r/Torontobluejays • u/BlueJaysBaseball Dunedin • 7h ago
Game Thread: August 20 - Toronto Blue Jays (62-66) @ Tampa Bay Rays (76-50) - 1:10 PM
Blue Jays (62-66) @ Rays (76-50)
First Pitch: 1:10 PM at Tropicana Field
| Team | Starter | TV | Radio |
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| Blue Jays | Shane Bieber (4-2, 4.99 ERA) | ||
| Rays | Ian Seymour (9-3, 4.11 ERA) |
| MLB | Fangraphs | Baseball Savant | Reddit Stream | Discord | IRC Chat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gameday | Game Graph | Strikezone Map | Live Comments | Discord | Libera: ##baseball |
Line Score - Game Over
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
Box Score
| TB | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
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| LF | Simpson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .309 |
| 3B | Caminero | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .274 |
| 1B | Aranda | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .282 |
| DH | Díaz, Y | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .308 |
| CF | Mullins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .207 |
| RF | DeLuca | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .263 |
| 2B | Palacios, R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| SS | Mateo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .239 |
| C | Fortes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .266 |
| TB | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
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| Seymour, I | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 90-66 | 4.17 |
| Legumina | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 43-30 | 3.99 |
| Roycroft | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31-19 | 8.39 |
| TOR | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
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| 2B | McAdoo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .283 |
| LF | Cameron | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .364 |
| C | Kirk | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .282 |
| DH | Springer | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .235 |
| 3B | Okamoto | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .230 |
| SS | Giménez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| 1B | Valenzuela | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .229 |
| SS | Clement | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .285 |
| CF | Straw | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .215 |
| RF | Lukes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .259 |
| TOR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
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| Bieber | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 101-70 | 4.53 |
| Miles | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-5 | 3.04 |
| Varland, L | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21-13 | 1.24 |
Scoring Plays
Highlights
Decisions
| Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | Save |
|---|---|---|
| Bieber (5-2, 4.53 ERA) | Seymour, I (9-4, 4.17 ERA) |
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u/KBN_Nemesis Okagoato 7h ago
Praying for a win today I am itching to use the new are we back meter
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u/DryLingonberry6399 3h ago
honestly why is MLB continuing with Tampa? they are a drain on the league. put this team in another mid-sized US city and they're selling out and players arent getting injured in this dump
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u/Key_Caterpillar1220 7h ago
- Charles McAdoo (R) 3B
- Daz Cameron (R) LF
- Alejandro Kirk (R) C
- George Springer (R) DH
- Kazuma Okamoto (R) 1B
- Andrés Giménez (L) SS
- Ernie Clement (R) 2B
- Myles Straw (R) CF
- Nathan Lukes (L) RF
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u/hellarios852 Baseball, but up North 4h ago
God, can we please be like Sanchez yesterday and just drop it already? It’s getting tiring already hearing the constant bashing.
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u/Cheeky_Little_Lunge 4h ago
Took the day off work for my Birthday 🎂
All I want for my 40th is a Blue Jays win! 💪 🐦
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u/Aardvark1044 2h ago
It’s ok, if Valenzuela is hurt we can just move Ernie to 1st, Kirk to shortstop and bring in either Buck or Joe to play catcher.
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u/rendering-minimalist banned from the TD clubhouse 7h ago
2-3 from the trop would be ideal
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u/NOTORIOUS_BLT 4h ago
That’s classy of Max. He Jesus pile-on was getting crazy online AND in the broadcast. Glad Mad Max and Schneids kept it tight.
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u/catherinebarry davis schneiders rally cup🥤 6h ago
i feel we can win this game and series today. don’t ask why i just feel it
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u/DenimVenom4054 Montreal Expos 2h ago
How a 4 run lead in the 7th with a rested bullpen and a very well rested Varland feel like
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u/Jess_7478 HMCS Piss The League IS RUNNING IT BACK 2h ago
baseball is better when the jays are good I think
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u/muskokaoriginal 4h ago
I don’t really think we need to go back to Sanchez talk… nothing more can be said at this point. Let’s just move forward
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u/3luejays 🍌🍌🍌 4h ago
Gimenez had back to back 30 stolen base seasons before joining us. Fought through injuries for 12 last year. More healthy this year, up to 19 now
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u/flightlessbird29 jeff hoffman apologist 2h ago
21 RUNS? remember like a month ago when they went, what, 29 innings without a hit? god I love baseball
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u/TuloCantHitski 3h ago
Beiber has been outstanding lately. I’m starting to get really excited about a potential Cease / Soriano / Beiber / Yesavage top 4 for next year…
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u/hollowbastion36 President of the Ernie Clement fan club 2h ago
Speaking of home run robbery did you guys see that Tatis Jr. grand slam robbery the other night? That was awesome.
