The Jays lost again today to the Tigers 5-2. Despite the loss, JoJo Reyes put together his 2nd straight solid start. He seems to get into trouble whenever he starts to go up in the strike zone. When he stays low, he has more success. And had Edwin Encarnacion not cut off that throw to Arencibia in the 4th, things may have turned out differently. Here's a thought, you know how pitchers sometimes request a personal catcher? Give Reyes a personal 3rd baseman. It seems that Encarnacion causes bad things to happen whenever Reyes is pitching (ie. the 6 run inning against Texas last week was caused by an Edwin Encarnacion error).
Speaking of Encarnacion, he's making a good case to bring up Brett Lawrie. The upside to Edwin's iffy defense was supposed to be his bat, and so far he's done nothing at the plate. If he keeps this up for another month, I think it's time to give Lawrie a shot in the bigs.
Brad Penny pitched a strong game, but his location was a bit inconsistent early on. Fortunately for him, the only Jay to capitalize on a mistake was Jose Bautista with a 2 run home run.
Finally, since we're in Canada, I've decided to borrow a new feature from the hockey world and award 3 stars to each game.
Today's 3 stars were:
1. Austin Jackson
2. Brad Penny
3. Jose Bautista
A blog about the Blue Jays with minimal references to sabermetrics while still acknowledging their existence and validity...
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