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2019 Blue Jays General Discussion Thread

We win!

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Gurriel proves his mettle. ?Pina Power!?

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It was the ?hapless? Red Sox? home opener.  Nice to see the Jays spoil that.

Hi-lites:
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-red-sox/2019/04/09/565027#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=565027
 
Well, we?ll, well, he didn?t skip a beat coming back from injury...

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Story:
https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-notebook-countdown-guerrero-jr-s-toronto-debut/
 
Close but...the Jays gave up leads twice ? 5-0 and 6-5 ? in a game they should have won.  Instead, it was the Red Sox the winners of this one as they got to closer Ken Giles and came away the victors in the ninth inning. 
Giles? streak of 34 consecutive saves also came to an end.

Justin Smoak, (back after being out of the lineup due to neck tightness), with his three-run homer and Rowdy Tellez with his two-run shot, helped the Jays buildup the lead.  Thanks to several fielding errors, something spoiling Jays starter Aaron Sanchez?s good pitching, the Bosox we?re back in the game.

Freddy Galvis? solo homerun in the eighth one-upped the lead again to 6-5 for the Jays, only to have the Bosox come away with win in the ninth.

For the first time this season, the Jays produced a total of 13 runs in a series ? something positive to build on as the Jays hitters were kept quite busy in this series  against the Red Sox.

Hi-lites:
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-red-sox/2019/04/11/565028#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=565028
 
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Starting Pitchers:
Friday April 12  7pm
Ryne Stanek  RH Rays  0-0  1.50 ERA  vs  Trent Thornton RH Blue Jays  0-0  1.69 ERA

Saturday April 13  3pm
Blake Snell LH Rays  2-1  2.84 ERA  vs  Clay Bucholtz RH Blue Jays

Sunday April 14  1pm
Charlie Morton RH Rays  2-0  2.25 ERA  vs  Marcus Stroman RH Blue Jays  0-2  2.21 ERA

All games on SN & The FAN 590.


Source:  SunSports, MLB.com,  CBSsports


The Tampa Bay Rays (10-3) come to a Toronto for a three-game series against the Hlue Jays (4-9).

The Rays with their winning record occupy first place in their division, taking full advantage of the fact that other rivals, namely the Yankees & Red Sox, are enduring notoriously slow starts to the season.

Tampa Bay has had a MLB-best batting average of .676, which actually goes back to last season.  Still, with the addition of Tommy Pham and Auston Meadows, the Rays have exploded, explored, and exploited much to their erstwhile advantage.

Tampa Bay, the experimenter with their ?open? pitching concept, has instead gone with their three starters and limited the concept of open pitching somewhat.

The Blue Jays, having coming off a split with the Bosox in their most recent series, will be looking for much of the same hitting & run production which they amassed in those two games.  A sure sense of positivity for this hitting-starved team, as The Big Smoak ? Justin Smoak ? hit it big again after having come off the lineup with neck soreness.  A good sign for Smoak indeed.

Jays fans will be expecting the team to come up big against the Rays and stop the Tampa Bay train from rolling along.

GO JAYS GO!
 
Crazy game.  Final score 11-7 in favour of the Rays.

Tampa set up an 8-0 lead going into the seventh inning.  Then, the Blue Jays score six runs in the seventh inning proper.  They add another one in the eighth to narrow the score to 8-7.  But then...
...reliever Davy Guerra gets zonked for three Ray runs...11-7 finale.

The Rays banged out 16 hits on the night, putting Jays starter Trent Thornton in misery with five runs off him after just three innings.  It didn't fare any better for relievers such as Luciano nor Guerra.  Only Gaviglio & Hudson were able to control the Rays.

Hi-lites:
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/rays-vs-blue-jays/2019/04/12/566871#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=566871
 
Jays win 3-1 on some excelling fielding by Hernandez, clutch hitting by Gurriel and a solid performance by starter Clay Bucholtz in his debut on the mound as a Blue Jay.

Reliever Thomas Pannone got the win, Giles the save.

Tampa starter Blake Snell struck out nine in six innings spellbinding the Jays bats, until Toronto sprung back to life with the comeback.

In order to make room on the 25-man roster for Bucholtz, Richard Ure?a was optioned to Triple A Buffalo.

