Wow

That ball was smoked by Vaughn, oh well.

Well that went to shit

Umpires suck at their jobs. Why do we even have strikezones. 

Of course double play white Sox. 

Vaughn looks to be headed to Charlotte...putting everything on the ground.

That play won’t be made in Charlotte in two weeks

Hit hard, nice play, tough luck.

Just now, caulfield12 said:

Vaughn looks to be headed to Charlotte...putting everything on the ground.

Made solid contact but his swing is so much less explosive than it was in college 

16 consecutive scoreless for Dunning.  

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

That play won’t be made in Charlotte in two weeks

This is a key point to keep in mind when assessing prospects that I think a lot of people somehow forget. (Basically that MLB players are better than MiLB players, lol)

Vaughn needs to see AA ball before he can make it here. He's not ready. Even though he does show some positive signs. He has the chance to be a good one.

Edited April 24, 20214 yr by RagahRagah

1 minute ago, reiks12 said:

this umps garbage

We say this every game. They all suck. Which goes to show me if even the most trained professionals repeatedly make the same mistakes, either the training needs rehauling or it's just humanly impossible to track pitches correctly all the time. Enter electronic strikezones.

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Made solid contact but his swing is so much less explosive than it was in college 

You have to wonder about the aluminum bat issue for both him and Madrigal...yet somehow, 40 year old Nelson Cruz has no issues.

Just now, ScooterMcGee said:

We say this every game. They all suck. Which goes to show me if even the most trained professionals repeatedly make the same mistakes, either the training needs rehauling or it's just humanly impossible to track pitches correctly all the time. Enter electronic strikezones.

Covid killed umpiring.

1 minute ago, ScooterMcGee said:

We say this every game. They all suck. Which goes to show me if even the most trained professionals repeatedly make the same mistakes, either the training needs rehauling or it's just humanly impossible to track pitches correctly all the time. Enter electronic strikezones.

pitchers throw so hard now and the framing is amazing. I don’t blame them for being wrong so often.

That curve is so sick, if only he could get it over. 

Edited April 24, 20214 yr by RagahRagah

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

You have to wonder about the aluminum bat issue for both him and Madrigal...yet somehow, 40 year old Nelson Cruz has no issues.

Beckham was someone that scouts were concerned would be impacted by the change.

40 minutes ago, Marqhead said:

Nice effort Luis 

That play looked every bit as bad as the one that hit him in the head the other day.

Very nice inning for Cease.  Madrigal vs Dunning should be fun

Some of the best command Cease has had in his career.

Gallo is scuffling a bit now...Lowe, Garcia and Solak the most dangerous.

he's improving exponentially by the inning

1 minute ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Some of the best command Cease has had in his career.

Maintaining it consistently has always been the issue...of course.  That and pitch counts.

Edited April 24, 20214 yr by caulfield12

1 minute ago, Heads22 said:

he's improving exponentially by the inning

Too bad he threw 3 innings worth of pitches in the 1st.

Nick doing Nick things.