Rosenthal on Gausman and Bundy

[Il BuonO]

And Michael Bay would throw at the batter's head every time.

I personally had Scorsese pegged for that.

[kyleott]

I personally had Scorsese pegged for that.

Scorsese would do that a good amount, but he would mix in a stifling curveball, and a forkball, or something weird. Regardless, he will still find a way to strike you out.

Michael Bay on the other hand, if he connects with your head, and you're left on the ground unconscious to logic because the booms and pows were too loud, he's happy. If you consistently dodge the fastballs coming at your head, and stare back ambivalently with hate and sheer wonderment for his persistence, well, he doesn't care. He's got a ridiculous guaranteed contract from Hollywood and he still pitches every 5th day (and 4th of July).

[weams]

He's got a ridiculous guaranteed contract, and he gets paid, concussion or not.

The redemption story is what we all long for.

[Il BuonO]

The redemption story is what we all long for.

Well, that's got Spielberg written all over it.

[Tony-OH]

What Gomes knows is he can't hit Gausman stuff. But then again he can't hit a lot of righthander's stuff. Now if Longoria or Cabrera said that about Gausman it would mean more to me. I think considering the source is wise.

So a major league hitter with 3060 major league plate appearances who has played for 8 years in the major leagues is not a good source to compare stuff between Bundy and Gausman because he hits left-handers better than right-handers? Gomes is certainly better against left-handed pitching, but he does have 381 hits and 86 major league home runs off of right-handers in his career so it's not like he's terrible against them. Gomes just compared their stuff that day. He's as good a source as you can get for the comparison of stuff for that day because he faced both.

[Frobby]

So a major league hitter with 3060 major league plate appearances who has played for 8 years in the major leagues is not a good source to compare stuff between Bundy and Gausman because he hits left-handers better than right-handers? Gomes is certainly better against left-handed pitching, but he does have 381 hits and 86 major league home runs off of right-handers in his career so it's not like he's terrible against them. Gomes just compared their stuff that day. He's as good a source as you can get for the comparison of stuff for that day because he faced both.

Agree, but with emphasis on "for that day". Gomes isn't in especially good position to judge who projects to be better long term.

[Tony-OH]

Agree, but with emphasis on "for that day". Gomes isn't in especially good position to judge who projects to be better long term.

Agreed, which is not what Gomes was saying from what I gathered. As of now, no one knows who will become a better pitcher, and I honestly think they are both going to be very good, but I would not discount a long-time major leagues player's evaluation of stuff because he hasn't hit right-handers particularly well over his career.

[DrungoHazewood]

The more articles I read, the less excited I get about Bundy.

We are nearing a kind of nexus, where we'll be disappointed by players before we've even heard of them, possibly before they're even born.