Chicago White Sox Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Fuck the haters 3 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheTruth05 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Can’t get over Liam blowing it man. Really hope he gets this shit under control or were in for a tough time 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 Luckily the Rangers read the Soxtalk scouting reports and were playing Nicky shallow! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 The scouting report betrays the Rangers. What a terrible pitch by King on 0-2. Great job by Nick to hit it hard. Hendriks has got to start throwing that slider more to lefties. That's where he's gotten burnt a lot this year. Lefties are just keyed in on the fastball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 BTW even Nick knew they were gonna intentionally walk Yermin lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppysox Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Thank God Nicky was there to bail out all our sluggers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 That's why we call him The Little Magician Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
credezcrew24 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 No one can do what the Magic Cock Master does with two strikes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoesox Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 yeah boy less gas cans from the bullpen plz ☠️☠️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reiks12 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, ron883 said: That's why we call him The Little Magician No, we arent calling him that 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoUEvenShift Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, TheTruth05 said: Can’t get over Liam blowing it man. Really hope he gets this shit under control or were in for a tough time Bro... He looked great tonight. That pitch was a good 4-6 inches above the zone, check the statcast. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, reiks12 said: No, we arent calling him that Yes, we are. Sit down rekt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) Season only 1/8 over but being 3.5 up on Minny already is nice. Good win. Keep it going. Jesus, that NL East, not a single club over .500 or with a positive RD. Go Mets, I guess. Edited April 25, 2021 by chitownsportsfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Hit Men Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) Love these types of games, good pitching everything counts. Wouldn't jump on Hendriks, he had 32 pitches yesterday in 1 2/3 yesterday, this isn't a playoff situation where you need to push it with back to back appearances after 30+ pitches. Same with pushing Rodon over 100 pitches again in Cleveland after the high no-no pitch count. The whole infield played well today, helped Keuchel leave scoreless after his best outing. Moncada had another great game, and Madrigal came up huge, Would have been ugly if they blew this one. A lot of their bullpen arms have been taxed the past two nights, may see Kopech get a 2-3 inning save tomorrow. Hope they can sweep. EDIT - Just saw Tony announced Kopech to start tomorrow, bumping Lucas after the disclosed Giolito finger cut. Would like to see them add a pitcher and cut Lamb and his wasted roster spot. Edited April 25, 2021 by South Side Hit Men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 My mind is messed up after stats learned last night. I thought need a hit from Nick here and not a walk...can't leave it up to Anderson with RISP. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoeLessRob Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 16 minutes ago, chw42 said: The scouting report betrays the Rangers. What a terrible pitch by King on 0-2. Great job by Nick to hit it hard. Hendriks has got to start throwing that slider more to lefties. That's where he's gotten burnt a lot this year. Lefties are just keyed in on the fastball. I believe his home run yesterday was a slider, can’t recall if it was a lefty or righty hitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Just now, ShoeLessRob said: I believe his home run yesterday was a slider, can’t recall if it was a lefty or righty hitter It was a slider to Garcia, he hung it and you can't do that against Garcia. But his 3 other home runs given up have all been to lefties. All fastballs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoeLessRob Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, chw42 said: It was a slider to Garcia, he hung it and you can't do that against Garcia. But his 3 other home runs given up have all been to lefties. All fastballs. Didn’t know. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourWhatHurts Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 22 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said: Bro... He looked great tonight. That pitch was a good 4-6 inches above the zone, check the statcast. It was still out over the plate. Lots of guys can hit that hard. On our own team Abreu TA Yermin Eloy and probably more can hit that pitch. He needs to get it in more. 97 when you have it timed really isn't that hard at the MLB level. It's definitely not 100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 I looked over Hendriks' pitch selection and he's throwing fastballs to lefties 86% of the time. It was 72% last year and 68% in 2019. His slider usage in general has gone down almost 10%. His curveball also hasn't gotten as many whiffs as it has in the past, but that could just be due to the small sample size so far, as he's mostly fastball/slider. Out of the 18 sliders he's thrown, only 6 have been in the zone. Maybe 8 are considered pitches that a hitter can actually hit. A lot of them are waste/wipe out pitches. But most importantly, he's only thrown 3 sliders and 4 curveballs to left handed hitters. He threw 22% sliders to lefties last year and 7% curveballs. At least make the lefties worry about your off-speed pitch. I don't care if you throw 99, eventually guys are going to start cheating on the fastball. Today's game proves just that. There's no way Calhoun gets anywhere close to hitting that ball unless he knows a fastball is coming. Unless Liam can no longer throw off-speed pitches for strikes, he should be fine. But I think this issue is very fixable. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth05 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 14 minutes ago, chw42 said: I looked over Hendriks' pitch selection and he's throwing fastballs to lefties 86% of the time. It was 72% last year and 68% in 2019. His slider usage in general has gone down almost 10%. His curveball also hasn't gotten as many whiffs as it has in the past, but that could just be due to the small sample size so far, as he's mostly fastball/slider. Out of the 18 sliders he's thrown, only 6 have been in the zone. Maybe 8 are considered pitches that a hitter can actually hit. A lot of them are waste/wipe out pitches. But most importantly, he's only thrown 3 sliders and 4 curveballs to left handed hitters. He threw 22% sliders to lefties last year and 7% curveballs. At least make the lefties worry about your off-speed pitch. I don't care if you throw 99, eventually guys are going to start cheating on the fastball. Today's game proves just that. There's no way Calhoun gets anywhere close to hitting that ball unless he knows a fastball is coming. Unless Liam can no longer throw off-speed pitches for strikes, he should be fine. But I think this issue is very fixable. This is great stuff 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gusguyman Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 It might be lost in his late-game heroics at the plate, but I think its much more important that Nicky made some great plays in the field tonight too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greydawgfan1 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 1 hour ago, TheTruth05 said: Can’t get over Liam blowing it man. Really hope he gets this shit under control or were in for a tough time Dude hit a fastball about head height for a home run. Wft are you supposed to do ? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greydawgfan1 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 14 minutes ago, TheTruth05 said: This is great stuff It was also a face high fastball for a home run that basically never happens that’s just a good hit on a good pitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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