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klw
04-04-2015, 11:48 AM
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CF Hamilton
1B Votto
3B Frazier
C Mesoraco
LF Byrd
RF Bruce
2B @DatDudeBP
DH Pena
SS Cozart

P @ADeSclafani
#Reds at TOR LHP @DanielNorris18

#BlueJays
Reyes 6,
Martin 2,
Bautista 9,
Encarnacion 3,
Donaldson 5,
Navarro DH,
Pompey 8,
Pillar 7,
Travis 4.

No word on whether Norris drove to Montreal in his van.
http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12420393/top-blue-jays-prospect-daniel-norris-lives-own-code

JoshBresser
04-04-2015, 12:23 PM
Shame we had to face 2 LHPs in this series, I want to see Price's RHP lineup!

JoshBresser
04-04-2015, 01:09 PM
Stay away from Joey's head, Dan.

757690
04-04-2015, 01:12 PM
BJ's announcer said Jocketty tried to acquire Smoak from the M's last season when Votto was hurt. First I heard of that. Anyone else hear that before?

NebraskaRed
04-04-2015, 01:12 PM
Jeez, that outfield looks like it goes back 1000 feet.

JoshBresser
04-04-2015, 01:14 PM
Jeez, that outfield looks like it goes back 1000 feet.

I always have trouble with the fact that this place is a HR hitter's paradise- it looks big!

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BJ's announcer said Jocketty tried to acquire Smoak from the M's last season when Votto was hurt. First I heard of that. Anyone else hear that before?

Weird that he didn't manage to get him, I doubt the Mariners would have wanted much.

klw
04-04-2015, 01:15 PM
I must say that I am enjoying the Blue Jay announcers.

JoshBresser
04-04-2015, 01:17 PM
I must say that I am enjoying the Blue Jay announcers.

I've listened to these guys quite a bit in the recent past (MLB.tv, a few Blue Jays players on my fantasy team.) Always enjoy it, they're quality.

Hoosier Red
04-04-2015, 01:18 PM
Desclafani looked like he had Reyes way out in front on a lot of those pitches. Good sign.

Elam
04-04-2015, 01:21 PM
Loving this broadcast.
Also loving the fact that it feels like a regular season game.

JoshBresser
04-04-2015, 01:21 PM
Desclafani looked like he had Reyes way out in front on a lot of those pitches. Good sign.

I've really liked what I've seen/heard about DeSclafani this Spring. I originally expected him to just be a meh 5th starter this year (ERA around 4.20-4.30), but this guy could end up having a below average ERA.

NebraskaRed
04-04-2015, 01:26 PM
If the thing about Jocketty trying to get Smoak is true, I wonder when during the season those talks broke off. Smoak wasn't going to change the downward trajectory of the team after the AS break, so it's good nothing was given up for him.

JoshBresser
04-04-2015, 01:27 PM
Dat Dude OBP with another walk.

Probably just SSS (Spring Sample Size), but it's nice to see him take pitches when they're not in the zone.

NeilHamburger
04-04-2015, 01:31 PM
Cozart with the first of 1,000 off balance choppers to the 3rd baseman.

Kc61
04-04-2015, 01:33 PM
Dat Dude OBP with another walk.

Probably just SSS (Spring Sample Size), but it's nice to see him take pitches when they're not in the zone.

On the other hand. Cozart has 1 BB this spring, and had no walks last spring.

I'd love to ask the hitting coach about this. You'd think, like with BP this year, there would be focus on getting Zack to try and take more bad pitches and walks during the practice games.

Tom Servo
04-04-2015, 01:35 PM
I just had a feeling there that Donaldson would take Disco deep, and he did.

NebraskaRed
04-04-2015, 01:37 PM
I just had a feeling there that Donaldson would take Disco deep, and he did.

I'm feeling ambivalent about the "Disco" nickname. Not a fan exactly, but I have no better alternative to offer up.

I wanted Cingrani to make the rotation just so we could refer to them as the Two Tonys all season.

Tom Servo
04-04-2015, 01:39 PM
I'm feeling ambivalent about the "Disco" nickname. Not a fan exactly, but I have no better alternative to offer up.

I wanted Cingrani to make the rotation just so we could refer to them as the Two Tonys all season.
Yeah I really wanted Tony C. and Tony D., but apparently he only goes by Anthony and not Tony and with Cingrani out of the rotation the whole thing seems moot.

