QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 11, 2014 -> 07:34 PM)
Reminiscent of Mike Trout off Sale.
Verlander threw that pitch to the exact location (in and off the plate) that Avila had his glove waiting for...
Pulled his hands in and muscled it out. Justin couldn't believe it.
Not quite as bad as up and away, but Jose has shown that he can hit the inside fastball out. The Angels showed the way to get him out. Nothing but offspeed, mainly outside the zone. Until he learns to take those, that's all teams should do to him.
QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 11, 2014 -> 07:35 PM)
Except it wasn't over the plate, it was inside and probably wasn't even a strike.
Abreu's obviously making some adjustments of his own as he starts seeing the AL Central opponents a couple of times and gets a better feel for how they're going after him.
Cruz 21, Encarnacion 20, Abreu 19
I have Gameday up, and the broadcast showed the strike zone, both had it in the strike zone.