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[Tragicomedy]

God, that Jays video makes me cringe looking at the field. I get that it's aesthetically pleasing, unlike say Tropicana, but it's also some damn ridiculous bouncy rubber madness. I watched balls spring over outfielders last season and just scratched my head.

Why? Doesn't it rain enough in Toronto? Too cold for real grass or something?

 

[harSon]

Small sample size dude. It'll be okay.

It was painfully clear in the off season that Nutting and Huntington were punting this season in hopes of competing next season. Why? Because we have a bunch of studs in the minors who are a 1/2 season to 1 year away from coming up to the Majors, and it's a plan that won't cost them any money. They put a team on the field that they hoped would tread water until Glasnow, Taillon, Hanson and Bell made their way up - and maybe they'd be enough to get them into the playoffs. If not, they'll have a half season of experience under their belt and we'll give it a go next season. But at least we didn't have to spend any money!

We came into the season desperately needing to bolster the back end of our rotation, and solidify the bullpen. What did we do? We let a bunch of players walk, and tried to replace them with Vogelsong, Nicasio and Niese. Statistically, it was obvious what our pitching was going to amount to once the season rolled around, and to the surprise of no Pirates fan - it's absolutely awful.

 

[jello44]

Still could of had Fowler playing CF for y'all. Stros have made some really dumb moves.

He was in his final year when he was traded and there was no guarantee he would have resigned.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Braves this year have been interesting.

L9
W4
L5

 

[Chase17]

Link still can't command his fastball.

Won't be anything more than a prospect until he learns that

Pretty good nickname for him.

 

[jello44]

oh FFS really Hanley...

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Why on earth would you construct a rotation around a bunch of soft tossers?

 

[jello44]

Gomez doing his best Kit Keller impersonation.

 

[Chase17]

Ortiz trying to show off the wheels

 

[Syrinx]

Rasmus again.

 

[Chase17]

Welp

 

[brianjones]

rasmus da god!

 

[perfectchaos007]

Colby Jack!

 

[jello44]

COLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLBYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

 

[jello44]

Marwinning with that glove work

 

[blackaroni]

 

[jello44]

Giles gonna blow it

 

[DireStr8s]

Str8 filth on filth

 

[Lunar FC]

Missed the rockies game today but it sounded like a real shitshow. Smh.

 

[jello44]

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[perfectchaos007]

These were the types of games the Astros were winning last year. No magic this year. Back to the cellar we go :*(

 

[jbug617]

Hembree looks like he is going to stick in the Sox bullpen. Good thing from the Peavy trade way back then.

 

[Dominican Power]

I don't know why I haven't dropped Giles sooner. smfh

 

[Corran Horn]

 

[Joey Fox]

Nationals announcer: "Where else would you rather be?"

ANYWHERE!

I was at this game. Instant classic.

 

[jello44]

 

[Doogdogg]

Hembree looks like he is going to stick in the Sox bullpen. Good thing from the Peavy trade way back then.

He might. But his location is shoddy.

What's with Kimbrel? He's erratic.

 

[Line_HTX]

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>:T

 

[Frozenprince]

These were the types of games the Astros were winning last year. No magic this year. Back to the cellar we go :*(

Thankfully for you, your division is ass and the Rangers are getting absurdly lucky.

Unluckily for you, you'll need to trade Bregman to fix the rotation.

 

[Windu]

I was at this game. Instant classic.

9 innings without beer. Torture.

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Orioles pitchers seemingly hated their old pitching coach. Must be the most hated man in Baltimore for what he did with Arrieta. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/10-deg...ieta-flourishing-with-cubs-031337718-mlb.html

 

[jello44]

Thankfully for you, your division is ass and the Rangers are getting absurdly lucky.

Unluckily for you, you'll need to trade Bregman to fix the rotation.

Hopefully McCullers is back soon, seems like he's right on schedule.

Martes is one of their top pitching prospects, but it looks like he's struggling a bit at AA.

I wouldn't go into panic mode just yet and fucking trade Bregman.

 

[Line_HTX]

Apparently the Ted Cruz campaign manager was sitting behind home plate last night holding a "Cruz" sign.

 

[matthewwhatever]

God, that Jays video makes me cringe looking at the field. I get that it's aesthetically pleasing, unlike say Tropicana, but it's also some damn ridiculous bouncy rubber madness. I watched balls spring over outfielders last season and just scratched my head.

Why? Doesn't it rain enough in Toronto? Too cold for real grass or something?

Until this year the excuse was that they were sharing the field with the CFL team, and that changing it from baseball to football meant grass wouldn't work out.

Now the excuse is that they're just too cheap.

 

[Tragicomedy]

Until this year the excuse was that they were sharing the field with the CFL team, and that changing it from baseball to football meant grass wouldn't work out.

Now the excuse is that they're just too cheap.

Got it. Gotta protect the bottom line, so the cheap owners thing at least makes sense. The field just seems super pretty while actually being super terrible for playing baseball.

 

[Windu]

Apparently the Ted Cruz campaign manager was sitting behind home plate last night holding a "Cruz" sign.

probably can expense the tickets toward the campaign that way. he is "working".

 

[bonesmccoy]

Got it. Gotta protect the bottom line, so the cheap owners thing at least makes sense. The field just seems super pretty while actually being super terrible for playing baseball.

Actually, the grass field stuff might be the one area of the Jays where fans can't take the owners to task (if anything people should be annoyed with AA and Beeston).

As I understand it, the Dome has to remain closed until the average daily temp is 10 degrees Celsius, which for Toronto doesn't happen until mid-April to early May. Grass would take a minimum 6 weeks to be ready for baseball after planting. Apparently a company has approached the Jays with type of grass seed that can go about that long without sunlight and still grow - but that still would mean the Jays couldn't use their stadium until May, which obviously doesn't work.

There might be a way to 'fix' the Dome (it isn't winterized, which is kind of crazy), and I'd guess that it would be something they'd look at while doing this massive renovation project.

 

[ampere]

Going to see the Sox tonight since they'll be in Atlanta

Hope they got some sleep after that long game last night!

 

[BFIB]

Cards/DBacks start tonight.

Garcia usually doesn't fare as well on the road, and Grienke is primed to get on track. Should be a good matchup.

Hopefully I can see it, without throwing up constantly looking at the D'Backs unis.

 

[rando14]

Thankfully for you, your division is ass and the Rangers are getting absurdly lucky.

Unluckily for you, you'll need to trade Bregman to fix the rotation.

Mariners have the best differential in the division!!

This is our year!!

 

[zroid]

I gotta say, this new series of Jays commercials that have players interacting with media personalities is pretty great

I rarely praise Sportsnet for anything but they nailed it here

 

[Windu]

 

[GK86]

Andrew Vazzano ‏@AVSNY

50 players have more home runs than the entire Atlanta Braves team.

 

[CygnusXS]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[BFIB]

I hope the eventual Freeman trade works out well for you Barves fans.

 

[CosmicQueso]

AJ Pierzynski is hitting cleanup for a major league baseball team.

What a world.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Jeff Francouer is still alive?

 

[CygnusXS]

I hope the eventual Freeman trade works out well for you Barves fans.

They can't trade Freeman yet because they're too busy desperately trying to get rid of Olivera.

 

[JoseDFrog]

This looks almost as bad as the Yanqui lineup.

 

[Fox318]

This looks almost as bad as the Yanqui lineup.

at least its a cheaper lineup