Malike

Stop using silly things like advanced metrics and use facts instead please.

Give me some pitchers you think are number 2's and I'll show you guys who aren't averaging 6IP+ per game. Very few do that. We don't have a single pitcher in our rotation who does that. I said he's a 2-3 and I stand by that. This is a 26-year-old with 182 IP in his career, label him a 5 and dive going forward but like a lot of your stuff, it would be shortsighted.

They've been limiting his pitch counts like they have for all of the starters. It seems they don't want guys without a lot of innings under their belts to throw more than x amount of pitches. He's not an Ace, but he's a hell of a lot better than a 5 and-dive guy. He's a sold 2-3 and very valuable to this team. If not for a missed strike he's 7 innings 0 runs.

Back-end starter? Bradish has the best stuff on the staff lol. How on earth do you see him as a "decent 5 and dive guy"? That might be one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read in a game thread. He's 26 with an extremely high ceiling.

I'd like him to go out for the 7th but I bet Hyde is trying to manage pitch counts for a lot of these guys who haven't thrown a ton of innings.

Welcome back!

If I were 23 and signed a huge deal, I'd probably be smiling a lot too, to be fair lol.

Beautiful job there by hitting into the DP by Rodriguez. Couldn't have made it any more tailor made...lol

Have a good afternoon. See you in 4 or 5 thread pages.

When the ump gives teams 4 outs, bad things are prone to happen.

Like, put a device on each wrist or something, if it buzzes right wrist call it a strike, if it buzzes your left wrist call a ball. The ump should be calling fair/foul and HBP and tipped balls and plays at the plate. That's it.

Should have been a K of Suarez. What trash umpiring this entire season.

Great reaction by him, though. He's much less of a douche than I thought only having seen small snippets of him.

I mean, Heim is more deserving. You do know a terrible and washed up Derek Jeter was the starter like every year, right? Cool, he's the best SS ever.

Hard to argue with that considering expectations coming into the season.

It's definitely disappointing. I don't think he's a bust yet. This is his first full season and it's a grind for sure. I do think he's going to have some incredible seasons in the future.

I voted 4-5 WAR in this poll. For once, I might be right about something.

Also the two "seeing eye singles" were 108.5 and 104.0 off the bat.

I think by the end of July, Coulombe will be the 8th-inning guy

If you can't miss bats, anything can happen. He's not missing bats.

Cano isn't missing bats. 1 SO since June 8th and 4 in his last 8 innings.

Yes. Hiccup update? Gameday hasn't given us one yet!

July 8th and 22nd are both afternoon games.

Pretty big mix of day/night games coming up. Mon night against Cincy, then Tues afternoon then Wed night. Twins Friday night then 2 day games. It's all over the place.

Adley looks like a mess at the plate. Just terrible at-bats.