Chris Tillman Today 2015

[Il BuonO]

Chris looked ok his first time out. FB command could have been better but he did go 6.2 IP.

Today he'll have his work cut out for him.

[Reboulet'sStache]

I thought he was fortunate to be going against Tampa's lineup the first time out with the stuff he had. Hopefully today is better.

[scOtt]

His command is spotty at best today. Two HRs already.

[Il BuonO]

His command is spotty at best today. Two HRs already.

Yeah, the 2nd HR was a hanging CH to Pillar and he really had no business even throwing the pitch to him because in the 3rd he struck him out ( Tillman's only one of the game ) on all FBs.

The 2-2 pitch to Travis before he hit the LD which Snider misplayed wasn't made and he was forced to come in with a FB on 3-2. This happened quite a bit.

Poor FB command and he had no secondary pitches working either. That makes for a tough day.

[OFFNY]

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8 OUTS: 2 Flyouts, 2 Popouts, 2 Lineouts, 1 Strikeout, 1 Groundout

CHRIS TILLMAN O(vs. BLUE JAYS, 4/12)

IP:. 2.67

H:o 6 (2 Home Runs, 1 Double, 3 Singles)

R:O 7

ER:)3

BB: 3

SO: 1

Pitches: 79 (47 Strikes, 32 Balls)

2015 ERA: 3.86

PITCHES BY INNING

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32 (20 Strikes, 12 Balls)

13 (10 Strikes, 31 Balls)

34 (17 Strikes, 17 Balls) *

* Tillman recorded 2 outs before departing in the 3rd inning.

[Reboulet'sStache]

He's had a rough start to the season, but it's early. I'm not worried about his FB command not coming back, but based on last year, his secondaries this year are a concern.

[ShaneDawg85]

It was obvious very early on that he didn't have it. Most of the outs and hits were fly balls, and that wasn't going to fly today with the wind blowing all over the place. Got 2 strikes on guys a couple of times but couldn't put them away. Didn't seem to have an out pitch.

[Guest gausman37]

Chris Tillman's advanced stats have never been that good. I'm concerned that he's more of a #4 starter going forward than the ace this team needs.

Today in particular he was really fighting his command. Couldn't throw any pitches for strikes consistently.

[Il BuonO]

Man, De Aza has already saved him a couple times defensively. I hope he finds his FB command quick.

[Reboulet'sStache]

Not very good. He has to get something consistently working besides that 91 mph fastball. It drives up his pitch count because you aren't going to quickly put hitters away with it, and you can only go through a lineup so many times with it.

[Crazysilver03]

Interesting. In Rosenthal's latest he said Tillman preferred Lynn's contract with the Cardinals 3/22 and not losing any free agent years. But the Orioles want to buy out some of his free agent years.

[Il BuonO]

Not very good. He has to get something consistently working besides that 91 mph fastball. It drives up his pitch count because you aren't going to quickly put hitters away with it' date=' and you can only go through a lineup so many times with it.[/quote']

I agree and his FB command hasn't been great. However, command of his secondary pitches is spotty at best. He was better today on the whole compared to the last time out, though, so I'll take some small improvement as opposed to none. He had a huge SO of Pedroia to get out of a jam in the 5th.

It's early so there's time for him to find the rest of his game.

[Reboulet'sStache]

I agree and his FB command hasn't been great. However, command of his secondary pitches is spotty at best. He was better today on the whole compared to the last time out, though, so I'll take some small improvement as opposed to none. He had a huge SO of Pedroia to get out of a jam in the 5th.

It's early so there's time for him to find the rest of his game.

My only concern is they were disappearing on him last year. His curve was not very good last year. I was hoping it would come back this year. I expect his fastball command to come back, I would be shocked if it didn't. But based on last year, I'm pessimistic about the others. He just doesn't seem to have a good feel for them, and hasn't in a while.

[backwardsk]

I agree and his FB command hasn't been great. However, command of his secondary pitches is spotty at best. He was better today on the whole compared to the last time out, though, so I'll take some small improvement as opposed to none. He had a huge SO of Pedroia to get out of a jam in the 5th.

It's early so there's time for him to find the rest of his game.

It was a terrible day to pitch.

I'll take him holding down the hottest offense to one run.

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[Il BuonO]

It was a terrible day to pitch.

I'll take him holding down the hottest offense to one run.

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Absolutely. I'll take that.

He did get some nice defensive support from De Aza along the way, but like I said he came up with a big out himself vs Pedroia. And 5 SO in a little over 5 innings is a good ratio. His numbers were better all around in the second half last year. So, if he can avoid the occasional meltdown we saw in the first half last year he should be fine.