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2018 Toronto Blue Jays General Season Thread

hockeyfan1 said:
Congratulations to Roberto Osuna on becoming the youngest player ever in MLB to record 100 saves!

Yes, people, Jays starter Aaron Sanchez was in fine form thank you.
Sanchez lasted 8 innings allowing one run and striking out four.  He actually had a no-hitter going into the eighth inning before the Orioles got on the board.

With the score tied 1-1, Curtis Granderson's solo shot in the rop of the ninth vaunted the Blue Jays ahead, and Osuna closed out as Toronto edged the Orioles 2-1 Tuesday.

It had been a pitching duel between the O's starter Andrew Cashner and the Jays' Sanchez, with Cashner lasting seven innings in allowing one run & three hits.

Game story:
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/toronto-blue-jays-baltimore-orioles-1.4613595
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Cashner didn?t allow a run.

And in your previous post you mentioned that Grichuk was signed by the jays. It was a trade with the cardinals.
 
skippy said:
hockeyfan1 said:
Congratulations to Roberto Osuna on becoming the youngest player ever in MLB to record 100 saves!

Yes, people, Jays starter Aaron Sanchez was in fine form thank you.
Sanchez lasted 8 innings allowing one run and striking out four.  He actually had a no-hitter going into the eighth inning before the Orioles got on the board.

With the score tied 1-1, Curtis Granderson's solo shot in the rop of the ninth vaunted the Blue Jays ahead, and Osuna closed out as Toronto edged the Orioles 2-1 Tuesday.

It had been a pitching duel between the O's starter Andrew Cashner and the Jays' Sanchez, with Cashner lasting seven innings in allowing one run & three hits.

Game story:
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/toronto-blue-jays-baltimore-orioles-1.4613595
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Cashner didn?t allow a run.

And in your previous post you mentioned that Grichuk was signed by the jays. It was a trade with the cardinals.
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Oh yeah, Grichuk.  Jays traded Leone & a minor leaguer to the Cardinals for him. 
 
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Starting Pitchers:
Friday April 13  7pm
Marcus Stroman RH (Blue Jays)  0-1  8.38 ERA vs Mike Clevibger RH (Indians)  0-1  0.71 ERA

Saturday April 14    7pm
Jamie Garcis LH (Blue Jays)  0-1  3.18 ERA vs Corey Kruber RH (Indians) 1-1  1.57 ERA

[Sunday  April 15  1pm
J.A.Happ LH ( Blue Jays) 2-1  2.84 ERA  vs Josh Tomlin RH (Indians)  1-1  9.00 ERA

All games on SN & SN590 radio.


Source:  thestar.com, The Sporting News, ESPN.com

The Blue Jays visit Progressive Field in Cleveland for a three-game series against the Indians.

Toronto took two out of three against the Orioles in Baltimore and they stand at 2.0 GBL Boston in the A.L. East, with an 8-5 record.

The Indians have a 7-5 w/l record and are tied for first in the A.L. Central with the Minnesota Twins.  They just compketed a four game series sweep of the Detroit Tigers and have a modest five game-winning streak going.

LET'S GO BLUE JAYS!
 
TML fan said:
Stroman getting lit up again. Think he's still mad that the Jays ripped him up in arbitration?
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No I don't think it has anything to do with that arbitration case.  Stroman had regretted tweeting out his frustrations back then.  That's past.

He's had to deal with shoulder inflammation and apparently he is still a work in progress.  Seems like he's struggling with his command/control on the mound and can't seem to get a break. 

I wouldn't be too concerned right now (as the Jays bats can rescue the situation as happened here in Friday's game in Cleveland).  For now, but if the real Marcus Stroman doesn't show up and start pitching the way Marcus Stroman is supposed to get the results,  then the Jays are going to have a big problem with their young starter....
 
Another one of those shower of Blue Jay bats!  An eight-run seventh inning that included a three-run homer from Diaz and a double by Steve Pearce, plus a couple of RBIs by T?oscar Hernandez  and the Toronto Blue Jays were well on their way to an 8-4 win of the Cleveland Indians.

Nice debut by Hernandez whose single in that seventh broke the tie & drove in the go-ahead run.  Hernandez was called up when Josh Donaldson was placed on the DL with shoulder inflammation.
Hernandez's double along with Pearce's drove in the remaining three runs in the ninth inning to complete the Jays' eight run romp.