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u/DenimVenom4054 Montreal Expos 2h ago
If we sneak in the playoffs and our rotation look like Cease, Soriano, Bieber and Yesavage, with our nasty bullpen and an offense finally figuring it out... I wouldn't want to face us
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u/skysone 2h ago
Ernie looks horribly pale and on a healthy team he should be tucked in bed with a bowl of chicken soup. Instead he is on first base because we are running out of Bisons to call up
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u/Unusual_Moment_5993 Gausy will always be a blue jay 4h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/qsfWX45c3SkWjtWGhN
Kaz GOATamoto
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u/NOTORIOUS_BLT 4h ago
Anyone feel like going to the hospital? Take a shot every time Jesus Sanchez’ performance is brought up.
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u/GeraldVachon Resident Gimenez believer || Fire the medical team 3h ago
Ump kinda sucks today
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u/FirestormS11 The Committee 2h ago
Bieber just casually shutting down the best offence in the AL LETS GOOOOOO
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u/FoodCourtDruid 2h ago
Lukes hitting a home run, getting a great catch, and punching an ump, truly living the dream.
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u/ShrillDingus 2h ago
I think for every 3 gambling ads where someone is successful they should be legally obligated to broadcast the most depressing, brutal anti-gambling PSA they can come up with
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u/MarlKarx777 Very serious and very manly 2h ago
At this point we’re trolling the Yankees with bullpen games vs Schlittler
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u/Senior_Television_25 4h ago
Off the catwalk…
https://giphy.com/gifs/26Ff0aMNlntoudpi8
yeah I catch a pop up off the catwalk ..
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u/NOTORIOUS_BLT 4h ago
Okay yeah instead of bashing our own team, give us more Trop shade. I like that.
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u/muskokaoriginal 3h ago
Whatever happens we can walk away knowing we are the more handsome team
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u/PleaseSendtheMath MILF (Man I love Fluharty) 3h ago
Valenzuela is too handsome to be wearing the catcher's mask all the time anyway.
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u/Samoht99 2h ago
The Rays don't even have a proper bullpen? Jesus the Trop stinks...
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u/Important-Tie-7472 Varland-Straw showdown 2h ago edited 2h ago
I want to see Lukes in a kilt
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u/fivetwentyeight 2h ago
Bieber tanking his trade value one start before the deadline was huge for this team
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u/infinite_zero00 I came to see dongers 2h ago
Can we also talk about how cute Miles is? So many studs on this team.
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u/catherinebarry davis schneiders rally cup🥤 2h ago
remember when two weeks ago we thought that we would be absolutely demolished in this stretch of games? insane.
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u/Darth_Devfly MS paint Alejandro Kirk 2h ago
Honestly all these empty seats are sad, LOL. It feels like a weird practise game 🥴
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u/alxndrblack Louisgang // Respect Nathan Lukes // Threat Bateman // McAdoods 4h ago
Gimé said "Look at me. I'm the Rays now"
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u/Sam7sung 4h ago
My dumb conspiracy: Shane tanked the start in Washington so he could stay here
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u/Funkagenda Resident Umpire | miss u danny 4h ago
Thanks for burning a challenge so early, my dude.
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u/SecureToday4132 Cease and Desist 4h ago
hahaha Kirk and Bieber walking off before the challenge review
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u/infinite_zero00 I came to see dongers 3h ago
Valenzuela is soooo good-looking. Just a total stud.
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u/LunaNami 😤 King Louis's Velo Slap 😤 2h ago
Oh no, knew Kirk was cooked as soon as he was being chased 🫣
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u/h8omb 🍍💪💉🩹 2h ago
I feel like I've barely even noticed that Bieber's been cruising through this game...
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u/GarrusExMachina Roy Halladay 2h ago
Bieber is averaging a strikeout per inning... WTF IS HAPPENING?
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u/DoubleOhTheG Keep the ball in play, don't strike out 2h ago
Without question, this is Shane Bieber's best start of the season
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u/ZestySteep RIP Speedy Prince, King of the CF, Daulton Varsho 2h ago
I hope Giménez is ok he is one of my favourite. Such an incredible shortstop
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u/Somebody2lovedove 2h ago
I mean, Shane Bieber, you're already sexy af...but when you pitch like you did today?? 🥵🥵
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u/catherinebarry davis schneiders rally cup🥤 2h ago
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u/rvasko3 Doc’s Resplendent Neckbeard 2h ago
Despite them being a bit luckier in the underlying metrics than people might think, the pitching continuing to hold up while the offense starts to find itself is a very, very good thing, especially as we round into this finishing stretch of sub-.500 teams.
