April 23, 201412 yr A 1-0 lead in Atlanta had me thinking how we were going to lose this one. And the save was actually uneventful. Slap me. Both pitchers were excellent. Only concern is Cishek's velocity which I really hope will go back up to 91-93 as the year goes on.
April 23, 201412 yr Great starting pitching this series all around. Hopefully Eovaldi (and only Eovaldi) keep that up.
April 23, 201412 yr I believe it will. Still early in the season and as pitches more u should see it climb up. I remember in the past when it comes to the bottom of the 9th when the braves get the leadoff man on it spells trouble. Yet a lot of those games Leo Nunez or Juan Carlos was closing.
April 23, 201412 yr A 1-0 lead in Atlanta had me thinking how we were going to lose this one. And the save was actually uneventful. Slap me. Both pitchers were excellent. Only concern is Cishek's velocity which I really hope will go back up to 91-93 as the year goes on. I have no concern with Cishek's velocity considering all his peripherals look great. Props to Redmond for pulling Jose. It was the right move especially when you have one of the best closers in the game.
April 23, 201412 yr wow, great job by Jose Fast game, offense wise was boring, but hey it was the same for the braves. It was a pitching dual tonight thats for sure. Bed early tonight (2:30 am)
April 23, 201412 yr Cishek has said that he pitches better when his velocity is in the low-90's. His success is based more on movement and deception as opposed to velocity, anyway. Heath Bell would've blown the save and blamed Jose Fernandez for putting too much pressure on him.
April 23, 201412 yr First road win of the year! Not surprisingly, Jose got the first home and road win this year.
April 23, 201412 yr Cishek has said that he pitches better when his velocity is in the low-90's. His success is based more on movement and deception as opposed to velocity, anyway. Makes sense and like I said his peripherals so far support that. It's pretty impressive how much he has dominated left handed hitters this year: 16 TBF = 0 hits, 2 BB, 7 ks.
April 23, 201412 yr I have no concern with Cishek's velocity considering all his peripherals look great. Props to Redmond for pulling Jose. It was the right move especially when you have one of the best closers in the game. He threw 105+ pitches and looked like he ran out of gas near the end of the 8th. Left a few fastballs high in the zone. There was no way he was coming out for the 9th. It's pretty difficult to be efficient and a strikeout pitcher nowadays. One the best outing I've ever seen him pitch, really dominated.
April 23, 201412 yr Author Cishek has said that he pitches better when his velocity is in the low-90's. His success is based more on movement and deception as opposed to velocity, anyway. Heath Bell would've blown the save and blamed Jose Fernandez for putting too much pressure on him. Yes but he has been sitting 88-89 maybe touching 90 when normally hes 91-93 and still has the movement.
April 23, 201412 yr Steve Cishek's last blown save was in Philadelphia last year on the 4th of June. Since that blown save, Cishek's #'s are... Innings: 52.2 ERA: 1.03 WHIP: 0.89 K/BB: 62/12 Saves: 33/33 5 of the 6 ER's he's allowed during this span of games came in two appearances in which he was asked to go more than one inning. Pretty impressive.
April 23, 201412 yr Steve Cishek's last blown save was in Philadelphia last year on the 4th of June. Since that blown save, Cishek's #'s are... Innings: 52.2 ERA: 1.03 WHIP: 0.89 K/BB: 62/12 Saves: 33/33 5 of the 6 ER's he's allowed during this span of games came in two appearances in which he was asked to go more than one inning. Pretty impressive. I guess that's OK. I mean, his ERA is over 1, can we really trust him?
April 23, 201412 yr Anybody else see a 20K game in Jose's future? Maybe even a perfect game? 20 Ks, yes, I could see him putting that together. While he definitely has no-hit/perfect game "stuff", so much of that is luck that it's hard to predict any particular pitcher ever actually doing it.
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