We have a day without Jays baseball. The downside of these days is that there is no news coming from the team, which makes my life harder.
Maybe they could give us some news on Vlad’s hamstring. Perhaps he should stop doing the splits on the field.
Shane Bieber is pitching tomorrow (insert grumbling about going out for my wife’s birthday here) (not real grumbling, she puts up with a lot from my fandom, she tells people that we are the only people ever to go to Paris and look for a bar showing the Jays game).
I see a headline saying ‘Jay Shockingly Move Red-Hot Pitcher to the Bullpen’. I can’t imagine anyone is shocked. And I like the idea of having a lefty long reliever, when we have an all right-handed rotation. Fisher going to the minors makes me a little sad, but such is life when you have options. He’s been very good, but September is coming quickly, he’s likely to be back. I guess I said the same about Mason Fluharty. But then, these things tend to work out.
And, he hasn’t been moved to the pen; they are skipping his turn. What they do the next time through the order hasn’t been decided. I don’t know if they have someone else skip a turn, to give a little rest to an arm, or go to six man rotation. However, again, a lot can happen before then.
Yesterday’s Umpire Scorecard (I don’t know why it cuts off…https://x.com/UmpScorecards/status/1958537432858612216) Vic Carapazza was about as good as he gets. That ball called a strike to Barger in the ninth was a killer.
The Jays are a game below .500 on the road (21 games above .500 at home). Their ERA is 4.47 on the road and 4.04 at home. And they are scoring 4.5 runs per game on the road, 5.3 at home.
I’d like to be able to explain why. I’m sure if the team knew why they would be working to fix it.
Maybe they are comfortable in Rogers Centre, and the visiting teams aren’t comfortable there. I know the Jays never seemed comfortable at Tropicana.
I thought I’d check the Jays record against the current last place teams in the division, because I hear we don’t play those teams well, and I’d like data on it.
Orioles: 4-6White Sox: 3-3A’s: 5-2Nationals: 3-0Pirates: 1-2Rockies: 3-0
That makes them 19-13, a .593 winning %. So, all in, they are doing fine against bottom feeders…could be better.
Baseball Reference says they are :
34-29 vs teams over .500. A .539 rate. The average team is 27-34, .442.
39-24 vs team under .500. A .619 rate. The average team is 34-27, .557.
So, yeah, I don’t know; they aren’t 1,000 against bad teams, but they are performing well enough.
Have a nice Thursday. I’m going to try to get a workout in, since I’ve been lazy lately.