A L East 2015 thread

[navamind]

Bradley's now batting .312/.385/.631 on the season (even better since the ASB). He has a .387 BABIP, so the average will surely regress, and he is still striking out quite a bit (26%, a bit down from 2013-14). But the power surge is definitely worth keeping an eye on, and he is walking a bit more (around 10%, pretty good). He could still be a pretty good player if he can be even just league average offensively.

Red Sox continue to push to get their run differential into the positives. Will be hard though with E-Rod's upcoming shutdown. I don't have a problem with that, mostly because the Red Sox' playoff hopes are shot.

 

[bksballer89]

fuck.

eovaldi shut down for 2 weeks

 

[obxyankeefan]

fuck.

eovaldi shut down for 2 weeks

CC takes his starts, but at least CC will be missing the Jays series.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Buherle is fucking done. This is not good.

Stroman, get your ass up to snuff!

 

[tducey]

Yeah, Buehre's downward spiral is concerning. Hopefully Stroman can get back or this dream season for the Blue Jays could become a nightmare.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Yeah, Buehre's downward spiral is concerning. Hopefully Stroman can get back or this dream season for the Blue Jays could become a nightmare.

He had a rough rehab start in Buffalo last night.

I'm concerned about rushing him back and watching him crash and burn and fucking him up for the future.

Either way, I said at the deadline they needed another starter and it's becoming more apparent by the week how true that was. Winding down the stretch with only Price and Estrada being reliable starts isn't a very comforting thought.

 

[navamind]

Buehrle's regression was to be expected. The guy's barely striking out over 4 guys every 9 innings, and he's hardly a ground ball pitcher. It's not easy to be successful with those kinds of rates in this era.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Buehrle's regression was to be expected. The guy's barely striking out over 4 guys every 9 innings, and he's hardly a ground ball pitcher. It's not easy to be successful with those kinds of rates in this era.

He was much closer to his career average of 5.1 SO/9 in the first half of the season.

I always expected him to become worn down as the season went on, but this is beyond that. If Dickey can't stay in control the rest of the way the Jays are left with 2 reliable pitchers.

 

[navamind]

True. I knew he was never a strikeout pitcher by any means, but I thought his career rate was a bit higher (like closer to 6). Probably worth noting the strikeout rate's climbed significantly over the duration of his career (6.7 in 2001, his first season as a starter; 7.7 this year). League K/BB has also skyrocketed (2.68 this year; was 2.02 in 2009).

His longevity is pretty impressive. He could very well top 200 innings once again, making it fifteen consecutive seasons. He's made 30+ starts every single one of those years. 51.9 fWAR. Pretty remarkable career.

 

[obxyankeefan]

I am beginning to like Blue Jays fans.

 

[navamind]

This girl must be a BJs fan as well:

 

[obxyankeefan]

OK since you asked

 

[obxyankeefan]

 

[bksballer89]

Wasted a gem by Tanaka. I knew we were going to lose once we were not able to grab the lead before Tanaka left

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

And everything is as it was.

Stroman starts Saturday in the Bronx. Risky move. He got lit pretty bad in Buffalo on Monday.

 

[bksballer89]

Hoping CC doesn't lay an egg. Really won't feel good about our chances in the division if we enter the series down 2.5 games. Must win IMO. Would be great if Toronto lose and we enter the series only a half game out

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Hoping CC doesn't lay an egg. Really won't feel good about our chances in the division if we enter the series down 2.5 games. Must win IMO. Would be great if Toronto lose and we enter the series only a half game out

Hutch is starting on the road against a team that knows how to hit, so probably.

Of course I'm also expecting CC to get CC'ed and SQAB this time tomorrow.

 

[navamind]

Jackie Bradley can finally hit big-league fastballs, and to all fields

 

[bksballer89]

Shocked that Drew has made these silly mistakes tonight

 

[bksballer89]

Toronto is about to lose 2 of 3 and we were not able to take advantage. Unfucking real