GDT: 9/7 Marlins at Braves

[UNCBlue012]

He's not making it much longer.

 

[striker42]

Anderson's command hasn't been sharp today. Missing his spots a lot.

 

[Heyward]

Anderson's command not good today.

 

[thethe]

That error killed Anderson.

He will come back strong next time out.

 

[thewupk]

That error killed Anderson.

He will come back strong next time out.

his walk rate is a concern.

 

[thethe]

his walk rate is a concern.

I'd agree that his deficiencies reared their head this start. I'm hopeful as always.

 

[drewdat]

0-2, time to start throwing balls

 

[Heyward]

Nasty change there, gonna need some more runs.

 

[UNCBlue012]

Nice! Also, Erlin is warming up. So I'm guessing we see Wright tomorrow.

 

[thewupk]

I'd agree that his deficiencies reared their head this start. I'm hopeful as always.

I think Anderson has the ability to be a big piece of the rotation. But his command will tell us how big that's going to be.

 

[jpx7]

Dansby's line is .294/.351/.475. That will damn well play.

I like that the walk-rate is trending in the right direction, too. It was hard to fault him early on, when he was socking everything around the park; but I nonetheless had a bit of concern that his isoOBP was so low.

 

[jpx7]

Nice! Also, Erlin is warming up. So I'm guessing we see Wright tomorrow.

Yea, Snit tipping his hand there—but you love to see it (or, rather, you hate to see Erlin in the starting rotation).

 

[UNCBlue012]

Yikes, they're making this scrub look like a decent pitcher.

 

[jpx7]

It's always the same story for Markakis: he starts with fire stretches where he's hitting everything (at least against RHPs) in the air, and hard enough; then he totally forgets his launch-angle successes and starts pulling everything on the ground.

Just not sure what accounts for it.

 

[thewupk]

well this game has started to suck

 

[UNCBlue012]

Erlin is so so bad.

 

[UNCBlue012]

Dear God. Atlanta deserves to lose this one

 

[jpx7]

Anderson's command hasn't been sharp today. Missing his spots a lot.

I know you've been taking some flack for it, but I was another poster who voiced some concerns about Anderson's walk-rate throughout his minor-league career. But just like I wasn't going to judge it unproblematic based on his first twelve innings, I'm not going to sit here and say it is a problem based on today's three.

Like I said above, he's certainly looked more poised than Wright, Toussaint, and Wilson have mostly looked. But command is nonetheless something we'll have to watch with him—especially given his pitch-mix, and the way his best pitches work up-&-down, with not a lot of horizontal movement.

 

[thewupk]

Erlin is so so bad.

yeah he sucks

 

[NinersSBChamps]

Not impressed with Anderson.
Lol Erlin.