Drew Rom 2023

[baltfan]

11 minutes ago, SilverRocket said:

 

Their goal isn’t to win. 

[luismatos4prez]

Good for Rom. He's had a good year in AAA. I remember thinking "This guy doesn't have the stuff to be a ML starter" about Zach Davies when we traded him and he ended up having a solid career.

[Frobby]

I’m happy for him.  St. Louis has a pretty good track record developing pitchers.  I hope he does well there.  

[Just Regular]

We still have our Cardinals series, maybe the baseball gods will give us Rom v. Flaherty for one day.

[bobmc]

Bucs/Cards game set to begin at 7:05.  Announcers to give their take on Rom next.  Well not much there except to repeat the Cards pitchers who made debuts at PNC Park.  I plan to watch some of this since I haven’t seen Rom pitch.

Edited August 21, 2023 by bobmc

[bobmc]

Pretty meh performance on his debut.

 

[Ridgway22]

Yeah, watched this game. He wasn't fooling anyone. Didn't see anything we'll miss. (As of now, in my opinion)

[ChosenOne21]

1 hour ago, bobmc said:

Pretty meh performance on his debut.

 

Meh? That was awful.

[baltfan]

31 minutes ago, ChosenOne21 said:

Meh? That was awful.

They aren’t trying to win.  That said, I wish Rom the best. 

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, bobmc said:

Pretty meh performance on his debut.

 

“Meh” is a very kind description.  You’re such a mensch!

[ChosenOne21]

It's not like the Pirates are a bunch of sluggers either.

[Tony-OH]

Nice to see Rom be able to say he pitched in the major leagues. Most kids drafted, even in the 3rd round can not say that. 

Saying that, unfortunately his inability to learn how to throw a quality changeup (his splitter kind of acts like one but he doesn't command it very well) combined with a 90 MPH straight fastball really doesn't give him much room for error.

He only garnered 4 WHIFFs all game and had a 94% zcontact rate which means batters don't miss much when he throws the ball over the plate. Combine that with a just a 13% oSwing% and he wasn't getting guys to chase either.

That's not a good combination for success and mirrors a bit of what I was seeing from him once he got to AAA. He got more guys to chase in AAA because well, they're AAA hitters, but the quality of stuff just never really improved and that jump in velocity that was hoped for never materialized.

 

 

[bobmc]

14 hours ago, Frobby said:

“Meh” is a very kind description.  You’re such a mensch!

• Welp, he looked good with the beard, comported himself well and his mom and dad were engaging and proud.  As Tony said, not many kids get the chance he did.  

[Flash- bd]

16 hours ago, bobmc said:

Pretty meh performance on his debut.

 

Phew. Orioles Hangout meltdown averted.