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

[RVAOsFan]

Just now, Tony-OH said:

inauspicious debut for sure. I mean, we probably should not have been too surprised. this is the way he's looked all spring and that's not going to work against big league hitters. I was just hoping to see a different guy. this is the guy that pitched himself off the team. Poor command, and when he gets hit, it's loud contact.

Can you help some of us who didn't see him pitch in the minors a whole lot understand what he was doing differently before the injury in the minors to dominate? Did the competition catch up to him or was his stuff better?

[spleen1015]

Too much negativity in this thread after just 1 inning.

[NCRaven]

Love Ryan, but the Adam Jones impersonation with a swing and miss at the slider low and away isn't my favorite part of his game.

[Moose Milligan]

deGrom doesn't have bad back to back starts.  We're going to be in for a long, long afternoon at this rate.

Got the series win, that's what matters most.

[dtk9119]

Gonna be a long day...

[G54377]

Texas hitters weren't fooled on anything, despite every hitter on a 2 strike count.

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, spleen1015 said:

Too much negativity in this thread after just 1 inning.

I don't think anyone was being too negative but there wasn't too much to be excited about in that first inning.  People were spitting facts...Grayson couldn't locate anything and got hit hard.  That's what happened.

[Ripken]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

deGrom doesn't have bad back to back starts.  We're going to be in for a long, long afternoon at this rate.

Got the series win, that's what matters most.

Going home 4-2 would have been great.  Too bad McKenna sucks.

[Winter]

1 minute ago, spleen1015 said:

Too much negativity in this thread after just 1 inning.

He's been pitching a month now, unable to throw strikes. 

[25 Nuggets]

Hello

Down early but here's hoping for a sweep

[Hank Scorpio]

How many swings and misses that half inning? 

A whole lot.

[Gurgi]

Maybe Greyson will calm down.  Maybe debut nerves will be better.

[dtk9119]

These guys look foolish against DeGrom... Hopefully they can make an adjustment next time thru order.

[NCRaven]

Apparently, none of our hitters can handle that slider after seeing 98 fastballs.

[foxfield]

Just eat a couple innings kid!