Lukakke Appling

This is very encouraging, as others mentioned especially with Hansen.

He’s referring to this from the article. “Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez and Carson Fulmer are in the biggest tryouts of their lives, because Michael Kopech and Dane Dunning and Dylan Cease are on their way, and so long as his arm holds up, Alec Hansen is on the come.” I don’t know if that can be considered expecting the worst, But that’s the quote.

Arm soreness.

Yeah that could be. Either way, not a big deal. I just would have liked to see him get the triple one AB after the scorer took his away.

He gone!

It doesn’t matter they had to tag up. You make your way to second base. It was 2nd and 3rd.

Second? just stay a step behind the base.

Yeah, kinda funny because he could have got his triple back had he run it out.

He’s been giving that pitch all game. Hector has benefitted a lot from it.

Yeah I noticed that. He’s not happy today.

Kennedy has a history of blatantly hitting batters. On a few occasions up around the head. So I wouldn’t be too surprised, although I’m not expecting it.

Just draft the best guy available and worry about where they fit if/when the time comes. No need to complicate it.

The contact by Yolmer and Abreu bodes well for second time through the order.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 10:42 PM) Omar just had an incredibly lazy frame attempt I noticed that too. Pitch number 3.

Pretty sure the guy in black behind home plate on the left of the screen is Jim Jefferies.

There’s the walk. I was getting worried there. We have a reputation to uphold.

That’s too bad. He needed the at bats. Looking like his best case scenario is as a 27 year old rookie.

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 01:57 PM) Man alive. So many hot takes.

He’s swinging at too many bad pitches. That was my best guess and the numbers back it up (50% O-Swing). Whether that’s an issue of pitch recognition or him pressing too hard, I couldn’t tell you.

I think they’ll keep plugging him out there until Tilson is ready. Tilson’s shown some signs of getting back on track. It’s understandable he started slow.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 16, 2018 -> 10:56 PM) Sosa special Sosa would have done a little skip like he just won the World Series

That’s just flat out embarrassing.

It looks to me like Lopez really telegraphs that changeup. He slows his arm down a lot.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Apr 15, 2018 -> 08:41 AM) Can someone explain how MLB Pipeline translates the following ratings, for Johnson, into an overall 45 rating?: Fastball: 65 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 50 | Overall: 45 The only way that makes any sense is if the Control Factor is very heavily weighted. There’s a few guys you’ll see like that. Ian Clarkin comes to mind. In his case I’m thinking they took his health into consideration. For Johnson I would guess it’s being a RP.

Honestly, I think he’s a little pull-happy and he’s pressing too hard....they probably feed off each other. One bright side of this weekend series possibly not happening is he can hopefully clear his head.