1 minute ago, Balta1701 said:

Vaughn is at the 24th percentile for footspeed, Abreu 17th so far (where 0% would be the slowest guy in the league).

Moncada is in the bottom half now?

Just now, chw42 said:

Is Abreu really down to 17? He was in the 40s last year. 

That's what BaseballSavant has right now for those two.

3 minutes ago, chw42 said:

Chapman is having the game of his life at 3B. 

He's in the convo for best to ever do it, pretty absurd that he and Arenado were on the same HS team. 

3 minutes ago, chw42 said:

The good: we won a series at home for the first time since April. We also took 3 of 6 against the Astros and Jays. Not too shabby. If you had told me we'd do that a week ago, I would have been very content. 

The bad: Lucas is cooked and we lost 2 players who are good defensively and have been contributing offensively. 

This team won’t make the postseason if Giolito doesn’t snap out of this

Just now, Balta1701 said:

That's what BaseballSavant has right now for those two.

At least he can read balls hit into the outfield well.

Just now, caulfield12 said:

Moncada is in the bottom half now?

I'm not sure how they really measure sprint speed, but half our guys loaf it down to 1B so I wonder how much that affects their average sprint speed. 

Just now, caulfield12 said:

Moncada is in the bottom half now?

53.9%. 

85 pitches for Giolito now.

Continues to absolutely wear it.

 

ERA at 5.46.  Hello 2017-18.

Edited June 22, 20223 yr by caulfield12

No logical reason to put Gio out there.

Burger has sucked since coming back from getting hit by a pitch on his wrist. Too bad as he was on a roll before being hit.

Edited June 22, 20223 yr by hankchifan

Just now, TheFutureIsNear said:

No logical reason to put Gio out there.

It's 7-0, spare the bullpen a little bit.

26 minutes ago, fathom said:

Wonder if his arm is just shot from the shortened delivery 

Interesting thought. His delivery does look very short, especially for how tall and lanky he is. 

They should pitch Giolito the whole game. A complete game loss. Lol

Just now, TheFutureIsNear said:

No logical reason to put Gio out there.

They already used a lot of pitchers last night and have a 4 game series starting tomorrow. GIolito is eating an inning here because the bullpen needs it.

2 minutes ago, TheFutureIsNear said:

No logical reason to put Gio out there.

Yes, just throw Banks…as long as he can go.  Not even sure why he’s rostered if not for this.

Then Foster.

Then position players…just not ones we can afford to get injured pitching.

Edited June 22, 20223 yr by caulfield12

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

This team won’t make the postseason if Giolito doesn’t snap out of this

Gio also had some really bad starts last year prior to figuring it out in July. But I don't think his ERA ever got above 4.2. His ERA is in the 5s now and that was with a pretty solid start this year. He's basically replaced Keuchel in terms of production ever since we DFA'd Keuchel. 

Glad I missed this one…wow, what is wrong with Lucas?

Gameday says there's an injury delay?

Imagine if we had managed to sign Wheeler…

Sigh.

2 minutes ago, maloney.adam said:

They should pitch Giolito the whole game. A complete game loss. Lol

Can't risk a union grievance.

2 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Glad I missed this one…wow, what is wrong with Lucas?

What’s not wrong?  Pretty much everything.  Velocity.  Mechanics.  Confidence.  Location/command/control.

Season highs in runs and hits his last two outings…Houston and now Toronto.

Edited June 22, 20223 yr by caulfield12

2 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Glad I missed this one…wow, what is wrong with Lucas?

Parts I saw he was throwing 91

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Parts I saw he was throwing 91

91 and missing his spots out over the plate.

Just now, caulfield12 said:

What’s not wrong?  Pretty much everything.  Velocity.  Confidence.  Location/command/control.

Season highs in runs and hits his last two outings…Houston and Toronto.

He's had a pretty rough stretch of starts against good lineups. The only meh lineup he's faced the past 6 starts is the Rangers and they're not that bad. That doesn't excuse just how awful he's been though. 

At some point, you have to blame the players for underperforming. 

Idk what has happened, but Kopech, Lynn and Giolito all took a major step back with their stuff this year. Kopech has been the only one who has been able to pitch through it, but idk how much longer that's going to happen. 

Edited June 22, 20223 yr by Jack Parkman