Toronto Blue Jays 2017 regular season thread

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Barnes! Nice job to get out of that. I'm impressed with that guy every time I watch him.

Can he play behind the plate too?

[KootenayFlamesFan]

And that's that.

Ugly day. Team still needs a lot of work. Getting healthy would help too.

If the bullpen keeps struggling it won't matter if Happ and Sanchez come back.

[Jason14h]

Is there a Bryce Harper in next years draft ?

[browna]

Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle

It's the cost of the hotels and flights that really have me sick to my stomach. Wish I was going to Vegas instead now.

Cancel the hotels and get a Vegas connection to and from Sea-Tac.

Rogers is going to have problem on their hands and a lot of that goodwill they've built up will be gone before the end of the year if Shapiro and Atkins don't show the ability to be flexible and make some changes, big or small, to stabilize the team short term and medium term.

[TheAlpineOracle]

Originally Posted by browna

Cancel the hotels and get a Vegas connection to and from Sea-Tac.

Rogers is going to have problem on their hands and a lot of that goodwill they've built up will be gone before the end of the year if Shapiro and Atkins don't show the ability to be flexible and make some changes, big or small, to stabilize the team short term and medium term.

No can do. Paid for Hotel up front on Expedia. Got a good rate and locked in.

[Karl]

Just get April over and done with already and maybe this ####ty team can get a few more wins whenever MVP and Tulo come back in June or whenever it is.

[KelVarnsen]

And say goodbye to Salty.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb...-recall-maile/

[Cowboy89]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

And say goodbye to Salty.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb...-recall-maile/

How quickly we miss the .150 hitting of T-HOLE (at least his outs generally put the ball in play!). The call up who will take Salty's place is hitting under the Mendoza line in AAA.

[TheAlpineOracle]

Oddly enough, Smoak is looking half decent at the plate this year.

You know things are going bad when you find yourself sometimes wishing Smoak is at the plate when there are runners on base.

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

And say goodbye to Salty.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb...-recall-maile/

Spoiler!

[Jason14h]

Only the Jays could find a backup catcher who throws out 0/9 baserunners and hits 0.04!

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Navarro is still sitting around as a UFA. Just saying.

[calgaryblood]

Not only could Salty not hit, he gave pitchers zero chance with his terrible catching. Admittidely I didn't know much about him before this season but watching him, I just couldn't stand how he caught close strikes/balls. Any good catcher would try to bring the ball to the strike zone after catching a close ball outside of the zone but he never did that.

[vegasbound]

Stroman goes until the top of the 8th. 3-2 Jays right now.

[flames_fan_down_under]

Another really good outing from Stroman.

Grilli frightens me.

[TheAlpineOracle]

Awesome bullpen. Rogers is so cheap it's disgusting. Who could have predicted this.... three years in a row.

[vegasbound]

Grilli gives up the HR. 3-3. Turning game off now in hopes of the Jays find their magic like they usually do when I turn it off.

[agulati]

And tied now

[TheAlpineOracle]

For two years now the Jays have had enough hitting to overcome the April til July garbage bullpen. Not the case anymore though. Would be in first if the bullpen was addressed properly in th off-season? Nope. Would be in a position to maybe turn this season around still? You bet.

[ClubFlames]

Holy sh*tballs the bullpen blows another one. 5-3.