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		<title>Artificial Turf Wars Ep. 60: Can&#8217;t Quell the DL Spell</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 60 Greg and Josh go over the last week of stories from the Blue Jays&#8217; 4-3 week. They go over the games against the Yankees and Reds, touch on the triumphant return to superstardom (and health) of Josh Donaldson, the latest injury to Devon Travis, Francisco Liriano and Joe Biagini&#8217;s rest of the season [&#8230;]]]></description>
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Episode 60</strong></p>
<p>Greg and Josh go over the last week of stories from the Blue Jays&#8217; 4-3 week. They go over the games against the Yankees and Reds, touch on the triumphant return to superstardom (and health) of Josh Donaldson, the latest injury to Devon Travis, Francisco Liriano and Joe Biagini&#8217;s rest of the season outlooks, and the J.P. Howell/Jason Grilli conundrum. They also give out THREE Do-Overs, and talk about the unlikely four homer game from Scooter Gennett.</p>
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		<title>3 Things to Watch for in the Upcoming Blue Jays Series Vs the Orioles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 14:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Andrew Munn, Matt Gwin, and Mike Passador An Orioles Pitching Staff in Shambles The Blue Jays enter the weekend losers of their last series, seeming to have lost some of the momentum that they gained winning eight of the previous ten. What made this past series all the more frustrating is that it [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center"><em>Written by Andrew Munn, Matt Gwin, and Mike Passador</em></p>
<h4>An Orioles Pitching Staff in Shambles</h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The Blue Jays enter the weekend losers of their last series, seeming to have lost some of the momentum that they gained winning eight of the previous ten. What made this past series all the more frustrating is that it came against the Atlanta Braves, a team who is currently in a rebuilding phase. The Orioles can sympathize with this frustration, given that they have now lost six of their last seven, including a sweep last weekend at the hands of the runt of the AL litter, the Kansas City Royals.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Baltimore’s struggles over the past week cannot be attributed to the whole club. The hitters have continued to perform in typical Oriole fashion, slashing .284/.376/.504 during the stretch. The reason for the team’s struggles falls squarely in the hands of the pitching – specifically the rotation, who have pitched to a 7.01 ERA over their cold stretch. The Orioles starters this weekend will be Chris Tillman, Kevin Gausman, and Wade Miley, with Gausman and Miley having been two of the main perpetrators of the rotation’s lousy performance.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">This lack of success for the Orioles’ pitching staff has led to the getting knocked out of games early. Over their 1-6 stretch, Orioles starters have averaged only five innings per start. This has required the Orioles bullpen to eat a lot innings over the last week, a bullpen that is already dealing with the loss of Zach Britton to a forearm strain.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Toronto has an opportunity to add on to Baltimore’s pitching woes this weekend. While normally the thought of Baltimore going to their bullpen is a scary one, the absence of Zach Britton combined with their recent increased workload are good omens for a Toronto team who has hit nearly as well as the Orioles (.271/.341/.489) over the last week. If the Blue Jays can continue the trend and get to Baltimore’s starters early, there could be some mashing happening in Baltimore.</span></p>
<h4>Players That Will Coming Back from Injury&#8230;Maybe<strong><strong> </strong></strong></h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The Blue Jays miraculously thumped Atlanta Thursday night with just three Opening Day starters in the lineup. Recent callup Darrell Ceciliani batted cleanup and April-signee Chris Coghlan hit fifth. The team’s second backup catcher of the year hit eighth. And because nothing good can ever last, Ceciliani partially dislocated his shoulder while socking a dinger. So although the team will be shorthanded for Friday’s opening tilt with him out and Kevin Pillar suspended, some help appears to be on the way.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Earlier this week John Gibbons got everyone fired up when he speculated that Josh Donaldson and Troy Tulowitzki could return around the team’s trip to Atlanta </span><a href="http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-pushing-back-troy-tulowitzkis-return-lineup/"><span style="font-weight: 400">but had to walk back those comments after he “jumped the gun” on their respective recoveries</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">. Given the state of the lineup, it’s hard to blame him.