Look at Ray Ray Run

What about his video was well intentioned? He blamed everyone but himself for making a bad decision that he chose to make. He then blamed the media"?" For his own teammates calling him out.. My favorite was when he started to tell us that his mom is a nurse and his brother is diabetic so he knows how serious the disease is... which actually just makes him an even bigger d bag.

Why? What makes Cleveland is their SP. Their offense is the worst in the league.

So does anyone else think they're both gone for a while? Cleveland claims they weren't sent down for punitive reasons lol Plesac makes that dumb ass video, and then arrives to talk with the team with Clevinger today. They basically tell both of them to get lost after the conversation, which leads me to believe it didn't go well. How long will the Indians keep them off the big league roster? I think Francona's health issues paired with Carlos' really exasperated the issue in Cleveland and made these two look like even bigger morons.

I'll start eating that crow when Montas eclipses 100 IP in a season, how bout that?

Say what? MLB has handled this about as poorly as possible. The cardinals have played 5 games lol. They're going to play like 10 fewer games than other teams. The cardinals had this issue because MLB didn't have protocol preventing players from going out. Now a bunch of teams have to jam games in a short window to get the cardinals to like 45-50 games so they're being punished because the cardinals chose to go to a casino. If the USA wasn't a complete joke, baseball would be canceled for this many positives like it is anywhere else in the world. I enjoy watching as much as the next guy, but mlb has handled this well? Please.

It's the same stat. Vertical drop measures the same thing. The baseball doesn't drop at an inconsistent rate; there's no such thing as late break in baseball. A break can be more intense due to the spin rate, but it won't break any later or earlier. Which is why carry is the same stat as measuring fastball vertical drop, just measured in a different way.

Carry matters up in the zone because you have to get your hands up through the ball. When a hitter is dropping the barrel down on the baseball, you don't want a ball to be rising into the zone; you want it to be falling out of the zone. The "carry" doesn't mean a low fastball comes up for a strike, it merely means it maintains itself in the zone where it is very hittable. You want low pitches falling out of the zone, not coming up into it.

Jack there's a reason no one wants their four seamer down in the zone anymore, and it's not because it's a good pitch to get backwards K's on.

It's not really though, vertical drop has been measured since everything else started being measured. This is honestly nothing new; it's just that Fegan wrote an article about it today and now Jack believes it's the most important aspect of a fastball when it's not. You want to see why Cease's fastball doesn't generate enough swings and misses and K's: That's why. 1/2 of his fastballs aren't even competitive pitches. If

yup. carry really only matters/benefits if you live up in the zone with your fastball too.

And Max Scherzer misses a ton of bats and has below average carry... so um, maybe it's related to command? Throwing the ball where you want to is so much more important than anything else you mentioned. Jack, Cease had less carry last year by a good amount - well below league average - yet he got a whiff on 22% of his fastballs thrown. This year, Cease has gotten more carry and has gotten a whiff on 14.5% of them. I know you think you've found the secret solution to baseball pitching, but carry ain't it my man.

That's a trick question, since you can't have elite carry without top tier spin rates... but I also don't think you can teach top tier spin (although the Astros have cheated somehow to do it). In one year already, Cease has taken his vertical drop from below average to above average. You saying that carry is more important than velocity is just nonsense though. Max Scherzer would like to have a conversation with you about that comment. Saying that carry is more important than Command; now that is even more batshit crazy. Command is the most important aspect of any fastball and it's not close. I use vertical drop as opposed to carry, but they are the same thing.

What is easier to teach Jack, above average to top tier spin rates or carry?

Harden was awesome? He just couldn't stay healthy. If Rich Harden could stay healthy he would have been a star. And I have no idea what you mean by carry. Cease has above average spin rates that he gets a bit on the side of still. His carry isn't bad, it just isn't exceptional but guess what? You don't need exceptional carry when you throw 99 MPH Jack. I feel like you read Fegans article and just completely misunderstood what was being said.

This Cardinal situation is just embarrassing. The Cardinals would now have to play 55 games in 44 days. It's just a joke. Some teams in the division playing 4-5 less games than others throws off the balance big time.

MLB has already said they won't play 60 games and the playoffs will be decided by win %.

Ta talking to SouthWallace: “Let ‘em sleep, baby,” Anderson said. “Let ‘em sleep. There’s a lot of doubters out there. They’re motivating me like, ‘Who’s gonna be the leadoff guy?’ Nothing against Luis Robert, but, c’mon man. C’mon.” Just kidding wallace.

Don't think St Louis is cancelling anymore games with the season carrying on, so I imagine the Sox luck out and get them first series back.

6ip, 1 ER, 0 bbs, 7 hits 5 k's. I'll take it.

Since baron trade cease back to the cubs he's been rolling.

I mean, he hit it 105mph.

Luis!

Uh I'm gonna give my top pitching prospect more than half a season in the big leagues to figure things out. He's given up 1 ER today. Guy has 5k's 0bb, and would have 4 hits against in 4 innings if his catcher catches the baseball. But yes, let's release or trade him because obviously he's a failure.

Lol its his 18th career start .