ChiliIrishHammock24

Can you imagine Eloy hitting 40 HR in AA with a .326 AVG and 1.119 OPS and then the following year hitting 50 HR in AAA with a .345 AVG and a 1.194 OPS and NOT getting called up that year until September 2nd? That's fucking bananas to me. People would be asking for Hahn and Getz to be fired for letting Eloy sit in AAA for that long. And Kittle was 24 when he finally got called up too. Meanwhile, 1B Mike Squires hit .267 with 1 HR that season in 116 games. The fuck were they waiting for?

THE ACTUAL FUCK

Sosa was a 2016 J2 signing.

BRB, murdering myself

Ooof, Kopech got a little help on K #9. Looked a tad low, but Garneau framed it well and the ump gave a late call.

Of the actual hits? No. Only 2 hard hit balls at all that I've seen, one was a lineout to SS in the 1st, one was a groundball to Leonard at 3B. So 2 hard hit balls, both resulted in outs. All hits have been weak, or misplayed.

Castillo steals 2B. A good throw to second would have had him. Then Kopech allows a single that squirts through, and the runner scores.

Kopech allowed a leadoff single that went off of Leonard at 3B, and in to LF.

Kopech strikes out Lind. He's got some filthy off-speed stuff. Not bad when you can pump 97-99 all day long.

Kopech strikesout 2 more batters in the 5th. 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K

Kopech with his first "walk" of the game. The ump missed 2 strikes, at least borderline, in that AB.

FIrst batter of the 5th "singles" on a ball to 2B. Skole and Alvarez both thought the other one would take it, so they both let up and there was no play.

Ti'Quan Forbes lines a double to the LCF gap. Any good major league LF makes the catch, but this guy couldn't.

Gavin Sheets rips a nice single to LF opposite way.

Eloy flicks an 0-2 pitch to the warning track in RF. He wasn't even close to squaring that one up.

Kopech's 4th.... - Groundout - Strikeout (change-up, called) - Strikeout (change-up, swinging) 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K Still hasn't had a 3-ball count. Dude is locked in with his command.

I don't think the Red Sox do it. TJS isn't a death sentence anymore.

Leonard makes a nice stab at 3B to keep it scoreless. 3rd inning.... - Single - Flyout - Flyout - Double - Groundout 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K I don't think he's had a 3-ball count yet.

The next hitter flew out to RF and then the next guy hit a 2B off the end of his bat that Eloy didn't get to quick enough. Not hard hit.

Leadoff hitter served a single to CF. Kopech threw him a nice 81-mph curveball low and the batter threw his bat at it and flipped it over 2B. Our old friend Mike Olt flew out to CF.

I don't ask because I expect faster, I ask because I remember those saying it was slow, so I was wondering if he's actually sitting at 101-102 or not. 98-99 is perfectly fine. lol

Is Charlotte's TV gun slow? Or just their stadium gun? Because Kopech is sitting at 98-99 right now. 2nd inning - Strikeout - Chopper to 3rd - Strikeout 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

Wow, Kopech with a filthy curveball to strike out Adam Lind. Might have been a change-up, but it dropped a ton, so I'm not sure.

Shut up, nerd.

Eloy with a full-count flare single to RF. He took the first 3 pitches for balls very nicely.