June 21, 20196 yr https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates https://www.milb.com/scores/whitesox/2019-06-21 Lopez, Cease AAA, Pilkington A+, Varnell A
June 21, 20196 yr Interesting pitching slate. Hope Cease will find his fastball command today. Will tune in. Edited June 21, 20196 yr by DirtySox
June 21, 20196 yr Cease looks better today. 4 strikeouts, no walks through 2 innings. He has given up 4 hits and two runs, but 3 of the hits were a bit unlucky. A grounder up the middle in the first. A totally sawed off double in the second where the guy was fooled but flared something just inside the foul line. The ball didn't even make it out of the infield dirt, but went for two bases. He did fall behind one batter and grooved a 3-1 fastball for a double that bounced off the wall. The fourth hit was a roller that found a hole in the infield. He's been ahead of most everyone and has only been hit hard once or twice. Not the best I've seen him look, but better than his recent outings for sure. Let's see how he looks in the later innings.
June 22, 20196 yr Just now, fathom said: Cease is giving the Sox no reason to call him up right now. Still say he looks much better than his last couple starts, but yeah, he's not ready.
June 22, 20196 yr 2 minutes ago, danman31 said: Still say he looks much better than his last couple starts, but yeah, he's not ready. agreed, I think he would really struggle with his command in the majors right now
June 22, 20196 yr Not saying Cease was incredible, but I swear I've never seen so many groundball hits. His BABIP tonight was 9/17 and maybe only 3 or 4 sharp hits. I'm actually more encouraged by today's start. The last few were somewhat worrying. This was progress. Anybody know anything about Cease's changeup? I didn't see much of it tonight, but he threw two wicked ones in his last inning. At least I think they were changeups. 83 MPH that didn't move like his curve.
June 22, 20196 yr 4 minutes ago, danman31 said: Not saying Cease was incredible, but I swear I've never seen so many groundball hits. His BABIP tonight was 9/17 and maybe only 3 or 4 sharp hits. I'm actually more encouraged by today's start. The last few were somewhat worrying. This was progress. Anybody know anything about Cease's changeup? I didn't see much of it tonight, but he threw two wicked ones in his last inning. At least I think they were changeups. 83 MPH that didn't move like his curve. I too haven't seen much of his change-up. But when he does use it I've noticed some gnarly, silly looking hacks at it.
June 22, 20196 yr Barons have rallied to tie it in the 8th. Included a Madrigal single and a Sheets double.
June 22, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, DirtySox said: Hansen in. Hold your breath. Single, walk, wild pitch, single.
June 22, 20196 yr 2 minutes ago, DirtySox said: Single, walk, wild pitch, single. Add another single. Hansen removed. Edited June 22, 20196 yr by DirtySox
June 22, 20196 yr Just now, DirtySox said: Add another single. Hansen removed. Is that like 11 of last 12 batters have reached off of him?
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