A Little Good Will Goes a Mighty Long Way: 3/13 Game Preview and Thread, Blue Jays at Braves
by hugo on Mar 13, 2010 10:52 AM EST
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PrintHope everyone is enjoying their weekend. It's pouring here, but I hear it's sunny in Florida, so sounds like the Jays will play.
As he missed his start yesterday due to rain, Brian Tallet worked 3 innings in a simulated game yesterday. The other pitchers who were schedule to work yesterday - Casey Janssen, Jeremy Accardo, Zach Jackson, Zechry Zinicola, and Merkin Valdez - will work in simulated games today.
But as for the Jays' game against the Braves, here's the lineup:
Mike McCoy, ss
Joey Gathright, cf
Jeremy Reed, rf
Brian Dopirak, 1b
Travis Snider, lf
Brad Emaus, 2b
Jose Molina, c
Good opportunities for several Jays vieing for roster spots. Speaking of, we took a look at the first 10 days or so of games and where different players battling for roster spots stand so far this morning. If you haven't taken a look yet, check it out.
Ricky Romero will get the start and the opportunity to throw as many as 4 innings, while Dana Eveland, Sean Henn, Ray (formerly Reider) Gonzalez, Rommie Lewis, and Willie Collazo. I hear Brett Wallace, Randy Ruiz, and J.P. Arencibia made the trip with their teammates, so I'd expect them to feature in the game at some point. Tim Hudson makes the start for Atlanta.
Today's title comes from "Bottled in Cork," a song off Ted Leo's just-released record The Brutalist Bricks. I can't get enough of it right now, and the title seemed appropriate given how a little of Cito's good will does indeed seem to go a long way in helping a player secure a roster spot. I hear the FAN is carrying the game, so enjoy! I plan on listening myself while trying to get some work done.
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great interview with Arnsberg
before the game
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
caught stealing 3rd with nobody out
Arnsberg talked about the injuries to so many pitchers, how much he enjoyed coaching Doc, AJ, Ryan, Marcum, Romero, Zep, etc.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
poor baserunning by McCoy
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
true
but that doesn’t mean he’s totally off the hook
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
double play
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
i hope reed stays on in aaa even if he doesn`t make the team he had some
monster numbers in aa once upon a time. Be nice to see if he still has some potential
radar
Since rei equals ray, can we assume that reider equals radar and so annoint said prospect, radar gonzalez?
by ayjackson on Mar 13, 2010 1:23 PM EST via mobile reply actions
he doesn't throw hard enough for that
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
nice, Moonraker!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
not during Lent
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Catholics don't say that word
between Ash Wednesday and Easter
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
haha
I don’t think it’s a big deal. They do cut that mass part during Lent, and I think that’s about it.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
I kinda remember that
it comes back in a big way Easter Sunday, right?
makes sense actually.
thanks for the theology lesson! haha
nice to see the infield hit by mccoy though
he is my irrational favorite, as tom would say
bu rational IMO
lol
that worked out
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
McCoy is a bit of a sparkplug today
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
single up the middle
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
coupled with his last start
it’s starting to look like a mini-trend
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
not that he wasn't a good ground-ball pitcher last season
he definitely was. Just good to see him getting the ball down so early in the spring
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
walton said he thinks ricky can go 7-8 IP with 80-90 pitches like Doc
arny said he will be an Ace one day
before the spring started
I thought a good goal for him would be to not regress from last season, and maybe avoid some of those starts where he gave up walks in bunches. For a young pitcher in his second season to avoid regression is a good goal.
but now I think he could improve on last season and really establish himself as an excellent starter.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
He was excellent last year until the last month or two, if I recall
If he pitches like he did early on, he could be a REALLY good pitcher. Maybe it’s a matter of conditioning him for the 200 IP of a MLB season.
I had thought that too
but his whole second half was actually pretty shaky. His ERA didn’t balloon until the end (mostly because of some poor luck, he actually wasn’t that bad in September) but his July wasn’t anything to write home about with 28 Ks, 4 home runs, and 21 walks.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Reed certainly has shown better so far, hasn't he?
but for some reason more of the talk seems to be around Gathright
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Reed's offensive numbers over his career
are nothing to shout about, but his numbers against righties are at least as good as Bautista’s over their respective careers.
Mac is a good guy to have around but his skillset is basically redundant with Gonzalez’s. I suppose the Jays figure that Gonzalez is old and if he is hitting and fielding well they will try to trade him, but I don’t really see the benefit of having both of them on the same team.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Wooo! I found the game on the radio., I just had to prop up my alarm clock on the window ledge upside down and I can pick up the Hamilton feed of 590,
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
You can tell how excited I am by that.
