The Official 2011 Toronto Blue Jay (2013-14 Champs)

[fife]

Another sweep! Jose right now is looking like the best player in the world. 3 homeruns in the game last night. Lind is also looking great and we need to continue to play well as i sense pitchers are going to start pitching around him.

I have to admit that i am shocked at how the east is playing right now but i hope it continues that way and maybe my prediction of the jays in the playoffs might come true.

Hopefully it won't take Lind long to get his timing back. He was on a tear before he went down with that back problem.

from all reports he should be back soon. I see alot of upside to this team this year. NY is looking older than than they really are which is hard to do. the key i think is to make sure the players in the 4,5,6 positions keep hitting some what or Jose is going to get pitch around.

[tvismyfriend]

Another sweep! Jose right now is looking like the best player in the world. 3 homeruns in the game last night. Lind is also looking great and we need to continue to play well as i sense pitchers are going to start pitching around him.

I have to admit that i am shocked at how the east is playing right now but i hope it continues that way and maybe my prediction of the jays in the playoffs might come true.

Hopefully it won't take Lind long to get his timing back. He was on a tear before he went down with that back problem.

from all reports he should be back soon. I see alot of upside to this team this year. NY is looking older than than they really are which is hard to do. the key i think is to make sure the players in the 4,5,6 positions keep hitting some what or Jose is going to get pitch around.

I think we jinxed it. Oh well, at least we can see Thames play a bit. Hopefully he makes it into the game tomorrow.

[polaris_x]

wow ... gutsy effort from drabek yesterday ... could have been all over fast last nite ...

hopefully the bats can come thru again as i think litsch will give us 7 ip 4 ER tonite ...

[The Fixer]

this guy is expected up around june 1. Sounds like he's ready


It's understandable if a player struggles when he gets moved up to a level that may be advanced for his age, which makes it all the more impressive when a player in that situation excels.

And then there's Brett Lawrie.

With the Brewers' Double-A Huntsville affiliate last year, Lawrie was the Southern League's second-youngest regular while hitting .285/.346/.451. For an encore, the 21-year-old has torn up the Triple-A Pacific Coast League after coming over to the Blue Jays in the offseason trade that sent Shaun Marcum to Milwaukee. Lawrie, the PCL's youngest position player and second-youngest player overall to 20-year-old Astros righthander Jordan Lyles, has hit .337/.395/.615 through 169 at-bats for Las Vegas.

Lawrie's latest feat came Tuesday afternoon against Round Rock, going 3-for-3 with a walk and finishing a double short of the cycle. Lawrie hit an opposite field home run in the third inning, his ninth of the season, and added his third triple of the year in the eighth, helping spark a rally that saw the 51s overcome an 8-3 deficit for a 9-8 win. Lawrie walked and went on to score the winning run in the ninth.

While Cashman Field in Las Vegas is one of the minors' most noted launching pads—six of his nine homers have come at home—he's still been plenty productive on the road. Lawrie's hitting .377/.434/.638 away from Vegas, compared to .310/.367/.600 at home.

Lawrie's also making the adjustment to third base in Triple-A after having played second base during his time with the Brewers. He went through some initial struggles with six errors (four fielding, two throwing) in his first 12 games at third, but he's gotten more comfortable since. Lawrie's made only one error since April 20, a span of 27 games.

[tvismyfriend]

this guy is expected up around june 1. Sounds like he's ready


It's understandable if a player struggles when he gets moved up to a level that may be advanced for his age, which makes it all the more impressive when a player in that situation excels.

And then there's Brett Lawrie.

With the Brewers' Double-A Huntsville affiliate last year, Lawrie was the Southern League's second-youngest regular while hitting .285/.346/.451. For an encore, the 21-year-old has torn up the Triple-A Pacific Coast League after coming over to the Blue Jays in the offseason trade that sent Shaun Marcum to Milwaukee. Lawrie, the PCL's youngest position player and second-youngest player overall to 20-year-old Astros righthander Jordan Lyles, has hit .337/.395/.615 through 169 at-bats for Las Vegas.

Lawrie's latest feat came Tuesday afternoon against Round Rock, going 3-for-3 with a walk and finishing a double short of the cycle. Lawrie hit an opposite field home run in the third inning, his ninth of the season, and added his third triple of the year in the eighth, helping spark a rally that saw the 51s overcome an 8-3 deficit for a 9-8 win. Lawrie walked and went on to score the winning run in the ninth.

While Cashman Field in Las Vegas is one of the minors' most noted launching pads—six of his nine homers have come at home—he's still been plenty productive on the road. Lawrie's hitting .377/.434/.638 away from Vegas, compared to .310/.367/.600 at home.

Lawrie's also making the adjustment to third base in Triple-A after having played second base during his time with the Brewers. He went through some initial struggles with six errors (four fielding, two throwing) in his first 12 games at third, but he's gotten more comfortable since. Lawrie's made only one error since April 20, a span of 27 games.

It'll be nice to have a good (possibly great) Canadian play on the Blue Jays.

[polaris_x]

he can't be any worse than encarnacion at 3rd ...

tough loss last nite ... the SP is starting to come around nicely ... hopefully, this team develops short memories ...

[tvismyfriend]

he can't be any worse than encarnacion at 3rd ...

tough loss last nite ... the SP is starting to come around nicely ... hopefully, this team develops short memories ...

The back end of the bullpen is just garbage. Hopefully it gets straightened out in the next couple of years.

[StoneAment]

Welcome back Adam Lind

[tvismyfriend]

Welcome back Adam Lind

Lord am I glad that he's back. He could've made the All-Star team with the way he was producing this early year. There's still a chance that he might, but he'll probably get overlooked for a more well known player.

[smarchee]

Welcome back Adam Lind

quite a performance today

[StoneAment]

Marc Rzepczynski was terrible last night. The result: blown save. I'm not saying this only because of last but I've generally never been impressed with him. I certainly don't understand this talk of trying to develop him into our closer

[polaris_x]

ya ... another blown save ... how many games has the bullpen lost this year? ... their achilles is definitely the walk altho the few innings i caught last nite - i thought the ump had a disproportionate strike zone ... anyhoo - they are .500 ... which is really all we can expect ...

[StoneAment]

Dear MLB, introduce a salary cap. Thanks.
Dear Boston Red Sox - DIAFF!!!

At least Jose hit a HR - give the fans something to cheer about eh

[fife]

Am i the only person worried about Drebek right now? i think he needs to sent down. his control has just gotten worse.

[StoneAment]

The whole pitching lineup has been terrible of late. Even Morrow who I've hailed as our future and strongest force has been looking shaky. It's all quite concerning