Tuesday, April 11: Gas Can T-Shirt Night, O's vs A's

[justD]

This is the first time I've seen any of our pitchers try to hold a runner on.  Maybe Wells once?

[Going Underground]

Just now, Jagwar said:

Every slider is elevated. He's gonna get creamed if he doesn't correct it

Not by this minor league team.

[Morgan423]

4 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Umpires can't hold grudges and give close calls the other way anymore thanks to replay. At least while the manager still has a challenge left.

It wasn't perfectly available on the broadcast last night, but the still frame was available today showing that Mateo was undebatedly safe on that play last night.

Replay in an ideal world should be a safety net, but far too often, they are missing clear evidence and blowing calls.  Whether it's a biased agenda, or a failure of MLB to get all of the camera angles to the reviewers quickly, is anyone's guess.

[spleen1015]

1 minute ago, justD said:

This is the first time I've seen any of our pitchers try to hold a runner on.  Maybe Wells once?

Gibson did last night once or twice.

[justD]

That was a sweet pitch. 

[Tony-OH]

Ruiz had no chance on that slider. 

[Mooreisbetter27]

Just now, spleen1015 said:

Gibson did last night once or twice.

Yeah Gibson actually picked the guy off.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, justD said:

This is the first time I've seen any of our pitchers try to hold a runner on.  Maybe Wells once?

Don't the O's have a pickoff?

[Going Underground]

Just now, Tony-OH said:

Ruiz had no chance on that slider. 

A's are happy that got a run in each game 2 for 4 games is enough.

[Bemorewins]

Grayson reminds me a little of Gausman when he first came up. Except that he has better secondaries.

Needs more consistent fastball command. Maybe take a tick off the velo so he can command it a little more?

Edited April 11, 2023 by Bemorewins

[Jagwar]

3 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Ruiz had no chance on that slider. 

Was great to see a better slider there. He's going to need to keep it out of the middle/middle area though

[justD]

4 minutes ago, spleen1015 said:

Gibson did last night once or twice.

That was it.  Gibson is who I was seeing in my mind and he doesn't look anything like Wells so I don't know what I was thinking.  LOL

[ArtVanDelay]

McCann is ripped

[oh-wee-ohs]

2 minutes ago, Bemorewins said:

Grayson reminds me a little of Gausman when he first came up. Except that he has better secondaries.

Needs more consistent fastball command. Maybe take a tick off the velo so he can command it a little more?

He was painting the lines last week. Like pinpoint accuracy. Thinking he's a guy that takes some pitches to get the groove/feel going.

[Going Underground]

1 minute ago, ArtVanDelay said:

McCann is ripped

The baseball?