DirtySox

Was about to come post this. Kinda crazy how committing to a team changes things.

I love me some early baseball. Something to do while I work. Fingers crossed Reynaldo shows some signs of life today.

Reading these game-threads after the fact sure is a trip. It's like half of you have amnesia and are just discovering that the starting pitching is utter trash other than Giolito. Games like this are the norm when 4/5 of your rotation is flotsam. Expect plenty more of this the rest of the season when someone other than Gio is on the slate. There is nothing in Charlotte other than Cease and retreads like Detwiler. This was always going to be another rebuilding season, especially after the TJ plague hit the pitching crop. Props to the folks in this thread who are level-headed and have quality contributions and make it fun to read despite the swell of shit-posts. You know who you are.

I like it. I don't remember who called him that originally, but I laughed.

Good luck with that. Lip has already made up his mind.

Send it to the moon Timmy.

Sure. Of course that happened.

Of course you walk him.

Beautiful thing.

So glad the Barons are leaving Chattanooga. No video feed is unacceptable!

Send them to Great Falls.

Hate loading the bases when the command has obviously slipped. Not a good look Ricky.

Rutherford now 3-3. Up to a robust .251 batting average.

Wow.

Timmy fed up, as he should be.

This fucking ump.

Madrigal working his walks is a very good sign.

Robert single, Madrigal walk.

Stiever has 4 SO 0 BB 3 H 1 ER through 5. Fastball consistently at 95/96. Haven't seen enough of the offspeed/breaking pitches to have much of an opinion. Lots of fastballs though. 46 of 62 pitches as strikes. This is his High-A debut I believe.

Timmy getting hosed on these outside pitches. Lord.

Madrigal double.

The perfect 7 hole hitter.