2025 Blue Jays
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OldTimeHockey
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I think it's been trained out of hockey culture. Closest thing to a pitcher is a goalie IMO. Goalies are odd, with some really weird rituals but you don't see the Patty Roy fire out of goalies anymore.
Joe S.
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Isn’t binnington kinda like that? Last of the psycho goalies?
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dappleganger
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barney_rebel
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We rule btw...
OldTimeHockey
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I suppose Binnington is an example. And Hellebuyck's habits are certainly odd.
Joe S.
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I was just listening to the morning show on the fan, and I’m an almost daily listener of Blair and barker - and it kinda hit me - why don’t we have anyone like barker who can analyze the leafs? He’s almost the exact opposite of kypreos for example. He has great insights as a former player, is clearly connected to the current players and coaches, gives meaningful analysis, and fairly, whether its positive or negative.
Meanwhile we have that lunkhead kypreos who clearly does no prep for his show, you can tell he relies on McKee and Bourne for actual facts. The dude spews nonsense, offers almost nothing in terms of being in the league or connections with current players, other than pretending he contributed anything to the rangers cup win.
I guess this is a long rambling way of saying I can’t stand kypreos.
Meanwhile we have that lunkhead kypreos who clearly does no prep for his show, you can tell he relies on McKee and Bourne for actual facts. The dude spews nonsense, offers almost nothing in terms of being in the league or connections with current players, other than pretending he contributed anything to the rangers cup win.
I guess this is a long rambling way of saying I can’t stand kypreos.
herman
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Stolarz was my pick after he went ham on Grieg. Affable giant man: carries big stick, will pummel puny peon
barney_rebel
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We stink dudes.
Andy007
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Absolutely nuts. Raleigh's OPS is about 120 points higher against LHP. And he needlessly burned Dominguez in the 9th inning of an 8-2 game the preceding day. His bullpen usage just makes things so much more difficult
L K
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I slept on it. I'm still baffled at this decision.
Little was elite in the first half. Hitters didn't know how to handle his knuckle curve and he had people chasing it. At the all-star break teams adjusted their approach and realized that Little struggles to throw pitches in the zone and they stopped chasing his pitches early in the count. It forces him to elevate his pitches or he stays wild and can't keep the curve in the zone.
First half - hitters had a .177/.305/.234/.539 slash line
In the second half hitters were .230/.355/.345/.700
Splits at home: .163/.309/.207/.516
Splits on the road: .236/.341/.355/.696
Polanco hitting from the right hand side against LHP in 2025 - .308/.348/.548/.896 (OPS .802 against RHP)
Raleigh hitting from the right hand side against LHP in 2025 - .281/.351/.681/1.032 (OPS .909 against RHP)
In the playoffs he now has 3.0 IP over 5 outings. He faced 19 batters total. One was an IBB, 4 walks, 5 hits and had a wild pitch. He had one inherited runner and allowed it to score giving Gausman the loss in Game 1.....against Polanco because Schneider wanted to turn him around.
So in summary, Schneider wanted to give Raleigh a look at a different pitcher....but was fine with having Polanco get the same look from a pitcher.
Little is not a leverage reliever and he hasn't been one for 3 months. I completely understand Schneider's post game comments. You have to protect your players at this point and it's not Little's fault that he was put in that situation but we put a guy in the game who can't throw strikes, who consistent lets 2-3 runners get on base in an outing and brought him in to face two hitters who have better splits hitting against lefties in 2025. It didn't work in Game 1 and it didn't work in Game 5.
Anyone attacking Little or his family are despicable but this is a decision that goes right up with pulling Berrios and Gausman in previous playoffs where a critical managing decision involving pitching changes cost the Jays a game and potentially just cost them a chance to go to the World Series
.....................................................and that this point Seattle or Toronto are just going to be fodder to the Dodgers. Ohtani very well may have had had the greatest individual playoff game in league history last night.
Little was elite in the first half. Hitters didn't know how to handle his knuckle curve and he had people chasing it. At the all-star break teams adjusted their approach and realized that Little struggles to throw pitches in the zone and they stopped chasing his pitches early in the count. It forces him to elevate his pitches or he stays wild and can't keep the curve in the zone.
First half - hitters had a .177/.305/.234/.539 slash line
In the second half hitters were .230/.355/.345/.700
Splits at home: .163/.309/.207/.516
Splits on the road: .236/.341/.355/.696
Polanco hitting from the right hand side against LHP in 2025 - .308/.348/.548/.896 (OPS .802 against RHP)
Raleigh hitting from the right hand side against LHP in 2025 - .281/.351/.681/1.032 (OPS .909 against RHP)
In the playoffs he now has 3.0 IP over 5 outings. He faced 19 batters total. One was an IBB, 4 walks, 5 hits and had a wild pitch. He had one inherited runner and allowed it to score giving Gausman the loss in Game 1.....against Polanco because Schneider wanted to turn him around.
So in summary, Schneider wanted to give Raleigh a look at a different pitcher....but was fine with having Polanco get the same look from a pitcher.
Little is not a leverage reliever and he hasn't been one for 3 months. I completely understand Schneider's post game comments. You have to protect your players at this point and it's not Little's fault that he was put in that situation but we put a guy in the game who can't throw strikes, who consistent lets 2-3 runners get on base in an outing and brought him in to face two hitters who have better splits hitting against lefties in 2025. It didn't work in Game 1 and it didn't work in Game 5.
Anyone attacking Little or his family are despicable but this is a decision that goes right up with pulling Berrios and Gausman in previous playoffs where a critical managing decision involving pitching changes cost the Jays a game and potentially just cost them a chance to go to the World Series
.....................................................and that this point Seattle or Toronto are just going to be fodder to the Dodgers. Ohtani very well may have had had the greatest individual playoff game in league history last night.