| Batter | pLI | WPA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrie – 3B | 0.73 | -0.079 | |||
| Cabrera – LF | 0.48 | 0.030 | |||
| Bautista – RF | 0.66 | -0.075 | |||
| Encarnacion – 1B | 0.49 | 0.254 | |||
| Arencibia – C | 0.53 | -0.056 | Pitcher | pLI | WPA |
| Davis – LF | 0.50 | 0.022 | Romero – SP | 2.20 | -0.425 |
| DeRosa – 2B | 1.15 | -0.032 | Gonzalez – RP | 0.69 | -0.053 |
| Izturis – SS | 0.91 | -0.064 | Rogers – RP | 0.02 | -0.006 |
| Bonifacio – CF | 0.78 | -0.018 | Cecil – RP | 0.01 | 0.001 |
| Total | 0.67 | 0.017 | Total | 0.72 | -0.483 |
Bests / Worsts of the game after the jump!
The Jays manufactured a second straight, albeit less-impressive-than-Monday, comeback last night, though it was obviously overshadowed by the incident involving J.A. Happ (about which there are many updates in the Scuttlebutt section below).
A big part of what was overshadowed is the fact that the Jays now have two cracks at actually winning a series in Tampa, and are two games from pulling themselves up to the level of at least one of their AL East competitors– the first, unfortunately, of four teams who began the month well ahead of ol’ Gibbers’ boys.
It won’t be anything close to easy, though, with the Rays sending David Price to the hill on Thursday to take on R.A. Dickey, and Matt Moore tonight, as he goes up against game two of the Ricky Romero Comeback Extravaganza– and Romero will have to be better than he was in his season debut, or at least avoid the big inning that sank him back on Friday.
Or, shit, with the way the Jays have been hitting the Rays’ bullpen, maybe it doesn’t even matter! Though… let’s not go nuts.
So… this is a thing.
It’s the trailer for the upcoming Touch ‘em All Joe, which– as you learn in the clip– is from Bob McCown’s Fadoo Productions. The company’s Vimeo channel describes them as specializing in TV production, so I’m going to guess you won’t be seeing a theatrical release of this, but if you didn’t get enough good vibes out of your Blue Jays experience from watching come-from-behind wins the last two nights, perhaps this quick preview of a documentary on (arguably) the biggest moment in the team’s history will do the trick.
Check it out after the jump…
Howdy there, Gibbers, you ol’ sack of shit! How goes it?!? It’s me, Stoeten!
I know, I know, it’s been far too long since the two of us slugged back a few cold pops and got right proper shittered, but you were gone a long time, John. Shit, you were almost gone again before I could sober myself up long enough to get this letter written to you, weren’t you? Hahahaha!
Now, simmer down John! Simmer down. I’m not laughing like I’m Richard Griffin or Steve Simmons trying to convince mouth-breathers and the delinquents who skipped class the day they taught critical thinking that you’re not imbued with sufficient enough fucking magic to keep a team full of stars and veterans from not playing like shit just because they happen to be in your presence. This is me, John. This is Stoeten.
An update from the Blue Jays on the condition of J.A. Happ provides some good news, after some utterly frightening and stomach-churning moments last night. From a release issued by the club this morning:
Toronto Blue Jays LHP JA HAPP left last night’s game in Tampa Bay after being hit on the left side of his head by a batted ball. He was taken to hospital for medical testing. He was responsive and doing well after suffering a head contusion and a laceration to his left ear.
The Blue Jays anticipate that he will be discharged later today after further testing. The club will provide and update later today should any further information become available.
So… that’s about as good a bit of news as you could possibly expect to hear.
Here’s something that ought to fire up the free Anthony Gose set. Fair enough, as it’s rather fucking awesome. Gose stole home for his fourth steal of the season in the first inning of the Bisons’ game versus Norfolk on Tuesday.
Gose pulls this off while none other than the 2012 Baltimore Orioles Opening Day starter, Jake Arrieta, is on the mound. The speedy outfielder has been caught stealing in four out of eight attempts in Triple-A thus far in 2013. Not that swiping home makes his .250/.352/.352 triple slash line any more palatable, but y’know, it’s still totally fucking NAILS.
| Batter | pLI | WPA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrie – 3B | 0.67 | -0.069 | |||
| Cabrera – LF | 1.29 | 0.350 | |||
| Bautista – RF | 1.08 | 0.117 | |||
| Encarnacion – 1B | 1.03 | 0.077 | |||
| Arencibia – C | 1.14 | -0.162 | |||
| Llind – 1B/DH | 1.55 | -0.080 | Pitcher | pLI | WPA |
| Rasmus – CF | 1.25 | -0.056 | Happ – SP | 1.45 | -0.345 |
| Izturis – 2B / SS | 1.05 | 0.368 | Lincoln – SP | 0.46 | 0.001 |
| Kawasaki – SS | 0.70 | -0.019 | Loup – RP | 0.26 | 0.043 |
| DeRosa – PH / 2B | 1.19 | -0.028 | Delabar – RP | 1.13 | 0.128 |
| Bonifacio – PH / 2B | 0.38 | -0.009 | Janssen – RP | 0.99 | 0.071 |
| Total | 1.09 | 0.602 | Total | 0.85 | -0.102 |
Bests / Worsts of the game after the jump!
