2022 ALWC: Toronto Blue Jays vs Seattle Mariners

[flamingred89]

Originally Posted by flambers

Way to much credit for Castillo, Jays hitters are the problem...

I think at this point you have to give credit where credit is due. The Jays bats have warts for sure. We've seen it all season. But Castillo is undeniably dealing.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

How does the guy strike out the side after 90 pitches? How do you allow that to happen?

No plate discipline. It's been a problem with these guys for a while. Everyone wants to hit a homerun instead of just getting a hit.

[flambers]

Originally Posted by flamingred89

I think at this point you have to give credit where credit is due. The Jays bats have warts for sure. We've seen it all season. But Castillo is undeniably dealing.

for sure, however the Jays are prone to this type of stuff....

i.e. happens against Tampa all of the time.

[Skaloper]

It was mentioned earlier but Castillo's sinker is averaging 99 when during the regular season it's 97. The extra 2MPH is a huge difference and the reason why the Jays haven't been able to get any good contact today. A 99/100 mph sinker with a starting pitcher is rediculous and not common.

[Karl]

Trevor Richards coming in.

Oh goody.

[MillerTime GFG]

Well this game is over...

[greyshep]

Well at least we can distract ourselves with the Weegar signing I guess, lol

[Karl]

The hitters have to come up with some offense.

It's now or never time.

[flambers]

Originally Posted by Skaloper

It was mentioned earlier but Castillo's sinker is averaging 99 when during the regular season it's 97. The extra 2MPH is a huge difference and the reason why the Jays haven't been able to get any good contact today. A 99/100 mph sinker with a starting pitcher is rediculous and not common.

FYI

His avg slider in regular season is 87,

His avg fastball in regular season is 97,

[flambers]

fingers crossed they change the pitcher....

[flamingred89]

I really feel like this game was lost when Manoah hit Rodriguez in the first inning. It was an 0-2 count. He had him on the ropes. Even if he hangs one and JRod hits it out, you shake it off and move on only down 1. But the fact he hit him, and the seed of doubt creeps in, you start to see the battle. That leads to some lack of control and poor pitches. Next thing you know the Jays are down 3. The difference between being down 3 vs 1 is huge. Especially against a pitcher like Castillo. When you're down by 3 you automatically start playing for the big inning. Instead of trying to be creative and create runs. The Jays had some base runners early on. Albeit with 2 outs most of the time. But there is still opportunity to try and do different things if you just want to scratch out a run or two. Amazing how fickle this game is. And what makes teams like Seattle so dangerous. Lacking in talent but making up for it in opportunity and playing with house money.

[Skaloper]

That doesn't look good for Springer

[Karl]

Ouch

[SuperMatt18]

This is when you need to take advantage. Top of the order and a mid inning pitching change

[bluejays]

Something tells me he's staying in for team confidence purposes, but I hope those x-rays are negative.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

I don't even think it really mattered much what Manoah did, given how Castillo has pitched and how completely unable the Jay's hitters have been to get anything done against him.

[agulati]

Hope Springer is okay. That looked rough

[Karl]

Great. Now we have to face someone who can throw up to 102 now.

[Skaloper]

Originally Posted by Karl

Great. Now we have to face someone who can throw up to 102 now.

Just saw 103

[bluejays]

Complete side note, but as sports are sometimes all about novelty, I'd love to see the odd game which starts at 10pm local for every market. I'm sure they'd get some fun gate revenue for the novelty aspect of it in every city.