The Bats Work!: Jays Beat Rays
by Tom Dakers on Aug 29, 2011 11:04 PM EDT
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That was so much more fun. Bats that actually make contact with baseballs! Adam Lind started the scoring with a 3 run homer in the 3rd. J.P. Arencibia had an RBI double and Yunel Escobar an RBI single in the 4th. JP drove in another run with a single in the 5th. Jose Bautista hit a solo homer in he 6th to finish our scoring.
We had 14 hits on the day, every starter had a hit except for Dewayne Wise (remind me why he is on the team again). JP was a homer short of the cycle. Kelly Johnson had a triple and 2 singles. Eric Thames and Yunel had 2 hits each. We also took 5 walks.
Ricky Romero didn't have his best game. He gave up a leadoff walk to start the game and then a home run to Johnny Damon. It was pretty depressing for a few moments there. He gave up a second homer to Damon in the 5th. In total he went 6 innings, 6 hits, 3 earned, 4 walks with 2 strikeouts.
Jesse Litsch, Casey Janssen and Frank Francisco pitched a shutout inning each. Jesse had a bit of trouble getting through his, he gave up a hit and a walk to start the inning off, but got Longoria to strikeout and got lucky on a hard hit line drive that went right to Yunel for an easy double play. Casey and Franky had quick 3 up, 3 down innings.
Jays of the Day are JP (.117), Yunel (.101) and Thames (.100). Honorable mention to Lind and Johnson. Lind likely would have got one if it wasn't for the DP he hit into in the first inning with 1 out and runners on the corners. No Suckage Jays, Wise came closest at -.072.
Brett Lawrie had a really nice game with the glove. He started 2 double plays, and came very close on a third. He also made a nice play coming in on a ball. Add in 2 stolen bases and it was a good night all around. EE and JP each had a stolen base, JP's on the back end of a double steal with Lawrie.
Tomorrow we start a 3 game set in Baltimore. Brett Cecil (4-7, 4.42) goes against Jeremy Guthrie (6-16, 4.42). Then Wednesday we get to see Jo-Jo Reyes in a O's jersey.
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We scored more than the other team?
What the.
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by Pikachu on Aug 29, 2011 11:08 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I for one
Welcome our new insect overlords.
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by McBluejays on Aug 29, 2011 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Can't wait for Joey to hit several homers off Jo-Jo
Poor guy.
"I want to set the record straight: I thought the cop was a prostitute."
Franky has been very good at late
But I think he’s due for some regression, I think they Jays should check out Manute Bol.
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by craig in calgary on Aug 29, 2011 11:33 PM EDT reply actions
he’s getting his numbers back to where they have been the past few years and over his career.
He’s not going to going to keep pitching scoreless innings in for the rest of the season but he could maintain his current ERA.
by Sniderlover on Aug 30, 2011 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
He should garner a supplemental draft pick in the offseason.
by ayjackson on Aug 30, 2011 8:23 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hey what do you know, its feels pretty good after a win!!
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I was trying to remember the feeling :)
Yep, it’s good!
Kyle Drabek
3.0 IP, 8H, 9ER, 4BB, 4SO, 2HR vs. Sacramento
Oh boy
A day that will live in infamy: August 4th, 2011
7 pissed off members of the Aaron Hill fanclub
Jeez-Louize
Shut him down…see ya in February kid.
"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man" - Bill Shakespeare
by craig in calgary on Aug 30, 2011 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
worth noting 3 of his walks came on full counts if that means anything to all of you
by Sniderlover on Aug 30, 2011 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
TaoofStieb Tao of Stieb
Watching Kyle Drabek’s start online. He’s getting squeezed, and getting frustrated.
TaoofStieb Tao of Stieb
I don’t think I’ve seen Drabek make the same delivery twice tonight.
TaoofStieb Tao of Stieb
Drabek’s mechanics suck. Maybe he’s tired. Maybe he’s out of shape. But he looks like a sock monkey falling off a bed when he throws.
Drabek needs to stay more focused and not get frustrated. His frustrations are probably hurting his mechanics as he tries to over throw or over do it.
by Sniderlover on Aug 30, 2011 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Drabek needs to get his shitake together.
@BBBMinorLeaguer
by Minor Leaguer on Aug 30, 2011 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions
OT
I got a very excited text from my dad who was working one of the booths at the CNE – apparently Brett Cecil has stopped by with his wife and kid to check out the animals, and he and my dad got to talk about turkeys. Fun stuff.
by leafsfan4life94 on Aug 30, 2011 12:25 AM EDT reply actions
I've got no clue why Wise is here... may as well have stuck with Mastro.
by leafsfan4life94 on Aug 30, 2011 12:27 AM EDT reply actions
Not a wise move
That’s for sure
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I know people hate seeing 30+s play...
But the Jays are still trying to win games, and Wise gives us a better shot so AA picked him up.
Sometimes stopgaps are fineeeeeee..
.313/.400/.565
If he is the best option
for the best cost.
We have no one in our system that we can assume would be any better…. Sometimes you just need a stop gap for 3 weeks and I’m fine with that. You can’t always have a 21 year old come up when you have a hole to fill.
.313/.400/.565
Why is Mastro a better option?
Because he has a .355 OBP in 73 games in the PCL?
Questionable…
.313/.400/.565
Oh and Mastro has played
73 GP above AA ball, and hasn’t done that well in a hitters league.
And Wise plays a good CF.
.313/.400/.565
so does Mastro, from scouting reports
and Mastro’s MLEs give him an OBA 23 points over Wise’s career number, besides the fact that Wise will never get any better and Mastro at least has the chance of improving given his age
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He sure does.
But should probably play at his level (AAA) and figure it all out there before coming here. If we take out Mastro, we still need someone to take his ABs in AAA.
Either way we need a stop gap. I’m fine its Wise for a little while. We aren’t going anywhere, and its questionable whether Mastro would be any better up here than Wise. Why rush him for the off chance he gives us a slightly better chance to win?
.313/.400/.565
but Mastro won't be a starter anyway
Wise brings absolutely no benefit whatsoever. Mastro might be a tiny, tiny, tiny bit worse (just based on power, but his MLEs for OBA are substantially better), but the benefit of actually giving him Major League experience GREATLY outweighs that anyway
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I think
Mastro will get more value from AAA right now. Just because he’s only played 73 games there, and hasn’t been as good as he was in previous years at AA.
I see your point that seeing MLB pitching might help him develop, but he could very likely be overmatched which won’t help him at all. AAA is still new to him, and he is still learning there.
.313/.400/.565
But its not
going to hurt his development. ;)
.313/.400/.565
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