Best fastball from Covey that first inning was 95.4 MPH.

Moncada and Anderson have matching 722 OPS lines now.

Edited June 14, 20187 yr by caulfield12

Gigantic zone for someone with Bauer's stuff is going to make for a ton of strikeouts 

Pretty generous inside corner, at least. Moncada called third and the first strike on Palka well off the plate.

Lol why did they challenge that

Just now, daggins said:

Pretty generous inside corner, at least. Moncada called third and the first strike on Palka well off the plate.

I'm done defending individual calls for Moncada.  The pattern is that the kid does not protect with two strikes.  It's not like he had a full count there either.  Swing the fucking bat.

God I hate replay.

1 minute ago, chitownsportsfan said:

I'm done defending individual calls for Moncada.  The pattern is that the kid does not protect with two strikes.  It's not like he had a full count there either.  Swing the fucking bat.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ckamka/status/1007056291322359809

Don't get me wrong, you don't change anything with the way he's going now...but am I the only that sees closer in Covey? That fastball is just filthy, would love to see him throw it as hard as he can for only 1 inning. Only if the starter thing doesn't work of course 

1 minute ago, chitownsportsfan said:

I'm done defending individual calls for Moncada.  The pattern is that the kid does not protect with two strikes.  It's not like he had a full count there either.  Swing the fucking bat.

Yep, he has hardly any infield hits this year because he never tries to just put the ball in play.

Just now, fathom said:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ckamka/status/1007056291322359809

Right now he's got a bad approach with a bad swing.  It's a credit to his talent that he somehow hasn't cratered out below 700 OPS yet.  Can only hope he turns it around soon.  I really don't want to see him with an OPS below 700 in July.

1 minute ago, TheFutureIsNear said:

Don't get me wrong, you don't change anything with the way he's going now...but am I the only that sees closer in Covey? That fastball is just filthy, would love to see him throw it as hard as he can for only 1 inning. Only if the starter thing doesn't work of course 

As long as he can sustain that type of movement AND 93-96 MPH velocity for 5-7 innings, he's MUCH more valuable as a starting pitcher...

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

Yep, he has hardly any infield hits this year because he never tries to just put the ball in play.

One of the few exceptions was when he pushed an inside pitch at the 2B to advance a runner to 3rd a week ago...that stands out in my memory.

Covey gets more swinging strikes than Gio.  Bizarro world.

Not the greatest location for that slider, but Cabrera was sitting FB.

ERA now all the way down to 2.12, wow.

He might need one more pitch (change) to go with the FB/SL combo, but he has been very impressive since his last start in AAA before the recall.

And there it is, K on a change-up.  Just has to utilize it enough to keep hitters off balance.

Edited June 14, 20187 yr by caulfield12

lotta birds

With swing and miss stuff and the highest ground ball rate in baseball means that Covey is exactly the kind of starter we want, kind of nice.

So Covey is our best starter and Jace the best reliever. Before the year, I would have said that wouldn't be likely....in AAA

Just now, fathom said:

So Covey is our best starter and Jace the best reliever. Before the year, I would have said that wouldn't be likely....in AAA

It's the other side of the rebuild too, guys like these coming out of nowhere help cover up the inevitable prospects that don't pan out.

Getting hard not to be excited considering amount of swing and miss. Imagine if he develops another plus pitch.

Jace needs his own thread.  Was looking at some of his stats today, he's been lights out.  He's more than just a loogie hopefully Rickie starts treating him more like prime Matt Thornton.

Edited June 14, 20187 yr by chitownsportsfan

 

FutureSox has crashed the game

4 minutes ago, Heads22 said:

 

FutureSox has crashed the game

That picture is a PV of 30 with a FV of 35 tops.

The exposed concrete and wiring really completes the photo.  That and that bearded dude's massive gut.

That fastball is just deadly to lefties.  Looks like it's gonna hit their elbow then it runs right over the inside of the plate.

Insane movement on the called 3rd