Puig's Indian debut may be delayed by a couple games. He's still in the game (or was) and got into a bench clearing brawl. Apparently some decent punches were thrown.
I don’t think people realize how hard it is to hit major league pitching period.
Put another way, you know the best pitcher you ever saw? He ain’t here.
Best kid I ever faced was the #1 pick of the Blue Jays. I had faced him in Babe Ruth ball when he was a tall skinny guy with a curveball. I could hit him. A couple years later we were teammates on an American Legion team. He had added 20 pounds of muscle and was throwing 85. I couldn’t touch him in BP. He made it to AAA but never got the call.
Oh, the 1-0 pitch. Agree, it got Britton back in the AB. Can’t say for sure it would have gone to 3-0 since the pitch calls probably are different. Didn’t help though.
He's still only pitched 4 innings since he was cleared to throw, 1 at Pawtucket and 3 with Boston. The stuff is there, the command isn't. That will come with reps. Right now Eovaldi isn't ready to close,
Don’t have to; I know what they mean. Everyone has eidetic memory to some extent; it’s how long you retain the images that differentiate between degrees.
Wasn’t watching close enough to see if Eovsldi was shaking him off or not. Interesting that Eovsldi came in with 2 curves right after LaVange came out.
Either way, Vazquez has never impressed me with his game calling.