April 12, 201214 yr Issues: Josh Johnson -8.38 ERA and 0-2 Hanley - .174 Morisson - .167 Sanchez - .150 Buck - .118
April 12, 201214 yr Oh, grrr, eeek, yea, oh, yea, not a fun game. Hopefully we can get them tomorrow. Lets end my 4 game losing streak.
April 12, 201214 yr JJ off to a rocky start, not what we expect. Maybe not quite, but wasn't expecting him to be rocking a sub 1 ERA or anything yet either. The dude is working his way back from injury.
April 12, 201214 yr I too would like to see us win a game. I keep missing the good ones apparently. Bad one tonight! Only thing I found interesting tonight: :lol
April 12, 201214 yr worried about JJ and him being "fully healthy". he NEVER gets lit up like he did tonight. that's some chris volstad/ricky nolasco sh*t right there.
April 12, 201214 yr worried about JJ and him being "fully healthy". he NEVER gets lit up like he did tonight. that's some chris volstad/ricky nolasco sh*t right there. He only allowed 1 extra base hit. Volstad wishes he could do that!
April 12, 201214 yr Author worried about JJ and him being "fully healthy". he NEVER gets lit up like he did tonight. that's some chris volstad/ricky nolasco sh*t right there. Yeah hes definitely not where he needs to be. Even in the spring he was giving up a lot of hits. That trend has continued.
April 12, 201214 yr JJ will be fine this happens it's baseball. Win tomorrow and everyone forgets about this loss besides it being JJ's worst ever.
April 12, 201214 yr worried about JJ and him being "fully healthy". he NEVER gets lit up like he did tonight. that's some chris volstad/ricky nolasco sh*t right there. He only allowed 1 extra base hit. Volstad wishes he could do that! i guess that's true. but usually he's able to get out of jams with limited damage because his stuff is so good. i don't see a good fastball and slider yet from JJ. he was getting quite a K's in spring training though i guess
April 12, 201214 yr this pitching roation need time to get better we may not be playoff team that owner may want this year
April 12, 201214 yr JJs velocity is down significantly and he's overthrowing which is causing location issues. I hope for the best but fear the worst
April 12, 201214 yr Author JJs velocity is down significantly and he's overthrowing which is causing location issues. I hope for the best but fear the worst He did touch 94 tonight and I think 95 on opening night but his fastball average is definitely down.
April 12, 201214 yr Exactly. He touched JJs velocity is down significantly and he's overthrowing which is causing location issues. I hope for the best but fear the worst He did touch 94 tonight and I think 95 on opening night but is fastball average is definitely down. Exactly. He "touched" 94 and pretty sure it wasnt a strike. But he was generally in the 92 range. we're talking about the the best FB pitcher in the league here...
April 12, 201214 yr Author Exactly. He touched JJs velocity is down significantly and he's overthrowing which is causing location issues. I hope for the best but fear the worst He did touch 94 tonight and I think 95 on opening night but is fastball average is definitely down. Exactly. He "touched" 94 and pretty sure it wasnt a strike. But he was generally in the 92 range. we're talking about the the best FB pitcher in the league here... I'm not saying I'm not concerned.
April 12, 201214 yr I'll start worrying if his #'s suck after more innings. 9.2 innings doesn't tell me much, especially when his .BABIP against must be near .600 or something after tonight. He'll be fine. Plenty of pitchers are having problems with velocity early on. I'm more worried about Logan Morrison being absolutely terrible in LF.
April 12, 201214 yr Exactly. He touched JJs velocity is down significantly and he's overthrowing which is causing location issues. I hope for the best but fear the worst He did touch 94 tonight and I think 95 on opening night but is fastball average is definitely down. Exactly. He "touched" 94 and pretty sure it wasnt a strike. But he was generally in the 92 range. we're talking about the the best FB pitcher in the league here... Lol, not quite. Reality is, he was only off a mph his first start from last year. Don't know exactly what he averaged tonight yet, but this was somewhat expected (in terms of velocity).
April 12, 201214 yr Another thing, though, that I noticed tonight - lack of breaking pitches. When he mixed them in to batters in the 4th inning, he got the first 2 batters out pretty easily. After that? Straight fastballs. Like I said in the "JJ is the best pitcher in baseball" thread, I'm gonna give him another start [which should be against the Cubs] before being truly worried. Right now, it's more a concern.
April 12, 201214 yr this pitching roation need time to get better we may not be playoff team that owner may want this year The rotation has been more then fine so far with JJ being the only exception really. Everybody else has cruised with the losses being from lack of offense.
April 12, 201214 yr Wasn't able to watch the game as I was attending the A's/Royals game (can't beat $2 tickets) so I'm wondering how Stanton looked. I read some comments he made about the knee being an ongoing concern and not something that's going to get better by playing everyday. How much concern should there be about that?
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