Connelly Early's Strong Start Isn't A Mirage, But There Are Reasons For Concern

Once again, the writer missed the mark by using fake data from Savant.  It should have been clear to anyone in the stadium that Early's last start had to do with the wind.  As a pitcher he needs to adjust to the different conditions presented at Fenway Park.  The wind blew from first to third making his breaking pitches exaggerated from left to right causing him to miss the inside corner on righties and outside corner to lefties.  You can call it a lack of control and worry about it, or you can factually without bogus Savant numbers evaluate it as a learning experience for a young pitcher who isn't all that familiar with the impact of wind at Fenway.  Had the wind been just the opposite going from 3rd to 1st his breaking pitches would have stayed straighter than usual and his control would have been good, but his pitches would have been more hittable.  These are lessons all pitchers have to learn and this kid is the real deal.  The biggest concern to me is fighting the propaganda presented by uninformed writers.  Guys like Cora who know NOTHING about pitching might read something like this article and draw incorrect conclusions that will impact his pathetic decision making.  

Next time, write about things you know about.  This kid Early is awesome and will be the ace of the staff in the near future because he's like a young version of Crochet only better.

4 hours ago, TedYazPapiMookie said:

Once again, the writer missed the mark by using fake data from Savant.  It should have been clear to anyone in the stadium that Early's last start had to do with the wind.  As a pitcher he needs to adjust to the different conditions presented at Fenway Park.  The wind blew from first to third making his breaking pitches exaggerated from left to right causing him to miss the inside corner on righties and outside corner to lefties.  You can call it a lack of control and worry about it, or you can factually without bogus Savant numbers evaluate it as a learning experience for a young pitcher who isn't all that familiar with the impact of wind at Fenway.  Had the wind been just the opposite going from 3rd to 1st his breaking pitches would have stayed straighter than usual and his control would have been good, but his pitches would have been more hittable.  These are lessons all pitchers have to learn and this kid is the real deal.  The biggest concern to me is fighting the propaganda presented by uninformed writers.  Guys like Cora who know NOTHING about pitching might read something like this article and draw incorrect conclusions that will impact his pathetic decision making.  

Next time, write about things you know about.  This kid Early is awesome and will be the ace of the staff in the near future because he's like a young version of Crochet only better.

As a follow-up to what I continue to say........  FIRE CORA!!!!!  Early goes into the 5th inning and gets the first guy easily and gets pulled at 86 pitches.  WHY?  Because Cora has no idea what a pitcher can do and what indicates he needs to come out.  This clown did the same thing to Sale back when Boston had Sale and he underperformed compared to ALL OTHER YEARS of his career.  That's not on Sale it's on the worst manager in the game, CORA.  Tonight, Early should have finished the inning and stayed under 100 pitches and keep the team in the lead.  Instead, for the fourth time this season, Cora pulled the starter and brought in the WRONG reliever, and they lost the lead and eventually the game.

It's time to fire Cora!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Please put fans out of their misery and get a REAL MANAGER!!!!!!

This is a 4 and 8 team and half the losses came from poor relief choices by Cora.  Tonight will be the 5th loss due to CORA and the team only has 4 wins!!!  FIRE CORA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GIVE THE RED SOX A CHANCE TO WIN JUST LIKE YOU DID WITH MOVING DEVERS.  BOTH CORA AND DEVERS ARE BAD FOR THE CLUBHOUSE, THE RESULTS OF GAMES AND THE IMAGE OF THE BALL CLUB.