Just now, Tony said:

Yeah, this isn’t some new development. He’s not a good pitcher. Enough digging into as many advanced stats as possible to paint some sort of picture. He’s bad. 

every advanced stat says he's horse shit.

Just now, Quin said:

Eh, his first full season with the Sox was good.

3 years removed.

He cant theow a fucking strike

Lopez sucks. Missing everything away. 

Memo to Ricky. This is a friggen 60 game season. Every single game is huge. Lopez is not a starter. 

Lopez is terrible. Move him to the pen and go with Gio

Get the pen up.  

Just now, TheTruth05 said:

3 years removed.

The point being that it just wasn't his time with the Nats.

The drop off is much more drastic and alarming.

There is Gio in the pen as expected.

I miss the 98mph reylo 

And not only can he not throw strikes, his fastball is 5-6mph slower than last year!

This is actually the worst Lopez has ever looked when you account for the complete lack of velocity.

Just now, reiks12 said:

Lol you just knew this was coming. Good thing we have our best lineup today to help us get back in this thing.

Yup. 100% was saying this was going to be sheer disaster since I looked at the probables for this. 

 

1 minute ago, SonofaRoache said:

Game is far from over, hope Eloy is okay. How did RR not see this coming? 

Yeah, we only spotted the best hitting team in baseball 4 runs with one of the worst pitchers in baseball on the mound and have a bullpen that's been a collection of gas cans to this point.

Totally in this thing. 

It's not mental. His fastball is flat. It's that simple. The off speed is below and his fastball is flat with no command 

Was he any closer to the plate w/o men on?

Lopez is not good.

1 minute ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

You gotta know when you transition from grass to dirt, how many steps you have until the wall..

I honestly don't know how that can happen to a big leaguer. How long have these guys been playing baseball?

It's aggravating. You put Cease in as the #3, as he belongs, and they might of taken 2 out of 3 from the Twinkies and set the tone for the season.

91 mph!?

Lopez is toast, move him to mop up and insert Gonzalez into the rotation. 

2 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

every advanced stat says he's horse shit.

I was about to say. Advanced stat geeks have been saying he sucks since we were saying he was good in his first full season. 

Just now, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

It's not mental. His fastball is flat. It's that simple. The off speed is below and his fastball is flat with no command 

I would say his lack of command compounds the mental and it snowballs. 

In a regular season I’d give him a few starts, but after watching preseason and now today, I think it would be prudent to switch roles with gio and see what happens. 

Gracious...garbage. Gio and Lopez need to swap positions, like now.

Just now, Richie said:

I was about to say. Advanced stat geeks have been saying he sucks since we were saying he was good in his first full season. 

Ding ding ding. His first "good" season was all luck based. 

This is like dylan covey 2.0.  Sox need to cut bait on these guys earlier man.