Coming of a rough series against goddamn Houston, we head to the Great White North! I’m in Vancouver these days, and I was originally planning to go but I got stuck on a work trip!
Pointless fact about the Blue Jays? While I can’t prove that the Jays have the most former Clevelanders as starters, they certainly have the highest concentration of impact starters from the Guardians’ organization compared to any other team in MLB right now.
Series Results
I forget that the Jays play in astroturf, or whatever the hell we call it now. It makes the ball damn fast when it hits the ground. And the hard dirt in the infield means a grounder will race into the outfield. Not a good combo for Juan Brito.
How bad was our fielding? We finally lost a game when Hedgey was behind the dish.
It brings up a few concerns. First, David Fry is not the guy he was two years ago. Not rehabbing in AAA last year hurt him, and it shows. Second, Kwan. Man. I don’t fucking know. I love Steven Kwan and he is a fantastic fielder, but last year he got a little gung-ho at the plate with homers and he’s just not a home run guy.
Jose … he’s streaky, I know, but he needs someone behind him so they don’t walk him. Manzardo isn’t hitting great, Hoskins ditto, and I would not want to put that on DeLauter yet (though I would imagine maybe mid season that’ll be him).
I love Rocchio in the nine hole. He’s good at getting guys home. But before that? Man, we got no bats!
Game Results
Game 1 (27) – WON
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| TOR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
- I am shocked that we tagged Scherzer for 7 and knocked him out of the game!
- There was a bit of Home Run Derby going on there, which I don’t like.
- Big Rig (Gavin Williams) had the most hits off him in a game, ever.
- Martínez had his first multi homer game, both off Scherzer (he’ll be telling his grandkids about that one)
Game 2 (28) – LOST
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 | 9 | 0 |
- This one shows as a Cantillo loss, but honestly Valera flubbed a routine fly, and Brito did not field well.
- Fry finally got an RBI, a solo home run.
- Vogt subbing in Schneemann as a pinch runner, which means we had Bo batting against a righty (and he’s hitting around .100 against righties) was certainly a choice.
- Leaving the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth hurts. A lot.
Game 3 (29) – LOST
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| TOR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 1 |
- I’m so chapped at the umps and replays today. First, Martinez was safe at first and the replay didn’t change the call. Then, because we didn’t have our challenge, we couldn’t call out the very obvious catcher’s interference for Fry. For fuck’s sake!
- Cleveland still sucks with ABS challenges.
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