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People will be focused on Kopech’s fastball, but I’m more interested to see if he has a competent slider.  It was god awful last year.

10 minutes ago, fathom said:

People will be focused on Kopech’s fastball, but I’m more interested to see if he has a competent slider.  It was god awful last year.

I'll be looking to see if his delivery has changed I guess. Some talk that it's more compact now. He had problems locating fastballs to RHB to say the least last year. If he's still missing glove side 80% of the time nothing has changed. I don't care about his numbers, just show some positive command and control improvement when starting a count.

The fact that MLB.tv isn't free during Spring Training still boggles my mind.

I'll have to follow along on Game Day until T-Mobile gives out the free MLB.tv on 3/26 :/

1 hour ago, fathom said:

People will be focused on Kopech’s fastball, but I’m more interested to see if he has a competent slider.  It was god awful last year.

Yep. Kopech's slider has been bad for 2 years. He has enough spin on his heater that it still plays at 94-95 mph. 

Cruel joke having to listen to this announcer.

1 minute ago, baseball_gal_aly said:

He’s just not a good player.  

Just now, fathom said:

He’s just not a good player.  

Exactly why you don't take a 1B  in the top 10. 

3 minutes ago, baseball_gal_aly said:

Exactly why you don't take a 1B  in the top 10. 

Especially one who is physically maxed out

Kopech still all over the place and his slider looks bad. 

Pinpoint as always with his command.

Just now, baseball_gal_aly said:

Kopech still all over the place and his slider looks bad. 

I was hoping that was a cutter

Kopech has zero control

4 minutes ago, baseball_gal_aly said:

 

An example of why WAR is a joke, expecially concerning 1st basemen. Before the Covid year,  Abreu with over 100 RBIs had a War of like 2.9, and Yolmer Sanchez had a War of like 2.6. 

The next year, the White Sox cut Yolmar to start the season and Abreu went on to win AL MVP.  Abreu's value to the Sox was only a 1/3 of a run more than Yolmer?? What a joke!

1 hour ago, fathom said:

People will be focused on Kopech’s fastball, but I’m more interested to see if he has a competent slider.  It was god awful last year.

I'm more interested in if he can come close to throwing strikes.

Just now, Dick Allen said:

I'm more interested in if he can come close to throwing strikes.

Nope….he looks as bad as last year.  He so desperately needs a change of scenery.

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Nope….he looks as bad as last year.  He so desperately needs a change of scenery.

Or a change of career since he hates baseball

Just now, Buehrle>Wood said:

Or a change of career since he hates baseball

Did he say that?

Why is he so worried about Madrigal? Tiny little legs run in quicksand.

If that’s his slider, he’s getting almost no horizontal movement.  He threw one nice fastball to Busch.

Just now, fathom said:

If that’s his slider, he’s getting almost no horizontal movement.  He threw one nice fastball to Busch.

He needs to drop that pitch and use the curve more.

1 minute ago, almagest said:

Why is he so worried about Madrigal? Tiny little legs run in quicksand.

Maybe he was in the draft war room when they said he was a 70 runner

Just now, almagest said:

He needs to drop that pitch and use the curve more.

That one to Gomes was way, way better.  Maybe those were cutters?

Just now, fathom said:

That one to Gomes was way, way better.  Maybe those were cutters?

I don't know man. This guy had electric stuff before TJS. This is like a different pitcher.