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Game Threat: Jays (51-52) @ Mariners (49-57)

Posted by Andrew Stoeten under Game Threat, Seattle Mariners on Aug 01, 2012

Nelson Cruz running through a sign.

This season still going? Because… um… I’m seeing Kelly Johnson in the post-trade-deadline clean-up spot and I’m starting to think it’s probably Spring Training.

Hmm…

Wait a second– look at that lineup for the Mariners, too! IT IS SPRING TRAINING. IT WAS ALL A DREAAAAAAAAM!!!!!

Scuttlebutt

In a must read at Getting Blanked, our own Dustin Parkes Gose in depth on what’s Gose-ing on with the Jays’ Gose-Gose outfielder who seems a little bit lost: Moises Sier– oh, wait, I mean Anthony Gose.

Shi Davidi tweets that “John Farrell says a thought is to go with 6-man rotation after Monday’s offday, to keep JA Happ stretched out.” And by “stretched out,” I assume he means “not pissing his little pants about not starting, like a child in the throes of a tantrum,” right?

At North of the Border, Gregor Chisholm has a handy transcript of Jose Bautista’s chat with the media today about his injury and the trade deadline– including his defence of teammate Yunel Escobar.

Lastly, for your between-inning viewing pleasure, here’s today’s edition of Getting Blanked…



TV: Sportsnet One

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 with Score Mobile…

Toronto Blue Jays

B. Lawrie 3B
C. Rasmus CF
E. Encarnacion DH
K. Johnson 2B
Y. Escobar SS
D. Cooper 1B
R. Davis LF
J. Mathis C
A. Gose RF

C. Villanueva RHP

Seattle Mariners

D. Ackley 2B
M. Saunders CF
J. Montero DH
J. Jaso C
K. Seager 3B
C. Wells RF
M. Carp 1B
E. Thames LF
B. Ryan SS

B. Beavan RHP

 

Image via Otto Greule Jr./Getty.

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Post Game Graph – Blue Jays 2 @ Mariners 7

Posted by Archi Zuber under Post-Game Post, Seattle Mariners on Aug 01, 2012


Top Dog: Brett Lawrie, 12.2%
The Worst: Aaron Laffey, -31.1%
Worst Bat: David Cooper, -8.3%
Impact AB: Brett Lawrie 2-run 2B, Top 3, 14.0%
Impact Pitch: Dustin Ackley Home Run, Bot 1, -11.0%
Highest Leverage AB: David Cooper 2-out Groundout, Top 3, 1.99
Highest Leverage Opp. AB: Trayvon Robinson RBI Single, Bot 2, 1.44
Lineup Contribution: -14.0%
Pitching Contribution: -36.1%
Average Leverage Index: 0.50
Chart explanation

I’d like Jose Bautista back, please.

(WPA data courtesy Baseball Reference)
(Idea for a post game graph courtesy Lookout Landing)

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Game Threat: Jays (51-51) @ Mariners (48-57)

Posted by Andrew Stoeten under Game Threat, Seattle Mariners on Jul 31, 2012

Travis Snider already has a run scored for the Pittsburgh Pirates, coming home on a Neil Walker grand slam after getting on base via an infield single. National League baseball, everybody!

At the time of writing Snider is 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout in his debut as the playoff-hunting Pirates’ number two hitter. (And that’s not even the most interesting ex-Blue Jay-related thing happening in that one!)

Stilllllllll a lot of people not quite processing the concept that Snider’s value was kinda poised to fall off a cliff if he didn’t secure a starting job with the 2013 Jays in what was to be slightly more than a two month cameo, in which he was already showing the signs of having trouble making contact. Nor are many grasping the positive signs in the peripherals Brad Lincoln has registered when pitching in relief this season, or the uptick in velocity.

Yes, it’s a risk to bet that Lincoln will keep this up and that everything finally clicking for Snider isn’t potentially right around the corner. But let’s stop talking about Lincoln like he’s been a dime-a-dozen reliever this year, or pretending that there wasn’t great risk going the other way too, by potentially passing on adding an on-the-upswing Lincoln to a thin stable of late inning relief arms under team control in order to try to the last to wring some measure of success out of Snider in one final Big League opportunity before his lack of options craters his value entirely.

And– not that it’s reason to feel comfortable about the deal in and of itself– the fact that the Jays have so much scouting power that’s backing their decisions ought to make you feel that, at the very least, Anthopoulos wasn’t stumbling around drunk in the middle of the night when this one went down.

