Inside Pitch

6 minutes ago, T.G. said:

Nice to see this version of Canning 

Dude is your typical old school RHP where everything plays off his FB.  He's been doing well throwing both his breaking balls but the FB was getting torched. 

He is easily the guy the coaching staff must see as most "fixable" because it's not a shape or sequence thing so much as its the separation in velocity off his FB.  Also the guy that must be easiest to tell when to take out of a game for the same reason.

6 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I like Adell being aggressive, buuuuut, maybe just chill out a bit, dude.

Play him until he learns to chill out.  Should only take a couple years.

4 hours ago, Adam said:

I wish they would just give Adell 600 PAs this year and next. We're gonna suck. Give the guy with talent an opportunity. 

 

 

Dude finally looks like his head is slowing the game down to where his talent can take over.  Its almost criminal that Hicks has been playing over him.

12 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Well, you have to remember Gio Urshela went on the IL and you know how important he is.

Sir, this is a Wendy's and Urshela plays for Detroit.

2 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

The White Sox are now 3-19, with a -78 run differential. They've only scored 45 runs so far. It's hard to be that bad. 

It really is nuts how they went from being viewed as a "team of the future" to a team with no future at all -- they were a division winner and playoff team in 2021..  I can't recall seeing anything like it.

1 hour ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

I do stand by that given their playoff failures.  

If that's the measure of whether a team is pathetic or not, the Marlins are the greatest franchise in MLB history.  Their .600 winning percentage in the postseason is MLB's best mark.

1 hour ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

4967-5030

slipoinf further below the .500 mark.  You’re right @Stradling, not as bad as I thought, but I am actually surprised they are under .500.  
 

that’s pretty bad.  

They were the only expansion team with a winning record up until this recent spate of losing started. Houston now holds that distinction and Toronto is only 10 games away.

On 4/17/2024 at 8:14 PM, Chuck said:

But what's his exit velo? lol

Honestly I don't care if he goes back to his old weak ass contact self but he's getting on base via the walk and singles, occasional doubles down the line. 

Why are you laughing?

Nolan Schanuel

11

2

Single

98.7

4

93

85.2

.50O

Nolan Schanuel

27

4

GIDP

78.8

-6

19

78.6

.100

Nolan Schanuel

51

7

Single

97.3

5

101

93.6

.560

Nolan Schanuel

69

9

Flyout

84.1

32

284

94.0

.020

Nolan Schanuel

17

2

Groundout

64.2

-24

8

96.9

.060

Nolan Schanuel

36

5

Groundout

85.9

6

113

94.9

.430

Nolan Schanuel

57

7

Single

98.9

3

75

87.3

.490

These are his last 7 batted ball outcomes.  Exit velocity has a HUGE impact on batting average -- what he doesn't need to be doing is trying to hit HRs or create a launch angle thats going to disrupt his natural swing.

The dude will learn to create lift on his own, when he does you can bet the exit velocities will also be there.

26 minutes ago, Tank said:

when did we move on from the first 20 games as a yardstick to the first 30 games prospectus? are we moving the goalposts?

My concerns about the offense and lack of IF depth materialized, it's crazy how many times this team ignores an obvious issue.

I hope for Sano's continued resurgence in hopes of a deadline payoff regardless of whether or not they are playing well at the time.  If he's doing well and feeling charitable because the Angels helped him get back to MLB and he's willing to sign a team friendly extension for a couple years great...  but otherwise learn from the Ohtani situation and move him.. Soriano moving to SP is going well. For a team that has seen pitcher injuries destroy them, Soriano breaking down again and being returned may end up being a rare example of them benefiting from an injury.  

They are still shooting themselves in the foot far too often and have lost some winnable games, the offense is as big a problem as I worried it might be.  It's top-heavy and reliant on the health/production of Rendon and Trout.  Schanuel is doing better accepting his inner David Fletcher than he was trying to drive the ball.  Neto would probably benefit from a tour of AA, too bad they ignored the depth issue there.

Hopefully Canning is over his typical April awfulness, Sandoval needs to visit the wizard and be given a brain and the team as a whole find some semblance of consistency.  

55 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

We really needed him to stay healthy. He was hitting well and playing good defense and we're still 9-12. The next month could get pretty rough. 

