He’s played in front of huge crowds in college before. This isn’t like a high school outfielder trying to judge a fly ball for the first time with an upper deck.
Here’s my annoyance...so we play Leury in LF against a RHP with a pitcher who strikes out a lot of guys in Giolito. Tonight we bench Leury against his strong side while playing Vaughn in LF with a non-strikeout pitcher in Keuchel.
No one gets more excuses made for him. It’s pretty simple, Madrigal just has to prove his naysayers wrong. Last night was Exhibit A for why some of us think he’s mediocre.
Iglesias also has better stuff than probably 99 pct of all righty pitchers. I get the feeling a lot of people haven’t seen him pitch much in the past. Robert hit the ball in 3 out of 4 ABs. He does that and he will be just fine.
He was surrounded by a super team. I think he just lets the pressure get to him and the game goes too fast. Remember how awful he was in the College World Series?