GDT 28/7/2020: Brave New Post-Folty World Leaves Everything Faulty

atl717 said:
Wright sucks. Flat fastball and ****ty command. He's been the same pitcher for 3 years with no improvement. Touki, Wilson, and Wright all look like busts.
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Correct points, though perhaps too early to make that conclusion.

Wright’s 4 seamer is bad, and he should be a sinker/slider guy. His execution has always been an issue, and he’s getting to the age where he is increasingly unlikely to fix it.
 
atl717 said:
Wright sucks. Flat fastball and ****ty command. He's been the same pitcher for 3 years with no improvement. Touki, Wilson, and Wright all look like busts.
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I’ve always been concerned with our development of pitching prospects...but this is a little premey here
 
Glavine with some good analysis. That’s why you always take the word of the athlete instead of the weirdo pizza faces that live in their mom’s basement that claim fame from being ranked #4 in their World of Warcraft guild’s fantasy baseball pool.
 
Enscheff said:
Did everyone enjoy listening to Glavine explain that he, as a HoF pitcher with perhaps the best LH change up in the history of the sport, could get a hitter out 2-3 times the same way, therefore analytics are wrong?

Can’t argue with that logic!!
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Seems to be a common problem with elite athletes trying to do broadcast analysis: they don’t really understand the extent to which things worked differently for them, because they were simply that much better.
 
Yeah, this game is probably over. Man, pitching is a real problem for this team. Tampa Bay is a really good team but much of these last two games have been self-inflicted mistakes.
 
We're in danger of falling to .400, which even this year isn't a playoff club. With only a week left to make up ground before the season is cancelled, they better get this **** turned around fast.
 
Stuck watching the Rays broadcast here in Tampa. Brian Anderson is saying Wright looks like he’s lost the feel for the ball and is overextending towards the plate. Definitely looks like he’s trying to hard to hurl the ball in there.
 
jpx7 said:
Seems to be a common problem with elite athletes trying to do broadcast analysis: they don’t really understand the extent to which things worked differently for them, because they were simply that much better.
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This is also why it's been generally accepted over the decades that great players don't usually make great coaches... It all came so easily for them that they have trouble understanding why others don't just do it already.
 
Screw it, just start coughing on each other and get the season over with already. No point in playing the next 55 games.
 
jsebe10 said:
I’ve always been concerned with our development of pitching prospects...but this is a little premey here
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I’m starting to think that we just somehow couldn’t screw up Soroka, but the rest of the guys all have the same problems.

Poor composure.
Bad fastball command.
Over reliance on breaking stuff.
 
*snort!*

Chip, to EY Sr: I'm sure all the guys in the locker room appreciate you still staying in touch. But do the same with us!

I think he's feeling left out, y'all.
 
Loading up on pitching probably wasn’t a great plan from the start, as many pointed out at the time. Failing to develop them just sealed the deal. Of course I say that as someone who was thrilled Wright fell to the Braves in the draft, so it’s pretty hypocritical of me to criticize.

On the flip side, the Braves hit on almost every single promotion prospect of note. Imagine if they had loaded up on hitters, developed them, and then used them as currency for trades.
 
UNCBlue012 said:
Yeah, this game is probably over. Man, pitching is a real problem for this team. Tampa Bay is a really good team but much of these last two games have been self-inflicted mistakes.
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The Rays are decent, but when we're getting beat by guys like Joey Wendle and Jose Martinez, it probably says more about us.
 
Enscheff said:
Loading up on pitching probably wasn’t a great plan from the start, as many pointed out at the time. Failing to develop them just sealed the deal. Of course I say that as someone who was thrilled Wright fell to the Braves in the draft, so it’s pretty hypocritical of me to criticize.

On the flip side, the Braves hit on almost every single promotion prospect of note. Imagine if they had loaded up on hitters, developed them, and then used them as currency for trades.
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I'm unfamiliar with the phrase "promotion prospect." Judging by context clues, though, I'm assuming it's another term for position prospect?
 
Enscheff said:
Loading up on pitching probably wasn’t a great plan from the start, as many pointed out at the time. Failing to develop them just sealed the deal. Of course I say that as someone who was thrilled Wright fell to the Braves in the draft, so it’s pretty hypocritical of me to criticize.

On the flip side, the Braves hit on almost every single promotion prospect of note. Imagine if they had loaded up on hitters, developed them, and then used them as currency for trades.
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Yep.
 
50PoundHead said:
The Rays are decent, but when we're getting beat by guys like Joey Wendle and Jose Martinez, it probably says more about us.
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Joey Wendle was a pretty good hitter his only full MLB season.

But yea, Jose Martinez should never get a hit off a right-hander.
 
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I consider myself pretty quick to call a game over/season loss, but you guys are the doc holiday of it.
 
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