Bluebird Links - A little bit of everything
by masterkembo on May 2, 2011 10:03 AM EDT
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PrintI really wish the photo people had a shot of Zaun and Jamie showing the viewers the proper way to tag someone out at 2B, as demonstrated before yesterday's game, however, Cooper collecting his first major league hit will have to do for this morning.
Jays Links
Griffin with a good article on the Jays commitment to stealing bases.
Lawrie may be Jays-ready | Baseball | Sports | Toronto Sun
This article compares Lawrie to Mike Schmidt, Craig Biggio and Jeff Kent. Yeah, we don't have big expectations or anything! I thought what legendary scout Bobby Mattick (with the Jays until 2004) said was interesting:
"I always thought with a prime, young prospect you’d better err on bringing a guy up too early," Mattick told us more than once. "You don’t want to stunt his growth or cram him by leaving him at triple-A too long. "If you bring the guy up, he fails and he’s good enough, he’ll be back soon enough staring you in the eye showing you, you were wrong."
Toronto likely to go with seven-man 'pen soon
So, who gets dropped. Janssen I guess?
Bautista's Bases On Balls Turning Heads
I'm not a big fan of the "so and so is on pace for..." comments. Especially at the 1/6th mark, however, Bautista is going to accumulate a heck of a lot of walks this year.
The Southpaw reviews the Jays at the 1/6th mark of the season.
1 Blue Jays Way has an interview with the Lansing prospect.
The Rogers Centre Roof Closing at Day and Night
Ian with a couple of speed videos of the Skydome room closing.
Around the League
Heckling David Justice (with apologies to Halle Berry)
Jed RigneyIn with a story about the worst heckling he has ever heard. One time, I was at a game and we were sitting down the LF line and the whole section was heckling Manny. And there was this 40 year old lady that was a Red Sox fan, and she lost it and started swearing at everyone...and eventually broke down in tears. I didn't know weather to laugh or feel bad. Anyone have any good heckling stories?
Drew Fairservice with a graphical look at saves, shutdowns and leverage index.
Matthew Carruth wonders if there is a correlation between speed and batting average on balls in play.
Magpie at Batter's Box wonders if Curtis Granderson is this year's Jose Bautista.
Carl Pavano doesn't look like a happy camper in this video.
MLB suspends McDowell for two weeks
Roger McDowell makes a fool of himself. And now he's suspended for two weeks! I wonder how many coaches in any sport have served a 2 week suspension?
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Mcdowell is lucky to only be suspended 2 weeks
Most of us would have been fired for actions similar to his. The man should get some anger management, whether or not it’s mandated.
AND.. it's to start retroactively at April 23rd. So it's actually for a week. A slap on the wrist. Nothing more.
Seligland is NOT as “Oh-so-tolerant” as they’re trying to paint themselves.
"Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking." (J.M Keynes)
Time for AA to get to work
Casey does not deserve to be sent down to Las Vegas with the way he has pitched this year. It was obvious going into spring training that the Jays have a surplus of arms in the pen and it was widely assumed that someone would be moved along somewhere else.
With the young arms that are almost ready in the system, this would seem to be the time to package a reliever with either a back end rotation pitcher, or one of the young arms in the system for an everyday major league prospect.
by Al Bundy is my hero on May 2, 2011 10:27 AM EDT reply actions
Or maybe packaged along with ...
a blocked prospect, who may be at his peak value since being drafted (re. David Cooper).
by Playoffs!!!!1 on May 2, 2011 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t say that Cooper is blocked… Lind can only be one of First Base or Designated Hitter unless you strangly think that EE or Rivera is some sort of longterm solution at that spot. If anyone is blocked I’d say it’s most likely Thames.
I think EE is a longtern soultion for DH
He has the potential to hit 40HR’s and bat .260, .270. Sounds like a good DH to me, as for him playing at third well………
If you can't pay em' trade em' and pay for someone else
he definitely can, he hit 21 in just over 300 ABs last year
I doubt he’ll ever hit more than 30 though, he’s too inconsistent
Ugh
I’m tired of hearing of edwins 40 hr potential. Let’s wait till he hits hid first before we look for 40.
by craig in calgary on May 2, 2011 7:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Agreed
He’s such a streaky hitter that I have my doubts he could even hit 30. If he was more consistent I would be a believer.
forget about contracts and compensation, if you could just move a body out of the pen, who would it be? who do you want to hang on to for potential trades or picks?
right now it’s a toss up between Frasor and Dotel for me.
Dotel in a heart beat
He’s the oldest (I think), and from what I’ve seen his stuff isn’t anything special.
But he sings wonderfully
Hugo thinks I'm a lazy academic
by bluejaysstatsgeek on May 2, 2011 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
We should do a Lawrie pool
Whoever correctly guesses the date Lawrie will be called up gets a guestspot in the BBB Podcast.
July 7, 2011 is my guess.
by craig in calgary on May 2, 2011 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
September 1st, 2011
or, even, April 1st 2012
"Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking." (J.M Keynes)
June 6, 2011
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
- Niels Bohr
July 1st, 2011
bring up the Canadian kid on Canada Day
and possibly face Roy Halladay? Can the story line get any better?
by Minor Leaguer on May 3, 2011 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Great work by TamRa as usual
As for our BP: While Dotel might be the odd man out, if we’re to crop our bullpen via a trade, I expect they’ll trade someone else with more trade value (I hope it’s not Scrabble) – maybe Rauch or Frasor? With Dotel’s splits, it is quite obvious that calculated (and limited) use of him (namely – ONLY vs. Righties) will make the most sense. Question is if Farrell would want such a limited RP?
"Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking." (J.M Keynes)
the fangraphs piece on babip and speed
isn’t quite right. read it, if you like, but if it surprises you (and it most likely will), it is likely because the methodology is pretty flawed
"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"
Heckling David Justice
I guess some fans think heckling is the best thing one can do at a game, anyone is a fair target and any slur or slander you can dream up, no matter how inappropriate, is okay.
In the early 90s, the Braves played an exhibition game at the Skydome during the school break in March. I took my kids and my nephews to the game. They all wanted autographs. I remember only one player, on either team, was willing to spend time, patiently giving autographs to the fans. That one player was David Justice.
My Best Heckling Story
Someone next to me in the RF field level seats heckled Paul O’Neil so badly he walked over to us and yelled "F*C*-OFF! at us. It was a great moment and the section went nuts. I started yelling back at O’Neil. Things like: “Paul please don’t kill us!”, “It was this guy over here, kill him!” and then “Please Paul hit me in the face, make me rich!”. Then we started chanting: “Make us rich! Make us rich!”.
He was pulled from the game in the bottom of the inning. It was a blow out early for the good guys.
Good times. True story.
Even an error may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement
by TonyFernandezSavedMyLife on May 3, 2011 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Heckling David Justice (with apologies to Halle Berry)
Was it a slow links day? Can’t believe I read all the way through looking for a punchline only to find it wanting. And I can’t ever have that time back. Should be apologies to the reader.
Cut me a break
I get at least 100 articles a day on my reader – can’t have a perfect track record. :)
My comment was not against you...
Though I can see why you thought that way.
My apologies because I do like the links articles that you provide. The vast majority of the links are interesting or enlightening. This one was the exception that proves the rule.
nice job actually using
“the exception that proves the rule” correctly
"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 meant no offence to you Masterkembo! I too appreciate the links.
Though you were an (inadvertent) accomplice the crime was clearly Jed Rigneys. :)
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