Flippin' the Bird

Tweeting about the Toronto Blue Jays

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

On the eve of #Bluejays opening day, here is our 2022 season preview/predictions episode!
🔘Matt Chapman an MVP candidate?
🔘Josh Bell/Michael Fuller trades?
🔘Manoah the new ace?
https://t.co/fu0oAnxbbp

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

A Dan Shulman/Joey Votto broadcast booth would do wonders for the game in 🇨🇦

[Joe Danneman @FOX19Joe]

Votto: "Debates amongst us who's going to be the best of the three."

@ctrent: "Do you guys do that?"

Votto: "Do we do that? Oh, we debate everything, Trent."

Good two minutes with Joey Votto on the #Reds big three starting pitchers. Stay for the punchline at the end.

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

@_bkuh_ Remembering the Jays left the Winter Meetings with the best shortstop in the AL East

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

Time to start talking about extensions and Ohtani next year?

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

Seen a lot of frustration aimed at Bo Bichette lately. Here’s a comparison of him and Derek Jeter through their first 330+ games.

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

Bradley Zimmer: 3-40 (.085) 1 RBI, .269 OPS
Kevin Gausman 2021 hitting in NL: 10-54 (.185) 4 RBI, .396 OPS

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

Oct. 2, 2021 SD @ SF: The last time Kevin Gausman walked a hitter in the regular season

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

Jose Berrios ERA/inning
1st: 21.43
2nd: 0.00
3rd: 0.00
4th: 0.00
5th: 13.50
6th: 0.00

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

Through 88 innings on defence, the Blue Jays position players have only committed 3 errors

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

Lets do 162!

[Joshua Frey-Sam @jfreysam]

Happy Opening Day!

One more sleep for #BlueJays fans, @FlippintheBirdd’s annual season preview episode is live!

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[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

@Jerrriico His WRC+ has been over 107 in 5 of his 6 big league seasons, projected to have a 126 this year

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

No JRam, but another potential switch-hitting DH target to keep an eye on going forward is Josh Bell.

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

As noted above, Bell exit velo numbers are elite and he doesn’t strikeout as much as other options. The Nats will likely be sellers at the deadline and Bell is on a one-year deal.

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

This would be a nice pick up for a bullpen that is already banged up and average to begin with

[Jon Heyman @JonHeyman]

Free agent Trevor Rosenthal is drawing a lot of interest now. Didn’t pitch last year due to injuries but had 1.90 ERA and 0.85 WHIP in 2020.

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

Good morning! Episode 12 is live ‼️

🔘Grichuk/Tapia trade
🔘Matt Chapman’s expectations
🔘Yusei Kikuchi🐦⚾️
https://t.co/QtNdnMgtxC

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

The only justification for reminding us of this nightmare is to trade Jose Ramirez to the Jays

[Cleveland Guardians @CleGuardians]

There was no one more dominant in the 2016 Postseason than ALCS MVP, Andrew Miller.

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

Raimel Tapia hit 6 home runs in 2021.

They were all impressive:

413ft off Max Scherzer
92 mph slider from Jacob deGrom
417ft off Walker Buhler
Walk-off HR off Hector Neris
422ft grand slam off Aaron Sanchez
442ft vs Arizona

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

Tapia finished 17th among all MLB outfielders in defensive runs saved (The Fielding Bible) and played significantly fewer innings than some of the guys ahead of him

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

Reasons to love the Tapia trade:

- He's not owed $18.6 million over the next 2 seasons
- Strikes out less than 96% of the league
- Suitable backup in CF if Springer needs a day off
- LH contact/speed guy
- He's not owed $18.6 million over the next 2 seasons

[Flippin' the Bird @FlippintheBirdd]

I'm not sure where the idea came from that every guy in the lineup needs to hit 20+ home runs. Tapia immediately becomes the Jays second-best defensive outfielder and gets on base more than most of the current bench options.