2026 ST Thread

Carp said:
Well this is certainly a take
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We will see how posiBrave you are in about 2 months. I have this post bookmarked.

It's great he's "ramped up" to 95.2, which is still lower than his average 2025 velocity when he posted a pedestrian 4.45 ERA and 9.41 K/9.

I've never wanted to be wrong more.
 
Enscheff said:
We will see how posiBrave you are in about 2 months. I have this post bookmarked.

It's great he's "ramped up" to 95.2, which is still lower than his average 2025 velocity when he posted a pedestrian 4.45 ERA and 9.41 K/9.

I've never wanted to be wrong more.
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He was touching 97 several times, with 17"of IVB.
 
Enscheff said:
We will see how posiBrave you are in about 2 months. I have this post bookmarked.

It's great he's "ramped up" to 95.2, which is still lower than his average 2025 velocity when he posted a pedestrian 4.45 ERA and 9.41 K/9.

I've never wanted to be wrong more.
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Also, how he performs in 2 months isn't all that relevant to the point I was making. You made a big deal about him and Lopez throwing in the low 90's and how pitchers don't "ramp up" (despite a quick Google search showing that wasn't true).

Strider and Lopez have both increased velocity fairly significantly from their first start. Whether they can be successful pitchers again is to be seen. Even if they regain all of their previous velocity, it isn't a guarantee they will be as successful as before. But suffice to say, you clearly over exaggerated after 1 start.
 
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In my younger days “ramping it up” was something I heard used to describe, well, what happened when a condom wasn’t handy.

Never mind. I’ll show myself out.
 
Southcack77 said:
I didn't think comparing pitchers coming off major rehabs to pitchers without any injuries made much sense.

Hope the ramping up continues.
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Strider is no longer “coming off major rehab”. Further, pitchers coming back from elbow surgery usually regain their velocity quickly. He is throwing no harder now than he did last year, well after the “major rehab” already occurred.

I truly hope he keeps “ramping up” to the upper 90s he needs to be an impact arm. We will see.

It’s much more plausible Lopez needs time to rebuild velocity coming back from shoulder issues. However, it’s also much more likely shoulder issues persist.
 
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