Cade Povich 2023

[Getz]

Nice outing in his second start of the season: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 BB , 7 K

[Chaka Garcia]

7 minutes ago, Getz said:

Nice outing in his second start of the season: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 BB , 7 K

Curious, if he’s hitting mid 90’s now.

[RZNJ]

2 minutes ago, Chaka Garcia said:

Curious, if he’s hitting mid 90’s now.

Not sure about tonight.  First start sounded like 91-93.

[orioles22]

I'm starting to wonder if he passes Hall this year in the race to be a starting lefty for the Orioles.

[Chaka Garcia]

2 minutes ago, orioles22 said:

I'm starting to wonder if he passes Hall this year in the race to be a starting lefty for the Orioles.

DL doesn’t seem durable enough to reach 5 innings and his control hasn’t improved. Maybe at some point, they move him to the bullpen.

[jabba72]

Povich had a great start this afternoon

5IP 1 Hit 2 BB 10 K's

Now with 27 K's in 17 IP.

[Tony-OH]

Just watched Povich's start yesterday and let's just say that was the most dominant start I've seen since that one DL Hall start last year in Norfolk.

He was way too good for AA last night, sitting 93-69 with a good change, solid slider and curve. His fastball really gets in batters and plays up even more. He got 15 swings and misses, many on high fastballs. He also got several K's looking on offspeed pitches and one fastball meaning he was was fooling them.

Obviously this is just one start, but that was very, very impressive.

The only down side? The velocity dipped a bit in the 5th as he closed in on 60 pitches and they pulled him after 68 pitches because he had gone 5 innings. Still not sure why the Orioles do this and don't try and stretch guys out a but more.

Either way, really, really impressive start by Povich. Clearly the best I've seen him. 

[Just Regular]

With a 38% K rate and a 12.7% BB rate, that means he's generating the Three True Outcomes in half the PA's even without counting HR.

Of which he's yielded 0.

[emmett16]

The Lopez trade could turn out to be an absolute coup. 

[btdart20]

Throwing harder but BB% progressively worse as he’s throwing harder.  The magic will happen when the control clicks back.

1.55 FIP and 2.42 xFIP indicate there’s room for more goodness even without improved control.

He’ll be competing for an OD spot next spring.

[Sports Guy]

7 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

Just watched Povich's start yesterday and let's just say that was the most dominant start I've seen since that one DL Hall start last year in Norfolk.

He was way too good for AA last night, sitting 93-69 with a good change, solid slider and curve. His fastball really gets in batters and plays up even more. He got 15 swings and misses, many on high fastballs. He also got several K's looking on offspeed pitches and one fastball meaning he was was fooling them.

Obviously this is just one start, but that was very, very impressive.

The only down side? The velocity dipped a bit in the 5th as he closed in on 60 pitches and they pulled him after 68 pitches because he had gone 5 innings. Still not sure why the Orioles do this and don't try and stretch guys out a but more.

Either way, really, really impressive start by Povich. Clearly the best I've seen him. 

 

[Rbiggs2525]

The time i saw him live in spring training against the Braves, he was by far our best pitcher that day. Seemed to have great rhythm and a good hard fastball. If he can refine his location a little more, I see a true AL east SP.

[HuskerFan]

On 4/30/2023 at 1:11 PM, Tony-OH said:

The only down side? The velocity dipped a bit in the 5th as he closed in on 60 pitches and they pulled him after 68 pitches because he had gone 5 innings. Still not sure why the Orioles do this and don't try and stretch guys out a but more.

 

Povich's dad on Twitter said it was pre-determined he'd throw 5 with Mychal Givens on rehab assignment and it being a 7-inning game.  It had nothing to do with pitch count.   

[Chaka Garcia]

Can anyone in a nutshell describe why Povich is a better prospect than Rom? Both are the same age, but Rom is at Norfolk. Is it velocity?

[owknows]

41 minutes ago, Chaka Garcia said:

Can anyone in a nutshell describe why Povich is a better prospect than Rom? Both are the same age, but Rom is at Norfolk. Is it velocity?

SO/9?