BatterWPAaLI RF – Sierra0.0040.77PitcherWPAaLI
| 3B – Lawrie | -0.090 | 0.96 | |||
| CF – Rasmus | -0.057 | 0.74 | |||
| C – Arencibia | -0.047 | 0.47 | |||
| 1B – Lind | -0.077 | 0.74 | |||
| DH – Gomes | 0.077 | 1.04 | SP – Morrow | 0.359 | 1.16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DH – Davis | 0.021 | 0.76 | RP – Cecil | 0.040 | 1.54 |
| 2B – Vizquel | 0.201 | 1.38 | RP – Lyon | 0.049 | 1.40 |
| SS – Hechavarria | 0.062 | 1.52 | RP – Oliver | 0.044 | 1.22 |
| LF – Gose | -0.063 | 0.80 | RP – Janssen | 0.006 | 0.08 |
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Yep. This will have to do. Consider it your Game Threat.
Oh, look. It’s the Red Sox.
And oh, look. They suck too.
Get set for the laser show, as the Laff Man takes on Dice-K in what promises to be quite the stretchy and tangy explosion of offence. One hopes.
Scuttlebutt
In his Ten Stray Thoughts on a Friday at Getting Blanked, Parkes looks into just what the hell has made Edwin Encarnacion so good this season.
Speaking of Edwin, he won’t be taking part in tonight’s laser show, apparently. Shi Davidi tweets that Encarnacion is out of tonight’s lineup as a precautionary measure– his wrist is a little sore from being hit by a pitch in last night’s game. Or was it maybe from crushing the shit out of shit?
Davidi also tweets some scary stuff: “Bruce Walton says contact from bat felt like taking full force of EE swing. Barrell hit him across arms after he put them up. At eye level.” The man they call Pappy is back at work today, fortunately.
According to Jack Moore of FanGraphs, those sharp cookies in Vegas still aren’t buying the Orioles.
At MLBTR, Ben Nicholson-Smith– Benny Fresh!–has a Free Agent Stock Watch post up on Carlos Villanueva.
TV: Sportsnet
And now the lineups, by way of the live box score at theScore.com. And for those of you who’ll be out and about, be sure to follow all the action on your phone or tablet with Score Mobile…
Toronto Blue Jays
R. Davis LF
C. Rasmus CF
B. Lawrie 3B
A. Lind 1B
Y. Escobar SS
K. Johnson 2B
J. Arencibia C
M. Sierra DH
A. Gose RF
A. Laffey LHP
Boston Red Sox
P. Ciriaco 3B
J. Ellsbury CF
M. Aviles 2B
C. Ross RF
M. Gomez DH
R. Lavarnway C
D. Nava LF
J. Loney 1B
J. Iglesias SS
D. Matsuzaka RHP
| Batter | WPA | aLI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3B – Lawrie | -0.122 | 1.29 | |||
| CF – Rasmus | -0.093 | 1.01 | |||
| DH – Encarnacion | -0.061 | 0.77 | |||
| 1B – Lind | -0.138 | 1.30 | |||
| LF – Davis | 0.166 | 1.47 | Pitcher | WPA | aLI |
| RF – Gose | 0.183 | 2.34 | SP – Villanueva | -0.021 | 1.00 |
| C – Mathis | 0.041 | 1.63 | RP – Delabar | 0.091 | 1.17 |
| PH – Johnson | 0.002 | 2.71 | RP – Loup | 0.084 | 1.61 |
| 2B – Vizquel | 0.055 | 1.08 | RP – Lyon | 0.028 | 1.06 |
| SS – Hechavarria | 0.049 | 1.18 | RP – Janssen | 0.213 | 4.34 |
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Just when I get to kinda-sorta remembering what it feels like to watch a team that has something vaguely resembling a real, live, genuine, almost-MLB-calibre lineup, the Jays have Brett Lawrie sitting today, as it’s their intention to ease him back into the swing of things.
I can’t fault the logic– apparently Lawrie is totally fine and John Farrell says it was entirely his intention to give him a day off today all along– but… jeez. That’s not exactly going to help anyone’s enjoyment of tonight’s game.
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These two teams mostly escaped the weather last night, but that doesn’t mean the threat is gone…
For now but it’s expected to rain all night. RT @giggleslady: @snbarrydavis Hi Barry – has the rain subsided at fenway ?
— Barry Davis (@SNBarryDavis) September 8, 2012
Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star has the low-down, in quotes, from the likes of John Farrell and Brett Lawrie, following last night’s victory.
Lastly, not Jays-related, but holy fuck that Brandon McCarthy stuff is scary. CBS Sports has the latest on what’s still a very serious situation– “In days 2-3 after epidural hematoma… sustaining life, that is the concern,” tweets Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. At FanGraphs, Jeff Sullivan reflects on the situation, through a wealth of personal experience.
TV: Sportsnet
And now the lineups, by way of the live box score at theScore.com. And for those of you who’ll be out and about, be sure to follow all the action on your phone or tablet with Score Mobile…
Toronto Blue Jays
R. Davis LF
C. Rasmus CF
E. Encarnacion DH
A. Lind 1B
Y. Escobar SS
K. Johnson 2B
J. Arencibia C
A. Hechavarria 3B
A. Gose RF
A. Laffey LHP
Boston Red Sox
P. Ciriaco 3B
J. Ellsbury CF
D. Pedroia 2B
C. Ross RF
M. Gomez 1B
R. Lavarnway C
M. Aviles DH
S. Podsednik LF
J. Iglesias SS
D. Matsuzaka RHP
The Magical Misery Tour takes the Jays away… to Boston, where tonight they’ll open up a meaningless three game set at Fenway.
Wonder if the Boston media will have anything to talk about?
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Oh, wouldn’t this be a crying shame. Barry Davis tweets:
All of a sudden the sky is looking dark here in Boston. The grounds crew is standing by the tarp. #bluejays lockerz.com/s/242294883
— Barry Davis (@SNBarryDavis) September 7, 2012
Severe thunderstorm warning for the Boston.Possibility quarter-size hail, damaging winds of 60 MPH and torrential rainfall.#bluejays
— Barry Davis (@SNBarryDavis) September 7, 2012
The tarp is now coming onto the field at Fenway. The start of the game has been delayed. No word when it will begin. #bluejays
— Barry Davis (@SNBarryDavis) September 7, 2012
TV: Sportsnet
And now the lineups, by way of the live box score at theScore.com. And for those of you who’ll be out and about, be sure to follow all the action on your phone or tablet with Score Mobile…
Toronto Blue Jays
B. Lawrie 3B
C. Rasmus CF
E. Encarnacion 1B
Y. Escobar SS
A. Lind DH
J. Arencibia C
K. Johnson 2B
M. Sierra RF
R. Davis LF
H. Alvarez RHP
Boston Red Sox
S. Podsednik LF
D. Pedroia 2B
J. Ellsbury CF
C. Ross RF
J. Loney 1B
J. Saltalamacchia C
M. Aviles SS
P. Ciriaco 3B
R. Kalish DH
F. Doubront LHP
