Yes, great control with good but not overpowering stuff.  He looks like Black Jack with the pitching skills of Buehrle/Maddux.

 

DAMN! THat's one hell of a combo!

Whats the lineup for the Angels?

Figgins

Davannon

Guerrero

Finley

Rivera

Merloni

......someotherguys

Finley misplays a fly ball to CF by Burke. Base hit!

 

Uribe with a triple that knocks in Burke! 4-0 Sox!

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I cant watch the game, but does he remind you guys of Buerle?

 

I don't want to lead you down the wrong way, but as far as my opinion:

 

-He has awesome command. I'd say, he could potentially have better command than Buehrle. He seems to know where every hitter doesn't want the ball, and he pitches to their weaknesses. He also sets up his pitches well. Like, he'll waste a high fastball to get the hitter's eyes set on a high pitch, and follow it up with a curveball low. So, I actually doesn't say he waste pitches, rather, he purposefully throws balls in order to set up his next pitch.

 

-He throws three pitches well right now -- curveball, four-seamer, and a changeup. Stone mentions how he only throws one type of fastball, but that it goes down and in on righties, as well as down and in on lefties.

 

-And, as Yas says, he works quick like Buehrle. I personally love how Buehrle pitches, and the more and more I see B-Mac, I love him too...

Everyones kinda high on this Bmac guy, i dont know. Did you see his era this spring, it's 0.00. He dosen't have any numbers in it.

He pitches as quickly as Buehrle, but he has more of an attack mode. BMac is impressive.

 

I love to see that in a pitcher, work fast. The goal is to keep the hitter uncomfortable, one good way is to cut down his time to think.

Stone is awesome.

Everyones kinda high on this Bmac guy, i dont know. Did you see his era this spring, it's 0.00.  He dosen't have any numbers in it.

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B-Mac has pitched 4 scoreless innings so far.

What is Stony saying?!

 

Stone is awesome.

Intesting conversation about BMac by Stone and the guys in the ESPN booth, then they talked to Ozzie about him. They were saying that the rotation has question marks and a guy like BMac puts Ozzie in a position to where vhe has to consider keeping him. Ozzie said the rotation is set, and BMac will start in the minors. He said it will be tough to send him down, but he feels goos about the fact if anything goes wrong, BMac is good insurance.

Stone is awesome.

 

I really wanted the Sox to pick him up to work in the TV or Radio booth.

What is Stony saying?!

 

He just knows what he is talking about period. From the cubs to the rangers to the sox etc... He knows his s*** and knows it well.

 

B-Mac has pitched 4 scoreless innings so far.

 

Impressive!

3rd strikeout for B-Mac.

 

Ozuna replaces Uribe at SS.

 

B-Mac has pitched 4 scoreless innings so far.

 

ON top of the 5 1/3 previous scoreless innings he has thrown.

Cabrera is god

Stoney is impressed. Uh oh, are they getting a measurement on BMac?

Is Stone on ESPN or with Hawk? I'm at work and can't watch.

 

 

Uh-oh.

 

Stone says that in talking to Coop, they eventually want to teach him a two-seamer (which I'm OK with), and a slider.

 

Why a slider? If he has good command with a changeup, curveball, two-seam fastball, and a four-seam fastball, there's absolutely no need to put more stress on the arm with a slider...

 

 

Guys -- the comparisons have begun. Brantley comparing B-Mac to Prior...

Is Stone on ESPN or with Hawk? I'm at work and can't watch.

 

He's on ESPN.

Uh, oh...they're throwing Prior's name around. The hype is really starting.

Uh-oh.

 

Stone says that in talking to Coop, they eventually want to teach him a two-seamer (which I'm OK with), and a slider.

 

Why a slider?  If he has good command with a changeup, curveball, two-seam fastball, and a four-seam fastball, there's absolutely no need to put more stress on the arm with a slider...

Guys -- the comparisons have begun.  Brantley comparing B-Mac to Prior...

 

Slider and cutter give him pitches with sideways movement instead of up to down movement. Its something to give the eyes a difference arc to think about.

2 runs score on a Burke muff

4-2 on what looks like an error by burke.

Burke with a catching error to let 2 runs score. Inning should be over. 2 unearned runs for B-Mac.

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