence after he left in the offseason.

[Dan02]

Awesome start EE

[Jason14h]

Over under 5 innings dickey lasts vs Boston ! They always kill him !

[KelVarnsen]

I don't like Thole or Dickey

[Dan02]

#### thole is terrible

[Scornfire]

Thole~ Take a shot

[flames_fan_down_under]

Always nice to see Dickey on the mound.

[flames_fan_down_under]

God. What a classic Dickey inning there.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Just tuned in to see Price get a gift K on Travis. Pretty bad call.

[flames_fan_down_under]

Is there no pitch tracker when they play at Fenway?

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under

God. What a classic Dickey inning there.

Classic dickey is to be cruising then walk a guy and give up a 2 run jack next batter. Classic thole is a passed ball with a guy on 3rd.

Is that the 4th run this year he's allowed on a passed ball?

[Scornfire]

Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under

Is there no pitch tracker when they play at Fenway?

I was kind of wondering, does seem to be the only games there isn't one on the broadcast

[flames_fan_down_under]

Originally Posted by Dan02

Classic dickey is to be cruising then walk a guy and give up a 2 run jack next batter. Classic thole is a passed ball with a guy on 3rd.

Is that the 4th run this year he's allowed on a passed ball?

You're absolutely right. They're a package deal so I just attribute all the mistakes to Dickey, which is unfair.

Thole has a wRC+ of 21.

[Scornfire]

21?! jesus

[flames_fan_down_under]

Buck just said the Donaldson's defence gets overlooked.....ummmmm what?

[KelVarnsen]

Buck says a lot of things. Most of which are to be ignored.