Just now, harkness99 said:

for being supposedly fast - tims speed to first base has never impressed me. 

All matters how he gets out of the box. Thought that one would be closer, but I guess not.  He’s just hitting so few line drives of late.

7 minutes ago, fathom said:

Such a slow swing...also when you’re batting 8th in NL, you can’t be taking strikes like he did

If he's gonna be a pull hitter he should just get closer to the plate with that open stance.

Just now, TheTruth05 said:

Did Tim not run full speed there? Can’t believe Bote got to it fast enough 

Anderson ranks 129th in sprint speed to first... one spot ahead of the burner nick madrigal.

 

Statcast Sprint Speed Leaderboard | baseballsavant.com (mlb.com)

Anemic offense has returned yet again. Need more run support to take the pressure off Rodon. 

6 minutes ago, chw42 said:

I think Seby getting the majority of playing time isn't helping his bat. You need to get regular at bats to progress as a hitter. If his framing wasn't so goddamn awful, he'd be playing more. 

 

5 minutes ago, SonofaRoache said:

If he were hitting when Grandal went down he'd be playing more. 

 

3 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

 

If he were better at baseball, he’d be better at baseball.

If my aunt had a dick she would be my uncle

Collins sucks

Just now, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

If he's gonna be a pull hitter he should just get closer to the plate with that open stance.

His bat speed isn’t quick enough to pull the ball. A lot of his success comes from flipping the ball to left.

Carlos a little wild this inning. 

Carlos having trouble getting it over the plate. Getting nervous. C'mon, this lineup is weak. Carlos is being too cute with these guys.

1 minute ago, chw42 said:

Carlos a little wild this inning. 

Got a gift on 3-1

Caught a break on that call. 

Just now, chw42 said:

Caught a break on that call. 

Huge call in this game. 

Wow umpire helped out Rodon a ton right there. Huge difference between 1 out and on a runner on first and 0 outs and two men on.

Just now, fathom said:

Huge call in this game. 

Just think about it, the Cubs got 7-8 of those calls yesterday. 

3 minutes ago, fathom said:

His bat speed isn’t quick enough to pull the ball. A lot of his success comes from flipping the ball to left.

His spray chart shows me he has 3 doubles down the RF line. 2 doubles and 1 HR to RCF , 1 HR to CF , 1 HR to slightly LCF which you could call CF  and 1 HR to the gap in LF. Only 1 double to straight away LF. Practically the whole side of medium and deep LF is empty of hits .

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/zack-collins-641470?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb

Throw strikes Carlos

lmao what was that throw Carlos

LOL at Rodon.

3 minutes ago, chw42 said:

Just think about it, the Cubs got 7-8 of those calls yesterday. 

It's always funny to me how Contreras lives on framing pitches that are 3-4" outside that he ends up getting the call, but when one goes against him when he's in the box, he gets pissed off

Just now, chw42 said:

lmao what was that throw Carlos

He could have fielded that & ran it over to 1st and got Alzolay... but ok I'll take that

2 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

His spray chart shows me he has 3 doubles down the RF line. 2 doubles and 1 HR to RCF , 1 HR to CF , 1 HR to slightly LCF which you could call CF  and 1 HR to the gap in LF. Only 1 double to straight away LF. Practically the whole side of medium and deep LF is empty of hits .

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/zack-collins-641470?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb

Nice chart, the flips to left are the three in shallow LCF.  I believe a few came against Tampa.

I’m just surprised he didn’t land on Yoan’s foot and Yoan limp off

Carlos might have gotten 2 Ks that inning, but he was dangerously close to walking 3 of the 4 hitters he faced. With the top of the lineup coming up, he shouldn't have a real long leash in case he starts the 6th inning wild. You also don't want to overthrow him. Gotta save him for the stretch run. 

2 minutes ago, chw42 said:

Carlos might have gotten 2 Ks that inning, but he was dangerously close to walking 3 of the 4 hitters he faced. With the top of the lineup coming up, he shouldn't have a real long leash in case he starts the 6th inning wild. You also don't want to overthrow him. Gotta save him for the stretch run. 

I bet he has a long leash with the rest he’s had and Hendriks likely down

Stone tipping his cap to another 5 ERA starter again. Hes been doing that a lot lately.

It feels like we're just not allowed to score more than 2 runs off the starter.