Jake

Doesn't seem to use his body well at all when throwing

After you see how he nearly died on the ground rule double in the corner you can kind of see why it seems like Eloy isn't comfortable going all out for fly balls

DH my ass!

Seems like Yoan isn't seeing Norris's fastball very well

I think Eloy's defense has more potential than what we've gotten from him so far. The Statcast data suggests his speed isn't (yet) a major limiting factor and he looks fairly comfortable tracking the ball much of the time. I think he needs some more motor and some more experience around the wall, playing the ricochet, things like that.

Yolmer with a much better relay than last time around

49mph exit velocity on that RBI single

How did he hit that

Reynaldo may want to not throw his offspeed down the middle though

Glad to see Reynaldo backing up the play there

Just goes to show you why he shouldn't be slacking!

Lopez missing everything up and in

Don't know why he has but it seems like Welington has decided to mail it in

Watching Tyler Flowers the other day I noticed he does that a lot, which seems bad but of course you can't argue with his results.

I think the only place you could argue is it may be the case that Jose Rondon has leapfrogged Yolmer, but that depends on how much of Yolmer's brutal start is just an anomaly and of course we're not totally sure what Rondon is going to be.

107mph, just gotta get the launch angle now

Finally catches a break

I wish mean old Coop hadn't made Rodon terrible

Finally hit 92 (91.5 per Statcast). Averaging 89.5 thus far

So Rodon is not throwing very hard...

The NFL a couple years ago decided to make it a 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty when players said the N word (I think it is presumed that if white or other non-black players say it, the eventual penalties would be more severe) and suspensions were possible for repeat offenders. They rolled out this policy in coordination with and with advice from black executives and players. MLB had to come up with a punishment on the spot for this and I just don't like the optics of suspending Tim when he'd already been booted from the game. This is all in the context of a situation instigated by a pitcher trying to hurt him.

I'm of the general belief that MLB is a very well run league that makes a ton of money relative to the size of its fanbase and has done a great job of modernizing their media presence, etc. So as far as I'm concerned I don't see it as part of a narrative of terrible management, but they've really bungled this.