Because we were busy going Full Throttle.Remind me again why we didn’t sign Imanaga?
I posted above that rumor had it he particularly wanted to go to Chicago, for some unknown reason.Remind me again why we didn’t sign Imanaga?
The pizzaI posted above that rumor had it he particularly wanted to go to Chicago, for some unknown reason.
His splitter is the reason he's losing.So many terrible 2 strike pitches down the middle
The one day I was in Chicago I had that pizza, which is not a pizza, but whatever it was was very tasty.The pizza
Cheesy saucy meaty pie tastes great!The one day I was in Chicago I had that pizza, which is not a pizza, but whatever it was was very tasty.
That's a lot of info for a game thread but sure, exciting.Can I tell you guys something I'm excited about?
Nick Yorke, our up-and-down first round pick from the 2020 Covid/sign stealing draft, is off to a really interesting start in Portland.
He's got a nice but unexceptional line: .267/.343/.467, for an .810 OPS. Pretty good, especially because as a 22 year old he's still young for the level.
But in his first go round in AA, he had a really similar line (.785 OPS) with a touch less SLG. So why is he repeating the level? Last year, he struck out 25% of the time. He was very young for the level, but the whole idea of Nick Yorke was supposed to be contact skills, so it was kind of ominous.
It's still April, obviously, but the first stats to stabilize are things like contact and strikeout rates. And so far this season his K% is only ~15% while his walk rate has held around 9%. So he has basically the same slash line, but it's come on a much lower BABIP because he's been putting the ball in play more. And it doesn't seem to be a case of not striking out because he's swinging earlier in counts, because his BB% is unchanged.
This is a really good sign IMO for him getting back on track as a legit prospect. I think he'll be the first of our big prospects up to Worcester, and probably the first to Boston, too.
Reyes , Dallbec and Valdez bring nothing offensively. Have to hope for walks, errors or HBP.Two men on...for the bottom of the lineup.
Add Reyes to that.I just can’t do this with Bobby much longer.
They're not great shakes in the field or on the basepaths, either.Reyes , Dallbec and Valdez bring nothing offensively. Have to hope for walks, errors or HBP.
Here in the City of Broad Shoulders we have two styles of pizza. First is the deep dish, which is consumed by locals only at birthday dinners so far as I can discern. (The tourists really keep those places afloat.) I like it too, but if it seems like it was a style of pizza invented by someone who had never actually had pizza, that's because that is one of the theories of its origin: Eastern European restauranteurs who had read about pizza and made something more like a giant burek with tomato sauce on top.The one day I was in Chicago I had that pizza, which is not a pizza, but whatever it was was very tasty.
And for his next trick - Give them a run without a hit.Joely? Oh well-y.