Starters
Toronto Blue Jays
| Alek Manoah - RHP | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 8 | 6.10 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 72.1 | 62 | 1.80 |
Los Angeles Angels
| Reid Detmers - LHP | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 7 | 4.38 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 96.2 | 122 | 1.30 |
Lineups
| Pos | Los Angeles Angels Batters | Bats | AVG | HR | RBI | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Luis Rengifo | S | .220 | 9 | 32 | 5 |
| DH | Shohei Ohtani | L | .301 | 39 | 81 | 12 |
| CF | Mickey Moniak | L | .332 | 11 | 35 | 3 |
| LF | Taylor Ward | R | .254 | 14 | 46 | 4 |
| 1B | Mike Moustakas | L | .269 | 9 | 30 | 0 |
| C | Matt Thaiss | L | .241 | 6 | 26 | 2 |
| RF | Hunter Renfroe | R | .248 | 16 | 44 | 0 |
| 3B | Eduardo Escobar | S | .247 | 5 | 24 | 2 |
| 2B | Michael Stefanic | R | .235 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pos | Toronto Blue Jays Batters | Bats | AVG | HR | RBI | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF | Whit Merrifield | R | .305 | 8 | 47 | 21 |
| SS | Bo Bichette | R | .317 | 17 | 59 | 3 |
| 1B | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | R | .270 | 17 | 65 | 4 |
| 3B | Matt Chapman | R | .262 | 14 | 44 | 3 |
| RF | George Springer | R | .254 | 13 | 41 | 13 |
| DH | Danny Jansen | R | .232 | 14 | 46 | 0 |
| C | Alejandro Kirk | R | .251 | 4 | 25 | 0 |
| 2B | Santiago Espinal | R | .230 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| CF | Kevin Kiermaier | L | .276 | 5 | 23 | 11 |
We’re definitely hitting the time of year where things start to get real. Buckle up! And hope the team stays healthy.
Hear hear! It’ll be interesting when the Os are here for a 4-game series through the trade deadline, to see how we match up to them (by team performance, moves at the deadline). Yeah, our pitching is looking pretty tired at the moment. Hopefully our current pitchers get back to their prior form and Ryu and Green contribute as well!
I wish I’d got to see Chapman going up to Scheids in the dugout yesterday saying “wtf did you pitch to Ohtani?” because I think the body language would help me determine how appropriate I felt it was (e.g., vet sharing experience or player stepping out of line?). I figure he’ll get a talking to behind closed doors, like, “we value your input but don’t bark at the manager on live TV - that looks bad.” Chapman is kind of interesting, because he seems to be very influential in the clubhouse as a vet, but I think it’s all but guaranteed he’s not a Jay next year because the Jays won’t give him as large as a contract as some other teams will.
I’m glad Whit hit lead-off yesterday – long overdue, and he looked great! Springer now needs to show that he makes sense in the 5th spot (and not lower).
It’ll be interesting watching Puma on the bump today. Will he be a solid 5th starter the rest of the season? (I’m counting Manoah, Ryu, and Kikuchi all as 5th starters right now - in terms of expectations, like ‘5 and die’). Kikuchi is trending higher in the rotation, but of all the rotation arms, he’d be the most valuable coming out of the bullpen during the playoffs. Manoah (as he currently is) and Ryu’s stuff does not play in higher-leverage relief situations
It looked intense but I’m not sure that it was totally egregious. Not a great look, but it’s hard to get a reading on it.
I wonder if it was on Sportsnet if they would have shown it… I bet they filter some of that stuff out since they own the team.
I got a kick on the Apple broadcast how many times they mentioned “Skydome,” the correct name at the time, in the context of their discussing the Jays World Series years and the opening of the stadium. There’s no way that would have flown on a Rogers-owned broadcast.
When you see non Rogers coverage of Jays, Leafs, and Raptors (just some examples of MLSE teams, I realize many Jays fans do NOT cheer for other TO teams), it reveals how incestuous the main media coverage of these sports teams is. It’s ridiculous in the case of the Jays: Rogers owns the team, the building, exclusive rights to broadcast the game in Canada by video and radio, and one of the two largest sports media companies in the country. Behind this is the absurd oligopoly of Canada telecommunications. Unlike most of our economy which is subject to market forces, Rogers and Bell enjoy near-exclusive access to provide these services to Canadians, which is completely unjust and the cause of Canadians paying higher cell phone rates than any other country in the world. As these services continue to take on greater importance in our society, our Government needs to reign this oligopoly in, as there’s historical precedent for them doing in other industries. Diversification of our telecomm industry is long overdue!
I’m an expat living in the states, and every time I visit Canada, I am constantly shocked at the high cost and low quality of Canadian telecom services.
Ok, so that was scary. I hope Ward is ok. You could definitely see some swelling around his eye and cheekbone.
So scary!!! 2-seam FB to the face. It was either a direct hit, or the ball hit right at the face/helmet border. I hope Ward’s okay and gets well soon, but I suspect his season’s over
Home plate ump’s called several strikes that were way outside the zone. Our bullpen’s looking great so far. Some more runs now please, Blue Birds ☺️
(Edit: Ump show with that catcher interference call on Bo)
These feel like the easiest 2 back-to-back wins we’ve had in a while. Let’s go for the sweep! I’m happy for Kirky and his 2 HR game :)
So far Génesis Cabrera for Trent Thornton (I’m not sure if there were other minor pieces involved) is looking like a great trade!
🚨 Hyun-Jin Ryu is scheduled to start Tuesday 🚨
I’m probably wrong, but it looked to me like that ball hit the dirt before it hit Ohtani. Anyway, it wouldn’t be a Manoah start without a HBP :P. 3 ‘punchies’ thru 1 inning is promising!
That waitress definitely just got hit in the head by that foul ball through the screen.
Woah, really? I didn’t catch that. I hope she’s okay!
Same! Two scary moments today now. EMS was back there for a while helping the waitress out. I’ve been trying to keep an eye out to see if I see her come back or not.
I think that’s an automatic shift over with pay scenario probably. And rightfully so. Did you see the camera operator get hit by the foul ball at the Skydome in the last month, I think? That was scary too because he was out of camera sigh and then left on stretcher and until he gave a thumbs up riding in the back of that cart, I really didn’t know if he was dead or alive
Maybe my tune will change during this series, but the Angels don’t scare me and I don’t see them getting through a wild card series. Baltimore, Texas, Tampa, Houston, Seattle, Boston all seem like more formidable opponents to the Jays than the Halos. Halos probably beat out the Yanks for me RN
