WC GDT: Jays @ Twins Game 1, Best of 3... So It Begins...

[Grant77]

Lopez looks quite hittable. For all of the whining about Gausman, he's hit the glove a lot more than his counterpart.

[CJ-Freeway]

The ump seems consistent for now...

[Spanky99]

I wholeheartedly agree. You and I have watched baseball long enough to know when something's up. That's the great thing about baseball. You notice things that you would have missed when a newer fan, like many in this thread. So much nuance.

 

Easy man, seriously.

[Stangstag]

Lopez looks quite hittable. For all of the whining about Gausman, he's hit the glove a lot more than his counterpart.

 

Top 2 guys in strikeouts and we have…. 1 strikeout in the game so far. K looking

[gruber92]

Lopez looks quite hittable. For all of the whining about Gausman, he's hit the glove a lot more than his counterpart.

 

Yeah, a lot of hittable pitches from Lopez so far, but nothing hit hard.

[BlueDrip]

Varsho is going to have a big game!

[Grant77]

Easy man, seriously.

 

That clearly wasn't directed at you.

[CJ-Freeway]

Damn, that was hit hard.

[glory]

A-Rod on the ESPN broadcast is saying Gausman is tipping as well.

[Olerud363]

So odd. How do we still not know what is happening here

 

On the U.S. broadcast A-Rod thinks he is tipping because of the body language. Not just the takes but they aren't flinching.

[jaysthebest]

I wanted to play against the Rays...

[bones10]

He needs to throw it for strikes or more competitive before they’re going to swing. He isn’t doing it.

[Spanky99]

He has to establish the low fastball and he's got to throw a few early strike to ball splitters to establish it. If they're headed for the dirt right out of his hand they're not going to swing.

 

Correct.

[Stangstag]

Ok those last 2 splitters have me convinced, they definitely know when its coming

[Zacman]

Ok those last 2 splitters have me convinced, they definitely know when its coming

 

Yep and they swing at every fastball.

[Pinkfloid]

Looks like poopy Gausman showed up today

[Zacman]

Yep and they swing at every fastball.

 

Which gausman can't locate.

[Stangstag]

A-Rod on the ESPN broadcast is saying Gausman is tipping as well.

 

Yeah I definitely believe it now

[Jays24]

Gausman looking like a scrub out there man. I'd get someone warmed up asap

[gruber92]

Gausman missing his spots badly.

[Grant77]

Wallner takes a wild swing at the sweeper, much like an earlier batter on the slider. They don't even flinch at the splitter. Not knowing what they see is so annoying.

 

I've never seen Gaus throw a sweeper. Maybe he should use it more.

[Stangstag]

Yep and they swing at every fastball.

 

Correa didn’t get the memo lol

[CJ-Freeway]

Man, everything is hit hard FFS

[thatoneguy]

Well this is already looking like one for the toilet.

[Spanky99]

It's called " The Kevin Pillar" lol

 

You think Pillar was a TV diver? lol

[Jaysareus]

They are teeing off on Gausman

[el duque]

Gausman is somehow telling them what is coming, they are not swinging at the splitter. This is not the first time we see this about Gausman, we need a camera on the catcher to see it.

[RobinThicc]

They have his number. Not much else you can do, just hope he can give 5 or 6 and keep the game close.

[Masterbather]

Correct.

 

This inning he is throwing some good ones though, they're still not swinging. The ones that start in the strike zone and finish just below the knees, you need them to swing at those our it's going to be a big problem

[Zacman]

Yep not even a flinch at the splitter. s***.