Oct. 2-4: Blue Jays vs. Rays Series Thread

[Machiavelli]

Woo! EE!!!

[JiriHrdina]

Would be pretty neat if EE can get to 40.

[corporatejay]

Parrot!

[Caged Great]

They are only the 4th team in MLB history to have 3 guys with 37+ HR's, the other three had all of them over 40.

2 were the Rockies in 96, and 97. The other was the Braves in 73.

[Finger Cookin]

That's a pretty good middle of the lineup the Jays have.

[CgyFlamesftw]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

They are only the 4th team in MLB history to have 3 guys with 37+ HR's, the other three had all of them over 40.

2 were the Rockies in 96, and 97. The other was the Braves in 73.

Someone on blue jays forum posted saying should be second best team to achieve this. As rockies were in steroid era and the elevation in their ballpark favors their team significantly. Even look this year the Rockies are top offensive team but their team is quite bad.

[The Big Chill]

Its crazy that just a few months ago Buehrle was our best starter, and now he seems likely to be the odd man out in the first round.

[Roof-Daddy]

Boy is Estrada solid once he settles in.

Anyone think AA should try to re-sign him? Or will he drop off and not be worth what he signs for? Have to think a big part of what he does is to do with the game calling Navarro does for him, and he won't be here next season.

[jayswin]

I'd rather they go for the home-run in David Price, which I assume would mean no Estrada with what he could command. But if we lose out on the Price sweepstakes, or Rogers just decides that they're too cheap, then I hope we re-sign Estrada.

[jayswin]

Crap, close game now. 3-2, bottom of the 7th.

[jayswin]

Wow, Baltimore crushed the Yankees today, 9 - 2. Does anyone know if New York was resting guys? Hopefully the go into the playoffs cold.

[Machiavelli]

Dang. Now Osuna has some work to do.

[jayswin]

Apparently, David Price will be the first pitcher to pitch the first game of a playoff series on 11 days off since 1939. I'm not really worried, and he did have that simulated game, but an interesting stat, none the less.

[jayswin]

Oh boy

[vegasbound]

Uh oh

[jayswin]

**** me. Two full games of resting the entire roster will likely cost us the conference now. Whether that matters or not is another question, and I won't question those that know better than me, but certainly seems weird to throw two games rather than one.

[TheAlpineOracle]

Originally Posted by jayswin

**** me. Two full games of resting the entire roster will likely cost us the conference now. Whether that matters or not is another question, and I won't question those that know better than me, but certainly seems weird to throw two games rather than one.

They now have a date with the second hottest team in baseball. Purely idiotic decision so a bunch of professional athletes could
Go and get drunk.

[JayP]

Pete Walker needs to tell Osuna to smarten up and shelf that slider immediately. Game 161 is not the time to try and figure out how to get it over the plate. Osuna gave the game away when he decided to pitch four sliders to Souza and none of them were even close. Get yourself ready for the playoffs now - not try to improve your worst pitch. Fastball/changeup in the playoffs please.

[dammage79]

Not sure if relevant:

Bruce Levine ‏@MLBBruceLevine 18m18 minutes ago Chicago, IL
According to a MLB source Mark Buehle will try to pitch two innings Sunday and call it a career. Not expected to be on post season roster

[JayP]

Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle

They now have a date with the second hottest team in baseball. Purely idiotic decision so a bunch of professional athletes could
Go and get drunk.

How hot a team is going into the playoffs has zero statistical bearing on playoff success. Debate their lineup against Houston or New York, but them being hot will have zero impact on whether or not they beat the Jays.