Thursday Bantering: Jays Stuff

Happy Thursday. The good news is we won’t see a Jays middle infielder overthrow first.

The other good news is that we have been in every game this month. We haven’t won many, but every game has been close. Every game could have been won with some good luck, a bit more offense, a better bullpen, or better defense.

Let’s be happy they embraced Team Tank. We should get a better draft pick out of it next year.

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Stuff that drives Tom crazy….define your Clemensing terms.

Do they wear the gloves on the wrong hand?

Hold the bats by the barrel at the plate?

Pull their pants up two legs at a time?

I mean, yes, bad. They have been playing bad—that’s an easy one. They aren’t scoring enough, they aren’t playing good enough defense, or at least they are making mistakes at the worst moments, and they have a lousy bullpen.

But not playing the right way? This is a term that needs to be defined to mean anything. They don’t bunt enough? It’s tough to sac bunt when they have no one on base. Hit behind the runner? Same as above.

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This is a very hopeful story by David Singh.

Lindor speaks of him in glowing terms:

“His arm is fantastic,” said Lindor. “He’s got great range, super-fast, he can hit for power, he can hit for average, he’s got a great eye. Honestly, if he can improve everything at the same rate, he’s going to be one of the best players in their organization.

And:

The two talk often but when Nimmala was going through a rough patch earlier this season, Lindor opted to “let him be,” so that the prospect could experience navigating through his own growing pains and eventually emerge stronger on the other side.

It can’t hurt to have a mentor like Lindor.

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This was nice:

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Old friend alert….great news: