| Batter | WPA | aLI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF – Davis | -0.033 | 1.38 | |||
| CF/RF – McCoy | -0.229 | 1.15 | |||
| DH – Encarnacion | 0.103 | 0.87 | |||
| 1B – Lind | 0.165 | 1.29 | |||
| SS – Escobar | 0.502 | 1.58 | Pitcher | WPA | aLI |
| 2B – Johnson | 0.023 | 0.98 | SP – Happ | -0.202 | 1.21 |
| RF – Sierra | -0.076 | 1.02 | RP – Delabar | 0.124 | 2.04 |
| PH / CF – Rasmus | -0.065 | 0.75 | RP – Loup | 0.075 | 2.61 |
| C – Mathis | 0.018 | 1.09 | RP – Lyon | 0.002 | 2.92 |
| 3B – Hechavarria | 0.051 | 0.95 | RP – Janssen | 0.043 | 0.55 |
Bests / Worsts and the Gif of the game after the jump!
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Oh, great. It’s CC Sabathia. That should totally work out great for a Jays club looking to build on last night’s moral victory, or whatever you want to call a halfway decent start, for once, from Ricky Romero, coupled with yet another brutal output from the club’s hitters, save for Adeiny Hechavarria, as long as you’re going to look past his two strikeouts.
Uhh… I don’t know, at least it’s afternoon baseball, I guess.
Scuttlebutt
At Sportsnet, Shi Davidi doesn’t pull any punches about how much is riding on surgeon Dr. Thomas Graham, as he gets set to repair Jose Bautista’s wrist.
Davidi notes in a tweet that bullpen coach Pete Walker is filling in as pitching coach, with Bruce Walton away from the club for the birth of his baby. Wait… how old is Walton?
Um… yeah.
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
M. McCoy CF
E. Encarnacion DH
A. Lind 1B
Y. Escobar SS
K. Johnson 2B
M. Sierra RF
J. Mathis C
A. Hechavarria 3B
J. Happ LHP
Poo Yuck Stankees
D. Jeter SS
N. Swisher 1B
R. Cano 2B
A. Jones RF
C. Granderson CF
S. Pearce DH
J. Nix 3B
I. Suzuki LF
C. Stewart C
C. Sabathia LHP
| Batter | WPA | aLI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF – Davis | -0.072 | 1.19 | |||
| CF – Rasmus | -0.045 | 1.38 | |||
| 1B – Encarnacion | 0.022 | 1.23 | |||
| DH – Lind | -0.161 | 1.91 | |||
| SS – Escobar | -0.230 | 1.56 | |||
| C – Torrealba | -0.134 | 1.25 | |||
| 2B – McCoy | -0.086 | 1.13 | Pitcher | WPA | aLI |
| RF – Sierra | 0.033 | 0.78 | SP – Ricky | 0.114 | 1.00 |
| 3B – Hechavarria | 0.028 | 1.14 | RP – Lyon | 0.033 | 0.42 |
Bests / Worsts and the Gif of the game after the jump!
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I’m entirely uneasy with using the death of a fan– or sadly, I must say the latest death of a fan– as a jumping off point for some kind of rumination on coping with collective sorrow and what a terrible season it’s been for anyone that follows the Toronto Blue Jays, because very obviously all of that pales in comparison to what happened to Brian Ludwig outside a Calgary bar this week, and what it means for his family, after the 41-year-old father was killed in a fight that started, according to police, via the Calgary Herald, with an argument about the Jays’ pitching staff.
How absolutely senseless and horrifying and stupid.
And yet I think it’s worthwhile today, with this and other, less crucial yet still dispiriting news about the team crashing down around us, continuing what has been an awful few weeks, to deliberately make the connection to that brutal event, and to think about what kinds of powerful emotions this little distraction called sports can stir in us, if only to shake our heads in disbelief and remind ourselves for a second or two that, holy shit, it’s only a game.
Just when you think it couldn’t get any worse…
This is your Game Threat.
| Batter | WPA | aLI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF – Davis | -0.069 | 0.92 | |||
| CF – Rasmus | 0.684 | 1.36 | Pitcher | WPA | aLI |
| 1B – Encarnacion | -0.111 | 0.90 | SP – Alvarez | -0.215 | 0.89 |
| DH – Lind | 0.014 | 1.17 | RP – Laffey | -0.139 | 0.57 |
| SS – Escobar | -0.070 | 1.05 | RP – Delabar | 0.013 | 0.44 |
| 2B – Johnson | -0.108 | 1.32 | RP – Loup | 0.003 | 0.33 |
| C – Torrealba | 0.217 | 1.30 | RP – Lincoln | 0.024 | 0.39 |
| RF – Sierra | -0.144 | 1.36 | RP – Janssen | -0.292 | 2.27 |
| 3B – Hechavarria | 0.148 | 1.81 | RP – Oliver | 0.349 | 2.87 |
Bests / Worsts and the Gif of the game after the jump!
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After a merciful rain out yesterday in Baltimore, the Jays return to the scene of the crime– Yankee Stadium– where just over a month ago the club effectively lost two bats from a top four that until that point had been humming along spectacularly, when during a three game set Jose Bautista’s wrist exploded in the opener, and Brett Lawrie got dimed by a camera bay in the finale.
The club has gone 12 and 26 since the beginning of that fateful series, a run that has included three losing streaks of five or more games, and seen the offence dry up, just as Carlos Villanueva and JA Happ have begun to provide some stability to the rotation.
Which, of course, is just a long way of saying Fuck Yankee Stadium.
Scuttlebutt
It’s the end of an era: no more cornrows for Colby Rasmus, tweets John Lott of the National Post.
At the Post itself, Lott looks at the Farrell-to-Boston rumours that just. will. not. go. away.
Lott also tells us that the manager’s update on Brett Lawrie was pretty vague, as there’s no way to know yet when he’ll be able to get back into rehab games, and that Jason Frasor is on track to get into rehab games by the end of the week.
Shi Davidi tweets that there is no word yet on the results of Jose Bautista’s visit to the hand specialist in Cleveland today, but says that he’ll rejoin the club tomorrow. Davidi re-tweets something from CAA agency, which congratulates Dunedin manager Mike Redmond on having made the Florida State League All-Star team.
Oh, look. Adam Lind hitting clean-up. That’s… well… probably fucking appropriate against a right-hander at this point. *SIGH*
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 1B
A. Lind DH
Y. Escobar SS
K. Johnson 2B
Y. Torrealba C
M. Sierra RF
A. Hechavarria 3B
H. Alvarez RHP
Poo Yuck Stankees
D. Jeter SS
N. Swisher DH
R. Cano 2B
M. Teixeira 1B
C. Granderson CF
E. Chavez 3B
R. Martin C
R. Ibanez LF
I. Suzuki RF
D. Phelps RHP
Image via @ShiDavidi.
Is that a Baldwin?
Happy weekend! The Yankees are in town, and while I happen to have some friends from NYC who are here watching the game, so I can’t shit on the hordes too much, um… enjoy that.
Holy fuck, and no Rasmus in the Jays lineup this afternoon??? Davis, Gose, Cooper, Sierra, Gomes and Hechavarria to go along with EE, Yunel and KJ? Man alive, there are… men alive in here!
