GDT:game 1/4 Toronto Blue Jays @ Kansas City Royals (7:40pm ET)

[Jonn]

Troll review lol

[el duque]

The Killer Bees (Berrios/Bassitt) are going to give us all ulcers this season.

 

there are three missed Belt

[Stangstag]

Mostly in high light reels. You?

 

You mean ONLY in highlight reels?

[gruber92]

His career 100 wRC+ has come in his ages 23-25 seasons. 111 against RHP btw. Ever heard of projecting a young hitter with good pedigree to get better? Or do you only save that for players drafted by the Blue Jays?

 

We're in a WS window. The team needs a proven run producer batting clean up. Let Varsho progress in the six spot and then reassess later in the year. He's still young so what's the rush? He batted clean up vs LH starter already by the way.

[DigitalRock]

Kirk is the best infield hit hitter of all time

[Orgfiller]

Another one of those games where Berrios didn't even have to be good, he just had to not get f***ing obliterated.

 

Yup, 5 runs and the ABs have been pretty competitive from about the 3-4th inning onwards, but Berrios blew up to such an extent that they never had a chance to even get back into it.

[Masterbather]

That's pretty much the last thing anyone would have expected

[Solaxys]

Infield hit king is back at it.

[harvey16]

Infield hit Champ Kirk!

[Jonn]

Mostly in high light reels. You?

 

Zac Gallen is on my Keepers League Fantasy team so watched quite a bit of Dbacks games last year.

 

I also own Drey Jameson and Corbin Caroll

[Solaxys]

Feel like we should let Lukess hit DH instead

[Grant77]

Missed the game, but Berrios must have been a treat to watch.

[gruber92]

Who should hit 4th?

 

Right now, Chapman. Hopefully Belt returns to form where he can also be an option. It's a contract year for Chappy, I'd bat him clean up a lot.

[Jonn]

Kikuchi is the stopper we need tomorrow.

[Raezor19]

I know I signed up in 2019 and didn't post until tonight but I'll be back..... Cheers all.

[gruber92]

Kikuchi should do well vs the Royals line up.

[Orgfiller]

Missed the game, but Berrios must have been a treat to watch.

 

The most frustrating part of the outing is that aside from blowing up, it came in spurts every other inning. First inning hot garbage, second inning unhittable, third inning shaky but decent, fourth inning blows up again, 5th inning unhittable. The command just blows up every other inning out of nowhere and he becomes batting practice, but the stuff never suffers.

[Masterbather]

Kikuchi should do well vs the Royals line up.

 

Unless he just implodes and can't find the strike zone. Which there is a more than good chance could happen.

[Stangstag]

I know I signed up in 2019 and didn't post until tonight but I'll be back..... Cheers all.

 

Just make sure you’re here on the good nights too

[Terminator]

 

Look at this dude's 4-seamer location lmao

 

The majority of them are right over the plate, belt high.

[Stangstag]

Very winnable game, starting pitching has absolutely failed us in 3 out of 4 games so far. Frustrating.

[Terminator]

It's like he has the yips.

 

But instead of not being able to find the plate, he's incapable of throwing his fastball for anything other than middle of the plate belt high.

[BTS]

 

Look at this dude's 4-seamer location lmao

 

The majority of them are right over the plate, belt high.

 

My god. Nothing but belt-high fastballs over the plate. That's how you get knocked around my the worst lineup in baseball.

[Terminator]

Maybe instead of dying his hair and getting rocked for Puerto Rico in the WBC he should have been working on locating his fastball. Garbage player and I hate him for ruining my night.

[Stangstag]

It's like he has the yips.

 

But instead of not being able to find the plate, he's incapable of throwing his fastball for anything other than middle of the plate belt high.

 

Maybe this all stemmed from a HBP and now he’s scared to nibble corners??

 

Has there been a major HBP injury Berrios was involved in at some point between 2021-2022? Maybe in spring training of 2022?

[Spanky99]

Zac Gallen is on my Keepers League Fantasy team so watched quite a bit of Dbacks games last year.

 

I also own Drey Jameson and Corbin Caroll

 

Nice.

[JFD]

Maybe instead of dying his hair and getting rocked for Puerto Rico in the WBC he should have been working on locating his fastball. Garbage player and I hate him for ruining my night.

 

[Laika]

 

Look at this dude's 4-seamer location lmao

 

The majority of them are right over the plate, belt high.

 

Curve locations look mostly fine

Sinker locations look mostly fine, even though a few drifted into the zone and got hit

 

The four seamer locations are a nightmare

 

I return to my theory that he should have spent all off-season developing a cutter and/or a breaking ball variant and he should scrap the four seamer. Sinker/Cutter/Curve

 

Even if he's not going to change his pitches, his game plan is a nightmare. No high four seamers???

[Pendleton]

[Omar]

Curve locations look mostly fine

Sinker locations look mostly fine, even though a few drifted into the zone and got hit

 

The four seamer locations are a nightmare

 

I return to my theory that he should have spent all off-season developing a cutter and/or a breaking ball variant and he should scrap the four seamer. Sinker/Cutter/Curve

 

Even if he's not going to change his pitches, his game plan is a nightmare. No high four seamers???

 

Other than low and in to lefties his pitches to the corners of the zone seem remarkably sparse. The guy doesn't know how to paint the corners. He probably has no idea where his pitches are going. Pete Walker has to break him down and start from scratch in season. What a nightmare.