Sign of a good neighborhood:
Almost everyone has a dog and walks them in public.
Those that don’t like dogs, are typically gonna be a net negative to your community.
Dogs are the best.
Be leery of anyone who doesn’t like dogs.
There is likely something wrong with them.
Jays get Dub Gleed AND $250K in pool money for a DFA’d Leo Jimenez. Contact bat with plate discipline joins the system and you walk away with draft resources too. Tidy work by Ross. #bluejays50
Dub Gleed went from 9th-round afterthought to Double-A in his first pro season. Contact rate’s real, the OBP is real, and the name is absolutely real. #bluejays50
GAUSMAN AND CEASE BREAK 125-YEAR MLB FEAT 😱
The Blue Jays’ pitchers became the first starters to throw 11+ strikeouts in their team’s first two games of the season SINCE 1901. 😳
(H/T @BNightengale)
Little’s curve allows a .171 xwOBAcon, borderline unhittable. His sinker, elevated, allows a .550+. You see, he has a pitch location deviation that turns his profile inside out. One inch of ride and he’s elite. Two inches and he’s batting practice. #torontobluejays50
Comparing the two outings back-to-back: Cease had the higher-variance dominant (12 K, 2 BB, 3 H) while Gausman was the low-variance immaculate (11 K, 0 BB, 1 H). Same opponent, same two days, two completely different textures of elite. #bluejays50
On Cease…90 pitches. 12 strikeouts. 7.5 pitches per K. For context, league average is ~17. Cease wasn’t just dominant today…he was efficient dominant. That’s the difference between an ace and a guy with good stuff. #bluejays50
Dylan Cease today: 21 batters faced, 14 outcomes required zero contact. When 67% of your PA results are a K or walk, BABIP becomes basically irrelevant as a damage vector. He didn’t need a good defense. He needed an infielder with a pulse. #bluejays50
@VernonWells10 If you’re in Toronto tomorrow night and want a proper food night, go to Edulis. Easily one of the city’s best meals. If you can’t get in, Grey Gardens is a great backup.
Maybe the ice really IS all it’s cracked up to be on #LakeErie! 🧊
@NOAA’s #GOESEast (#GOES19) satellite captured a massive fracture forming in the lake ice yesterday. It was approximately 80 miles long, stretching from Port Burwell, Canada, to near Cleveland, Ohio.