</span><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">While Donaldson won’t be back this weekend, it looks like Tulowitzki could make an appearance at Camden Yards. Rainy conditions pushed back the start of his rehab stint on Saturday, and with Dunedin off Sunday it meant that Tulowitzki didn’t return to action until Monday. He went 1-for-3 in that game and played shortstop before going 0-for-2 with a walk as the DH on Tuesday. He got a day off on Wednesday and went 1-for-3 last night while playing the field, furthering speculation that he’ll be back sooner rather than later. He could be in line for one or two more rehab games but could just as easily return to the big club for the series opener. Either way, it wouldn’t be surprising to see a regular face back at shortstop in Baltimore.</span><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Elsewhere, Russell Martin went on the 10-day DL on May 8th with a left shoulder problem. While he didn’t come off the DL when first eligible on Thursday, he was able to catch side sessions from Aaron Sanchez and Francisco Liriano on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. With him unlikely to need a rehab assignment, Martin’s return could come sooner rather than later.</span><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Beyond the obvious benefits of having really good baseball players available, this should ease some of the burden on Toronto’s thin bench. They had been rolling with nine relievers and just two bench bats until Pillar’s suspension spurred an 8-3 split, so a return to health would give the team much more flexibility in terms of late game substitutions. Exactly who sees the door is yet to be determined, but beyond Mike Ohlman and Dwight Smith the team’s affinity for collecting middle-infield types points to a pitcher drawing the short straw.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Regardless, the Blue Jays are mercifully inching their way back to full health.</span></p>
<h4>Lefty Power Will Thrive in Baltimore<strong><strong> </strong></strong></h4>
<p>When people usually think of left handers hitting home runs in the American league, they think of Yankee Stadium and the infamous short porch. However, Camden Yards is surprisingly lefty power heavy. Per FanGraphs’ park factors, left handed hitters at both Yankee Stadium and Camden Yards have a <a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/guts.aspx?type=pfh&amp;season=2015&amp;teamid=0&amp;sort=8,d">15% higher chance of hitting a homerun than they would at a neutral stadium</a>. When you look at the an overlay of the park, it really makes sense.<strong><strong> </strong></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://toronto.locals.baseballprospectus.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Camden-Yards-Yankee-Stadium.jpg"><img class="alignnone wp-image-11024 size-medium" src="http://toronto.locals.baseballprospectus.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Camden-Yards-Yankee-Stadium-300x295.jpg" alt="Camden-Yards-Yankee-Stadium" width="300" height="295" /></a></p>
<p><em>Image via <a href="http://www.hittrackeronline.com/ballpark_overlay.php">ESPN Home Run Tracker</a></em></p>
<p>At Camden Yards the right field corner is 318 feet from home plate, compared to 314 to the short porch at Yankee Stadium.</p>
<p>While the Blue Jays don’t have any truly powerful left handed hitters, they do of course have two powerful switch hitters in Justin Smoak and Kendrys Morales. Fortunately, both Smoak and Morales have shown quite a bit more power from the left side. In his career, Smoak has hit home runs in 4 percent of his plate appearance from the left side compared to 3.3 percent from the right side. Morales’ difference is even more pronounced with home runs in 4.4 percent of his plate appearances from the left and 3.1 percent as a right hander.</p>
<p>On top of all that, the Blue Jays will be facing three right handed starters this weekend in Chris Tillman, Kevin Gausman, and Ubaldo Jimenez. For a Toronto team that, as mentioned above, will still be missing its big guns on Friday, they’ll need to take advantage of any edge that they can get.</p>
<p><em>Lead Photo: © Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports</em></p>
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		<title>Artificial Turf Wars Ep. 47: Seeing Red (Sox)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2017 11:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Episode 47</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/mattymatty2000" target="_blank">Matt Kory</a> of Baseball Prospectus stops by to discuss the Red Sox as part of the AL East preview series. He discusses the issues related to David Price&#8217;s health, compares the Jays rotation to the one in Boston, and looks at which hitters are likely to get better, and which ones are likely to regress. Greg and Josh also discuss the lingering injury to Devon Travis, the rumors surrounding Brett Lawrie, the spring debuts of Steve Pearce and Troy Tulowitzki, Angel Pagan rumours, and Josh&#8217;s observations from Florida. They also answer listener questions, and give out a Do-Over and a Gold Star.</p>
