I have a feeling this might be a fun series...Yoan!!!

Yoan is fun

Man if Eloy and Yoan both become beasts. That helps things immensely. The beast and the besssss.

So is this Moncada kid any good?

2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

So is this Moncada kid any good?

yes

2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

So is this Moncada kid any good?

Nah he strikes out too much

19 walks to 9 strikeouts.  Good line, for Ted Williams.

Moncada says "Olay!"

Just now, Scoots said:

Nah he strikes out too much

royals play by play guy "off to slow start" -- as he sits 15th in fWAR and 47th in wRC+.

Yoan getting comfy now.

1 minute ago, chitownsportsfan said:

royals play by play guy "off to slow start" -- as he sits 15th in fWAR and 47th in wRC+.

I mean...they don't really have any room to talk. Their team is just as bad as ours...And we beat the shit out of them once already

reaches back for 92 and throws it just a BIT outside.

much better velocity tonight, maybe this dude just cannot pitch below 60 degrees.  very weird but nice to see so far.

 

He didn't walk anyone!

Just now, chitownsportsfan said:

much better velocity tonight, maybe this dude just cannot pitch below 60 degrees.  very weird but nice to see so far.

He's got very specific abilities 

Just now, Heads22 said:

He didn't walk anyone!

No, but that bomb the Moose hit is a homerun in Chicago. Probably hit it 415 feet. Think it was a hanging changeup.

Just now, chitownsportsfan said:

much better velocity tonight, maybe this dude just cannot pitch below 60 degrees.  very weird but nice to see so far.

Nothing weird about it to me. Cold  and young pitcher early in the season trying to gain some consistency in his mechanics leads to struggles. He'll sort it all out sooner or later,

Davidson...man. Not only is he swinging at garbage or right through pitches right down the middle...it seems like he gets a lot of pitches called strikes against him that are not strikes.

TA take your time buddy...throws out Perez on a chopper by two steps.

He still has zero command on his fastball.  Come on dude.

23 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

So is this Moncada kid any good?

If you asked many here on Soxtalk that question last week, the answer would have been something akin to “no”.

He's got nothing other than another 2mph tonight.  Lucky not to be down 2-1 or 3-1 after that AB.

I like that swing just as much as the homer. Good lord

I know we had no other options tonight...but can we PLEASE send Engel back down to AAA next month. PLEASE. I hate the idea of him hitting behind Moncada. Or anyone, for that matter. But especially Yoan.