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Looked like a light bulb went on for him.. he's been damn good the last couple of starts. Good for him. Kopech reunited with his buddy.

Anyone reading this Ottawa story about Karlsson and Hoffman's wife/girlfriend?! Insane. And supposedly their GM likes touching young men inappropriately...

Eh.. Giolito is probably not a good comparison considering Kopech hasn't lost 5+ mph on his fastball and can repeat his delivery. I can buy Fulmer though (although he was rushed unlike Kopech).

Not to mention it wasn't Caulfield who brought it up.

It's getting ridiculous really.

He should've had a basehit tonight batting right handed if Perez doesn't get his glove on it (in fact his swing was way better in that AB than any he had lefty tonight) but hey don't let facts get in the way...

Moncada robbed of a hit there.

For the love of god Ricky, let Kevan Smith start most of the games. His framing alone is miles better than anything we've seen this year.

Nice find.

I'll take the team sucking but looking like (so far in the very early going) we might have a diamond in the rough batting 3rd and doing very well as a 17 year old (Rodriguez) than the team being good and noone of any significance looking the part anyday.

People wanted Moncada to cut his K's. Well, he WAS doing that and then his BB% decreased significantly as well. Now his K's are going back up and his BB rate is staying down. I miss the high BB, high K guy we saw earlier but hey.. we know he has to fail a bit first.

Nobody tops Cutler.

Great news on Hansen, Adolfo, Robert, and even Puckett on the prospect news.

Missed curveball call changed that whole Brantley AB.

Was just about to post this. Collins 1-2 with 2 BBs.

Now that was an awful pitch location to Gomes.

Damn. Bad luck.

Like I said, he's not completely back yet (still walking alot of guys) but I'll take this guy from here on out and hope he continues to improve.

And a nasty hook for strike 1 against Alonso.

Gio isn't completely back but he's getting there. I'll know he's back when his curve is back, fastball velo is right around 94+ and he's getting his K's (he's always been a strikeout pitcher). But he's looked so much better the past couple of starts. The fact he came back from 3-0 and got Ramirez was pretty damn good.

Big loss for not just the Angels, but baseball. He is fun to watch.

He deserves every minute with it.

He pinched it.. and got a hit.

I'll just copy and paste this from another board. On his latest podcast, titled “Is Patrick Kane the real captain of the Blackhawks?”, Pat Boyle contrasts Kane’s on-ice work this offseason against Toews’. That includes Boyle ripping Toews multiple times for not committing to playing in the CPHL this summer, while Kane and others are. Additionally Boyle says, “It feels like he’s (Toews) on an island right now.” Boyle also mentions Kane doing a lot, Toews doing little, to make an effort to incorporate the young players into the team. Charlie Roumeliotis is also on the podcast and says Kane is always the last one off the ice during morning skates, while Toews is usually the first.

Anyone hear Boyle's podcast about Toews? Pretty telling especially since Rocky and McCub are very petty about criticism of their organization in general so you know he is a mouthpiece.