[GDT] Jays Series Thread - vs White Sox April 15-18

[SportsJunky]

Bautista sitting out again tonight. Well, at least Toronto has Lawrie back in the lineup. He was hitting the ball very hard last night and should have come away with a better stat line then he did. Nice to have him back.

[flames_fan_down_under]

These injuries are frustrating. A win today would be great.

[flames_fan_down_under]

Happ gave up a three run home run to Flowers and the Jays bats have been silenced so far by Quintana.

[The Big Chill]

We just haven't been able to string together many hits this season.

[flames_fan_down_under]

Sheesh this is hard to watch. Blue Jays need some extra base hits.

[flames_fan_down_under]

Healthy line up:

Reyes
Cabrera
Bautista
Encarnacion
Lawrie
Arencibia
Rasmus
Izturis
Davis/Bonifacio

reads a lot better than

Davis
Cabrera
Arencibia
Encarnacion
Lawrie
Rasmus
De Rosa
Izturis
Kawasaki

[Machiavelli]

The Jays were so much more fun to watch last season. I know it's early, but...

[Tyler]

I know everyone said we'd have to wait til June for this team to gel and really take off, but...

[flames_fan_down_under]

Lawrie is just not timing his swings at all right now. Cue the Rasmus K.

[KelVarnsen]

Ugly game.

[flames_fan_down_under]

Cabrera, Arencibia, Lawrie and Rasmus, 0-16 9 K's and 9 runners left on base.

Encarnacion seems to be coming in to form though.

[Rapidfire999]

Wow rasmus is either good or complete garbage.. THIS IS SO HARD TO WATCH

[flambers]

Jays hitting is just not producing, so far this year way to many hitters are really struggling.

Of course they have to be concerned with Bautista's health... is he injury prone....

[Rapidfire999]

Originally Posted by flambers

Jays hitting is just not producing, so far this year way to many hitters are really struggling.

Of course they have to be concerned with Bautista's health... he is injury prone....

fyp

[St. Pats]

I was pinning my sports enjoyment this year on the Jays. I have to admit I'm not enjoying watching them play so far. They look lethargic and just off. Very little excitement. NHL and NBA playoffs starting soon / going to be tuning the Jays dang near completely out if they don't get moving.

[flambers]

Originally Posted by St. Pats

I was pinning my sports enjoyment this year on the Jays. I have to admit I'm not enjoying watching them play so far. They look lethargic and just off. Very little excitement. NHL and NBA playoffs starting soon / going to be tuning the Jays dang near completely out if they don't get moving.

There are postives

1) Starters Dickie, Morrow, Buerhle, Johnson all had solid outings last week

2) Jansen looks effective


My main concern is the slumping offense

[KelVarnsen]

Still no Joey Bats

Blue Jays-Official ‏@BlueJays 17s
Tonight's @BlueJays lineup:
Davis-RF
Cabrera-LF
Arencibia-DH
Encarnacion-1b
Lawrie-3b
Izturis-2b
Bonifacio-CF
Blanco-C
Kawasaki-SS

Dickey-P

[Rapidfire999]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

Still no Joey Bats

Blue Jays-Official ‏@BlueJays 17s
Tonight's @BlueJays lineup:
Davis-RF
Cabrera-LF
Arencibia-DH
Encarnacion-1b
Lawrie-3b
Izturis-2b
Bonifacio-CF
Blanco-C
Kawasaki-SS

Dickey-P

Wow whats up with bautista.. this is not looking good

Looks like d'arnaud will remain sidelined. Luckily we traded him, we wouldn't want another injury prone player, right?

[KelVarnsen]

Originally Posted by Rapidfire999

Wow whats up with bautista.. this is not looking good

Looks like d'arnaud will remain sidelined. Luckily we traded him, we wouldn't want another injury prone player, right?

And Brett Wallace was optioned today.

[Tyler]

Really glad I bought flights and primo tickets for the Yankees series this weekend so that I could miss seing Reyes, Bautista and be subjected to a bunch of lazy, underperforming bums play baseball. EFF