Kumar Rocker vs Mississippi State 7pm EDT tonight ESPN2

[wildcard]

3rd game of the College World Series.   1 game  to1  game tie so far.

Wed, June 30th 2021.

 

 

[Sports Guy]

The series is tied 1-1.  Its a 3 game series.

[wildcard]

46 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

The series is tied 1-1.  Its a 3 game series.

Thanks for the correction.

Let's see.  Who should I watch tonight?

Matt Harvey or Kumar Rocker?

[Sports Guy]

11 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Thanks for the correction.

Let's see.  Who should I watch tonight?

Matt Harvey or Kumar Rocker?

Matt Harvey will certainly have more career Os starts than Rocker.  

[Just Regular]

Anybody sharing Find Friends location with Mike Elias?

[joelala]

Rocker sure looks the part. Wow I forgot how imposing he is. Right now his breaking stuff doesn’t look very sharp though. 

[Sports Guy]

Not helping his case tonight.

[Jammer7]

Well, Rocker was sitting at 93 on the fastball tonight, from what I saw. His secondaries were poor, especially the slider. The change up occasionally flashed above average. Command was just awful. He competed, but he got hit hard. There has to be a health issue there. The mechanics are inconsistent, but the foundation is solid. He did not pitch like a guy that belongs in the top 5 of the draft. 

[joelala]

9 hours ago, Jammer7 said:

Well, Rocker was sitting at 93 on the fastball tonight, from what I saw. His secondaries were poor, especially the slider. The change up occasionally flashed above average. Command was just awful. He competed, but he got hit hard. There has to be a health issue there. The mechanics are inconsistent, but the foundation is solid. He did not pitch like a guy that belongs in the top 5 of the draft. 

Agree he didn’t look right. Not sure if it’s injury related, but he was short arming his breaking stuff, and in general doesn’t seem to get great extension despite his massive size. 
 

I think he may fall out of the top 10  and then of course have a chance at being one of the steals of the draft. 

[Hazmat]

30 minutes ago, joelala said:

Agree he didn’t look right. Not sure if it’s injury related, but he was short arming his breaking stuff, and in general doesn’t seem to get great extension despite his massive size. 
 

I think he may fall out of the top 10  and then of course have a chance at being one of the steals of the draft. 

That probably means the Nat's will draft him and he will turn into a stud.

[7Mo]

1 hour ago, joelala said:

Agree he didn’t look right. Not sure if it’s injury related, but he was short arming his breaking stuff, and in general doesn’t seem to get great extension despite his massive size. 
 

He was on short rest (4 days instead of the normal 6) but he's been inconsistent in the ways you describe often this year so I don't think the short rest means much.

I've watched him a few times this year where he's sitting 93-94 with the fastball, giving up hits, and then flip a switch and jump to 96-97 for short spurts. It didn't look like he had a flip to switch last night. 

The inconsistency would concern me.