Wednesday, April 5: Grayson Rodriguez's long awaited debut vs Jacob deGrom

[justD]

No, I did not abandon the game and what a game it's become! 

Damn FB Marketplace buyers who barrage you with questions, commit, and then back out!  So sick of it!  

[NCRaven]

Just now, 25 Nuggets said:

Maybe Elias did know something about Frazier that we didn't....

SSS but enjoy it while we can.  If my wife can get excited over Mateo, her favorite player, after week 1, I can get excited over Frazier.

[Hank Scorpio]

Guh his cutter is just ridiculous.

[25 Nuggets]

Just now, NCRaven said:

SSS but enjoy it while we can.  If my wife can get excited over Mateo, her favorite player, after week 1, I can get excited over Frazier.

why not, right?  enjoy the ride

[MurphDogg]

Cheers for the MASN App, btw.

Would be miserable if I was at work not able to watch.

[Moose Milligan]

Someday, Grayson's gonna be able to tell his grandkids that he went toe-to-toe with deGrom in his first ML start.

[Il BuonO]

3 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Gotta like that approach.  Just slap it the other way.  

He said that’s what he was going to do more of this year. Wasn’t for the signing, but he’s had some pro ABs.

[MurphDogg]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Someday, Grayson's gonna be able to tell his grandkids that he went toe-to-toe with deGrom in his first ML start.

Ideally, he can tell the story with deGrom in the audience in his Hall of Fame induction speech.

[Moose Milligan]

3 minutes ago, NCRaven said:

SSS but enjoy it while we can.  If my wife can get excited over Mateo, her favorite player, after week 1, I can get excited over Frazier.

I think it's plain to see that Frazier is a significant upgrade.  And I freely admit that I was entirely too harsh about him over the offseason.  

He's not the strikeout guy that Odor was, and that was one thing I think we all missed and underrated.  There's no way Odor goes the other way like that against deGrom.  That was great.

[Hank Scorpio]

1 minute ago, Il BuonO said:

He said that’s what he was going to do more of this year. Wasn’t for the signing, but he’s had some pro ABs.

Yeah I've been impressed at his ability to control the bat. He doesn't seem like a guy who will get sworded very often. 

[foxfield]

As always, this team is going to sink or swim on pitching.  But I have been very pleasantly surprised by some very good at bats.  Stuff we have gone a long time without seeing.

 

[foxfield]

Nice inning kid!!!

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Ok, very happy with that effort.

Pulled it together nicely.

[MurphDogg]

82 pitches through 5, do they press their luck and send him out to start the 6?

I would give him until one baserunner in the 6th.

[SilverRocket]

The sliders are inconsistent, but that fastball is fire, and he's painted the black with a number of them.