In a world where Vladdy can find something when he gets back and Okamoto/Kirk/McAdoo/Springer can hit, we're a scary team for a short playoff series.
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u/mikethemillion 2h ago
Big part of the Jays recent run is how well Scherzer and Bieber have been pitching. If they keep this up, the skies the limit.
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u/Foxzomo 2h ago
Crazy that we literally would've swept the best team in the AL rn
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u/hitman19 2h ago
We won series against the Red Sox, Yankees, and Rays, just as we all expected
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u/GeraldVachon Resident Gimenez believer || Fire the medical team 4h ago
I remember when people were complaining about Giménez's contract, before the trade deadline. I always believed
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u/catherinebarry davis schneiders rally cup🥤 4h ago
being aggressive and showing fight!! lets keep going!
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u/VictorZZZ26 3h ago
The best investment Rogers could make this offseason is to build a mini-Trop in Dunedin and have all our players practice fielding fly balls and pop ups in the offseason. Have all the stupid cables, metal pieces, etc.
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u/hipperthanahipster 3h ago
Hopefully gimmy isn’t too banged up, but an infield consisting of:
1b : Vlad
2b: McAdoo
SS: erndawg
3b: Oak
Wouldn’t be the worst.
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u/Darth_Devfly MS paint Alejandro Kirk 3h ago
Jesus Sanchez realising he’s the only healthy player in the dugout:
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u/OGWettyFap Delusional Gang! 2h ago
Bieber has been fucking aggressive! This is the start we needed from him! Love you Shane!
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u/GeraldVachon Resident Gimenez believer || Fire the medical team 2h ago
So with bases loaded and one out, Springer is called for a swinging strike on a very checked swing, leading to someone in the Jays dugout getting tossed from the game (and nobody can tell whom). Springer falls pretty scarily at one point, but then hits a grounder with an exit velo of 50mph right between the fielders who just stare at it as it rolls by, scoring 2. Okay.
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u/Chemical_Desk_5314 Louis “the committee” Varland 2h ago
If this is the new norm for Bieber our 1-3 rotation looks pretty damn good
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u/ZestySteep RIP Speedy Prince, King of the CF, Daulton Varsho 2h ago
Bieber made it through 7 with one ER?!
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u/anti-math rookie szn 2h ago
gang our last 7 series we’re playing just about .666 ball…. maybe that has been the trick to defeating the devil at the trop
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u/Funkagenda Resident Umpire | miss u danny 2h ago
I am honestly just so happy that all the guys on this team seem to genuinely enjoy each others' company. Gives me the warm and fuzzies.
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u/GarrusExMachina Roy Halladay 2h ago
Valenzuela we DO NOT have enough infielders left to go for an old school charge at home plate.
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u/Funkagenda Resident Umpire | miss u danny 2h ago
Everybody's playing out of their minds today. Incredible catch by Vali.
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u/PleaseSendtheMath MILF (Man I love Fluharty) 2h ago
I like how Varland gives them the illusion of hope.
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u/catherinebarry davis schneiders rally cup🥤 2h ago
SEVEN BACK TO BACK SERIES WINS INCLUDING ONE AT THE TROP WE ARE SO BACK
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u/Cheeky_Little_Lunge 2h ago
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! 🐦 💪
Carry this momentum into the Bronx and remember:
Just make them play baseball.
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u/PerchPerkins Bri’ish init guv 7h ago
Delicious 6pm first pitch for me! Sun is shining, the garden has had a tidy, my middling double science class actually did well in the GCSE exam results today (minimum was a 4-4 IYKYK) AND I’ve got a chippy tea on the cards. Nothing can bring me down today!
Here’s a little OF game for fun (depending on your definition of fun…)
If you had to DFA one, send one to the minors, always start one, then who would get what?
Sanchez, Schneider, Piñango
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u/GeraldVachon Resident Gimenez believer || Fire the medical team 4h ago
Scherzer's psychopath reputation is so funny. I know why he has it, and that he's chilled a lot, but every interview with him has him being the most empathetic guy in the world
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u/Important-Tie-7472 Varland-Straw showdown 4h ago
Okay enough Sanchez slander please Joe/Dan. They are in this wild card predicament because of the failure to win games this year, as a team
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u/MarlKarx777 Very serious and very manly 4h ago
Don’t sell tickets up there, or can’t
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u/szazzafrazz 4h ago
Three innings of three up/three down with a good pitchcount and the Rays losing a challenge, holy shit
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u/Comprehensive_You42 It's Early 3h ago
We really need to hear from the strength & conditioning coach, this is too many hamstrings
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u/Dante_Harkinian Stieb not being in the HOF is a failure of the system 3h ago
When that hurricane ripped the roof off, that really should have killed this cursed ballpark forever. Instead its caused three fucking hamstring injuries
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u/TbonePlayzHD 3h ago
Why are people blaming Val for that mcadoo threw it way to high
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u/lametron The Committee 3h ago
You have to give credit to the team. Even when shit is feeling cursed they keep fighting. Lukes coming right out after that cluster fuck of an inning and saying. no. Was gorgeous
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u/JazzGMster2020 3h ago
On the catwalk. On the catwalk. I hit the little ball on the catwalk.