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
I wouldn't mind if Mrs. Hugo watched twilight, although I would refuse to join in
it would allow me to unapologetically watch a lot more anime.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Yeah she puts up with me taking the main tv for a ton of sports and movies so I don’t mind. I was out running errands and she was watching when I got home
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
I ran this morning, despite the pouring rain
and came in soaking wet to find my wife and daughter watching English Premier League soccer. It was awesome!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
with the way the MLS season is looking right now
my little girl is going to be pretty disappointed. As soon as the weather warmed up enough for people to start playing pickup in the park down the block, she started bugging me about going back to matches.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
it looks like
Hoffpauir and Phillips are going to see most of the at-bats at AAA to me, but I could be wrong. My guess is that Emaus starts at AA and if he hits, moves up quickly
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
though Emaus
can play 2nd base too, so you could make a case for him to play there in AAA
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
not sure, AAA playing second, I'd think
I personally think it’s too soon to write him off. Solid on-base skills from a middle infield spot are pretty useful, though the third-base experiment for him seems like it didn’t work out so well. But doesn’t the fact that Campbell didn’t get an invite this spring suggest that the Jays won’t let his situation dictate what happens with Emaus?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Too bad Ricky couldn't have swung
and just walked to the base if he hit anything. If you’re going to be an out anyway, do it with style.
Ball.
the Braves announcers
are bragging that people are switching from the Jays broadcast. Can they really not figure out it’s because the Jays broadcast cut out on mlb.com?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Full count to Glaus…. and a walk..
2 straight walks to start the inning
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
you called it
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Double play! Nice job to get out of the inning Ricky.
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
So after 4 innings. 10 out of a possible 12 outs come on grounders from Ricky.
One fly out to Gathright and one Strikeout.
Not too shabby
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
too many walks
but if you can avoid the long ball and get a lot of grounders, you can get away with it a lot better
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
i like the grounders, but way too many walks, they killed ricky`s second half last year
tough to get away with that many walks in the east
Eveland's turn
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
sounds like Reed
misplayed that big time
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
interesting
I didn’t even know Thames was in camp. He had a nice season last year, but just can’t seem to stay healthy.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
weird that they'd take Snider out with his spot in the lineup coming due this inning though, no?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
yeah, figured it would be a boxscore error
it doesn’t make sense
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Eveland
works around the miscue to complete the scoreless inning with the K
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Hahaha Spring training sounds are great.
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
third straight K for Eveland
seems fairly sharp
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
I'm not sure
I don’t see a 26-year old lefty pitcher who has pitched well this spring passing through waivers, do you?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
yeah, I saw that
certainly he hasn’t done anything so far that would make their interest subside
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
it would really be a shame
if the Jays tried to pass him through waivers, someone grabbed him, and he went on to have a good season
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
all so Tallet
could pitch in the rotation for a month
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Eveland with 2 fly-outs...
no groundballs will put him way behind Tallet in Cito´s eyes….
by jaysfanfromeurope on Mar 13, 2010 2:47 PM EST reply actions
that would be silly
Eveland, not Tallet, is the groundball pitcher.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
not against minor-leaguers either
nice work by him
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Eveland at the plate guess he is going for another inning.
Eveland walks
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
Eveland walks
despite the fact that there was no chance he would have ever swung
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
sounds really windy there
it’s very windy here too
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
sounds like a nice catch by Lubanski
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
our adventures on the basepaths today
haven’t been very profitable
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
no and yes
Romero got a lot of grounders but walked 4. He was okay, I guess, but also arguably somewhat fortunate, though he did come up with some timely pitches to get 3 double plays. Eveland was very sharp, though
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Andy pointed out that he's out of options
I don’t see any way at all that he’d clear waivers
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
they might try to stick him in the bullpen?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
I've been beating his drum since they got him
but I just don’t see why you’d let a 26-year old lefty with some promise go just so you could let Tallet start for, at most, what, a month or two?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
It would be nice if we could make a trade before the season starts
so we don’t lose anyone of value off waivers.
that's what made me think of the bullpen
since Accardo and Janssen have options. Camp doesn’t, but I think Carlson does too
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
yeah Carlson would
there was a story saying Accardo was promised not to be sent down but that would be a dumb promise.
that doesn't sound right
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
free agents in on minor-league deals sometimes get promised
that they will get released instead of sent to the minors as a condition of their signing, but not guys under team control.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
I really really hope he gets the 5th spot instead of Tallet
I would say that if Cito didn’t give a silly lock to Tallet, Eveland would be on his way to earning that spot. Not only is he doing great this spring, he can work a walk. Come on!
Ball.
don't be fooled by Cito's jawflappin'
he’s not callin’ the shots
in the end
I have the feeling that the Jays will be smart about it. They don’t make many headscratching roster moves.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
If Tallt makes the rotation...
there´s enough room for Eveland as a long man in the bp
by jaysfanfromeurope on Mar 13, 2010 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
right
if they option Janssen or Accardo or Carlson and let Zinicola and Valdez go
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Ashby doesn't think Molina can beat out Chavez for the backup catcher...
I don’t argee, I don’t think Chavez has a real shot at all.
has Chavez had more than 2 or three plate appearances this spring?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
he's getting the exact same treatment he got last year, imo
only way he makes the opening day roster is if there’s an injury.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
he's had 4, apparently
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Oh well I have to run off again, promised a boy a trip to the car show.....
I am so much not a car guy but seems like a father son thing
Goins draws the walk
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
the atlanta announcers don't seem to have good eyesight
didn’t they just call Ruiz a “22-year old baby”?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
although
if Ruiz was 22 and just had the year he had, that would be pretty freaking awesome
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
w00t
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
well enjoy the rest of your day, everyone
I have to go make some bulgogi now
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
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