Chicago White Sox

The change and slider are why Fangraphs had Burdi as a 50 FV prospect as a reliever before his injuries.

Agreed...likely precautionary.

Burdi’s changeup faster than Keuchel’s fastball.

Yup

Nice work Heuer!

This team is still very much a work in progress, especially on the pitching side of things.

Have you been reading this thread? I am one of the people defending him, but I also can be objective and acknowledge he’s been bad so far this season.

Lopez 2018 4-seam spin rate = 2102 Cease 2020 4-seam spin rate = 2541

It’s his 19th start in a pandemic fueled season and despite posting 98th percentile velocity and 93% percentile velocity spin you are completely writing him off. Like I don’t know many times you have to do this before you realize jumping to conclusions on still developing young players is fucking stupid.

To be fair, Cease has been pretty bad this year despite a good ERA coming into tonight.

I think I’m getting to the point where I might have to put you on ignore because these hot takes are just embarrassingly bad and I’m starting to feel bad being a dick to you all the time.

Was literally just posting this. Can’t be a coincidence.

This is Cease’s 19th career start, why is he already abandoning a potentially plus offspead pitch? Him, Lopez, & Giolito were all known for plus curveballs in the minors and when they finally get to the show with us the pitch just disappears. To me it reeks of some sort of Don Cooper meddling.

Why does it seem like Cease barely uses his curveball anymore? I thought that was his elite breaking ball in the minors.

Not that I thought they had a chance to get Romine, but what was that throw?

Apparently the Tigers’ offensive philosophy tonight is to hit every ball to RF...

4-1!!!!

Oh fuck me Tim! EDIT: That come out really weird...

Lopez has poor / inconsistent spin on his fastball. Cease just needs better command of his four seamer.

Nice work Dickman!

Nice work Mazara!

If SoxTalk gamethreads don’t always feel like an endless time loop, then this post has to happen

Not as good as Madrigal though ?

Command just hasn’t been there this season, but I think he’ll figure it out soon enough.

Exactly.