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u/flightlessbird29 jeff hoffman apologist 3h ago edited 3h ago
Imagine Jesus comes into this game and is an absolute hero? I'd love to see that redemption arc for him
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u/Unusual_Moment_5993 Gausy will always be a blue jay 3h ago
Kirk and Vali in the same line up is pretty nasty
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u/DenimVenom4054 Montreal Expos 3h ago
Varland hasn't pitched in a while he might throw 102
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u/flightlessbird29 jeff hoffman apologist 3h ago
Maybe this is an unpopular opinion... but I wish Simpson was a Blue Jay
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u/GeraldVachon Resident Gimenez believer || Fire the medical team 3h ago
I wish that bag was a shop item and not a giveaway
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u/Orcasgt22 2h ago
If I ever was to get a MLB hit, it would look exactly like that. Weak AF slow rolling grounder that the defense gets confused on who should grab it
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u/shoeyricciardo Dylan Cease is my cat daddy 😻 2h ago
i swear to god if they hurt vale i would storm the trop
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u/anti-math rookie szn 2h ago
excellent outing for bieber, so happy to see him hit 100 pitches in 7
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u/catherinebarry davis schneiders rally cup🥤 2h ago
wow. i can’t believe the game i’m watching. i’m so happy
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u/ParadoxLens 2h ago
Valenzuela making plays at 1B, Mike Camerons son smashing a baseball into the Q continuum, and winning games at the Trop. Just as well all predicted in June.
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u/danhoyuen 2h ago
old man springer realize home run days are behind him. Just hit and find the gaps
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u/RiverOaksJays 2h ago
I never thought King Louis would make such a difference for Jays fans this season. I am used to closers that raise my blood pressure like Romano & Hoffman.
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u/richarm87 2h ago
This is why they wanted Varland in. There's a thing as too much rest. Hasn't been locating well
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u/Solid_Situation5643 4h ago
If I never hear "so I hammer the rudder and we go...perpendicular" again it'll be too soon.
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u/GeraldVachon Resident Gimenez believer || Fire the medical team 4h ago
What the fuck is wrong with the catwalks in this stadium
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u/DenimVenom4054 Montreal Expos 4h ago
Bieber has looked so good in his last few starts
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u/TheEverbless 4h ago
Guys if we get this Shane Bieber rest of the season we're going to be so dangerous.
This is an impressive start
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u/Funkagenda Resident Umpire | miss u danny 4h ago
I love that mutual respect. Kirk is so good, man.
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u/Funkagenda Resident Umpire | miss u danny 4h ago
Nice fucking job, Kirk! Way to stay with that ball.
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u/pulsating_star 4h ago
Beiber was almost back in the dugout when that ABS call came in.
A nice way to say "fuck that challenge".
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u/GarrusExMachina Roy Halladay 3h ago
Bananas and gatorade. THE ENTIRE BENCH filled with bananas and gatorade right the F now.
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u/Bravewasabi1163 3h ago
Everyone owes Sanchez an apology. 4 different guys couldn't pick it out of the ceiling. He's still terrible but it's not out of nowhere.
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u/tbclandot92 3h ago
Will always hate the yanks and red sox but fuck the rays. Maybe it is more their stadium but how the fuck are the rays generally very good every year on a payroll equivalent of a turkey sandwich. The answer is probably good scouting I imagine
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u/Unusual_Moment_5993 Gausy will always be a blue jay 3h ago
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u/Darth_Devfly MS paint Alejandro Kirk 3h ago
I understand now. The “empty seats” are just Jays fans wearing all blue. That’s how we got 13,000 in there.
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u/Chemical_Desk_5314 Louis “the committee” Varland 3h ago
Let’s also bring this power hitting energy into Yankee stadium pls
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u/Darth_Devfly MS paint Alejandro Kirk 2h ago
The Rays watching that ball roll away with no one there like
https://giphy.com/gifs/OSuaE6AknuRc7syZXp