fathom

By all means, they should be patient with Giolito. It's fine, Lopez is a beast

QUOTE (GermanSock @ Mar 14, 2017 -> 10:07 PM) I think the velocity will come back. What I'm concerned about more is the reports on the low spin rate (little movement) on the fastball. Even when he was hitting 94 his swinging strike rates were not great. Not sure what do make out of this. Maybe he should add another pitch that is less dependent on spin (sinker), I don't know. If his command was better the straight fastball would be less of an issue (I think kershaws 4 seamer is also pretty straight) but if your heater is straight and not located well it is going to get hammered even at 94 (maybe he would get away with it at 100). He gets this year in AAA to see if what he has works. If not, I agree you see if he can become a sinkerballer. Being a power pitcher with his lack of spin rate on his fastball won't work if his velocity remains in low 90s

30 pitches, no swinging strikes. Anyone ranking him over Kopech is insane

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 14, 2017 -> 09:35 PM) I haven't watched any of ST but hasn't Gio's fastball been fine up until today? Not getting much, if any, swings and misses on it from what I have seen this spring. His strikeouts were called looking in the game I saw

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Mar 14, 2017 -> 09:30 PM) Giolito looks awful. Yes haven't been impressed by him this spring. Looks the same as last year

He's going to get hammered in the majors with this type of velocity

Very puzzling what has happened to Giolito's fastball. Looks to be sitting around 91.5-92. Gets so few swings and misses on his fastball

I still question if Keatts's tenure at Louisville will pass a background check. Scared off at least one team last year

QUOTE (hi8is @ Mar 13, 2017 -> 04:24 AM) Dudes looked lost at the plate this spring. He tries to be too patient at the plate and ends up only getting a swing or two every at bat to put the ball in play. I'm hopeful it will improve but this spring has definitely shown his two main warts (k and fielding)

QUOTE (Tony @ Mar 12, 2017 -> 09:09 PM) It sounds and looks VERY different than what we are used to. Basically every hitter was late on his fastball. His command was impressive

Base running could not be worse this spring

Kopech has unbelievable stuff

Royals on Royals catcher crime

Sox base running has been beyond bad this spring

Having Hosmer bat for Goldschmidt is comical

Wow Jones getting squeezed

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 11, 2017 -> 02:16 AM) I wanna trade Q as much as the next guy but f*** it'd hurt so bad to see him go, maybe even more then Sale, dude is nails. Him and Buehrle easily two most likable Sox pitchers in a long time

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 11, 2017 -> 12:46 AM) In true Q fashion this will be a ND Yep

In true Q fashion this will be a ND

Funny thing is Q just did more to raise his stock with your typical baseball fan than he has during his whole career

Doesn't seem to have much on his fastball

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 9, 2017 -> 08:22 PM) I want to say he was making something like 250 or 300k at Valpo. He was getting paid less than a lot of assistant coaches at big schools. Sorry changed it to Vandy

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 9, 2017 -> 07:16 PM) Bryce isn't about the money. If he was, he would have ditched Valpo years before. There weren't many jobs he would have left Valpo for, but academics really is important to him, as well as religion. If he leaves for another job, I would imagine it would be something like Stanford, and not Illinois. The dude isn't a job chaser. He did use GT last year to get more money from Vandy. Numerous GT sources say he gave GT his word he was coming there and had already contacted potential assistants

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Mar 9, 2017 -> 07:14 PM) Really? Didn't he take Valpo to like 4 straight tournaments? Supposed to really struggle at recruiting

Bryce isn't going anywhere. Not overly impressed by him anyways