Looks like Luke Jackson's job as sacrificial lamb is safe.
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How'd Anderson look for anyone still watching?
So I stop watching and miss sobo blow up. Mister Anderson pitch and apparently a Pache web gem. Great.
Found the Pache play on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLBPipeline/stat...26940506750979
Graffanino flashing the leather
I was at the gym when Anderson came in, so I watched it on the MLBTV archive.
He was sitting 91-92 with the fastball. No obvious plus action on it, but the eye test on TV is pretty useless for that.
Slow downer curve around 75-77 that looked average-ish. This look plus the spin data that has been reported makes it hard to call that pitch plus right now.
Without Statcast data I don't bother to grade "stuff", but nothing suggested impact SP to me in this brief appearance. I would still slot him behind Soroka, Wright, Touki and probably Gohara in terms of overall value.
While you were in the gym, I was here in Mississippi eating fried chicken, deep fried Cheetos, and a funnel cake... just a light lunch. Anyway, Anderson did get 2 Ks (1 vs Sanchez) in 2 ip. As long as he continues to keep that K rate up, I'm gonna assume something he's throwing is plus