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CaramonLS · 05-25-2008, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

Bay signed a 4 year contract in the 2005 offseason that goes to the end of next season. He's not hitting great, but still has a .273 average, 398 OBP, 521 Slg% and 11 home runs on the season. Mind you thats in a pretty hitter friendly NL Central so far.

He has a .943 OPS now - he'd lead our team in that stat by a fairly sizable margin.

Sylvanfan · 05-25-2008, 12:02 PM

Bay's been hot lately. Right now there are there are only about 5 guys in the entire AL with a better OPS. Again though thats in the NL Central against NL pitching. Theres 6 guys in the NL slugging over .600, in the AL, theres 7 guys slugging over .500.

I wouldn't mind Bay being acquired at all. Problem for the Jays is that they've already tied up big money in two Right handed hitting outfielders in Wells and Rios.

postal · 05-25-2008, 12:45 PM

Anybody have a monthly subscription at MLB.tv?
Do you get the service for 30 days or just until the end of the month?
I REALLY wanna watch Kershaw this afternoon....

Sylvanfan · 05-25-2008, 01:59 PM

Another win for the Jays today 3-1 over the Royals who seem intent on running themselves out of every inning right now. Now up to 2 games over .500 which is not bad for a team that was like 10-18. Maybe they'll prove me wrong yet.

Jiggy_12 · 05-25-2008, 06:40 PM

The Jays are playing better lately, definitely.

The offense is still frustrating to watch, but the pitching keeps them in almost every single game.

No other team in the AL is running away, so things are still close in the wildcard as well as the division.

KTown · 05-25-2008, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jiggy_12

The Jays are playing better lately, definitely.

The offense is still frustrating to watch, but the pitching keeps them in almost every single game.

No other team in the AL is running away, so things are still close in the wildcard as well as the division.

Tampa will fade, Jays will finish 15-20 games above .500 but that won't be enough. Boston will pull away with NYY riding there ass all year to a wild car.

ricoFlame · 05-25-2008, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by KTown

Tampa will fade, Jays will finish 15-20 games above .500 but that won't be enough. Boston will pull away with NYY riding there ass all year to a wild car.

the yanks are a joke.

Da_Chief · 05-25-2008, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by KTown

Tampa will fade, Jays will finish 15-20 games above .500 but that won't be enough. Boston will pull away with NYY riding there ass all year to a wild car.

that is a 96-101 win season you are projecting for the Jays, while Im sure they wont get that many BUT if they did theres no way the yanks are finishing ahead of them then. basically lock em for a playoff spot then.

KTown · 05-25-2008, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Da_Chief

that is a 96-101 win season you are projecting for the Jays, while Im sure they wont get that many BUT if they did theres no way the yanks are finishing ahead of them then. basically lock em for a playoff spot then.

Yanks have always been slow starters, they will rise as ARod comes back into form from his injury.

15 - 20 games above 500 last I checked was 91-71. Not even close to a 100 win season

101-61 would be a 40 game season above 500.

Antithesis · 05-26-2008, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by KTown

Yanks have always been slow starters, they will rise as ARod comes back into form from his injury.

15 - 20 games above 500 last I checked was 91-71. Not even close to a 100 win season

101-61 would be a 40 game season above 500.

My understanding is that 91-71 would be 20 more wins than losses, not 20 above .500.

At the end of the season, 81-81 would be .500, so, 15-20 wins above .500 would be 96-101 wins.

Sylvanfan · 05-26-2008, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Antithesis

My understanding is that 91-71 would be 20 more wins than losses, not 20 above .500.

At the end of the season, 81-81 would be .500, so, 15-20 wins above .500 would be 96-101 wins.

I see it as 88-74 is 14 games above .500, 91-71 is 20 . in that you won 14-20 more games thatn you lost. .500 isn't based on your record relative to 81 wins, it's based on the percentage of wins you have out of your total number of games played. Any team in the American League that wins 96 games this year will easily make the playoffs. Even the Bo-Sox don't look like they'll win that many games this year, 91 would probably be enough to get the Wild Card. Unless something changes it might only take like a 87-75 record to get the AL Wild Card this year.

JayP · 05-26-2008, 10:09 AM

The Jays have as good a chance at the wild card as anyone else.

Look at who they're piled up with currently - Tampa Bay, Oakland, NYY, Minnesota, Texas, Baltimore. How many of those teams are unquestionably better than the Jays?

It's pretty damn fun being a Jays fan right now. It's a great feeling knowing you can turn on the game any night and basically be assured that the game is going to be somewhat close with our starting pitching.

What website has the best gamecast? The final game of the KC series starts in 30 minutes and I'd like to keep track of it at work.

Sylvanfan · 05-26-2008, 10:39 AM

Toronto vs Kansas City

Theres a link to mlb.com game log. I like that one myself, than again I havent' looked in too many places.

JayP · 05-26-2008, 10:59 AM

Marcum appears to be dealing thus far. 3 Ks and the first 6 retired in order.

With Tomko pitching on the other side it shouldn't be long before the Jays scratch a few runs across and that should be all they need.

JayP · 05-26-2008, 11:11 AM

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With Tomko pitching on the other side it shouldn't be long before the Jays scratch a few runs across and that should be all they need.

Overbay with an RBI single, Wilkerson with a sac fly, and a Greg Zaun 2-out 2-run homer and the Jays lead 4-0 in the bottom of 2.

Pagal4321 · 05-26-2008, 11:44 AM

This MLB Gamecenter is great! Marcum strikes out Olivo with runners on the corners.

Looks like he's pitching a great game right now!

4 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 5 SO

JayP · 05-26-2008, 12:03 PM

Rios with a 2-run double to make it 6-0.

My computer at work won't let me upgrade Flash so the MLB gamecast won't work and I'm forced to use ESPN.

It's not bad - a hell of a lot better than CBS's which happens to be awful.

Sylvanfan · 05-26-2008, 12:27 PM

7-2 for the Jays now, Scutaro with a home run. I have to eat some crow here....he's been a pretty good depth acquisition so far. Marcum's hit as many guys as he's given up hits today.

JayP · 05-26-2008, 12:45 PM

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Scutaro with a home run. I have to eat some crow here....he's been a pretty good depth acquisition so far. .

Funny you say that - I was going to bring up some of those old posts ripping into the Scutaro signing.

He's exactly what the Jays have been lacking the past few years. A competent bench player who can play anywhere in the infield and be a decent stop-gap solution during injuries or days off. A sizable upgrade over guys like Royce Clayton, Howie Clark, Jason Smith, Ray Olmedo, Russ Adams, Frank Menechino, etc.

flambers · 05-26-2008, 01:38 PM

Great series for the Jays, hopefully the Jays can continue to generate the offense as the pitching looks really solid.