Let's talk a little about Reds' prospect Tyler Mahle who struggled in his debut but rebounded with a 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 5 Hits, 0 BBs, 3 Ks against the Pirates Saturday night. I watched a decent amount of his start and the main takeaway I have is that his Fastball command wasn't great...which shouldn't surprise anyone with the way he pitches. I've talked a ton about Jake Arrieta's mechanics, where his landing foot is closed, stepping toward the right-handed batter's box. Mahle does this as well (look at his backfoot and front foot - everything is going away from the plate!) and it forces him to throw across his body, something that makes it really really hard to be consistent with your location. Pitches move more, but making them go where you want is very difficult. Thing is, Mahle's pitches aren't so incredible movement wise to out-weigh the location of them like we've seen with Arrieta or Adam Ottavino...leading me to be a bit bearish on Mahle. On the other hand, he gets the Mets next and that's as good of a chance to do well as any. I'm okay with that stream, but I think you sit out the rest.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
Is Alex Wood with decreased velocity better than Pomeranz, Morton, or Clevinger?
Drop Pomeranz for Wood.
Taillon and Bauer are out there, but I have Junis, Gibson, McHugh, and Jimmy Nelson on my squad. Should I drop a reliever (Diaz, Treinen, Parker) instead of a pitcher? Just not sure who to believe in.
I trust Bauer and Taillon over both Junis and Gibson, FWIW.
Scherzer took a comebacker off his calf/lower leg in the first (he wasn’t injured batting). Definitely not his normal self in the next 4 innings he pitched. All over the place (for him).
Yeah I’m dumb and misread my source. Sorry about that!
He needs to pitch behind an l-screen!
Scherzer took a line drive off his calf while on the mound. He got taken out cause he couldn’t cover first
Yeah I’m dumb and misread my source. Sorry about that!
There is nothing logically sound about the dh. Some like it some don’t. If you can’t jog 90 feet without getting hurt I am not sure you can call yourself an athlete. Nobody considers football kickers athletes… Unless they are… Which most are not.