I could also never understand that incline they have in CF. Looks like an accident waiting to happen.
Vincent Velasquez, last time I saw him on the mound, was in late August, here in Lancaster A+ ball. I mentioned as much in another post.... a 1 hit shutout, with one BB, I thought then this kid is on the fast track to the Big Time, and look, he's pitching in his 3rd game, gotta' get a feel for the Majors.... He was throwing 99 mph here consistently, tho' he's not now, but the Houston Channel on MLB Xtra Innings, just mentioned as much; "Velasquez was throwing 99 mph, and dialed his fastball back, to enable more control...... With Nolan Ryan in command with His Son, this is the same dilemna Nolan faced with the Mets, then Halo's, yet it was in Anaheim, where he found his control, after a few years. Yet, he never dialed his fastball back. He rather enjoyed still being a bit wild, to intimidate batters, recall Nolans 2nd No Hitter in 73, in Detroit, when Norm Cash came to bat with a table leg. Nolans 2nd NO NO of that year....... In other words, Velasquez is in the right hands, I hope he makes this team.....He can do it, its only a matter of time......
I can't stand to watch Eovaldi's mechanics, or delivery. He sits too far back on the ball, and never seems to get the full effects of driving off his back leg, to maximize speed, and control too. this is exactly what I mean, a Pitchers follow through, until he delivers, and is a perfect T *** as noted below.......like a flamingo on one leg, with the other creating the perfect T.....Until Eovaldi finds this method of driving off of his back leg, he will be sub-par IMHO..... *** The Perfect T Tho' Eovaldi can throw in the upper 90s, I believe if taught some different mechanics, he may just hit 100 mph as the norm.... Watch his back leg guys, he needs mechanical fixing, where's the nearest Auto Garage.....?
16 innings without a run. Eovaldi would've needed to have been perfect with the ruts this offense gets itself in.
Let's trade him to the Astro's or lend him to the Stro's let Nolan teach the Kid how to get max velocity and control, then send him back, or trade for Velasquez, and CASH$$$$$$ LOTS OF IT.......!!
a 3 run HR, from Young, wins the ball game. I don't get it, Chris Young was released by the Mets, picked up by the Yanx last year mid stream. His Mets Salary was $7.25 Mil, then the Mets released by the Mets. How in the world did his Salary drop from what's noted above to a $2.5 Mil Contract, AS a FA......? Obviously Scott Bor-ASS is not his Agent....... Nice way to end a nail biter, or lower High Anxieties......!
