NinersSBChamps (08-07-2017)
Why are you arguing against someone's subjective opinion whether one outing was "impressive" or not?
We know that as a data point the one outing is pretty non-determinitive. So you are just having a pissing contest over someone's opinion.
In time, we will know how good Lucas Sims is in 2017. And from there he will either improve or not improve.
Managuarantano's Volunteers (08-06-2017)
His change Didn't move as much yesterday as it did in his first start, and his velo was down about 1 MPH.
His FIP and xFIP suggest his ERA is about accurate.
Sims just isn't very good. I'm afraid it will be the same argument we have every time someone suggests a young Braves pitcher doesn't have good enough stuff to succeed for any extended period of time. The usual tired lines will be rolled out in his defense, but they will still be wrong.
I could live with middling stuff in the back end of a rotation if it was accompanied by an ability to hit spots, but in the one appearance I didn't nap through he seemed as though he wasn't really able to consistently do that.
Still, he's a guy that has struggled and then improved along the way and in the past has apparently lost mechanics with a promotion so I will hold out some hope for him.