Friday Bantering
by Tom Dakers on Aug 13, 2010 1:24 PM EDT
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PrintHave a few minutes this morning so thought I'd look in. Seems like I missed a great finish last night. Yet another Jose Bautista home run. Big steal of second by Dewayne Wise. Timely double for Edwin Encarnacion. And deep enough fly by Fred Lewis. Gotta love hanging a blown save on Jonathan Paplebon, his 6th of the year against 29 saves. He is two up on Keven Gregg for blown saves. Nice that Gregg pitched well and picked up the win. The rest of the pen pitched well too.
Haven't had any word that Purcey has been put on the DL yet. Hoping he'll be ok. The Jays have sent Mills down and called up Marc Rzepczynski. Mills loses out with the Jays wanting to give Morrow a few extra days of rest after throwing a ton of pitches Sunday. It is too bad for Mills but he'll be up with the September call ups. He is the type of pitcher that will need a while to figure out what he can do to beat major leaguers. Whether the Jays ever give him that time is another question.
I see the Giants have traded for Jose Guillen. You think they would like to have kept Fred Lewis now? Guillen was hitting .255/.314/.429 with the White Sox. Lewis .271/.334/.443 with us. Add in that Lewis can run and play the field while Guillen really can't.
Quick minor league notes:
Vegas and New Hampshire didn't play yesterday.
Dunedin lost 8-7 to Daytona. Gose was 1 for 3, .269. Mark Sobolewski 3 for 5, .280. He is hitting .361 his last ten games. Yan Gomes 2 for4, double, .270. Ryan Goins 2 for 3, walk, double, .210.
Lansing won 10-3 over Dayton. Egan Smith got the win, 5-2, 4.60. Justin Jackson 2 for 6, .225. Sean Ochinko 3 for5, double, . 313. Brad Glenn 2 for 5, 2 HR, .319. K.C. Hobson 2 for 5, double, .333. He moved up to Lansing a couple of days ago. Michael Crouse 2 for 3 triple, 2 walks, .250. Moved up to Lansing from the GCL last week. Kenny Wilson 3 for 5, .221.
Auburn lost 5-2 to Brooklyn. Carlos Perez 2 for 3, walk, .302. Marcus Knecht 1 for 4, double, .265. Andy Fermin 1 for 4, .304.
GCL Jays lost to the GCL Tigers 2-0. Arron Sanchez started, 3.0, 2 hits, 3 walks, 4 k. 2.25. Pierce Rankin 2 for 3, double, .298. The GCL Blue Jay have picked up a few players. Recent signings Christian Frias, Justin Nicolino, Mitchell Taylor and Brandon Mims have been assigned there.
The Jays are off to the west coast for 3 against the Angels. After last night's win they should be up for the games.
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Jays sign 15th rounder Zak Adams
Bonus amount is 250,000. Projectable lefty from Texas. Yet another over slot deal for the Jays.
"Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part."- Micky Mantle
by TwoEyesForAnEye on Aug 13, 2010 1:29 PM EDT reply actions
McGuire 'near certainty'
jimcallisBA “Near certainty should get done. @gosensgo101: How about Deck McGuire chances of signing with the Jays? #mlbdraft”
Wasn't Guillen with the Royals?
Also ESPN is saying that Gregg was claimed and but then pulled back, along with a certain Brandon we use to have.
Ball.
I like that photo too.
I wish the Jays would make these photo ops more often especially against the Bosox.
In honor of the Jays 2nd Baseman who played with fire in more ways than one.
by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Aug 13, 2010 1:59 PM EDT reply actions
Reminds me of this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_exermAXkU
Excuse me, do these effectively hide my thunder?
by T.Dot_Bronco on Aug 13, 2010 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
As for Fred.
75K seems like quite the steal for the Jays.
Although I wonder when Guillen pisses of the Giants if the Jays would be willing to trade Fred back for Timmeh Lincecum. Seems fair enough, right? Just kidding Giants fans… Sort of.
In honor of the Jays 2nd Baseman who played with fire in more ways than one.
by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Aug 13, 2010 2:04 PM EDT reply actions
The Giants seem to have a case of everything coming back to haunt them. I bet their GM loses a lot of sleep over making trades. I haven’t seen a team with such bad luck.
I dunno about Mills. For some reason I’m just not sold on him being a major league starter, although I could see him filling the same role Tallet seems to have this year long-relief/spot starter and doing adaquately. I like Zep as a starter more (doubly so since Litsh seems awfully injury prone to go along with looking like he really needs to lay off the cheeseburgers).
I still like Mills even though his stuff isn’t overpowering. I have been noticing a lot of his problems have been control. If he can just get that command in place, he could be a serviceable back end rotation guy or long reliever. When I think of Mills, I think of Moyer.
Now Litsch really scares me. It looks like he put on a lot of weight during his Tommy John recovery, which is inexcusable considering it is an upper body injury. How is Jesse going to now respond to an actual lower body injury where he has to actually stay off of it for a while, which actually gives him the excuse to be lazy? I pray his rehab assignment is intense and forces him to lose weight, I am no doctor, but I can’t imagine his hip problem going away unless he loses weight.
Its amazing how many health experts there are on this site
and you don’t even need to check their vitals in person, you can diagnose there fitness levels from the comfort of your couch while watching them on TV.