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Hi-lites:
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/rays-vs-blue-jays/2019/04/13/566872#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=566872
 
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Starting Pitchers:
Monday April 15  7:30pm
Matt Shoemaker RH Blue Jays  3-0  0.92 ERA  vs  Martin Perez LH Twins  1-0  7.56 ERA 

Tuesday April 16  7:30pm
Aaron Sanchez RH Blue Jays  1-1  1.69 ERA  Vs  Kyle Gibson RH Twins  0-0  7.71 ERA 

Wednesday April 17  7:30pm
Trent Thornton RH Blue Jays  0-1  4.61 ERA  vs  Jake Odorizzi RH Twins  0-2  6.35 ERA

Thursday April 18  1pm
Clay Bucholtz RH Blue Jays  0-0  1.50 ERA  vs  Michael Pineda RH Twins  2-0  3.00 ERA


Source:  MLB.com,  ESPN.com,  CBSsports


The Blue Jays (5-11) come to Target Field in a four-game series against the Minnesota Twins (8-4).

While Toronto has struggled this season, most recently losing two out of three to division-leading Tampa Bay Rays, the Minnesota Twins have found their calling sitting atop the AL Central.

The Twins have won seven of their last ten games and are lead by Jorge Polanco, Max Kepler and Eddie Rosario.

The Blue Jays have lost ten of their last thirteen games having giving up twenty runs in just the last three alone.  Freddy Galvis, Randall Grichuk, & Teoscar Hernandez lead the team in RBIs & hits.

Gotta get some wins, guys!

FO JAYS FO!
 
Hernandez powers the Jays to victory!

Jays starter Matt Shoemaker with yet another solid start.  Hernandez' three-run homer gave the Jays the go-ahead run.  It was his first home run of the year.
The Jays also got help in the hitting department from Galvis, Grichuk, & Smoak.
Sam Gaviglio got the win, Biagini (in place of closer Giles) the save.

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The Jays demoted Lourdes Gurriel Jr. to Triple A Buffalo to work on his defensive technique.  Gurriel appeared shaky in that department  with the club.  They'll let him decide when he's ready.  The Jays intend to utilize him as possibly in the DH position when he returns.

Hi-lites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nStEODzVpmk&feature=onebox
 
Another big night for Hernandez & co. last night.

The Jays scored four runs in the sixth only to have Minny tie it at the bottom of the same inning.  Then the fun began with Teoscar Henrandez?s rBI double that gave the Jays the lead at 6-4.  The Twins tried a quick comeback and were thwarted right at the plate by a throw from Hernandez to Galvis to Jansen.  Gotcha for the final out! (Check out video for that one).

https://www.mlb.com/video/must-c-jays-relay-to-end-it?t=must-c

Jays starter Aaron Sanchez with the win, along with some solid relief pitching from Hudson, Pannone, & Biagini.  Closer Giles gets the save.

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Hi-lites:
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-twins/2019/04/16/566969#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=566969
 
Jays lose 4-1.

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Hi-lites:
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-twins/2019/04/17/566970#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=566970
 
What day can we bring up Vlad to Impale the opposition? I can't wait to see this kid on the team. Bo as well. Its time for the New Jays, not the Blue Jays
 
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What day can we bring up Vlad to Impale the opposition? I can't wait to see this kid on the team. Bo as well. Its time for the New Jays, not the Blue Jays
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It will happen sometime this year.  No timetable yet for Vlad at least.
 
All wrapped up!  First time this season that the Jays have won a series.

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Hi-lites & more:
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-twins/2019/04/18/566971#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=566971
 
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Starting Pitchers:
Friday April 19  10pm
Marcus Stroman RH Blue Jays  0-3  1.99 ERA  vs  Aaron Brooks RH Athletics  2-1  4.24 ERA

Saturday April 20  4pm
Matt Shoemaker RH Blue Jays  3-0  1.75 ERA  vs  Mike Fiers RH Athletics  2-1  7.06 ERA

Sunday April 21  4pm
Aaron Sanchez RH Blue Jays  2-1  2.86 ERA  vs  Brett Anderson LH Athletics  3-0  2.63 ERA

All games on SN/SN1 & The FAN 590.


Source:  MLB.com,  Sportsnet,  theStar.com


The Blue Jays (8-12j go on to Oakland to play a three-game series at Oakland Coliseum home of the Oakland A?s (11-10).

