14 pitches, 6 swinging strikes 

1 hour ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Right, in more innings a fairly less pronounced suck. And at a harder position.

It’s a like 1 game difference in innings. You can hide AV in the OF. He’s not good; but he’s fine. Burger is a bad 3B and you can’t really hide a guy there. He’s made a ton of huge errors in big spots on fairly routine plays. I like the guy; nothing against him. But he definitely is a bad defensive 3B right now. 

The City connect jerseys on a Tuesdays eh?

Just now, ChiSox59 said:

The City connect jerseys on a Tuesdays eh?

I believe they said Dylan chose them

smart TA. Protect your legs.

Just now, Heads22 said:

I believe they said Dylan chose them

I dig it 

jesus, nasty splitter.

 

Gausman is going to strike out 20 today

13 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

no, at 3B a "lack of range" is totally more likely to result in a ball off your glove or a rushed throw and that's more likely to be an error on the scoresheet then taking a bad route with a piano on your back and turning an out into a triple in RF, come on you're really dug in here.

You are going to have more options for balls off of your glove with range, versus without.   

1 minute ago, southsider2k5 said:

You are going to have more options for balls off of your glove with range, versus without.   

Plus Burger’s not as athletic…he picked up that ball he misplayed with the glove.  More experienced players know the runner and barehand it.  Can’t imagine all the plays he would struggle with at second base.

holy shit Cease is on fire right now

4 minutes ago, reiks12 said:

Gausman is going to strike out 20 today

Cease on pace to strike out 27 batters through the first 5 batters.

Edited June 22, 20223 yr by BRDSR

dear lord dylan

whats the record for Ks to start a game?

Cease is incredible right now

Kirk was walking more than striking out before that at-bat.

Pretty much half these guys will be in the All-Star game.

The record for most Ks to start a game is 8 

2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

You are going to have more options for balls off of your glove with range, versus without.   

Let me put it this way.  If Burger has two step range at 3rd on hard hit balls, while Yoan Moncada has three, it just means that more balls are going to get past Burger into RF for either singles or doubles.  If he doesn't get to them, they aren't giving him an error on them.  It is the same as RF where if Adam Engel has 15 step range, and Andrew Vaughn has 10, it just means more balls are getting down for hits in the OF with Vaughn.  It doesn't mean that either is going to get more errors.

Besides the reason Burger has been making errors lately isn't because of his range or lack there of, its because his hands are awful.  His transition from fielding to throwing is really bad.

Cease wont break the record unfortunately 

Slider is killing off the Jays one by one…killing two birds with one stone.

Just now, caulfield12 said:

Slider is killing off the Jays one by one…killing two birds with one stone.

in this case, 5 birds

2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Let me put it this way.  If Burger has two step range at 3rd on hard hit balls, while Yoan Moncada has three, it just means that more balls are going to get past Burger into RF for either singles or doubles.  If he doesn't get to them, they aren't giving him an error on them.  It is the same as RF where if Adam Engel has 15 step range, and Andrew Vaughn has 10, it just means more balls are getting down for hits in the OF with Vaughn.  It doesn't mean that either is going to get more errors.

Besides the reason Burger has been making errors lately isn't because of his range or lack there of, its because his hands are awful.  His transition from fielding to throwing is really bad.

He’s the anti-Uribe hands-wise.  Hands of stone.  Which would be quite useful for boxing and MMA.

 

Naylor terrorizing the Twins now, too. 3-0.

Edited June 22, 20223 yr by caulfield12

You know you're on your game when the ump starts giving you the Livan Hernandez Kzone. 

 

Eloy Jimenez 0/3 tonight at DH.

Not hurt as of yet.  Maybe teach him to strike out rather than ground out…?

 

Have to take the Gausman splitter up the middle and to RF just like they did with Verlander.  Big power swings and you just top the ball into the ground for DPs.