O's at Buffalo 8/31 2:07 pm

[SteveA]

2 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

Yes. He has failed to turn some double plays lately as well 

I've seen quite a few bobbles or hesitations getting the ball out of his glove.  Don't recall throwing errors before today.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Frobby said:

He’s had a very poor year on the basepaths: 9 SB but 5 CS, plus picked off two other times.    Not a good ratio!    He was spectacular for us on the bases last year.    

Have to figure that some sort of less than glowing reports exist on Villar throughout baseball.  For his talent level he isn't very coveted.

[Frobby]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

Have to figure that some sort of less than glowing reports exist on Villar throughout baseball.  For his talent level he isn't very coveted.

Traded 4 times already.  

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

Traded 4 times already.  

Right, but for lesser packages than would be expected. 

To be honest I'm not sure about this one but he was a salary dump in the Schoop trade and I didn't care for the return the O's got for him.

[interloper]

I'm popping into the game thread to say that I like Tate but I DO NOT LIKE pitching Tate more than 1 inning. 

Watch what happens. 

[catjuggler]

Blue Jays need a nutritious 

[SteveA]

3 minutes ago, interloper said:

I'm popping into the game thread to say that I like Tate but I DO NOT LIKE pitching Tate more than 1 inning. 

Watch what happens. 

Who did you want?

Castro & Givens traded.

Fry 2.1 innings yesterday, Valdez 3 the day before, so probably not available.

Lakins, Scott, Tate used.

So did you want Evan Phillips, Hunter a 2nd day in a row, Sulser a 2nd day in a row and 3 out of 4, or Scott a 2nd day in a row and 3 out of 4?

[interloper]

8 minutes ago, interloper said:

I'm popping into the game thread to say that I like Tate but I DO NOT LIKE pitching Tate more than 1 inning. 

Watch what happens. 

Nothing happened. It was totally fine. 

Lol.

[interloper]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

Who did you want?

Castro & Givens traded.

Fry 2.1 innings yesterday, Valdez 3 the day before, so probably not available.

Lakins, Scott, Tate used.

So did you want Evan Phillips, Hunter a 2nd day in a row, Sulser a 2nd day in a row and 3 out of 4, or Scott a 2nd day in a row and 3 out of 4?

No, you're right. Not many options at the moment. In general, I wish they would just treat him as a 3-4 out guy. Either way he looks so much better this year.

[SteveA]

So with the new extra innings rule, who is on 2nd to start the bottom of the 10th for Toronto?

Can't be Shaw, who was at the plate when the runner was caught stealing, because he will be at the plate when the 10th starts.  Technically the last out was made by the runner, but he was 3 batters before Shaw in the order.  So is it Panik, who made the next to last out?

[Beef Supreme]

I knew Teoscar would throw him out.

[HowAboutThat]

So I’ve been working, and I come back to the game just in time to see a really stupid sand of Mason Williams. It wasn’t close

[HowAboutThat]

21 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Traded 4 times already.  

I’ve said it many times. He’s fine for a bad team but he’s periodically sloppy and inconsistent. I don’t know the details of the trade but I’m interested in whether he was the headliner or not.

[SteveA]

7 minutes ago, SteveA said:

So with the new extra innings rule, who is on 2nd to start the bottom of the 10th for Toronto?

Can't be Shaw, who was at the plate when the runner was caught stealing, because he will be at the plate when the 10th starts.  Technically the last out was made by the runner, but he was 3 batters before Shaw in the order.  So is it Panik, who made the next to last out?

And it was Panik.n so now we have had the first game where the guy who made the 2nd to last out starts the next inning on 2nd.

Something new every day in 2020.

[Beef Supreme]

4 minutes ago, Philip said:

I’ve said it many times. He’s fine for a bad team but he’s periodically sloppy and inconsistent. I don’t know the details of the trade but I’m interested in whether he was the headliner or not.

Villar for Jay's #16 prospect, Griffin Conine, picked 52 overall in 2018. Hit 22 HRs in 80 games at A last year. Almost as much as Elias got for Villar in winter.