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  1. THANOS
    I can't watch either Toronto teams tonight, but at least the Flash and Agents of SHIELD are on.
  2. THANOS
    There it is, just DL him or something, get him out of the rotation.
  3. THANOS
    Dickey's just horrendous.
  4. THANOS
    We're not going to get many more opportunities than that vs Sale.
  5. THANOS
    WTF was that Bats?
  6. THANOS
    Ughh get someone on base please.
  7. THANOS
    LOL you know we're in for one when Tulo is making an error.
  8. THANOS
    Ross Atkins on the Bullpen. This could be applied to more than just the bullpen. It's good that he's communicating to Walker and Gibbons at least.
  9. THANOS
    Ughh Stro just needs to pitch better. Watching his 2014 highlight videos is just depressing.
  10. THANOS
    The funny thing is Stroman's 2014 was better than Gray's past 3 seasons, thus far, in the MLB. It just sucks that Stro took his skillset and threw it on the backburner in-order to become something completely different.
  11. THANOS
    Sonny Gray is basically 2014 Stroman
  12. THANOS
    Let's hope he reverts back to the Stroman of 2014 and behind, but I have my doubts. I still expect to see 2SM painting the corners with 1-2 4SM in a 100 pitch game.
  13. THANOS
    That's actually quite encouraging and highly unexpected, but given what we've seen from Sanchez, I doubt Walker said that.
  14. THANOS
    He has been quoted as saying that he doesn't throw max effort anymore, so that could be why.
  15. THANOS
    Max effort 4SM touching 95/96 and two-strike sliders for the punch-out. It's like a completely different pitcher.
  16. THANOS
    The only thing I could find regarding Stroman and his perceived velocity is from his scouting report from 2013. This blurb is interesting:
  17. THANOS
    Judging by what was happening in Cleveland with their rotation, one would think that Atkins and Shapiro would be pushing that here, but they seem far more stand-offish than what I expected.
  18. THANOS
    Is there any actual statistical evidence behind this? I hear it all the time regarding taller pitchers but I've never read anything to confirm it.
  19. THANOS
    Yep. The attempt to work low corners has actually increased Stroman's walk rate and his HR/9 has actually "increased" from 0.48 in 2014 to 0.81 the past 2 seasons. Whatever he's doing, it's obvious that it's not helping him at all.
  20. THANOS
    We can only hope that's what happens, but knowing the coaching staff and Stroman's stubborness, the message from this outing will be, "it's ok kid, you'll get 'em next time, just keep those balls down".
  21. THANOS
    When Jake Odorizzi is striking guys out with a 89-90 mph 4SM up in the zone, Stroman shouldn't be worried to throw his 94-96 mph 4SM up in the zone.
  22. THANOS
    I 100% agree with you. Rear back and toss a high 4SM. He can probably still get it up to 95 is he wants to. 3-4 max effort 4SM fastballs per start could net 4-5 K's alone, if used right. The guy should work the top of zone (and those corners), at least, 30% of the time to keep that in their minds. At one point I thought it may have been Martin's game-calling but after that Stroman quote and watching tonight, it's clearly his philosophy that's the problem.
  23. THANOS
    Let's just hope that this start was the nail in the coffin on his "new approach" as a pitcher.
  24. THANOS
    Yep, this nibbling ******** worked last September because opposing teams didn't expect it and his control actually was pinpoint, so he didn't miss the corners. Now that teams have the book on him, they sit 2SM and BABIP him around the field. It's incredibly frustrating because his stuff is nasty and should play better than this. He has similar stuff to Jake Odorizzi (only with much better velocity) and should be executing his pitches in the same way. Their MiLB stats are very similar, and they have the same pitch selection, only Jake has actually executed the same way he did in the minors with a natural regression due to the competition, while Stroman has become a completely different pitcher and is now being BABIP'd to death as a result of it.
  25. THANOS
    I've read that previously, and that's why I pin a lot of the blame to Stroman currently.
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