5/11 GDT: End the losing streak to the jays

[msstate7]

I can't dislike FF trying to straight steal any more

[Enscheff]

Freeman looked constipated during that pick off. I guess Shanks is right.

[CyYoung31]

Freeman is so angry about his contract he got himself picked off. He really showed AA!!

He’s just trying to show them that he’s worthy of that Acuña contract.

[UNCBlue012]

Freeman looked constipated during that pick off. I guess Shanks is right.

lol this one made me cackle

[Enscheff]

I wonder if all these changes from Wilson means he’s finally starting to understand his 94 mph fastball doesn’t make him a power pitcher, and he’s not a “bulldog”...or a football player. He’s just a pitcher with a mullet.

This gives me hope he might be useful.

[msstate7]

I wonder if all these changes from Wilson means he’s finally starting to understand his 94 mph fastball doesn’t make him a power pitcher, and he’s not a “bulldog”...or a football player.

This gives me hope he might be useful.

Did you grade his change? Is it a plus pitch or just surprising jays?

[CyYoung31]

Riley is so worried about breaking pitches, that he’s always late on fastballs right in the middle of the plate.

[Enscheff]

Yup

CH: 6.4 mph delta (40), -6.2" xMov (40), 1.9" zMov (60/65)

The change is a pretty good downer, and can be used to keep hitters honest.

Overall:

I realize folks love the narrative of Wilson being a "bulldog" and going right after hitters, but he simply doesn't have the stuff to do it. That straight and flat FA is going to be destroyed by MLB hitters. He needs to be a sinker/slider guy, not a guy who "comes right at the hitter", because he will be annihilated.

If Wilson increases the usage of his SI, and mixes it in with that hard SL and frisbee CU, he can be very effective vs RHH out of the BP. If he progresses with that CH, or learns how to bury the SL down and in to LHH, there is no reason he can't be a guy who faces 9-18 batters a game. This could be especially true if he follows a LHP who the opposing team stacked RHH in the lineup to counter.

But that FA has to go, or he won't succeed, and someone needs to tell him that now...not in the off season...now. He's already losing velocity, as is typically the case with pitchers in their early 20s. He needs to realize he is not a bulldog with dominating stuff, he is a pitcher with mediocre stuff.

[CyYoung31]

I love Wilson’s bulldog mentality. His willingness to go right after hitters with his fastball is going to keep him in this league a long time.

[thewupk]

I love Wilson’s bulldog mentality. His willingness to go right after hitters with his fastball is going to keep him in this league a long time.

That's how your mom stayed around so long. Going right at guys.

[msstate7]

Pache isn't as fast as I thought

[CyYoung31]

[50PoundHead]

I wonder if all these changes from Wilson means he’s finally starting to understand his 94 mph fastball doesn’t make him a power pitcher, and he’s not a “bulldog”...or a football player. He’s just a pitcher with a mullet.

This gives me hope he might be useful.

He looks like the guy who would be holding the socket set while Shane Greene tears down the engine.

[UNCBlue012]

Knew that was coming. I called it to my wife. He looked cooked

[msstate7]

You knew snit would leave him in till he had to leave on a bad note

[Enscheff]

This is what happens when you wear your little league uniform as an adult.

[Slippyjms]

I was just about to type how pitching to Guerrero felt like a mistake

[UNCBlue012]

Yank him now.

[msstate7]

This is not gonna end well if snit just leaves him out there

[Enscheff]

You knew snit would leave him in till he had to leave on a bad note

He just can’t understand that most pitchers aren’t good enough to face a lineup 3x.

The BP is completely rested after a day off, and he still allowed this to happen.