The 2016 Toronto Blue Jays Thread

[dash_pinched]

For me, it's not just Dickey, it's that Russell Martin who in my opinion is a big spark for the Jays roster and provides timely hitting is also not in the lineup.

[JayP]

Originally Posted by Parallex

It is a weird lineup... but not because of Bautista leading off. Bautista get's on base which should be the principle skill of the leadoff hitter. Whats weird is that Upton and Carrera are drawing in. Unless there has been a change the Jays are facing off against a RHP... Upton and Carrera have worse splits (career and this season) against righties. Also Barney in for Tulo? Strange.

The only way I can explain it is that they want to rest some guys (Saunders/Tulo) and want to be extra careful with Bautista's foot (no fielding).

It's a day game after a night game. That's always the time teams like to rest older players who have had injury issues in the past like Saunders and Tulo.

[Cuz]

Barney does his job. We're on the board now.

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle

Goddamnit Dickey. I don't think he can go three inning without letting up a home run.

Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle

Hit batter, Homerun, walk.

This guys needs has no ability to know where his pitches are going.

Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle

Word can't describe how much seeing RA Dickey in Jays uniform frustrates me. He has absolutely no control on what he brings to the table. It's basically Russian roulette each inning.

Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle

Dickey is a clown show. Please remove him from the rotation, bring up Hutchison to take his spot, waive Thole, and bring up Jiminez so we actually have a backup catcher.

Can you please give it a rest. Gibby doesn't read this and you have made your point ad nauseam. My god you are a negative fan.

[TheAlpineOracle]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

For me, it's not just Dickey, it's that Russell Martin who in my opinion is a big spark for the Jays roster and provides timely hitting is also not in the lineup.

With Dickey comes Thole as well, who is the same or worse than a pitcher batting.

I'm not even sure why they need Thole catching Dickey. It's not like he does a good job. I know why they don't want Martin catching Dickey (injury and frustration), but any backup catcher in the league could probably go in there and do what Thole is doing. It's not like he's doing a good job of blocking balls or keeping them in front of him.

[TheAlpineOracle]

If we can get to their bullpen quickly, we can still be in this.

[TheAlpineOracle]

That's a pretty big crowd there for a Thursday afternoon game

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Alright, the Sox have the early lead in their game, perfect.

[Karl]

Freaking Perdomo man!!

[Karl]

God, Perdomo pitching so well is really irritating me!!

[Karl]

Upton is fast.

[Cortez]

Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle

That's a pretty big crowd there for a Thursday afternoon game

Did I sleep through a day again?

[Karl]

Rosales was right to try for that one. It wasn't going to go foul, despite what Devlin thought.

[mivdo]

Here we go.

[vegasbound]

Well finally starting to put some runs up.

[Cortez]

That's some nice 2 out hitting

[jayswin]

Too bad Gibbons left Dickey in for a little more damage when it was clear he didn't have it today. Could have been 5-4 right now.

[TheAlpineOracle]

Another solid outing by Biagini. This guys is a great pickup!

[TheAlpineOracle]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Too bad Gibbons left Dickey in for a little more damage when it was clear he didn't have it today. Could have been 5-4 right now.

Not much Gibby can do there. The bullpen is taxed from last night, and he needs to keep them somewhat in tact for the Baltimore series.

[Cuz]

About the best we can expect from Thole, a walk!