Jack Parkman

Exactly. They've nailed all of his mistakes. The HR to Contreras wasn't even a bad pitch, he was just sitting changeup

THANK YOU!!!!!!! This is and always had been my point.

He's still missing bats so I'm not that worried about any long term issues. He got lit, which happens to the best of them.

Gio has struggled. It doesn't change the fact that the HP ump is bad. I was more pissed about pitch selection in the 1st inning than anything else. Just dumb baseball

My problem with the Rizzo AB in the 1st inning was that Lester was getting strikes that Giolito wasn't.

Lester would've got that pitch.

Nope, the 2nd to Contreras and the Bote HR were meatballs.

^^^ If Giolito doesn't get a generous outside corner this inning Ricky needs to get tossed

Ok will you guys give me ump is a problem now?

How much did Theo and Jed pay this ump?

Wtf. This ump is cheating

Wtf. That wasn't a fucking strike. Believe me now about the Ump?

Only for Lester

Omfg ump.

This. Great post.

Take him deep, Yoan.

Giolito will be fine, he was due for a bad start.

I have no problems with Contreras doing that. That ball was center cut, he got all of it. Tip your cap.

I never blamed the ump for the HR. I blamed McCann. The ump thing is secondary because Lester's plate is fucking 24 inches wide and Giolito's is 16. If Giolito got half of the calls that Lester is getting on the outside none of that would have happened. I'm not complaining about the ump getting balls and strikes wrong, as much as calling his zone consistently. There are 2 different zones and that is unacceptable Sorry for any confusion. I thought the pitch selection to both Baez and Contreras was putrid. He deserved to give up runs that inning, McCann made it worse than it had to be.

Agreed. The pitch selection to both Baez and Contreras was bad.

I actually didn't mind him walking Rizzo. I had a huge problem with the pitch selection to Baez and Contreras. Giolito never got that call. Wtf? Don't tell me there isn't 2 different zones.

Gameday had pitch #2 having the entire plate.

Wrong. I looked it up he on gameday he had him struck out. Ball 1 was especially egregious. He threw him 3 strikes.

Nope, you're wrong. The ump isn't calling anything for him that isn't center cut. He's not that wild he's barely missing.

He got squeezed vs Rizzo and Baez I'll give you. If the ump isn't called anything but center cut pitches you're going to walk people and get lit.