You'd think being such a lazy ass who doesn't care and is happy to just collect a paycheck he wouldn't have been busting his ass up the baseline in the first inning.

10 minutes ago, Chuck said:

Anyone that is celebrating this or is in the I told you so group here is a complete douchebag and should self ban themselves 

Are people here doing that?  I would expect it on twitter and the sort, but I'd assume most here are just frustrated he's hurt again, by the sounds of it he is too.  I spent most of the offseason arguing if he was healthy he was still capable, so I'm sure some think me a Rendon fanboy, but I just about thew up my arms when I heard he had pulled up running to first.

It sucks.

6 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

 

It would have been better to not hear him habla ingles.

44 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Haven't said yet, but they didn't even have him test it out.  They pulled him immediately.  Probably not a great sign, especially given his history.  (Or maybe they're just being overly cautious BECAUSE of his history...)

Just watched a replay and it doesn't look like a bad one but he's a slow healer anyway.  Hopefully you're right and they are just being overly cautious.  All my whining about adding a SS in case of Neto struggles or a Rendon injury forcing Rengifo to third materializes waaaay too soon.

15 minutes ago, Blarg said:

You AJ'd him.  

I helped.

It's so frustrating...  He's just made of glass.   

It's Rendon so, it could be forever before he comes back but have they said how bad of a hammy pull yet or are they not habla-ing ingles?

Wish Sano was even a BAD defender at 3B because even when he's not getting hits at least he gets on base.

Walsh went .188/291/.208-.499 (15 games) since that 3-5 game, his first of the season.  This despite a healthy .321 BaBip.

1 hour ago, m0nkey said:

Think most of us on the board thought those two guys screamed regression, at least for this year. But who knows, maybe they turn it around

It's early, but in Bellinger's case -- there was a lot of noise screaming fluke.  It's funny because all the predictive stuff he was awful at last year he's improved on this season.  Still below average but better than last year, alas the BaBip gods giveth and taketh away the hits.

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

Yep, Snell looks awful so far. Here's his StatCast profile:

The other guy people were clamoring to sign isn't doing much better. Bellinger is sporting a 216/.306//378 batting line.

4 hours ago, Blarg said:

Snell 5 runs 4.2 innings pitched, 11.57 ERA in 3 games. 

Sandoval's 4.67 ERA doesn't look so bad right now after 4 starts. 

Even less so considering his FIP is under 3.00.

31 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Unlike some of you, I don't go into these GameDay threads unprepared.

I too wear a condom when in the game threads

14 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Smell that? It's burnt Cimbers. 

Somewhere @ettin is smiling.

6 minutes ago, Wisconsin27 said:

Honest question because you've forgotten more baseball than I have ever known.  I have just assumed that since being inserted in the leadoff spot, he's been trying to take as many pitches as possible (data supports this).  Thus, my assumption is that he's trying to embrace the leadoff role by giving others a chance to see the pitchers offering in exchange for his own AB's (if you will).  

I agree with your take in terms of him being less aggressive than in the past, but can't some of that be due to what he's being asked to do?  Truly wondering about your take.

We are in the same boat, I have no clue if it's because of what he's been asked to do or a byproduct of what he's trying to do as a leadoff hitter.  Clearly the team likes the outcome so far or they would have made a change.

Baseless opinion time ... I do wonder if he's being a lot less aggressing in his first at bat and simply trying to give himself and everyone behind him a chance to see as much of the SP as possible. I also believe that if he were hitting lower in the order we may see a greater effort to swing, and swing hard.  

Those first few games I thought he looked extremely passive, like he was adjusting and failing.  Glad to see he's improved as the year has gone on.  Let's hope he can stay healthy.

9 minutes ago, nando714 said:

My expectations are low for 2024 so not that much if at all

his mistakes just stood out tonight 

hopefully he’ll make up for it

I hope they play him enough that he learns and stops making rookie mistakes.  Seriously.  Hicks should be an afterthought.

1 minute ago, nando714 said:

That’s cool. 
 

He failed in 2 big spots 

bonehead out at home w trout on deck and he couldn’t produce at the very least a fly ball. 

I can't imagine how upset you must be with the rest of the team then.