Tabler "Hitting home runs is not about how hard you swing", very next sentence "it's a combination of bat speed and..."
I'm not an expert, but isn't how hard you swing the same thing as bat speed?
I swear 5x a week it's Pillar who gets interviewed after the game. All it takes is 1 catch, 1 double, 1 HR, 1 anything and he's the chosen one. Don't get me wrong, well deserved today.
3rd highest OPS in the AL for June is a good start (well ahead of Red Sox). I still fully expect the O's to crumble, having literally one starting pitcher isn't going to get them far.
Didn't Strasburg have a hard capped limit and they shut him down entirely? I'm not sure they do with Sanchez considering it seems like they just want him to work less hard the second half being in the BP. Otherwise I don't understand the benefit of being in the BP for 2 months vs just using all his innings/pitches up as a starter which I think yields more value.
Why do so many feel we can't win with Hutchison on the mound? ffs it's not throwing in the towel and with Sanchez / Chavez / Grilli / Osuna / Storen he doesn't need to go 7 innings... This team is built around the line up as it's core and it's heating up right now back to it's old self. If by August 10th this line up can't get us 6 runs a game we'll be in trouble now matter who pitches.