3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

[Dead2009]

Re: 3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

Dont we have the "robot umpires" this year or is that still in the minors.

[Bard]

Re: 3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

Dont we have the "robot umpires" this year or is that still in the minors.

Still in the minors for at least one more year. They need more data.

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[Sportsforever]

Re: 3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

Braves’ offense is relentless…


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[Sportsforever]

Re: 3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

This Braves/Phils game feels like it should be in the bottom of the 7th…and it’s only bottom of the 3rd.


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[TripleCrown9]

Re: 3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

Matzek sighting

[Dead2009]

Re: 3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

Orioles up 12-1 in the 7th and I am pleased.

[countryboy]

Re: 3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

Cardinals going to have to average 6 runs a game to have a shot at a .500 season


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[Dead2009]

Re: 3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

Okay, we're only 3 days in and already had 2 bench clearing incidents. One with the Brewers/Mets and tonight with the Blue Jays/Rays.

[DamnYanks2]

Re: 3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

I was gonna say. Tempers flaring early this season.

[Dead2009]

Re: 3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

https://twitter.com/MDSportsblog/status/1774210028817277388

If this is true, the Orioles beat up the Angels so bad Mike Trout gave up in a game 2 days in.

[Master Live 013]

Re: 3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

Hopes he enjoys being the martyr.

[bhurst99]

Re: 3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

The Jays offense looks a lot like their offense for the past few seasons. Either we homer three times or we're not winning. I have no idea what the new "offensive co-ordinator" is suppose to bring to the team this year.

[DamnYanks2]

Re: 3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

Juan Soto is already my second favorite Yankee. My goodness. Certified Astros killer

[Speedy]

Re: 3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

Robo ump please

Gary Vanover was a joke tonight

Robo umps...

I can't believe it wasn't instituted this year.

[DrJones]

Re: 3/28/2024 - 4/7/2024 Game Discussion Thread

The Jays offense looks a lot like their offense for the past few seasons. Either we homer three times or we're not winning. I have no idea what the new "offensive co-ordinator" is suppose to bring to the team this year.

Well, yes and no. Maybe I'm misreading your comment, but you make it sound like the Jays live and die with 3 True Outcomes, which is what Yankees fans complain (legitimately) about on these boards. Toronto's problem is the opposite: they're a high contact team that rarely strikes out, but they don't really walk enough and stopped hitting homers, especially with men on base.

2021 Blue Jays: 2nd in H, 20th in BB, 1st in HR, 30th in K
2022 Blue Jays: 1st in H, T13th in BB, 7th in HR, 25th in K
2023 Blue Jays: 7th in H, T11th in BB, 16th in HR, 24th in K

2021 Yankees: 23rd in H, 1st in BB, T6th in HR, 6th in K
2022 Yankees: T16th in H, 1st in BB, 1st in HR, 13th in K
2023 Yankees: 29th in H, 8th in BB, 9th in HR, 11th in K

Also, whether through coincidence or an unexpected side effect of SkyDome renovations, the Jays' hitting just cratered at home last season.

2021 Blue Jays: .822 OPS at home, .771 OPS on road
2022 Blue Jays: .760 OPS at home, .759 OPS on road
2023 Blue Jays: .724 OPS at home, .766 OPS on road

So pretty much the same team on the road the last 3 seasons. BTW, since 1989 Toronto has hit better at home 31 out of 34 seasons, usually with huge splits, and the 3x they hit better on the road, the numbers were more or less even. 2023 was the 1st time in Jays history that they hit significantly worse at Rogers Centre/SkyDome. I sure hope Shatkins & co. took a long look at why.