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That was strike 3. Come on Diaz.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 9, 2016 -> 08:19 PM) That was some kind of awful at bat He was trying to crank every pitch 400 feet.

Two straight walks.

Why pitch around Mitch Moreland when you've been retiring everyone in sight?

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ May 9, 2016 -> 08:08 PM) Sox are better off asking the Rays about Odorizzi or even the Padres about Pomeranz (risky risky, NL + PETCO) than going after Gray. Too many red flags. Gray reminds me a lot of Rich Harden. Look how that turned out.

Way to not run that out hard Adam.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ May 9, 2016 -> 08:07 PM) They're gona start pitching Avi different on the first pitch soon I'd guess because he's crushing everything. Keep an eye on that Maybe that's his new approach...see first ball hit first ball hard.

AJax needs to hit to RF more. I've only seen good things from him when he waits on the breaking pitch.

Odor with a nice throw.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ May 9, 2016 -> 08:04 PM) Feels a lot different from the Toronto start, when they were launching hard hit liners and flyballs all over the park. Quality of the lineup is also vastly different. The Rangers have good depth and a lot of good hitters, but Toronto's middle of the lineup is like facing a damn all-star team.

Holy s*** Avi is so locked in right now.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 9, 2016 -> 08:03 PM) Soler isn't playing much and Baez is sensational defensively. It's hard to hate on the Cubs right now cause they can do no wrong. There's not a ton of weak spots on that team. They might present themselves over the course of the season, but not right now.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 9, 2016 -> 08:03 PM) 4 innings down, 2 more to go At this rate, he can go 5 more.

4 scoreless innings and around 40 pitches. Is this real life?

Gonzalez is inducing a lot of weak contact. Outside of Beltre's weird hit and Wilson's line drive, nobody's hit the ball that hard off him.

I think Diaz's strike zone is really helping out both pitchers right now.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 9, 2016 -> 07:59 PM) Doesn't he also fade at the end of seasons? Yup. He's always great in the first half and then mediocre to bad in the second half.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 9, 2016 -> 07:57 PM) Some bad at bats against Lewis What new? We can't hit the guy. Our best bet is to raise his pitch count and get into the bullpen.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ May 9, 2016 -> 07:55 PM) This. Package around Fulmer I'm sure. No thanks. Gray looks like a candidate for elbow issues.

Todd can't even hit a 87 MPH fastball up in the zone. Please give him a day off.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ May 9, 2016 -> 07:48 PM) Gray has always kind of had mediocre peripherals, it may be catching up to him. Yeah I'm not a huge fan TBH. I won't complain if we get him or anything, he'd be a hell of a #2 or #3. But I've always felt he's been overrated.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ May 9, 2016 -> 07:46 PM) And yet they were all solo HR, he got lucky and unlucky at the same time. Classic Chris Young. That's why there's a huge disparity between his ERA and FIP.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 9, 2016 -> 07:43 PM) They are destroying everyone in defensive fWAR Not surprised. Russell, Rizzo, and Heyward are all premier defenders at their positions.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ May 9, 2016 -> 07:43 PM) Chris Young gave up 5 HR today? Holy s***... About f***ing time. That dude just begs you to hit bombs every time he takes the mound. Throwing high and up at 88-89 MPH.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 9, 2016 -> 07:39 PM) Hawk saying Cubs aren't a good defensive team might be one of the most inaccurate things he has ever said lol He's not wrong in the sense that not everybody on that team wows you defensively, but as a unit, they're pretty damn good.