Watching Newk pitch is a nightmare. Dude is literally throwing to the worst of the worst in terms of major leaguers.
Watching Newk pitch is a nightmare. Dude is literally throwing to the worst of the worst in terms of major leaguers.
Seriously...?
Newks going to be in the minors soon. Makes me sad.
Newcomb ****ing sucks.
Holy hell, Newk. Again, from a pitching factor, this is a minor-league squad. This is just really sad to watch.
Folty cant get here soon enough
Wright needs more refinement, but by the way it's looking, it's simply going to be better to deal with that instead of Newcomb, which is kind of sad, but Newcomb is digging his own grave here.
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.
Meanwhile touki has walked 3 in 2.2 ip. This organization is severely lacking in strike throwers
I'm not a pitching coach, so I don't know how to fix pitching mechanics. But right now, we cannot depend on Newcombe to be an effective starting pitcher. When Folty returns, no way Newcombe should be in the rotation. Send him to Gwinnett or Mississippi to fix his issues.
Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
buck75 (04-07-2019)
Newcomb. Let us know how Riley is doing
Coppy
JohnAdcox (04-08-2019)
Watching Newk throw is sickening. Walk a backup catcher after a 1-2 count is not excusable, then walk the tying run in with bases loaded is a major mistake.
Glad Folty will be back soon, then hopefully we won't have to suffer with more errant throws towards the plate from Newk.
Last edited by salmagundy; 04-07-2019 at 01:01 PM.
Fried might've been great in his first start but yeah, his command isn't good either. The best chance at a strike throwing TOR type has to prove he can stay healthy.
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.