Just Didn't Get the Job Done
Brett Lawrie made a kind of homecoming when the Jays flew in to start a series with the Mariners. There were large contingent from Vancouver, and the locals have an interest in Lawrie because his sister Danielle was the NCAA player of the year and led the University of Washington to the 2009 NCAA softball title.
It's a shame the bullpen couldn't make it pleasant for him.
There were an alarming amount of homers in last night's game, considering Safeco is a well known pitcher's park. It ranks 24th of 30 with a park factor of 0.896. The Rogers Centre ranks 4th. But Eric Thames and Adam Lind both had two run shots, and Brett Lawrie contributed a solo shot. The bullpen implosion wasn't exactly as bad as the bullpen implosion of April, where the Jays couldn't hold on to a 7-0 lead and ended up losing in a walkoff. Brandon League got his 30th save. Brandon League has his name and number tatooed on his back. In case he gets lost, I suppose.
What the heck happened?
"Two-strike breaking balls, both of them," said Farrell. "Mistakes made on location with both of them. We had left-on-left and right-on-right matchups we wanted and just didn't get the job done."
In general, it was horrifying.
I don't really know how any 18 year old can look at 2.5 million dollars and turn it down to go to school, even if it's a great school. Some people are saying, "Maybe Beede isn't ready to go pro." Well, maybe, by why put all the work into getting so good at this age if you aren't preparing yourself to go pro? Would it not be a good idea to put the mental and emotional work in, too? If I had this skill for something that is far from certain and so volatile, I'd pocket some money off it as soon as I could, even though there is a huge upside if it all works out. School can wait. That's just what I would do.
Some people were gnashing their teeth that AA "wasted" his top draft pick on this kid who openly said he was committed to going to Vanderbilt. Well, reports are that Jays just didn't offer enough money, so the deal could have been made if AA ponied up. The draft is a crap shoot. I mean, Corey Patterson was drafted 3rd overall.
There were rumours going around that the Jays had made an illegal pre-draft deal with Beede, which ticked Anthopoulos off. "I’m amazed at all the false rumours about everything," said Anthopoulos. "I’m just sick of reading lies and rumours that people make up about us all the time. I’ve had enough of it.”
Hear that? He's had ENOUGH.
Some of the credit for that rumour spreading goes to Keith Law, who said that he believed it to be true around the time of the draft and repeated it over Twitter last night.
When the rumour first surfaced, one of Law's followers asked if had a reliable source or was simply speculating, Law replied: “I would NEVER write something like that w/o reliable sourcing."
Like four anonymous White Sox bullpen pitchers?
That's not exactly fair, Law didn't write that article. But he did defend it, so I will continue to mock.
Hear that? He's had ENOUGH.
Some of the credit for that rumour spreading goes to Keith Law, who said that he believed it to be true around the time of the draft and repeated it over Twitter last night.
When the rumour first surfaced, one of Law's followers asked if had a reliable source or was simply speculating, Law replied: “I would NEVER write something like that w/o reliable sourcing."
Like four anonymous White Sox bullpen pitchers?
That's not exactly fair, Law didn't write that article. But he did defend it, so I will continue to mock.