JoshBresser
04-04-2015, 01:44 PM
Dang, smoked that one.

NebraskaRed
04-04-2015, 01:46 PM
Sure, Votto loves Canada. But it's only in America that he can get the fancy coffee he needs.

Hoosier Red
04-04-2015, 01:49 PM
Yeah I really wanted Tony C. and Tony D., but apparently he only goes by Anthony and not Tony and with Cingrani out of the rotation the whole thing seems moot.

Any truth to the rumor that the Reds cannot replace Desclafani with Cingrani because announcing the two names would violate the #PaceofPlay rules?

JoshBresser
04-04-2015, 01:57 PM
I'm aware that this is also SSS (Spring Sample Size), but I wonder if Byrd is sacrificing power for less Ks. He said when he came here that his main offseason goal was to cut down on his Ks, and he had never been much of a power guy before selling out for power in 2013/2014. No homers this Spring, not very many Ks either.

If so, I'm not so sure that's the best plan at his age. There was a reason he had to sell out in the first place.

Tom Servo
04-04-2015, 02:07 PM
This Blue Jays lineup is murder.

JoshBresser
04-04-2015, 02:08 PM
Come on, Disco, we don't want Walt to have to dig up Kip Wells because Price decides we need a new 5th SP.

757690
04-04-2015, 02:11 PM
I'm interested in seeing how DeSclafani bounces back from that inning.

NebraskaRed
04-04-2015, 02:14 PM
I will no longer pronounce it MONTreal, I will now go with the apparently correct MUNTreal.

NeilHamburger
04-04-2015, 02:14 PM
These 2 games haven't exactly been inspired offensive performances by the Reds regulars.

Tom Servo
04-04-2015, 02:19 PM
I'm interested in seeing how DeSclafani bounces back from that inning.
Too bad, you get Kevin Gregg instead.

NebraskaRed
04-04-2015, 02:22 PM
Too bad, you get Kevin Gregg instead.

I'm interested in seeing how Gregg bounces back from this inning.

Roy Tucker
04-04-2015, 02:23 PM
This is the Kevin Gregg I know.

JoshBresser
04-04-2015, 02:31 PM
Kevin Gregg [could be better].

757690
04-04-2015, 02:32 PM
Sam LeCure is saying, "I could do that."

westofyou
04-04-2015, 02:34 PM
It's not too late to break up with Gregg

Roy Tucker
04-04-2015, 02:34 PM
I don't get Gregg being on this staff. At all.

JoshBresser
04-04-2015, 02:35 PM
It's not too late to break up with Gregg

Especially when you can save the almost 2M he'd make by just cutting him.

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I don't get Gregg being on this staff. At all.

Give Walt/Price some credit, he has had one good half season in the last half decade.

JoshBresser
04-04-2015, 02:37 PM
Gregg Spring ERA up near 5.

Not sure I trust Price on this guy....

NeilHamburger
04-04-2015, 02:44 PM
Watching that Blue Jays offense, I'm envious.

JoshBresser
04-04-2015, 02:50 PM
I'm hardly in love with LeCure, but could he really be worse than Gregg? And we'd pay him either way...

If Gregg is just going to be a crappy LeCure, what's the point of paying him his 2M to be on the Opening Day roster while also paying the real LeCure?

Roy Tucker
04-04-2015, 02:55 PM
I think Gregg and LeCure are different questions. I don't think Sam is quite right so sending him down makes sense. But I don't see how you can fool yourself into thinking Gregg has a place on a major league roster.

Chip R
04-04-2015, 02:59 PM
Cingrani didn't exactly set the world on fire there. Parra isn't either.

757690
04-04-2015, 03:05 PM
I blame it on the poutine.

757690
04-04-2015, 03:18 PM
Cingrani didn't exactly set the world on fire there. Parra isn't either.

I believe that was the other Chris Carpenter, not Cingrani. Cingrani pitched last night, and was fine.

JoshBresser
04-04-2015, 03:24 PM
Hoover is in mid-season form.

757690
04-04-2015, 03:27 PM
Watching that Blue Jays offense, I'm envious.

Brook Jacoby is their hitting coach. Just sayin'

klw
04-04-2015, 04:04 PM
Jays win 9-1

westofyou
04-04-2015, 07:24 PM
The Reds run differential in Canada sucks this year

westofyou
04-04-2015, 07:24 PM
I blame it on the poutine.

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