Grayson Rodriguez 2022

[interloper]

1 minute ago, Big Mac said:

I didn't watch every pitch, but from what I saw it looked like he was sitting 93-95, T96.  No idea how accurate that gun is though. 

I don't love that. But just gonna sorta throw this one out and see what his next one looks like. 

[emmett16]

He pitched well all things considered.  Delay to start game - looked like wet field contributed to some bad D.   Didn’t have his A stuff.  Wasn’t getting ahead like he normally does. Lot of players on Gwinnett with MLB experience.   Martin didn’t make two plays (tough plays but make-able), Jones turned a double play ball into a fielders choice,  a bloop and a couple balls hit hard.   He came back and battled the rest of the game and had moments of domination.  Definitely not as bad as the stat line looks.  Couple of high stress innings and good ABs lead to higher pitch count.   Not what you hope to see but it’s not like it’s some type of set back and AAA hitters figured him out.  

[Just Regular]

Assuming 5 days rest on Monday is the first one that can be ruled out, it'll be interesting to see if they let him have another crack at Gwinnett Sunday, or hold him a full week (plus half a day, assuming a normal Tuesday gametime next week) before Turn5.

I kind of feel like Gwinnett dinging him a little...if the calendar isn't completely pre-scripted, maybe they give him another crack at Pat Valaika and company at the end of the week.   

I'll be hoping for Monday, but take the Bradish first reports at face value, and Bradish is currently listed for tomorrow, when Acuna returns to the Gwinnett lineup.     

[baltfan]

I know the results have been great but I am a little concerned his velocity is down a tick. Hopefully it’s just a blip. 

[justD]

My observations, starting with a messy first inning:

-- It was an hour-and-a-half rain delay on top of getting up early (out of his routine?) for the lovely "school daze" game (I used to love these games for good photography but the shrieks of a stadium full of kids were always spine-chilling)

-- In this first inning, at least two if not three outs were pitched (inducing a ground out or a DP) but were lost because of the Richie Martin errors. The first was a nice ground ball to short that Martin trapped but then couldn't come up with cleanly; the second was an almost certain DP ball where Martin looked up just before the ball got to him and then booted it. 

-- I've maybe noticed GRod pitches less effectively with men on base, at first. This seemed to be the case again in the beginning of the first inning, but then he recovered to strike a guy out and induce a groundout to strand men on 2nd and 3rd.

-- The hardest hit balls in this inning were his offspeed pitches, 81-82 mph. None of them were off a fastball. The FBs were missing their spots, but not hit. He was throwing a semi-effective curve that inning, maybe 2-3 times. 

In the second inning, he looked just like normal:

--  The FB was now 94-96, then 97 for a swinging strikeout and 98 for a foul popup to end the inning.

--  The majority of the pitches thrown were the FB and then the 78-79 mph offspeed that was fouled off or out of the zone; he also threw two 84-mph pitches in the dirt.  The combination looked fairly similar to the usual, and he looked to be on cruise control even tho missing some spots. 

The third was a mixed bag:

--  Valaika hit the first pitch the opposite way for a single; not sure what the pitch was, but it *looked* like the 81-mph pitches he was throwing in the first.

--  He was mostly at 96, struck out a guy on a wild 93 up-and-in that advanced 2 runners to 2nd and 3rd; three times hit 97, one a nice K up and in to a lefty.

--  The breaking pitches were kinda all over, especially with the runners on base, but he again worked his way out of that and stranded the 2 runners at 2nd and 3rd. 

Fourth inning was quick but not his usual stuff at all:

--  FB was sitting 91, one hit 95, one was 88 (?) All the other pitches were in the low 80s and not hitting spots at all, just swung on and fouled off for the most part. 

--  He looked tired, tbh. 

Overall, it just seemed like an off day because of the whole day-game/rain-delay stuff, but it also was a game that reminded me he'd only started 4 games at the AAA level so far; last time that was easy to forget, but this time it was more obvious. 

Anyway, I took too long with this and am missing Adley now...

[Frobby]

2 hours ago, emmett16 said:

He pitched well all things considered.  Delay to start game - looked like wet field contributed to some bad D.   Didn’t have his A stuff.  Wasn’t getting ahead like he normally does. Lot of players on Gwinnett with MLB experience.   Martin didn’t make two plays (tough plays but make-able), Jones turned a double play ball into a fielders choice,  a bloop and a couple balls hit hard.   He came back and battled the rest of the game and had moments of domination.  Definitely not as bad as the stat line looks.  Couple of high stress innings and good ABs lead to higher pitch count.   Not what you hope to see but it’s not like it’s some type of set back and AAA hitters figured him out.  

Honestly, it’s good for him to experience a little adversity and have to battle, rather than never getting challenged.  

[deward]

4 hours ago, interloper said:

I don't love that. But just gonna sorta throw this one out and see what his next one looks like. 

I'm pretty sure I saw him hit 98 once or twice

[hutchead]

5 earned runs in 3 1/3 innings today.

[Sports Guy]

Sounds like his defense let him down some too.

[Tony-OH]

 

[Tony-OH]

 

[Sports Guy]

4 days rest And he struggled.  Team needs to keep sending him out on a regular turn.

[seak05]

Seems to be going through a bit of a rough patch against a very good Gwinnet lineup. Good learning experience for him 

[interloper]

Hugely disappointing. Leave him down until he dominates.

[Can_of_corn]

17 minutes ago, interloper said:

Hugely disappointing. Leave him down until he dominates.

Means would have never been promoted.