82birds wrote: ↑31 Aug 2025 12:24 pm
4 walks by Pallante, one out in the fourth
(and it's not the ump)
nah the ump has been pretty good today
it's mechanics.. specifically not being able to repeat them consistently. Libby has the same issue. might be something to pitching longer, and more, than you ever have in your career
Absolut wrote: ↑31 Aug 2025 12:17 pm
Typical Walker at bat. Calls time with two strikes
Takes a fastball down the pipe and then flails after sliders.
He covered all his greatest hits.
To mix it up , JWalk should be directed to try some thing different.
Call no timeouts in at bat next at bat…eliminating more ‘thinking time’
was just thinking the same thing
and someone mentioned Crooks not being good behind the plate.. I disagree.. think he's done a pretty good job, especially with a pitcher who tends to spike his slider quite a bit. lots of spin on those
Absolut wrote: ↑31 Aug 2025 12:17 pm
Typical Walker at bat. Calls time with two strikes
Takes a fastball down the pipe and then flails after sliders.
He covered all his greatest hits.
To mix it up , JWalk should be directed to try some thing different.
Call no timeouts in at bat next at bat…eliminating more ‘thinking time’
was just thinking the same thing
and someone mentioned Crooks not being good behind the plate.. I disagree.. think he's done a pretty good job, especially with a pitcher who tends to spike his slider quite a bit. lots of spin on those
Hope so. But the bar has dropped pretty low for C vs 10-15 years ago. Doesn't take much to be an improvement over Pages/Pozo/Hererra. Fair or not, I will always be compariing to Yadi. And this roster is going to need a prospect to really break out and exceed all expectations at an MVP level for us to get good again. Because that's how we won in the 2000's.