vs. RED SOX, 6/16

[OFFNY]

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BOSTON RED SOX 

Pending

Christopher Brian Johnson - LHP )) (1-0, 12.72 ERA)

 

BALTIMORE O RIOLES

Pending

John Alan Means - LHP )) (6-4, 2.60 ERA) 

 

https://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

 

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[HowAboutThat]

And here is Broxton in centerfield again. No consequences…

[mdoriolefan]

Maybe they were punished other ways.

 

[mdoriolefan]

The first pitch got me in the feels.

[Tx Oriole]

1 hour ago, mdoriolefan said:

Maybe they were punished other ways.

 

I would hope so.

[SteveA]

2 hours ago, Philip said:

And here is Broxton in centerfield again. No consequences…

When you have a three man bench, one of whom is a backup catcher, there's only so much you can do in terms of benching guys.

[SteveA]

Hard hit, nice play Villar to start the DP.  I have a good feeling about this game.   Put a little $ on O's +140.

[mdoriolefan]

It's amazing how baseball is enamored with 95-100 mph pitchers but guys that throw good off speed and good location make these guys look silly.

[SteveA]

Hanser continues to absolutely pound lefthanded pitching.

[weams]

8 minutes ago, mdoriolefan said:

It's amazing how baseball is enamored with 95-100 mph pitchers but guys that throw good off speed and good location make these guys look silly.

Because they are geared up for 95+?

[SteveA]

9 minutes ago, mdoriolefan said:

It's amazing how baseball is enamored with 95-100 mph pitchers but guys that throw good off speed and good location make these guys look silly.

Renato just learned that lesson

[Can_of_corn]

10 minutes ago, mdoriolefan said:

It's amazing how baseball is enamored with 95-100 mph pitchers but guys that throw good off speed and good location make these guys look silly.

Right with all the data at their disposal all the ML teams are simply enamored with radar gun readings. 

[mdoriolefan]

1 minute ago, weams said:

Because they are geared up for 95+?

I understand that but Greg Maddux never threw 100 and his fastball/off speed differential and pitch location were enough to make him one of the greatest pitchers ever.

[SteveA]

Gary just used the word "rheostat"!

 

 

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, mdoriolefan said:

I understand that but Greg Maddux never threw 100 and his fastball/off speed differential and pitch location were enough to make him one of the greatest pitchers ever.

Who threw 100 when Maddux was pitching?  Johnson?  Maddux had an above average to average fastball the majority of his career.

We've been over this a lot and velocity is very important.  Heck look at Means, a big part of his current success is that his fastball has ticked up a couple MPH this season.