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He checked.

I thought my TV screen was melting.

Wow that looked fair on the TV angle.

Who put a grill right next to the CF camera?

Eaton looks like Scott Sterling right now.

Why would you throw 3 changeups in a row on 0-2?

I thought he got hosed on that check swing call on the first pitch.

Lefties teeing off Urena.

A lot of hard contact off Lucas so far.

Nice play by Eaton

Damn Robert might have COVID?

Fuck Eaton is hurt.

Good thing Candelario whiffed.

Tim is so good when he goes opposite field.

Lucas only threw 2 changeups that inning to righties. I don't think the Boston start should make him throw it that much less. His slider is not that good of a pitch.

How is wanting everything to be correct instant gratification? The umpire's job is literally to get as many calls correct as possible. Not make mistakes along the way to give the game a human element.

At that rate, we're gonna lose 8 games due to bad umpiring alone.

Their pitching is overachieving by quite a bit. Duffy has a ERA under 0.50, but his Baseball Savant page is half blue. His xERA is almost 4. He's throwing harder than before, but he always his issues staying healthy. I think at the end of the season Brady Singer is gonna be their best pitcher. Nothing about their roster quality jumps out at you. They may luck their way to above .500 record if everything goes their way, but I really doubt they can win 90+ games. Edit: after reading over what I wrote again, Danny Duffy reminds me a lot of Carlos Rodon. Oft-injured lefties who are throwing harder this year and aren't likely to sustain the massive success they've had early on.

The TV ones aren't the most accurate either. The most accurate one is actually on MLB Gameday according to Ump Scorecards.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/nick-madrigal-is-good-can-he-be-great/ TLDR: Nick is already a good hitter, but to be a great hitter, he's gotta sprinkle in like 5 homers a year.

If the bullpen was as good as it was last year, this team would probably be 16-5.

I think we need to be 5 games over by the end of the homestand. Anything less would be disappointing.

It's not a coincidence.

I'd rather see Foster than Ruiz, but ?