In before all the meatballs say Robert is trash lol

A grueling west coast road trip to start the season...with two key stars going down...playing some of the worst fundamental baseball possible...with a few bats still waiting to wake up...

Yet they might just come back home with a winning record.

1 minute ago, maxjusttyped said:

I'm going to be concerned about how Abreu's reacted to covid until given a reason not to be. He looked off all ST and it's carried over into the season.

Possibly.   With Abreu though when people get concerned he all of a sudden goes on a tear.    Understand your point though. 

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

It's like they're facing Parque...which is appropriate since Mike Cameron/Mariners.

I was at that game as a kid with my dad. How i stayed a fan after that shows that sox fans learn abuse early and often...

6 minutes ago, fathom said:

nice call buddy on the homer. What a dumb pitch 

Thank you

5 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

I knew they were going to have to get to this guy at SOME point.

Thank god. Maybe that will get Robert started this year.

What do you mean. That was the second homer off of him. The first one was 3 runs.

Collins sucks at framing, these should be strikes, but he’s all over the place.

2 minutes ago, Heads22 said:

Mas Cubanos looked much better that inning 

Man, I miss @Cubano

Just now, Capn12 said:

Collins sucks at framing, these should be strikes, but he’s all over the place.

Hard to frame when you have to reach across the plate.

1 minute ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Robert has honestly looked much better. He spit on a slider out of the zone there setting himself up to get the mistake. He's fighting himself a bit early in counts as you can tell he wants to swing but his approach is improving game to game. The reward for that will come. 

That Iglesias at bat was the only one I can recall where he looked totally helpless. 

2 minutes ago, SpringfieldFan said:

A grueling west coast road trip to start the season...with two key stars going down...playing some of the worst fundamental baseball possible...with a few bats still waiting to wake up...

Yet they might just come back home with a winning record.

Not to mention a lot of angry wives on the Southside.

3 minutes ago, Greydawgfan1 said:

In before all the meatballs say Robert is trash lol

Who says hes trash? Wanting a guy to have a better plan at the plate isn't saying hes trash lmao jesus you're so thin skinned.

Edited April 7, 20214 yr by manbearpuig

I'm taking it that Giolito's velocity has been 92-94, maybe a few 95's for most of the game?

Feels like 2-3 years ago monitoring his velocity so closely.

At least we know he had the mid to high 90's stuff last time out...there's that.

2 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Robert has honestly looked much better. He spit on a slider out of the zone there setting himself up to get the mistake. He's fighting himself a bit early in counts as you can tell he wants to swing but his approach is improving game to game. The reward for that will come. 

He's honestly had a few at bats this season where he battled well and laid off some offspeed offerings. I see no reason to be down on him.

I love our bullpen, but I’d love a starter to go 6+ innings more. 

3 minutes ago, EloyJenkins said:

I was at that game as a kid with my dad. How i stayed a fan after that shows that sox fans learn abuse early and often...

https://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/05022002.shtml
 

James Baldwin was the opposing pitcher. Wow there were some bad arms coming out of the farm and ones that they tried relying on didn’t always work.

4 minutes ago, Greydawgfan1 said:

In before all the meatballs say Robert is trash lol

He's not trash, we just know he has a sky-high ceiling as a player and he's capable of far better results than he's had

Just now, caulfield12 said:

I'm taking it that Giolito's velocity has been 92-94, maybe a few 95's for most of the game?

Feels like 2-3 years ago monitoring his velocity so closely.

At least we know he had the mid to high 90's stuff last time out...there's that.

He's been 90-91 mph

Pretty sure no one, at all, on here, has said ‘Robert is trash’.

 

Exaggerations for $400 please, Alex.

Just now, ron883 said:

He's honestly had a few at bats this season where he battled well and laid off some offspeed offerings. I see no reason to be down on him.

754 OPS and one bonehead defensive play (miscommunication, we'll be generous) still adds up to a 4+ fWAR.

2 minutes ago, mqr said:

That Iglesias at bat was the only one I can recall where he looked totally helpless. 

He will do that to righties 

1 minute ago, ron883 said:

He's been 90-91 mph

He’s been 93 most of this inning

Just now, ron883 said:

He's been 90-91 mph

Lots of 92s and 93s in this past inning. Except for the 3rd (?) where he was mostly sitting 91, it hasn't been anything too out of the norm.

3 minutes ago, manbearpuig said:

Hard to frame when you have to reach across the plate.

I wonder if his reach is more prominent due to his set up?

Ok, any guesses on who Hawk would say was the most competitive guy he played with?

I would guess some guy he played with in the minors.