I will say this...Cooper's got him throwing an awful lot of strikes. He's ahead of everyone. He just can't put them away.

Rios needs to sit for a few...or at least tomorrow.

Fantastic sequence to Damon. His fastball control has been sensational.

Look how much more effective the fastball is when he can throw a mean offspeed pitch beforehand.

 

That was his best at bat since the one against Peralta.

Rios needs to sit for a few...or at least tomorrow.

 

I keep pointing this out, but he just seems disinterested. His defense hasn't been great during the 2nd half, and his base running has been awful for about 2 months now.

It's 9 since ASB, I believe.

That can't be right...

That was a perfectly located fastball to Boesch...rising and up out of the zone.

I think I'd rather watch Vizquel at third when he's 50 than Teahen there ever again.

Yeah, well he has increased his gb rate and it is paying dividends. He's going to give up some hits, but how many balls have been hit hard off him? He's made one huge mistake to Cabrera, but other than that, he's just throwing strikes and putting up zeroes.

 

I'm sorry, but that is not bad.

 

ditto. bad defense behind him too. the umpires are making bad calls agst us in this game. i think Cabrera was out on that one.

That can't be right...

 

I heard he had 7 a few days ago

Jackson and Coop appear to have found something together tonight.

That was a perfectly located fastball to Boesch...rising and up out of the zone.

 

Very impressive inning there.

Sutcliffe is such a good announcer lol. "I might bounce a breaking ball here..."

By FAR the most impressive inning he's had, because he threw a couple effective offspeed pitches and located the fastball well. THAT was a dominant inning.

Haha, you just said hard on

*in Austin Powers voice* "Oh behave."

I heard he had 7 a few days ago

Brutal.

Really, I'm flat out unimpressed so far. He has a 96 mph fastball but it's been hit a few times and he's only really gotten a couple of pitches that have hurt people. There's very little sink or cut on his fastball. It's straight.

 

The Slider's been very week. He's thrown less than 5 good ones. Cabrera got 2, Peralta got 1.

 

He's stepped up and gotten Cabrera a couple times, I'll grant him that...but every time he's come up there's been people on.

 

 

Keep in mind that Coop is probably working a very specific plan with Jackson.

 

Starting out throwing only 2 pitches... telling him "don't worry about whether guys get hits, we don't care... just throw strikes".

 

It's very similar to what they did with Thornton at first.

 

They want to establish his ability to throw strikes... period. And then build on that.

 

Jackson and Coop appear to have found something together tonight.

I hope they make beautiful music together...

Goodbye baseball, it's been fun.

PAULIE IS ON FIRE!!!

PK, you beast!

YES! PK

Another MASH. I thought that was foul.

MONSTER HOME RUN BY PK!!!

 

4-0!

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