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3 minutes ago, Snutchy said:

What's impressive to me was that he had them on their front feet all night long. Travis, Donaldson, and Bautista looked silly swinging out of their shoes. Bundy has nasty stuff.

Donaldson losing the bat in his first at bat was totally awesome.   

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2 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

Way too early to say much, but if this kid can do that on even a semi regular basis..and somehow Miley and Ubaldo are serviceable and Tillman is Tillman...we might have something here...but waaaaaay too early to get excited...Loved what I saw tonight though..

How long have we been searching for a legitimate #1 or #2? Feels like forever. Tillman has had his moments, but he's a comfortable 3 imo. Gausman and Bundy could rival the duo in DC. If they do, and that's a big if, Gausman, Bundy and Manny will have proven well worth all of the losing...then there's young mr Harvey. I'd suggest, to myself, not to get ahead of myself, but excitement is what fans search and live for, getting ahead of ourselves is part of the job description. 

 

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1 hour ago, Cumberbundy said:

The 10 pitch K of Morales was impressive.

Bundy had command of all his secondary pitches tonight. Morales put up the best AB against him. That was no small victory striking him out.

What was obvious tonight was that Bundy's change was completely unrecognizable to Toronto hitters. That pitch had them lunging on their front foot all night.

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7 hours ago, Roy Firestone said:

Way too early to say much, but if this kid can do that on even a semi regular basis..and somehow Miley and Ubaldo are serviceable and Tillman is Tillman...we might have something here...but waaaaaay too early to get excited...Loved what I saw tonight though..

I was already excited by what I saw last year.    Bundy's going to have his bumps in the road, but when he's got command of his stuff, most of the time we're going to like the results.   

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