Toronto Blue Jays

[Feenom]

Tough one last night to lose. Would've made some ground on both TB and Seattle. Big series coming up.

[stevegamer]

Tough one last night to lose. Would've made some ground on both TB and Seattle. Big series coming up.

I was very happy with the split, of course rooting for both teams makes that desirable. Just ate my free chicken sandwich from McDonald's.

If we get a repeat of the 2003 matchup in the World Series, maybe I will try and get to a game in Toronto this this time.

[2014olympicgold]

Shoulda walked Vlad

[hockeyrobot]

Getting too far ahead here but ALDS schedule is

Tuesday
Thursday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday

That sucks for the Jays.

[2014olympicgold]

So this would make the Jays playoff Starters:
Friday Oct 7th: Gausman
Saturday Oct 8th: Manoah
Sunday Oct 9th: Berrios/Stripling
Monday Oct 10th: OFF DAY

Tuesday Oct 11th: Stripling/....hope Berrios is on his game on Sunday or they don't need Sunday
Wed Oct 12th: OFF DAY
Thurs Oct 13th: Gausman
Friday Oct 14th: OFF DAY
Saturday Oct 15th: Manoah
Sunday Oct 16th: Berrios/Stripling

Kinda odd Berrios could go 7 days between starts.

[stevegamer]

So this would make the Jays playoff Starters:
Friday Oct 7th: Gausman
Saturday Oct 8th: Manoah
Sunday Oct 9th: Berrios/Stripling
Monday Oct 10th: OFF DAY

Tuesday Oct 11th: Stripling/....hope Berrios is on his game on Sunday or they don't need Sunday
Wed Oct 12th: OFF DAY
Thurs Oct 13th: Gausman
Friday Oct 14th: OFF DAY
Saturday Oct 15th: Manoah
Sunday Oct 16th: Berrios/Stripling

Kinda odd Berrios could go 7 days between starts.

I think we'll see the Jays clinch a wild card spot soon, and possibly even the top wild card spot early. Therefore, expect a bit of shuffling in the last few games to set things up as they prefer based on opponent.

Tonight's game is nationally televised here in the US. My SO is a Yankee fan. Watching together would be (ahem) not good.

Hopefully we send the damn Yankees the whole way out of town unclinched.

[LawMan]

With the Orioles loss Jays have clinched a playoff spot! It's a start and I'm excited for Playoff Baseball.
Would be great to lock up the #1 Wildcard Spot and before the last game of the regular season.

[hockeyrobot]

Frankie Lasagna has a tiny smile after yesterday's heart break...

[hockeyrobot]

Cannot decide who I would rather face at this point.

[2014olympicgold]

Home Field!

Seattle I think needs a Tampa loss or a Seattle win to get the WC2 seed. Nice to have it locked up and the Jays can use White and maybe Kikuchi for the final 2 games. Hopefully Gausman's finger heals quick.

[niconasr]

Clinching home field with two games remaining is huge. Toronto can now set its lineup as it wants. Manoah-Stripling-Gausman (hopefully!) sounds great, especially if the bullpen is rested.

High probability it's going to be against the Mariners. That should be a fun series with Robbie Ray back on the mound in TO.

[hockeyrobot]

Clinching home field with two games remaining is huge. Toronto can now set its lineup as it wants. Manoah-Stripling-Gausman (hopefully!) sounds great, especially if the bullpen is rested.

High probability it's going to be against the Mariners. That should be a fun series with Robbie Ray back on the mound in TO.

I wish Julio was still hurt.

[2014olympicgold]

I wish Julio was still hurt.

He didn't even miss a beat coming back. 3/4 with a double and a walk, 1RBI. He did DH for the first time all year, so maybe he's not 100% healthy?

Julio Rod vs Jays Starters:
Manoah - 0/3, 1bb, 0ks
Stripling - 2/4, 1double, 1k
Berrios - 2/3.
Gausman - Hasn't faced him

Funny he's 4/10, but has no HRs or RBIs

[hockeyrobot]

I really like Seattle and was pulling for them all year. Until now.

That bullpen though. Ugh.

[hockeyrobot]

Also....I had assumed the Jays would get the early game on Friday and was annoyed by that. But should we be hoping for that if they face Seattle? A 1pm EST start has got to be rare for the Mariners and I would assume could throw off their clocks a bit.