1 minute ago, brijames1957 said:

Bieber could go 9 at this rate.

Might even go 10 lol

4 minutes ago, fathom said:

I don’t see how he’s going to stick as a starter.

He was drafted 4th overall though

5 minutes ago, fathom said:

Madrigal’s contact has been weaker than ever. He’s not even close to hitting line drives

350-380 OBP is a useful player in the lineup.

Just now, maloney.adam said:

Menechino needs to tell our hitters to be a little more patient at the plate.

Problem is they’re taking pitches over the plate and then chasing bad pitches. Bieber is great of course, but they don’t seem to have any plan tonight.

Just now, ptatc said:

350-380 OBP is a useful player in the lineup.

Neither Madrigal nor Vaughn will keep up .350 OBPs if they continue hitting .200.

As a baseball fan, you love to see these pitchers duels.

Just now, ptatc said:

350-380 OBP is a useful player in the lineup.

Not if there’s no slugging and mediocre everything else.  Teams will challenge him a lot more if he can’t get the ball out of the infield.

Someone paint an aluminum bat to make it look wood and give it to Madrigal. 

Nice play Yoan.

Got to imagine this is Lucas' last inning. Who next?

Jeebus Jason what are you going on about? 

I'll say this much....defense has been terrible so far this season, but they are throwing some leather tonight, really backing Gio up big time.

Time to mute the broadcast

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Just now, Balta1701 said:

Neither Madrigal nor Vaughn will keep up .350 OBPs if they continue hitting .200.

Nick has so far. However I would guess the average goes up. The approach is too good.

Just now, Heads22 said:

Got to imagine this is Lucas' last inning. Who next?

Has to be Crochet right?

Naylor loves those KC specials.

Does Naylor ever know where he hits the ball?

He’s missing his spot on nearly every fastball. Amazing he’s done as well as he has.

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Not if there’s no slugging and mediocre everything else.  Teams will challenge him a lot more if he can’t get the ball out of the infield.

It's still useful without the slugging. Someone needs to get on base in this lineup of free swinging. 

Just now, ptatc said:

Nick has so far. However I would guess the average goes up. The approach is too good.

No he hasn’t, his OBP has dropped to .333 after his groundouts tonight.

Gio missing spots for sure now, hopefully he gets this last out, and the pen takes over.

1 minute ago, ptatc said:

Nick has so far. However I would guess the average goes up. The approach is too good.

His contact is too soft right now. Hard to find a lot of holes if the ball is so weakly hit. Last year he seemed to at least hit the ball on a line more often.

Yeesh.

Hell of an outing for Giolito!!  Get a run and make him the winner 

LGIAA