9 minutes ago, bmags said:

He’s gotta learn how to pitch with his weaker end of game stuff. We’re up 4 runs, tigers lineup is bad. Let him try some different sequences and gain experience.

Absolutely. The only way I don't let him out is because he only threw 50 pitches his last game. I still don't like Cooper letting him sacrifice velocity. His spin rate is already elite with high velocity. I hope somebody is in Coop's ear about that since I still believe the game has passed him by.

Edited August 26, 20187 yr by SoxAce

Adam with the boosters switched on there

Great last name.. Smoker

Should be a new pitcher for the 7th. Sox will be monitoring his innings for the rest of the year. No reason to push him now . He got 4 more starts yet to go.

2 minutes ago, JoshPR said:

Great last name.. Smoker

Probably good his first name isn't Paul.

Palka walked which is good, but was hoping to use this great phrase:

More like Smolka

Sacks packed with Sox for Moncada!

Moncada with the bases loaded.....

Right down the pipe

Looks like Kopech isn't coming out...

Edited August 26, 20187 yr by SoxAce

Just now, SoxAce said:

Looks like Kopech is coming out...

I thought the opposite 

Just now, Jose Abreu said:

I thought the opposite 

My autocorrect misspelled isn't and shortened it. We're on the same page with your quick ass response.

Yeah looked like he was just sitting there

Why Moncada didnt swing at that 92 mph fastball down the middle with the bases loaded ill never know.

4 minutes ago, SoxAce said:

Looks like Kopech is coming out...

I held in a shit because of your autocorrect? Dammit.

4 minutes ago, reiks12 said:

Why Moncada didnt swing at that 92 mph fastball down the middle with the bases loaded ill never know.

Uh, because he's Yoan Moncada and someone taught him that taking pitches is good in and of itself, and not that it's good in that it allows you to find your pitch and KILL it.

6 minutes ago, The Sir said:

I held in a shit because of your autocorrect? Dammit.

I literally corrected it 10 seconds later. 

The pitcher had just walked in a bases loaded run on a WP, too, maybe he wanted pitcher to show him he could.

Anyone else feel like Engel's and Garcia's OF defense was very MEH/bad during the last Kopech inning?

1 minute ago, bmags said:

The pitcher had just walked in a bases loaded run on a WP, too, maybe he wanted pitcher to show him he could.

If he swung at that pitch, there would’ve been a lot of “WHY IS HE SWINGING FIRST PITCH AFTER 3 STRAIGHT BALLS?!?!?!” 

We'll see if this pitch to contact philosophy works with Kopech,  but this is what I was afraid of when he came up. Coop fucking with him. 

21 minutes ago, SoxAce said:

Absolutely. The only way I don't let him out is because he only threw 50 pitches his last game. I still don't like Cooper letting him sacrifice velocity. His spin rate is already elite with high velocity. I hope somebody is in Coop's ear about that since I still believe the game has passed him by.

Hes on an innings limit. The last thing you need is a blown out arm over a meaningless game. Kopech did his job today no reason to push it.

5 minutes ago, Soxbadger said:

Hes on an innings limit. The last thing you need is a blown out arm over a meaningless game. Kopech did his job today no reason to push it.

How is it pushing it with a pitch count in the 80s

4 minutes ago, Jose Abreu said:

How is it pushing it with a pitch count in the 80s

Are innings pitches?

 

5 minutes ago, Soxbadger said:

Are innings pitches?

 

So if he had thrown 7 shutout innings with 75 pitches, you’d advocate that he doesn’t throw the 8th?