Bluebird Banter May 15, 2023
Terrible Start for Manoah, Jays Lose
Photo by Cole Burston/ *Yankees 7 Blue Jays 4* That was terrible in all ways. Alek Manoah allowed 6 hits, 7 walks, 2 home runs, 3 strikeouts, giving up 5 earned in 4 innings plus 2 batters (both walked). I don’t know what’s going on with him. It could have been worse, Nate Pearson stranded the two runners. Starting the sixth, Nate got a strikeout, gave up a walk, a steal, and an intentional walk to Judge. Tim Mayza came in and gave up a double, scoring 1 before getting out of the inning. Mayza pitched a clean seventh. Jay Jackson struck out Aaron Hicks and Jake...
Bluebird Banter May 1, 2023
Bichette Gets 5 Hits, But Jays Lose
Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports Blue Jays 3 Red Sox 5 Skipping to the end, the bottom of the ninth, Nate Pearson has thrown 2 excellent innings. John brings Jordan Romano in. I’m thinking that this is a bad spot for Romano because Nate was throwing 97 to 100 mph, and Romano is going to look a little slower. I know not much you can do there, but I was hoping for Swanson for an inning as a buffer. Anyway, the first batter, Alex Verdugo, hits the third pitch into the seats in right-center, game over. A fastball, 93.8 mph (his first pitch was a 96.2 mph fastball). I...