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		<title>Recap: Athletics 8, Blue Jays 5; A day we would like to forget</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2016 03:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday night was the opener of a three game series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Oakland Athletics. It was billed as having the makings of great pitchers duel between Aaron Sanchez and Sonny Gray.  However, prior to the game, the Blue Jays and their fans were hit with the announcement that first baseman [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Friday night was the opener of a three game series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Oakland Athletics. It was billed as having the makings of great pitchers duel between Aaron Sanchez and Sonny Gray.  However, prior to the game, the Blue Jays and their fans were hit with the announcement that first baseman Chris Colabello was suspended for 80 games due to violating the Major League Baseball drug policy.  The expected enthusiasm of the first game of a home stand clashed with the shock, disbelief and disappointment of the suspension.</p>
<p>At 7:06 pm Aaron Sanchez took the mound, and it was pretty evident early on he was having trouble commanding the curveball, hitting the second hitter Chris Coghlan. The Athletic hitters were then able to sit on his fastball.  They scored one in the first, but could have been worse had it not been for an outstanding play by Ryan Goins.  The hard contact continued next inning where Chris Coghlan, playing for the injured Danny Valencia, hammered a two out, opposite-field homerun to make it 4-0.  Sanchez eventually would be removed with one out in the fourth trailing 6-1. Sanchez&#8217;s line was 4.1IP, 6ER, 10H, 1BB, 3K, 1WP, 1HBP. 1HR. 85 pitches/63 strikes.</p>
<p>Sonny Gray controlled the game early striking out 5 of the first 6 Jays.  However, the Jays would slowly mount a  comeback late in the game with single runs in the sixth and seventh.  Gray&#8217;s final line was 7IP, 3ER, 6H, 3BB, 7K. 1HR. 100 pitches/59 strikes.</p>
<p>Again the early season struggles came to haunt the Blue Jays.  In the sixth inning, they had the bases loaded with no one out and the heart of the order up.  They were again unable to get clutch hits and only scored one run.  Also, once again, the bullpen couldn&#8217;t hold it to a one run deficit.  This time Roberto Osuna gave up Khris Davis&#8217; second two run double of the night to restore the A&#8217;s three run lead. The Jays would not score in the 9th.</p>
<h3>Top Play of the Game by WPA</h3>
<p>After a botched double play in the second inning, Chris Coglan hammered the next pitch for an opposite field three run homerun.  This increased the WPA by 22.4% and gave the A’s a 4-0 lead.</p>
<h3>Worst Play of the Game by WPA</h3>
<p>In the bottom of the eighth inning, with runners on first and second, trailing by one run, Ryan Goins grounded out (-.122 WPA) to end the inning. The rally was ended, and came up short.</p>
<h3>Injury Bug</h3>
<p>Colabello wasn&#8217;t the only player missing from the lineup.  It was announced that due to nagging injuries, Michael Saunders (sore hamstring), and Troy Tulowitzki (sore hip), would not be in the lineup.  These situations will be interesting to monitor as both players have had trouble staying healthy and on the field in their careers.  Also, in the top of the sixth inning, Josh Thole came out to catch in place of Russell Martin.  It was later revealed he was removed with a stiff neck, but for precautionary reasons.  The one area on this team the Jays can’t afford an injury is catcher, so a speedy recovery is crucial for Russell Martin.</p>
<h3>Major League Debut</h3>
<p>Chad Girodo, who was recalled to replace Colabello, entered in the top of the fifth with one out and a runner on second.  He stranded the runner and proceeded to pitch 1.2 innings, including getting first career strikeout.  His pitching helped to keep the Jays in the game through the middle innings.</p>
<h3>Up Next</h3>
<p>Saturday the Jays will play game two of this three game series.  Chris Bassitt faces off against JA Happ.  Hopefully it will be an overall better day for the Blue Jays, and the late offensive outburst is a sign of more things to come.  First pitch will be at 1:07 pm EST.</p>
<p><em>Lead photo-John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports</em></p>
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