fathom

So this ump has the smallest zone ever

And Rosales just hit a bomb off of him on 96 mph

Looking better, but you can tell by his body language he gets rattled when squeezed

Yep remember the slow gun from watching Giolito last year

Looked way better last 3 batters

Hopefully this gun is slow. If not, 96 has been his max so far.

Kopech throwing high fastballs at 94. His mechanics look bad as he's getting under the pitches.

Yeah this is awful

Still just not impressed with his swing. He makes an insane amount of contact, but the contact is often weak.

At least we can all agree that if they do trade for JBJ, KW will get the blame

Freaking cannon

Adley just killed one. Seems like he might have a monster junior year.

Madrigal leading off tonight

Delayed start

Babip gods are loving him though, as I read he's allowing hardest contact of his career this season. That defense is great thought outside of the guy their fans think is their best defender.

He's horrible defensively, so yep!

Just like KW has plagued the Sox

Speaking of Escobar, how come I get the feeling he has supplanted Moustakas as most likely free agent acquisition by the WSox?

But at least 2012 squad was in a pennant race. As for Escobar, there was absolutely nothing to suggest he could hit in the big leagues. He had below average wRC+ in A, AA and AAA. Escobar is 29 and has accumulated 8.4 fWAR. I strongly believe Tatis Jr. will have more than that by the time he turns 23.

And yes the Sox getting Eloy in a trade was great, but they also gave up a great asset to get him. Getting someone who's likely the number 1 prospect in baseball heading into 2019 for James Shields (let's not forget his last Padres start) is potentially one of those historic trades everyone remembers. I've always said I'm less angry the Sox gave up Tatis than I am them going after Shields anyway. Hahn clearly should have been fired after 2016.

Lester gave up 14 hard hit balls today (95+ exit velocity) and went 7 shutout innings. That's almost impossible to imagine. The Cubs defense is insane again.

Good call, and it's not like their offense is excelling. What they have though is 5 competent starting pitchers, including an ace in Nola

Just want to see something competitive by Kopech tonight where he's not giving up a ton of base runners each inning.

His velocity has disappeared of late. Oh well, was always a long shot

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