I think historically it's the age 27 season. Or at least that's been the working theory. Which makes sense. That's a time frame you would think hitters have been in the league long enough to really understand it at the big league level with still the physical tools to do something with it.
Ugh, c'mon Neck!
Crawford kills us
We have the most random issues against the Giants.
McCarthy is pulling a Folty
Are you kidding me? Jeez, guys. Why can’t we just play well against a team of crappy hitters?
That error was costly, made it a lot harder on McCarthy. 2-1 Giants.
strand rate normalizing
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
jpx7 (05-05-2018)
This is the first time I've seen the "new positioning" really get burned.
Aggression with prospects is fine, but being stupid is not. There should be a way to find a happy medium between a Pirates like idea of being overly cautious with prospects and going stupidly fast with prospects.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
A walk that could have easily been a K, a broken bat bloop that Markakis makes a rare error on, and all of a sudden two runs are on the board. This always happens against these guys.
Braves1976 (05-05-2018)
Aggression with prospects is fine, but being stupid is not. There should be a way to find a happy medium between a Pirates like idea of being overly cautious with prospects and going stupidly fast with prospects.
thewupk (05-05-2018)
bunch of bum hitters getting on base
Neck has sucked the life out of what energy was in the stadium.
Forever Fredi
McCarthy's mess was started by a walk that looked like strike three, cheap hits and an error. He could've easily gave up nothing without those bad breaks. Though those last two hits were legit mistakes.