I don’t think it takes a medical expert to realize that obesity will hinder an athletes ability to come back from a hip injury.
the guy is 6-1, 215
that’s ‘obese’?
I suppose that means Pablo Sandoval is legally dead.
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by boo15749 on Aug 13, 2010 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Those stats have been the same since 2008. God knows how much he weighs now. You should check your facts.
And what is your evidence that he is obese
Your keen eye? You should be a doctor.
I am sorry, but I don’t need someone to tell me someone is fat. I don’t know how you can be so blind to someone’s weight, you must have the Shallow Hal disease.
Did I say he was garbage?
I believe not
I just said that I am concerned about how his hip injury is going to effect his career.
Umm
Yeah Litsch is fat. I don’t know how there could be an arguement. Not sure if this effects his ability to pitch, but some time in the gym shouldn’t hurt anyone. Not sure why this is a big arguement.
So you know for a fact that Jesse Litsch, a professional pitcher, doesn't go to the gym to workout
I find your ignorance and attitude appalling
Why the love affair with Jesse, Ian?
You must be a professional as well. YOu know for a fact that Jesse is doing everything he can to stay in shape. You know that he is in peak physical condition. I find your judgement ridiculous.
Or maybe you haven’t purchased an HD tv yet. He’s fat…
Not saying it affects his performance, but he is fat.
I dont think you can blame Litsch's suckage on him being fat
Just look at Sabathia etc.
Onions Baby Onions
And David Wells had a very long and productive career with a physique that make Jesse’s look like a fashion model’s.
I’ll always have room in my heart for any pitcher who is round, pink, and efficient, because that’s me too (well, two out of three anyways).
Excuse me, do these effectively hide my thunder?
by T.Dot_Bronco on Aug 13, 2010 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
As for guys like Sabathia, Fielder and Wells. People only remember them because they had/have good careers while being overweight. Nobody remembers the guys that were overweight and watched their careers dwindle. Why, because nobody cares.
I don't think there is any evidence
that being overweight is a detriment to pitchers. Certainly not until well into their 30s. There was an article last season about how CC Sabathia had a body perfectly built for pitching.
I’m skinny, too, but you’re reaching.
"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 agree
I feel that pitchers can get away with being overweight due to the nature of the position. There has been some positive breakthroughs with positional players losing weight and putting up huge numbers the following season. I think Pudge Rodriguez is a good example of how he gave his career a burst when he lost weight. Even Miguel Cabrera is having an MVP season and he looks much slimmer this year. I am not sure if I can recall a pitcher that has lost weight and improved their career, I am not even sure if I recall a pitcher that has lost weight. :) I would be interested in seeing if losing weight would have a positive implication on a pitching career because I have no clue.
it's entirely possible that you're right
but at the same time, it’s impossible to refute or substantiate that claim, because of the inherently very random nature of baseball. lots of players have had very good/bad seasons while experiencing no change at all in body type, so you can’t claim causation. I’m not saying you’re wrong, but I don’t buy it.
Prehistoric Hoops - We're back! And we have a real domain!
If you have a good or bad career is all that's needed to be remembered or forgotten
Regardless of weight.
Also, Tommy Hunter says hi.
Ball.
I don’t even know how we got started on good baseball players that are overweight. I just mentioned I was concerned about Litsch’s hip injury and his weight. Which I honestly think is a legitimate concern considering pitchers are always putting stress on their hips. And somehow I got vultured into hearing about Sabathia, Fielder and Wells, etc. :) Brutal.
Yeah, you got pulled into a scrum
You still said
People only remember them because they had/have good careers while being overweight. Nobody remembers the guys that were overweight and watched their careers dwindle.though, which is just silly you know
Ball.
Hey, I got vultured into trying to defend something I wasn’t even trying to defend. If people would just quit accusing others of saying something they are clearly not saying, then we wouldn’t have these issues. I think it is amazing how I got vultured and accused of saying fat people can’t play sports, which clearly isn’t true.
Anyways it was a good fight
I guess I lost this war, even though it was never meant to be a war in the first place, lol. I still feel I did a good job of doing a one man army. I think I made a good point about how vulturism can easily change what the heck a person is defending in the first place.
….. Cito’s fault?
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
by JohnnyG on Aug 13, 2010 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Jooooooy
Instead of the Jays game tomorrow night, the regular Sportsnet channels will be showing the Yankees-Royals or the Red Sox-Rangers games, followed by Poker!
You’d think that you’d want to make the fans of rival teams pay through the nose to view their games on Sportsnet One instead of fans of your own team.
Listening to the radio instead of ordering the channel losses some of it’s stick-it-to-the-man-ness when they’re owned by Rogers too and I couldn’t order Sportsnet One anyway being on Bell.
/rant
Ball.
More Poker?
Whew, thats a relief, I think I was going through withdrawals
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
I said this on yesterday's game thread
I knew it would happen, it’s a stupid move (in the sense that I hate it) I don’t know if long term it’ll bring more money to Rogers, but I can’t see the taking of games off of easily accessible RSO will improve the Blue Jays’ standing in the public’s eye.
Sportsnet One is supposed to be a National Channel. It has (apparently) been made available to all companies across Canada. It is up to each individual provider to get access for their clients and what to charge for it.
However if every provider got access it would be more accessible for fans all across Canada, as there are currently numerous games through-out the year that only broadcast in Ontario with another game (Yanks or Sox or something on East/West and/or Pacific)
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
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