June 25, 20187 yr Big night down on the farm. Kopech, Cease, Battenfield, and Stievers all in action tonight: http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?cid=&lid=&org=145&sc=&sid=milb&t=affiliate&ymd=20180625
June 25, 20187 yr 43 minutes ago, fathom said: The pitcher facing Charlotte tonight has some of the best stats I've ever seen Wow no kidding Looking at his last 10 it seems as though they are stretching him out. The bulls are the AAA affiliate of the Rays, so maybe they are going to use him as an 'opener'. Edited June 25, 20187 yr by reiks12
June 25, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, reiks12 said: Wow no kidding Looking at his last 10 it seems as though they are stretching him out. Watching him pitch, he throws almost all fastballs 91-93. Looks to have pinpoint command
June 25, 20187 yr Kopech doing same thing where he misses up in the zone at 93-94. Fastballs in the zone mostly 96-97. Slider command non-existent.
June 25, 20187 yr 9 minutes ago, reiks12 said: Wow no kidding Looking at his last 10 it seems as though they are stretching him out. The bulls are the AAA affiliate of the Rays, so maybe they are going to use him as an 'opener'. That's exactly what they are doing/have been doing with him.
June 25, 20187 yr 4 minutes ago, fathom said: Kopech doing same thing where he misses up in the zone at 93-94. Fastballs in the zone mostly 96-97. Slider command non-existent. What game are you watching? Durham gun has him at 95-99 for every pitch, and he had 0-2 counts on at least 2 of those 4 batters in the 2nd inning, getting both on strikeouts in the zone. His command just just fine to me, as his only walk was from nibbling.
June 25, 20187 yr Robert 1-1, BB Curbelo with a hit. Kid is adjusting well now. Boldt just took Cease yard. Edited June 25, 20187 yr by SoxAce
June 25, 20187 yr 10 minutes ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said: What game are you watching? Durham gun has him at 95-99 for every pitch, and he had 0-2 counts on at least 2 of those 4 batters in the 2nd inning, getting both on strikeouts in the zone. His command just just fine to me, as his only walk was from nibbling. The 2nd inning he definitely had three at 93-94. Announcers even gave him credit for 93 after the walk.
June 25, 20187 yr Just now, DirtySox said: Thanks for the accurate velocities all. From someone watching him warm up before game, his command was good except 1 pitch. Better than what he saw earlier in year.
June 25, 20187 yr Eloy two hard hit grounders so far. He's going to be a monster when he learns to elevate.
June 25, 20187 yr Velocity definitely lower when he pitches up in the zone. Roberto Pena just turned around 95 up for first hit against him.
June 26, 20187 yr Kopech surviving completely off of his fastball, and he's commanding it well. When he's missing, he's mostly missing high with it and the hitters are swinging at it. Escaped a lucky double (Chest high fastball inside that the batter tomahawked down the line for a double), and a walk in which he was very close on a couple of pitches to Hazelbaker. 2 more strikeouts. He's got 5 through 3 IP.
June 26, 20187 yr Players are running all over Cease. He's pretty slow to home. Kopech is working really fast, as the announcers have pointed out. He's getting it and throwing it, probably 12-15 seconds between pitches.
June 26, 20187 yr 4 minutes ago, reiks12 said: so kopechs breaking stuff looks weak right now? or he just cant locate it? Just doesn't seem to be fooling anyone like he used to, but that's called AAA ball and not lower level. Not good swings against it though when it's been close, but not a swing and miss pitch. Of the 10 he's thrown though, 5 missed the play by a foot. Edited June 26, 20187 yr by fathom
June 26, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, fathom said: Just doesn't seem to be fooling anyone like he used to, but that's called AAA ball and not lower level. Not good swings against it though when it's been close, but not a swing and miss pitch. Of the 10 he's thrown though, 5 missed the play by a foot. Thanks for the good updates. Looks like I will need to go back and rewatch this one.
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