Apparently we won’t see touki. Radio said we would earlier, but I suppose plans changed
Apparently we won’t see touki. Radio said we would earlier, but I suppose plans changed
For example, Rhame is a guy who was a PTBNL in some trade.
I hope Acuna plays in the televised game tomorrow.
Ravin in to throw the 9th
Retires 1st batter with called K, retires 2nd batter on called 3rd strike, gives up a single to RF, WP advances runner to 2nd, RBI single to RF ties the score. Gives up 2 run HR, now 6-4 Mets and I'm done.
I really want to see Touki, Soroka, Acuna, Pache, and Riley tomorrow in the televised game
In 9th -- Pache GO, Reed Ks looking, Adams Ks looking
Braves lose 6-4. 12 hits, 10 Ks, 2 BBs, 1-11 w/RISP, 8 LOB
TV game tomorrow is the one at Detroit. That means we will be seeing the ST travel squad, while the everyday players play in the home game.
Jaw (03-01-2018)
He has also hit a batter. Allowing 4 free base runners in 3 IP is not good when you're a control LHP that throws 89.
With no video I can't say how he looked today, but here is how I described his first inning in his ST debut:
"Allard was very underwhelming, even more so than I gathered from the comments here. No control over an 89 fastball. Gave up a walk and a rocket to RF that was miraculously turned into 2 outs by a great play. Then a warning track fly ball to Gonzo to end the inning. It’s clear why he has tumbled down prospect lists."
I don't think he has done anything to excite anyone. Pure luck got him out of the first inning unscathed. That catch in RF by Avery is a play Markakis has 0% chance of making. If Gonzo hit his fly ball into the same wind that killed Acuna's fly out earlier in the week, it would have been a bomb under normal conditions.
Without the baseball gods smiling on him, Allard could have very easily given up 3+ runs in his debut.
According to the game log, here is how Allard's 2 innings went today:
Walk (den Dekker)
Line out to RF (Rosario)
Walk (Nimmo)
Fly out to CF (Lobaton)
Fly out to CF (Tebow)
HBP (Alonso)
K Swinging (Borenstein)
GIDP (Cecchini)
That's 1 out via grounder (well, 2 since it was a DP) in 3 IP. Another less than good sign for a LHP throwing 89.
The liner to RF was caught by Santana, who has great range. How great of a play was it?
Did the wind eat up those fly balls to CF too, or were they poorly hit cans of corn?
This is why I wish we had video.
Last edited by Enscheff; 02-28-2018 at 05:30 PM.
this:
“I asked for another inning,” McCarthy said. “I hate the one, two-inning outings. Feels like you’re not getting anything accomplished. So getting a third inning was nice, to be able to get back out there after I was a little bit tired in the second. You can settle back in, get a little bit of stuff worked on.”
Allard has a chance. But with poor velocity he's going to have compensate with location, sequencing, and offspeed pitches. Not impossible but makes it that much harder.
jpx7 (02-28-2018)
I believe the Braves might have an attractive option on McCarthy in 2019.
This from Cot's
conditional club option for 2019 based on days spent on disabled list with a specific injury: $5M club option with more than 179 days on DL or $8M club option with 119-179 days
He missed most of 2015 (first year of the contract) and a chunk of 2016 recovering form TJ surgery.
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