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Lets not dwell on the season ending injury to The Shoe, the fingernail angst of Sanchize or the gammy leg of Galvis. Lets look forward to two interleague games against the Giants and the Return of Superman aka Kevin Pillar.
San Francisco (9-14) lost four consecutive games and five of six before winning on Sunday against the Pirates. They began the season 3-8, are next to last in the NL in runs scored with 67 and next to last in the NL with a .270 on-base percentage.
It seems a good time to play them, especially as the Jays are beginning to show some form. They have won six of their last seven games to stand at 11-12. In the second and third games against the A’s, the Jays had a combined 28 hits and across the whole series only committed one error.
The Giants are 23 games into the season, and they have yet to score a run in the first inning (sounds familiar?) Since 1912, only the 1948 White Sox (28 games) have had a longer run of first-inning failure to start a season.
The two worst first-inning team batting averages in MLB entering play Monday belonged to the Giants (.096) and yep...you guessed it, the Jays (.154).
In other Jays news
Danny Jansen and Luke Maile are fine tuning their pitch presentation.
Yesterday’s affiliates and prospects round up
Javy Guerra, who was DFA’d in Minnesota to make room for Ryan Tepera, has cleared waivers. He’s off the 40-man roster and will pitch for the Bisons until the Jays need him again.
The Bisons lost again to drop to a 4-10 record. Gurriel Jr. went 3-4 with 2 RBI but this was not good though:
After being examined by a trainer, No. 10 overall prospect Bo Bichette (#BlueJays) exits the Buffalo game with an injured hand. pic.twitter.com/F4OhMOyGwt
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) April 22, 2019
And in case you hadn’t noticed, Santiago Espinal is having quite the week for New Hampshire!
Santiago Espinal is your Eastern League Player of the Week!
— New Hampshire Fisher Cats (@FisherCats) April 22, 2019
He went 10-for-25 (.400) with 7 RBIs, 3 2Bs, and a grand slam.
6 RBIs on Wednesday. 3-for-5 on Saturday. Enters tonight on a seven-game hitting streak. #HesGood #SantiaGOAT
Read more: https://t.co/uJR6DRlBwI pic.twitter.com/f7xO6SggSh
And you’ll be able to see a bit more of the Bisons on TV too:
JUST IN!
— Buffalo Bisons (@BuffaloBisons) April 22, 2019
The CW-23 WNLO is the new 'Television Home of the #Bisons.' 10-game slate to begin May 4. Excited to join forces with the @news4buffalo sports team to bring Bisons baseball to you!
: https://t.co/atsJINKnvO pic.twitter.com/GZyE0tHe3h
With Vlad’s arrival any day now, this seems a fitting read:
As we wait for Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s highly-anticipated #MLB debut with the #BlueJays, let's look back at some of the most-anticipated debuts in history: https://t.co/OfYcEjBpXs pic.twitter.com/AikWCYT6RC
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) April 23, 2019
Bryce Harper went full Bro and was not impressed with the umpire:
Bryce was fed up
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 23, 2019
(via @SNYtv)pic.twitter.com/451K8yviLv
And Jake Arrieta was definitely not impressed with his teammate’s behaviour:
Jake Arrieta had some pointed words about Bryce Harper's ejection and the #Phillies' overall effort after Monday night's rain-delayed 5-1 loss to the Mets: pic.twitter.com/GSdyXqHf4S
— Scott Lauber (@ScottLauber) April 23, 2019
Play of the Day
Another day, another Arenado gem. He is good i think.
Nolan calls game. pic.twitter.com/4SWjSLIOFG
— MLB (@MLB) April 23, 2019