Not that that’s going to stop anybody who really desperately fucking wants to from thinking that Anthopoulos suddenly went ether-blind, but… just sayin’.

Scuttlebutt

Holy shit, that sure is one lineup with which to start a new era of Jays baseball, isn’t it?

“We thought we were moving toward something late last night,” said Anthopoulos, according to Shi Davidi’s post-deadline piece at Sportsnet, not getting into specifics, and specifically not-specifically talking about Matt Garza (though, technically not). “We had a late night here, really late, didn’t get a whole lot of sleep, it carried over to the morning and it ended up falling apart.”

TV: Sportsnet One

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 with Score Mobile…

Toronto Blue Jays

B. Lawrie 3B
C. Rasmus CF
E. Encarnacion DH
D. Cooper 1B
Y. Escobar SS
K. Johnson 2B
R. Davis LF
J. Mathis C
M. Sierra RF

A. Laffey RHP

Seattle Mariners

D. Ackley 2B
C. Wells RF
M. Saunders CF
J. Montero DH
K. Seager 3B
M. Carp 1B
M. Olivo C
T. Robinson LF
B. Ryan SS

J. Vargas LHP

Image via Twitter.
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Post Game Graph – Blue Jays 1 @ Mariners 4

Posted by Archi Zuber under Post-Game Post, Seattle Mariners on Jul 31, 2012


Top Dog: Kelly Johnson, 8.3%
The Worst: Ricky Romero, -22.0%
Worst Bat: Jeff Mathis, -17.1%
Impact AB: Rajai Davis Leadoff HR, Top 1, 11.0%
Impact Pitch: Kyle Seager RBI Single, Bot 1, -10.0%
Highest Leverage AB: Kelly Johnson Strikeout, Top 4, 2.54
Highest Leverage Opp. AB: John Jason Run-Scoring GIDP, Bot 1, 2.75
Lineup Contribution: -29.7%
Pitching Contribution: 20.5%
Average Leverage Index: 0.76
Chart explanation

(image via Blue Jays Gifs)

(WPA data courtesy Baseball Reference)
(Idea for a post game graph courtesy Lookout Landing)

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Game Threat: Jays (51-50) @ Mariners (47-57)

Posted by Andrew Stoeten under Game Threat, Seattle Mariners on Jul 30, 2012

Oh, hello. Apologies for the lack of rumour-mongering today, but it’s kinda been a slow day anyway, and I’ve kind not felt great. But… hey! Now we’ve got some west coast baseball!

It’s the last game before tomorrow’s non-waiver trade deadline, and it’s Ricky Romero’s latest chance to try and right himself, after there was talk of demotion following last week’s disasterpiece for the two-time Opening Day starter and nominal ace. You couldn’t pick a better location than Safeco or a better opponent than these Mariners for him to try and get back on track against.

Of course, if it all goes badly off the rails…

Scuttlebutt

Adam Lind is out of the lineup again tonight, which makes total sense when you realize that he was placed on the DL, and David Cooper has been called up to replace him. So… there’s that.

Tonight marks the start of a ten game road trip for the Jays, which takes them to Seattle, Oakland then Tampa. Then they get the Yankees, White Sox and Rangers when they return home. Better get some wins in early– besides, the fine contingent of BC Jays fans who are making the trip to Seattle for this series deserve it.

A little bit of rumour-ness, as Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun includes the Jays among teams who’ve been interested in the Phillies’ Joe Blanton… for some reason. The Orioles are thought to be the frontrunners, for whatever that’s worth.

Shi Davidi of Sportsnet talks to Yunel Escobar, who is confused about why he’s being labelled as a clubhouse problem. Davidi wonders if other teams are trying to lower his value, while I, personally, blame Jeff Blair for all this.

Lastly, for your between-inning viewing pleasure, here’s today’s Parkes-hosted episode of Getting Blanked…



TV: Sportsnet One

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 with Score Mobile…

Toronto Blue Jays

R. Davis DH
C. Rasmus CF
B. Lawrie 3B
E. Encarnacion 1B
T. Snider LF
Y. Escobar SS
K. Johnson 2B
J. Mathis C
A. Gose RF

R. Romero LHP

Seattle Mariners

D. Ackley 2B
M. Saunders CF
J. Montero C
J. Jaso DH
K. Seager 3B
C. Wells LF
M. Carp 1B
C. Peguero RF
B. Ryan SS

H. Iwakuma RHP

 

Image via Brad White/Getty.

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