Now it’s time for all the stuff I don’t figure on making full posts out of, with the spiffy graphic by Matt English (aka @mattomic). It’s your Morning Snack…
You absolutely must read Ryan Oakley’s (aka @thegrumpyowl) guide to a better understanding of each MLB club at Getting Blanked. Seriously, stop what you’re doing, read it, and thank me later. (Then, if there’s time, I suppose you could probably also thank Ryan for writing it, and Parkes for commissioning it for the blog.)
And– holy shit!– we had all kinds of gold coming at you yesterday, because– in case you missed it– we also posted our very first Greetings From Dunedin– a bit of Jays prospecting dynamite exclusive to DJF from Bradley Ankrom (aka @BradleyAnkrom of Baseball Prospectus).
Also, Drew– when he wasn’t chatting with Jose Bautista– was getting all shifty on us, explaining the crazy ways the Jays infielders were playing David Ortiz this week.
House of the Bluebird does some excellent-as-usual overanalyzing of Kyle Drabek’s first 2012 start.
SB Nation has a pair of nifty Jays items, as Marc Normandin takes a look at the unproven, but very talented, young starters the Jays will be relying on behind Ricky Romero this year, while Jon Bois walks us through the anatomy of Tuesday night’s Rogers Centre streaking. Um… not literally, of course.
Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun would like to point out how key Rajai Davis has been to the Jays so far in this young season, and he’s not wrong. Appropriately utilizing guys like Davis– in his case as a fourth outfielder, right-handed platoon guy, and pinch runner, not as, y’know, a starter alongside Corey Patterson– will make a tangible difference this year.
Cathal Kelly of the Toronto Star ruminates on Toronto fans’ itchy trigger finger when it comes to booing their own– including the apparently uber-nice Sergio Santos, and one of the very few Maple Leafs who wasn’t entirely useless this season.
Spinner.ca tells us that Dallas Green nearly got into a fight during the Jays’ opener on Monday. What? The old Mets manager? (Ohhhh. I think they mean the musician who I always disappointedly realize isn’t the guy from the Sadies.)
Bruce Arthur of the National Post talks hope and hype as we head– not to hype it up too much or anything– into a hopeful season for the Jays.
Lastly, do the OriLOLes actually have a prospect worthy of being frightened of? Dave Cameron of FanGraphs paints that kind of a picture, assuring us that Dylan Bundy– after two pro starts– is already too good for A-Ball. I’m sure Baltimore will fuck it up, though…
I always confuse Dallas Green with Dallas Good also….
Maybe AA can convince the OriLOLes into trading Dylan Bundy for Adam Lind and Dallas Green?
Got to see Snydergaard last night. Seems to love his fastball, (only 2 off speed pitches in his first inning of work,) but was downright filthy in his second inning. The fastball was 93-95, and he threw a couple of knee-bucklers at 71 and 68 (!!!) that induced some Bugs Bunny swings.
For what it’s worth, the dude just looks like he should be a great pitcher. Looking forward to Lansing coming back to my hood this summer.
Nice. Some Syndergaard stuff coming up in a post about the latest from Jason Parks at BP. (He’s got the Syndergaard bits paywall’d, but I’ll quote a couple tasty things, FYI.)
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Ha … I heard that Dallas Green interview on Tim and Sid. I don’t really listen to his music, but he seems like a cool, funny guy. Likes the Jays a lot.
I’ve seen him at more than a few games in my section. Pretty sure he has seasons.
Dallas Good probably has a crazy good curveball. Dude has ridiculously long fingers.
Booing Santos was already dumb enough — the dude’s clearly a really nice guy who had a couple of bad innings early in the season.
But Lupul too? One of the few Leafs who was actually really consistently good all season?
Goddamn crowd mentality.
It’s depressing that Tampa Bay added a much better first baseman for 2012 than we have in the waning days of February. Carlos Pena is looking like an overlord this year again.