Nasty CU to K Galloway
Nasty CU to K Galloway
Great easy quick inning. He might give us 7 innings.
Coppy
Gamecast has now claimed he has thrown four seamer, Cutter, Slider, Curve, Splitter, and now this inning some 94 mph Sinkers.
Muk OPS now at .901
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
Super (08-13-2018), The Chosen One (08-13-2018)
Yeah, the 'off the charts' was definitely hyperbole. But if you're just talking pure stuff on the fastball/curve/splitter (since the command grade is separate), that seems like those grades at least could be a bit low. The fastball could be a 60, the curve could be 65-70, the splitter could be a 55, and suddenly it's a totally different profile. The likelihood of all 3 of those grading out at those levels aren't high, but even a couple of them being a tick better than you list makes a huge difference.
Bad lineup aside, I have a lot more confidence watching Touki than I do Allard and to a lesser extent Fried.
Just the eye taste but he does look good to me
the la camargue strikes again
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
jpx7 (08-13-2018), The Chosen One (08-13-2018)
80 grade bloop!!!
Some of his pitches might be getting mistaken. He is a 4-seamer/curve/changeup/cutter pitcher, I believe. First 3 I'm for sure on. Those 3 are all very good now, the cutter needs a bit more work.
Has the raw stuff to succeed, just might still have some command issues.
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.
Horrible ab from ender.
Coppy
buck75 (08-13-2018)
Touki has 30 grade facial hair
bravesfanMatt (08-13-2018), DaneHill (08-13-2018), jpx7 (08-13-2018), Super (08-13-2018)
awful AB ...looks like he is a pitcher after all
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
I actually don't think the Swanson trade was all bad for Dave Stewart. I mean he might have been able to get more value out of those guys than he got, but a fourth OF, a #1 pick they had already soured on and a back end rotation prospect wasn't so much to give up for what they I guess thought was a #3 starter. They rightly thought they were pretty close to winning it.
But trading Touki for cash and Phil Gosselin is an all time head scratcher for me. Glad Coppy was there to make both of those trades. No one else was.
Interested to see how Touki's stuff holds up now that he's nearing 80 pitches