The A?s (or Athletics) are at nearly .500 ball in their A.L. West Division and sport two former Blue Jays ? starter Marco Estrada and the recently traded Kendrys Morales.  We won?t be seeing Estada in the lineup for he?s been placed on the 10-day IL due to injury.

The Athletics are third in terms of home run production as well as in runs scored.  Having Khris Davis as your Major League home run leader can only help.

The Blue Jays just recently took a series for the first time this season and on the road too, winning three out of four over the Minnesota Twins.

The Jays are third in the league in terms of starting pitching ERA, with the best going to Matt Shoemaker & Marcus Stroman.

Teoscar Hernandez is third in fielding assists.  Hernandez had a dominant series against the Twins.  Another Jay who?s bats are swinging loudly is Justin Smoak.  It certainly didn?t take him long to get back into the swing of things (no pun intended) after returning from an injury.  Smoak leads the Jays with 13 RBIs.

With Toronto slowly attempting to even out their w/l record, another sweep here against the A?s would be most welcome.

GO JAYS GO!
 
The Stro show comes alive!

Yes, Jays starter Marcus Stroman pitched eight innings throwing six strikeouts and limiting the A?s to one run.  Excellent performance from the Stro man.
Closer Ken Giles preserved the win in the ninth.

The Jays got offensive contributions from the likes of Danny Jansen, Socrates Brito, Drury & McKinney.

The victory puts the Jays within 1GB third place NY Yankees in their division.

Hi-lites & more:
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-athletics/2019/04/19/566096#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=566096
 
Ooooh...Oak got smoked!

In a 10-1 thumping of the Oakland A?s Saturday night, the Blue Jays victory came at a price.  Jays starter Matt Shoemaker was forced to leave the game early due to a knee injury.  To have the Jays best starting pitcher go down isn?t something a team like a Toronto wants to see happen, certainly not at a time when they?re riding a mini wave of success.

Rowdy Tellez with 3 RBIs led the charge on the scoreboard.

Reliever Sam Gaviglio was credited with the win.

Hi-lites & more:
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-athletics/2019/04/20/566097#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=566097
 
How s-w-e-e-p it feels!

The Blue Jays held on to a 5-4 win over the A?s for the series sweep. 

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Hi-lites & more:
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-athletics/2019/04/21/566098#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=566098
 
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Starting Pitchers:
Tuesday April 23  7pm
Jeff Samardzija RH Giants  1-1  2.91 ERA  vs  Trent Thornton RH Blue Jays  0-2  5.40 ERA

Wednesday April 24  4pm
Drew Pomeranz LH Giants  0-2  4.82 ERA vs  Clay Bucholtz RH  Blue Jays  0-0  3.38 ERA

All games on SN1 & The FAN 590.


Source:  MLB.com,  theStar.com


The San Francisco Giants (9-14) roll into town for a two-game interleague series against the Blue Jays (11-12).

Former Blue Jay and fan favourite, Kevin Pillar, makes his return to the Rogers Centre in a Giants uniform.  San Francisco, by the way, is mired in last place in their N.L. West division.

Th Jays, who?ve won six of their last seven games, all on the road, have found success in improving their w/l record helped in part by their offence of which Justin Smoak is so much a part of, and also by some stellar pitching performances mainly by their starters.

It is unfortunate to have had their best starting pitcher this season, Matt Shoemaker be sidelined for the rest of the year with a knee sprain.  Shoemaker was also among the league?s best before the injury occurred.

Looking forward in seeing the Blue Jays continue rising ? they?re currently third in their division.  Good job, guys.  Keep up the good works.

GO JAYS GO!
 
Close, but...

Giants prevail 7-6 over the Jays.  The Jays Rowdy Tellez made things close with his eighth inning Grand Slam.

Prior to the start of the game, former Blue Jay Kevin Pillar, now a Giant, was given a tribute and a standing ovation by the crowd.  An emotional few moments for Kevin ?Superman? Pillar. 

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Pillar?s message:
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Hi-lites & more:
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/giants-vs-blue-jays/2019/04/23/566874#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=566874
 
Jays get shutout 4-0 by the Giants.
Jays starter Clay Bucholtz suffers first loss of the after having won his previous start.

Hi-lites & more:
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/giants-vs-blue-jays/2019/04/24/566875#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=566875
 
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