2 minutes ago, chw42 said:

I don't think his delivery is funky enough like Sale's or Crochet's to truly baffle hitters. His stuff seems similar to theirs, but he doesn't have the command those 2 had.

I don’t think his change up is anywhere near that of Sale’s

I mean, he should be through 2 scoreless with 3K

Sox (rightly, I think) see extension as an injury red flag so they probably wouldn't risk messing up his motion and possibly his health by pushing him for extension. Would probably move his release point closer to normal as well.

1 minute ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

I mean, he should be through 2 scoreless with 3K

Yeah he looks good so far

1 minute ago, fathom said:

I don’t think his change up is anywhere near that of Sale’s

Definitely not. Sale had incredible stuff from the get-go pretty much. Schultz has a lot to work on.

Acuna must be 0-20 in games I’ve watched

While I don't really think Schultz is all that close to the level of Sale, he might have a little different results if he was making his MLB debut as a reliever (especially in the era when you could pull a guy in fewer than 3 batters if you wanted)

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Acuna must be 0-20 in games I’ve watched

I think I've seen him get a hit once.

imagine if Acuña could bunt, he might actually have an OBP around .300ish

We all expected him to try for a double, right?

Ant Man officially over 300! .301

Sam is like a 60/65 spray hitter, it's amazing.

Just now, fathom said:

We all expected him to try for a double, right?

I thought JRod was trying to bait him

Just now, fathom said:

We all expected him to try for a double, right?

I really thought he was going to try but probably playing shy after that first inning blunder

Just now, chitownsportsfan said:

Sam is like a 60/65 spray hitter, it's amazing.

His approach is everything you want in a lead off hitter.

1 minute ago, Jake said:

I thought JRod was trying to bait him

Bro got baited by a rookie in his 2nd game lol

Edited Tuesday at 02:21 AM4 days by chw42

beautiful swing!

1 minute ago, Jake said:

Sox (rightly, I think) see extension as an injury red flag so they probably wouldn't risk messing up his motion and possibly his health by pushing him for extension. Would probably move his release point closer to normal as well.

They love naturally high extension, but they don't force it. Bannister is very big on leaning into guys' natural biomechanics.

A rare single

Ok 1-2 punch time Vargas can lift one

1 minute ago, chw42 said:

Bro got baited by a rookie in his 2nd game lol

Catcher just tried also

Not sure how that swing didn’t make contact

Feels like Woo pretty much lives in the shadow zone.

Terrible at bat

Yikes.