This is where I am. I can’t imagine there’s not an injury or something at play here. Obviously his stuff is not as electric as it used to be. But he was able to put together some good appearances in the early season. His issues right now don’t look like “stuff” is as much of an issue as it is command. And we’re talking awful command. He’s struggling to get the ball close to the zone.
If the problem is the stuff, he needs to be able to make adjustments. He can't blow guys away anymore, he needs to figure out how to get them out some other way.
There’s no one head and shoulders above the rest. Part of me wants to go with Mountcastle who hit that bomb off Hunter Harvey. 2-2 with 2 homers against his old buddy.
I can see the case for Webb who finally put the Nats to bed though.
5/8 7-6 (12) @ Nationals: Nobody really stands out in this game but I will go with Webb for *finally* closing the game after Kimbrel/Akin and Suarez both failed to hold leads. Webb allowed a ghost runner to score on a leadoff hit but looked dominant from there.
Yeah, it was an ugly night for him. Don't know if the line drive was catchable but definitely took a bad route. The sac fly was what annoyed me the most, just catch it and make a good throw, didn't seem to expect the runner to go.
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