GDT - Game #5 - April 01 8:10 ET - Jays @ Astros

[Daniel Labude]

Batting practice fastball apparently lol

[Spanky99]

Dude hit that at his eyes, impressive.

[BTS]

Jesus, they're all over his fastball

[hanton]

With melons

 

good hitting ball club

[bones10]

this dude have minus minus fastball or somethin

[Orgfiller]

They’re demolishing the fastball.

[hanton]

they finally playing diaz eh....

[Angrioter]

DFA Francis

[Jaysareus]

Keep the fastball out of the zone and strike out with curves. They are def sitting on the fastball

[hanton]

same game plan that has Varsho hitting 4th

[Orgfiller]

Francis seems like someone who desperately needs a working cutter. He’s not even locating the fastball poorly and the velo is fine, he got some swings and misses on it. They must be sitting on it and it doesn’t have any funky characteristics to make them swing under it.

[Delgalladay]

Had to know the Astros would be tough after they just got swept to start the season

[Spanky99]

they finally playing diaz eh....

 

Yeah, they moved on from Maldonado, he's the guy now. That hit was at his eyes, impressive.

[burlingtonbandit]

What's also interesting is that Clement is playing SS over IKF and not only that but he's batting 6th and IKF is batting 8th.

 

If he gets the nod when the harder defensive position is available to play, and he also bats higher when they are both in the lineup, then isn't that perhaps an admission that they think Clement is the better player?

 

So why play IKF over Clement when Bo is available?

 

Because the Front office gave him 15 Million dollars.

[Omar]

Francis seems like someone who desperately needs a working cutter. He’s not even locating the fastball poorly and the velo is fine, he got some swings and misses on it. They must be sitting on it and it doesn’t have any funky characteristics to make them swing under it.

 

Maybe, but with a barely average fb and a below average curve, he's going to have a tough time regardless.

[HomeRunHomer]

meatballs

[Terminator]

Yikes

[DigitalRock]

Damn they are smashing francis

[burlingtonbandit]

Wonder if Francis is tipping pitches. They are all over him.

[Orgfiller]

That was a horrendous pitch. He’s getting demolished.

[Omar]

cement mixer:(

[Daniel Labude]

[Jaysareus]

Terrible pitch there hanging breaking ball

[Stangstag]

2023 Bowden Francis was a mirage

[Spanky99]

Hangy they bangy... this getting fugly in a hurry.

[JaysAllMighty]

Batting practice WTF

[Stangstag]

Wonder if Francis is tipping pitches. They are all over him.

 

Yeah this is eerily similar to that Gausman start in Houston last year

[Omar]

Get Mitch White up...........now.

[Orgfiller]

Wonder if Francis is tipping pitches. They are all over him.

 

I mean that time he threw a mediocre slider down the middle to a pull hitter. The fastball seems like it’s quite hittable and they’ve been sitting on it though.

[Orgfiller]

Get Mitch White up...........now.

 

Mitch White just threw 3 innings, I think Parsons is next out of the pen.