baseball_gal_aly

I heard Kopech hit 100 mph in his last outing out of the pen. Interesting will be if he can get the slider he had in 2021 back. He might just be built for the bullpen.

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Interested to see velo readings on Thorpe today.

What have the Sox done recently to give you any idea that they're anything other than a complete clown college? I actually hoped that Fletcher would be decent when they traded for him.

I'm of the opinion that doing poorly in spring means more than doing well, because a big chunk of ST is against non-MLB talent. And who do the Diamondbacks have in the OF outside of Carroll and Gurriel? Thomas and Pham are not that good.

I wouldn't be complaining if he looked like he had a clue at the plate.

He quite frankly doesn't look like an MLB player. He never got much of a chance with Arizona for a reason, it seems.

Idk how they can bring him north.

And Lawrence is teetering on massive bust territory as well. If Caleb ends up being a bust, I give up.

I agree. No reason for the Sox to be trading a 21 year old pitcher who had reached AAA for a 26 year old OF with a limited ceiling.

The Fletcher/Mena trade disagrees with the idea that Getz has a clue about player evaluation.

No bueno.

If Fletcher's not ready now, he never will be. He's 26. I think they're going to give him a chance anyway but if he looks anything like he has in spring during the regular season it is already a dumb trade regardless of what Mena does.

I will disagree. I thought Fields was still good enough to start somewhere, but I guess the league views him as a complete bust.

Yeah, the league thought very poorly of Fields.

Oh god, I just realized how I phrased that lmao. I'm blushing. What I meant was that I would have a similar schtick that Ron did about Abreu.

Your irrational Abreu bashing lol I think it started out as your actual opinion and then you just turned it into schtick after lots of evidence to the contrary.

Lol.

Y'all think Fletcher should start in Charlotte? He's been terrible.

I see another 0-3 with a K for Fletcher. Does he look as lost at the plate as his ST stats indicate?

I heard that the gun at Padres camp has been 4-5 mph slow.

Keith Law said that Giolito had a 70 change in 2019-20

Well if he's as deceptive with it as peak Giolito was that will be next to impossible. and hopefully they can work with him to gain a bit of velo. I was relieved to hear that the Padres gun was broken.

To answer another poster, I absolutely will be the female Ron on Thorpe. If he's actually good I will post threads bashing him as schtick because I just loathe soft tossing RHP on principle I think Hendricks sucks even though he's solid.