GDT: ST Opener!! Phillies vs Blue Jays - 1:07PM EST

[Stangstag]

Pearson is a 0, don’t expect any contributions from him on the big league roster

[Spanky99]

Big Nate Bomb's(plural)...

[hanton]

ffs Pearson

[JFD]

Lol Nate

[G-Snarls]

Oh wow Pearson

[JFD]

ok that was kinda nasty - split

 

edit - lol Nate

[hanton]

So if Pearson has a new pitch - splitter - he should be working on it right now in this game. Not his s***** FB

[Jays24]

Pearson getting rocked man lol

[The_DH]

He's throwing that split finger in the middle of the plate. They're killing it. I'd suggest starting with a 98 mph fastball and then a split finger down at the knees or lower.

[JFD]

His fastball is unplayable

[Stangstag]

He's throwing that split finger in the middle of the plate. They're killing it. I'd suggest starting with a 98 mph fastball and then a split finger down at the knees or lower.

 

Easier said than done. Dude has no idea where the ball is going coming out of his hand

[Jays24]

Is there anything IFK does better than Merrifield except play a better 3B defensively?

 

Guy got so lucky we had a hole at that spot man lol.

[Jays24]

Why wouldn't Espy just try to take the force at 2B? A simple slide would have gotten the out there

[hanton]

Is there anything IFK does better than Merrifield except play a better 3B defensively?

 

Guy got so lucky we had a massive hole at that spot man lol.

 

Merrifield is a better ball player period.

[Laika]

He's throwing that split finger in the middle of the plate. They're killing it. I'd suggest starting with a 98 mph fastball and then a split finger down at the knees or lower.

 

Huh?

 

Pretty sure all the damage was on his s***** fastball

 

He was throwing 96 on those taters. That's barely an above average fastball for a RHRP.

[Omar]

How did Chad Dallas look today?

[Jays24]

How did Chad Dallas look today?

 

The total opposite of Nate Pearson

[JFD]

I've seen enough to confirm that this will be the most annoying season of all time part 2

[Omar]

The total opposite of Nate Pearson

 

I can't watch today so I assume that Nate is crapping the bed and Dallas looked good.

[Laika]

How did Chad Dallas look today?

 

94, good breaking ball

 

Looks like a relief prospect

[Spanky99]

How did Chad Dallas look today?

 

Good, his offspeed stuff is sexy.

[Stangstag]

Jays gonna single everyone to death this year

[Spanky99]

Varsho's a stud!

[John_Havok]

IKF - 102.5 EV on that RBI single

[Spanky99]

IKF - 102.5 EV on that RBI single

 

And not a peep was heard...

[L54]

Great signing can’t believe they only had to give him two years

[John_Havok]

Some Pearson #'s...

 

Max velo on FB was 99.6, lowest was 95.6, avg 96.8 - not bad for his first spring appearance to be 1 mph lower than his season avg in 2023.

 

FB zone rate was 71%. 14 thrown, 8 swings, 1 miss. 2 called strikes.

CB - 5 thrown, 0 swings, 60% zone rate but only 2 called strikes so blue missed one for him

Slider - 6 thrown, 50% zone rate, 2 swings, no misses.

splitter - 1 thrown, 1 swing and miss out of the zone.

[Spanky99]

Great signing can’t believe they only had to give him two years

 

That was the biggest kick in the nuts, lol.

[Spanky99]

Africa from the Zulu nation. No bueno.

[Jays24]

Looks like Pearson and Zulu should have arrived at Spring Training a week earlier lol