Another Canadian Icon Traded - The 2015 Toronto Blue Jays Thread

they will lose most close ones because our current bullpen is full of arsonists

This is supposed to be the easiest problem in baseball to solve. We can't seem to solve it.

Legendary Jays bullpen just starting to do their thing.

load the bases?

oh man. whenever i feel bad about my team – all I have to do is look at the T-Bay attendance to feel better.

sort of.

chris colabello: .343/.383/.512 in 44 games

(kinda scary in left tho)

that catch my Donaldson earlier O_o just wow

Del the Funkee Homosapien fans take note: Mr. Colabello, Mr. Chris Colabello...

Three notes I gleaned from the post-game show:

1) First time a pitcher has taken back-to-back no-hitters into the eighth since Stieb in '88. (First time for any team--just a coincidence that both are Jays.)

2) First 12-inning shutout for the Jays since 1986:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS198609260.shtml

Key vs. Clemens, game-winning HR from Barfield, save to Henke.

3) First time the day started with all A.L. East teams within four games of the lead since forever--has never happened since divisional play started. (Which must mean this late in the season.)

Just looked at the video of the catch. Which if he'd pitched a perfect game, and if Willie Mays had never been born, I'd now start calling "The Catch"--incredible.

Also, just glanced at the standings...What in the hell are they talking about on the radio? Boston's well back. Either I misheard, or they forgot it's a five-team division.

would love a gif of longoria running back and forth between 2nd and 3rd in the 8th or 9th or whenever that was he lost track of the outs and the jays blew the double play. so awesome that he ended up safe afterall, he slid into both bags.

Donaldson wasn't running full speed like Jeter though! There are many diving catches into the stands, but only one Captain.

His hangtime was better though.

what on earth is happening to estrada right now

oh man! just checked the box score. looks like the wheels totally fell off there?!

don cherry a lil short with the first pitch

i fucking hate don cherry.

jays sign vlad jr

Interesting, in view of his father's acrimonious non-stopover with the club.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CI7giEZWcAAYxWm.jpg

saunders where you at? gotta get carrera/collabello out of the outfield

That was a fun inning for Carrera.

Castellanos singled to left center, Romine scored, V. Martínez to third, Avila to second, V. Martínez scored, Avila to third, Castellanos to second on throwing error by left fielder Carrera.
Gose singled to left, Avila scored, Castellanos scored, Gose to third on throwing error by left fielder Carrera.

Those curveballs to Donaldson were awesome.

Woo-hoo, our run differential still impressive.

Getting rather tired of seeing the Jays at the top of Baseball Reference's "Simple Rating System." It's becoming like a bad joke.

over the last calendar year, the highest fWAR in baseball belongs to . . . not mike trout

Stanton 5th! had no idea.

hope jays get out of this slump soon, they're super frustrating to watch, plus im going to my first major league baseball game in a couple weeks when they play the mariners in seattle and I want to see a win damn it.

https://sports.vice.com/ca/article/canadas-rise-on-the-diamond-is-for-real

hey, if you're seeing the mariners, there's at least a chance you'll see a major league caliber pitcher, at least!

HEY JAYS IF YOU'RE GONNA SWING FOR THE FENCES EVERY TIME SOMEONES ON BASE CAN WE AT LEAST GET A HOMER OR TWO EVERY NOW AND THEN

LIKE EVERY COUPLE GAMES OR SOMETHING

whoa

taking credit for that one

67 pitches for Buerhle through seven.

Never mind, the page I was looking at wasn't updating properly. 85 pitches through seven isn't bad though. His ERA since the start of June is 1.55.

10-8 Royals in the 6th, six errors in the game, nine earned runs total, Jays were down 7-0, then led 8-7, and are now trailing again, somehow this team drags everyone down to their level.

Somehow we tied the game in the 8th against Wade Davis, who had only given up about 0.0001 earned runs all season.

tbf – sounds like Rios fucked up that first play.

aaand Bautista just got himself ejected. i really with he didn't chirp so much at the plate.

Rios had a bad read, but the OF's have been fighting the sun all day.

Fuck Jerry Meals, how do you throw out a team's best hitter in the eighth inning of a tie game with runners on in the middle of the count? Pitch F/X showed that the called strike wasn't even close, so Bautista had a legit beef. Usually if a batter complains but doesn't turn around to show up the umpire (which is what he did), there's some leeway to complain.

ya – i was listening on the radio and assumed he had turned around (as he will do).

How the hell did Hutchison get to nine wins?

I was at the game last night--friend's sister got us seats right behind home, 10 rows up from field level. Good game, moved along pretty briskly (relatively speaking). Travis made a great leaping catch.

I fell in love with the usher girl; she was playing a part that I could understand.

Buehrle's defying logic these days. He's actually pitching well, not just doggedly hanging around and getting runs.

Buehrle's June/July:

5-1, 1.52, 34 K, 6 BB, .228/.249/.344 slash line for opposing hitter.

it's like the reverse of last year, where he started off amazing and then trailed off.

My first thought was, "Yes, in terms of W-L record, but last year it was primarily because of run support." But you're right--he pitched really well, too.

2014, up until June 1 (his last win before slumping):

10-1, 2.10, 46 K, 20 BB, .253/.301/.355 opposition slash line.

They both pivot on June 1. Put them together...

Jays lose on an walk off infield hit in extra innings. The play at first that would have ended the inning couldn't have been closer. Now that's a tough loss.

Terrible. Jays had bases loaded in the 9th, none out, down a run, Donaldson/Bautista/Encarnacion coming up. They scored one run.