GDT: 23 Apr 18 @ 6:40 pm...Braves @ Reds...No Comargo :(

[thewupk]

this ump sucks. no consistency

[Braves1976]

Folty didn't get a key chase that last AB.

[Braves1976]

There it is.

[Heyward]

**** Folty

[USMA76]

Ruh roh

[WaitingFor2017]

First Reds Home Run in 212 at-bats

[Braves1976]

Folty luck ran out, bound to happen with all this wild pitching.

[UNCBlue012]

Classic Folty. Giving up runs to absolute garbage

[jpx7]

And yet, he has a 3.20 fip / 3.56 xfip, supported by strong k/9 (11.37) and hr/9 (0.71), and a mediocre but not Newcomb-bad bb/9 (4.26); his babip is not particularly lucky either (.288). You keep saying but the glove-hits!, and yet even the stats on that, as Enscheff linked, show you're wrong.

I too would love to see progress with pitch count / ip/g, and for the bb/9 to drop about 1.0; but as Beanie said, "if he keeps some approximation of this up, he is going to be a great piece for us."

And that's precisely why the walks need to drop. Even with a solid hr/9, walks kill.

[thethe]

Folty luck ran out, bound to happen with all this wild pitching.

Yup

[thethe]

And that's precisely why the walks need to drop. Even with a solid hr/9, walks kill.

Walks don't even describe how wild folty is. If he faced a mediocre team tonight he would have given up 6 runs.

[msstate7]

Folty has been solid this year, but I hate watching him pitch. His temper tantrums get on my nerves

[Braves1976]

I'd take Folty out before he gives up another homer.

[thethe]

this ump sucks. no consistency

Human umps aren't going to call a strike when you miss the catchers spot by 5 feet

[GeorgiaGirl]

Even if Folty was actually pitching efficiently, and he hasn't been so far this season, his stats have shown he gets absolutely pounded the 3rd time through. There's stuff there, but he's a guy that badly, badly needs an approach change and a pitching coach that is actually a good pitching coach.

Was why I made the Houston remark.

[thewupk]

Human umps aren't going to call a strike when you miss the catchers spot by 5 feet

which is another reason we need to get rid of them. a pitch is either a strike or not.

[UNCBlue012]

The ump was awful but Folty has to grow the hell up. He’s too talented for this.

[Braves1976]

I agree with Snit here, Folty was over 100 pitches and two line drives after that two run homer.

[jpx7]

Walks don't even describe how wild folty is. If he faced a mediocre team tonight he would have given up 6 runs.

You say that, but I simply can't believe you, because you're consistently so wrong about Foltynewicz; your judgment is entirely colored by this weird Newk good – Folty bad dichotomy on which you rail.

[thewupk]

I agree with Snit here, Folty was over 100 pitches and two line drives after that two run homer.

Votto's hit wasn't what I would describe a linedrive in the traditional sense.