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  1. jung
    Thanks for posting that video. What a dweeb. Nava had him crying into his mitt when he took him deep...didn't show him up...just ran around the bases....while Archer had his first drama moment. Then Archer pulls that s***....Mr 900 pitches in four innings....f*** him....suck on your notch in the L column kid.
  2. jung
    The only thing I caught on the Nava K was Nava starring out at Archer like he wanted to club him over the head. Now I guess I know why. I could not see Archer's "smooch" with his almost bicep.
  3. jung
    Wish we had Eck in the booth last night. He is a very straight shooter and always discusses the game from the pitcher's perspective. Would have been great to have his live comments on Lester last night.
  4. jung
    I have seen Ace do a lotta' different stuff on the mound but I just don't think I have ever seen him way over on the very edge of the rubber before.
  5. jung
    I don't remember Ace way over on the edge of the rubber like this last time he started. Must have started doing this at Pawtucket.
  6. jung
    The last time Lester threw mid-09's was 2009. He has been on a slow but steady decline since then and occasionally muscles up to throw at 94 but averages 93.3 this year. As for a 94 mph Sinker you would not want to throw it anyway if your FB is topping out at 94. You would want your Sinker to at least be a couple of mph under that. Software can only do so much. If he is muscling up to throw his FB at 94 I don't think we saw any 94 mph Sinkers, although some web site might have thought it did. He has not thrown the Sinker at 94 since 2009. So on about the worse day he has had this year he was throwing a Sinker that he has not thrown in four years....I don't think so.
  7. jung
    He is not throwing mid-90s. Although he has not thrown mid-90s for a couple years now. So this might just be where he is at now as you suggest. I don't remember his FB being this lifeless earlier this year. A FB that does not have a tail is just meat regardless of the velo. That might be the biggest dif between his FB earlier this year and this last month or so.
  8. jung
    Just a thought but maybe Lester has a case of tired arm. It is a little early for that which is why I have not considered it till now but it would explain his unwillingness to challenge hitters. He is making a conscience choice to pitch somewhat less aggressively than we or at least I would think makes sense for him. Tired arm is not really specific to an injury. You just reach for it and there is nothing there. So then you reach a little bit more and then your mechanics get f***ed up and you run the risk of real injury at that point because you are no longer pitching within yourself. His FB sure looks like tired arm is a possibility. It is also not usual for a pitcher that has it to keep going out there hoping that this is the stint where the life comes back to his arm. Might explain a lot. Like I said though, it is a little early in the season for tired arm. Everything else we are seeing could be a fit.
  9. jung
    I have a real hard time with the idea of "getting the closer an inning cause he needs it", unless you are prepared to pull him and get him outta' there. Farrell brought Bailey in for a meaningless inning which turned into more pitches than Bailey really should have thrown (24). Then when they really needed Bailey, (Monday night in the Trop) he really struggled. Closers don't hold anything back when they are on the mound. Have him throw on the side if you must. Don't bring your closer into a meaningless situation cause you think he "needs" an inning.
  10. jung
    Looked like a lotta' missed cutters to me and maybe a few missed sinkers. Probably lucky the change was so far off. Changes for strikes would likely have been catwalk cannon fodder the way he was throwing. I did not see anything breaking big enough nor the way a curve breaks. He was missing so badly that there might have been more curves mixed in there than I remember. I will check tomorrow.
  11. jung
    Did Lester even throw a curve ball tonight. The curve has been a very reliable set up pitch for Jon. Even earlier this year it was a reliable set up pitch for him. He does use it judiciously even under normal circumstances. I will have to look at pitchfx tomorrow to see but I really don't remember Jon throwing a curve tonight.
  12. jung
    He is nibbling on purpose. You cannot tell me that he is challenging hitters. There is only nibbling or challenging.
  13. jung
    His problems seem to begin and end somewhere between his ears. He started the game nipping at the edges from hitters 1-9. Send Mickey Mouse to the plate and Lester is nipping at the edges. Once he could not be that fine, he came in a bit more and got drilled. Once plan B did not work he went back to nipping only now he was aiming the ball. Once a pitcher starts aiming the ball, forget his mechanics...they are shot. But it all started because he does not feel like he can challenge anybody anymore. Maybe he can't.
  14. jung
    Welcome to the big leagues sonny.
  15. jung
    If we win this game, Iggy snagging that throw from Lester might end up being an important play So much for that idea
  16. jung
    This is ridiculous now. I wonder if Bradford still thinks Lester is "pounding the zone"
  17. jung
    Hard to look at Lester's mechanics this year and call that the problem. Clearly he cannot just try to nip at corners this way. However there does not seem to be much movement on his FB. Lackey's had more movement yesterday. So how does Lester challenge hitters with that FB? Sounds like a recipe for disaster. More importantly it looks like he thinks it would be a recipe for disaster.
  18. jung
    Bradford is an idiot. You don't pitch that way to Longoria cause you need a quick inning. You have two outs. You can afford to work Longoria.
  19. jung
    Yup...that is the guy I want to see at SS every night
  20. jung
    Perils of being up. That RBI hit by Roberts was off a pitch heading off the plate and the hitter still punched it into CF because it was up.
  21. jung
    The league must not like Ross's hockey style catcher's mask. Working hard to get him to abandon it.
  22. jung
    I would bounce Iggy between SS and 3rd so that the three players, Drew, Iggy and WMB were sharing time which would get more time for Iggy and WMB than if they just split time between them at 3rd. Drew has not shown me enough to deserve just planting him at SS. It may work out the way I want it to anyway. That is not what they are saying currently though.
  23. jung
    Jon has hit 94 tonight but it looks like Jon himself thinks he has to muscle up to hit 94. If he could do that regularly, he might challenge hitters more. I am not sure if he can but more importantly, it looks like he does not think he can.
  24. jung
    I don't like the current Don/Bradford discussion at all although it does seem to be the case. Drew has really done very little all year. Middlebrooks was always going to need to establish himself as a ML hitter. The Sox decided to bring WMB up. Nobody was twisting their arms unless you want to consider Youk as the guy twisting their arms. So now Middlebrooks who needs work and AB's gets injured and has to share time with Iggy who also needs work and AB's so that Drew can stay in the lineup. That is a money decision if I ever saw one.
  25. jung
    Jeez did the hit Jon hard enough that inning?
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