Jays' still struggling starter Stroman can't get his pitching act together.  He left after five innings having allowed the four Cleveland runs.  Not an encouraging
sign for the young Stroman who has had to battle shoulder inflammation in the off-season into Spring training.  Hopefully Stroman can make the most of it in his next start.

Game story:
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/toronto-blue-jays-cleveland-indians-recap-1.4619423
 
I'll chime in, just to give skippy a break ;)

The Jays didn't score any runs in the 8th. They took a 5-4 lead into the 9th, where they added 3 runs on doubles from Pearce and Hernandez.

It was a nice win. Probably not going to happen against Kluber though..
 
Andy said:
I'll chime in, just to give skippy a break ;)

The Jays didn't score any runs in the 8th. They took a 5-4 lead into the 9th, where they added 3 runs on doubles from Pearce and Hernandez.

It was a nice win. Probably not going to happen against Kluber though..
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Yeah Garcia versus Kluber, that's probably not going to end well.  We'll see though.  Garcia has pitched extremely well so far.  He reminds me of Estrada.  I like him so far, and I really like what the team has done thus far.  The big story has been Solarte and Diaz.  They were supposed to be replacement players but both have been playing better than anything we have ever seen out of Tulo, and actually both have been outplaying Travis also.  Kudos to Skelator for getting both players for next to nothing.  Particularly Diaz.  The Jays only gave up an extremely low grade prospect for him.
 
I saw this and it made me laugh so I thought I would share. A "bat flip":

ca.sports.yahoo.com/cubs-batters-bat-flip-backfires-nearly-takes-catcher-umpire-210150207.html
 
sickbeast said:
I saw this and it made me laugh so I thought I would share. A "bat flip":

ca.sports.yahoo.com/cubs-batters-bat-flip-backfires-nearly-takes-catcher-umpire-210150207.html
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Fixed the link:  :)
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/cubs-batters-bat-flip-backfires-nearly-takes-catcher-umpire-210150207.html

Jose's remains a classic.  But yeah, this one's funny.
 
Saturday & Sunday's games in Cleveland postponed due to inclement weather (rain).  Will be made up as a doubleheader on  May 3rd.
 
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Stating Pitchers: 
Monday April 16  7pm
Eric Skoglund LH (Royals) 0-1  9.64  ERA  vs Jaime Garcia  LH (Blue Jays) 1-0  3.18 ERA

Tuesday April 17  7pm
Danny Duffy LH (Royals)  0-2  5.40 ERA  vs  J.A. Happ LH (Blue Jays)  2-1  3.94  ERA

Wednesday April 18  7pm
Ian Kennedy RH (Royals)  1-1  1.00 ERA  vs  Aaron Sanchez RH (Blue Jays)  1-1  3.66  ERA

All games on SN1 & SN590 radio.


Source:  theStar.com,  MLB.com,  ESPN.com



The Toronto Blue Jays play host to the Kansas City Royals at the Rogers Centre for a three game series.

It'll mark the return of ex-Blue Jay Ryan Goins, now in a Royals uniform.

The Blue Jays stand at 3.5 GBL Boston, second place in the A.L. East Division with a 9 & 5 w/l record, while the K.C. Royals are mired in last place in the A.L. Central Division with a 3-10 record & currently 5.0 GBL Minnesota.

The Royals have several players on the DL while the Blue Jays have Tulowitzki and  recently Donaldson (shoulder inflammation).

LET'S GO BLUE JAYS!
 
Game postponed. Ice damage on the roof. At this moment we're looking at a double header tomorrow. 

Don't really ever hear that at the dome...
 
I can't ever remember the Jays having 3 straight games postponed. It's only mid-April so hopefully this trend slows somewhat. Saw the smug tweet the Jays sent out earlier in the day about not having to worry about the weather playing in a dome....definitely karma!  :P
 
It's great to see Grichuk finally having an outstanding game as a Jay. If this is his full potential I like it. Good hitting, good speed, and good defense.
 
Obviously really early days, but really enjoying the Jays so far. I think they're exceeding expectations and will level off eventually but at least they're competitive.

The other thing, obviously with Bautista having been the face of the franchise for a while they're developing quite a nice identity now, Solarte obviously a favourite with his dancing but also Hernandez showing huge promise at the minute. Fun stuff.
 
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