Blue Jays GDT: 2022 v2 | Thu, Apr 21 | @ BOS | 1:30pm ET/10:30am PT | Gausman vs Houck

[The Nemesis]

Tapia = MVP

He's the hero we deserve

 

[Maplebeasts]

His spring training start was a master class.

You could have put the Dodgers' starting lineup against him and they wouldn't have done much against him (other than the one or two mistakes).

Yeah I also expected Ryu to return to form. Shows you what I know about pitching haha.

 

[Bjindaho]

Here comes the pen for Boston

 

[Puckstuff]

Wow Vazquez is slow as hell lol. So typical for a catcher. Good throw but that's a double if you run faster than a snail at a salt mine.

it's also a home run in 9 ball parks according to statcast

 

[The Nemesis]

lolz sox

 

[trellaine201]

OMG!

 

[hoc123]

Great single Chapman

 

[trellaine201]

Nice base hit.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Poor Vazquez. Shaw was nowhere to be found and Brasier was basically a garden gnome

 

[danron1376]

wind = mvp

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

it's also a home run in 9 ball parks according to statcast

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Damn that didn't look great. Hopefully it's nothing for Springer

 

[Cloned]

We should probably stop reaggravating Springer’s injuries like what happened last year.

 

[Eyedea]

Well I'll be the first one to admit I wasn't sold on Gausman when we signed him because his latter half of 2021 was notably weaker than his first half. He has been a breath of air and his splitter is a work of art.

His 2nd half troubles were greatly exaggerated. Even taking into account his command problems in July (a complete mirage for Gausman), and a 3 HR game in September, he still had solid peripherals.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Ho-hum for Ramiel. Everything is too easy now

 

[Maplebeasts]

His 2nd half troubles were greatly exaggerated. Even taking into account his command problems in July (a complete mirage for Gausman), and a 3 HR game in September, he still had solid peripherals.

I wasn't worried about signing him, I just wasn't convinced he could replace what Ray did for us. I thought during his second half he was starting to catch a bit too much of the plate. Now Gausman is just rolling and Ray is showing some really worrying signs with his velocity dropping.

 

[Blitzkrug]

It still kinda makes me laugh. I know hitting isn't easy by any means but Gausman almost never throws the Splitter in the zone..especially when he's looking to put guys away.

For whatever reason teams haven't caught on to this and they still keep trying to hack at it.

Definitely not complaining, by all means keep swinging lol. Just found it interesting

 

[phillipmike]

It still kinda makes me laugh. I know hitting isn't easy by any means but Gausman almost never throws the Splitter in the zone..especially when he's looking to put guys away.

For whatever reason teams haven't caught on to this and they still keep trying to hack at it.

Definitely not complaining, by all means keep swinging lol. Just found it interesting

Reminds me of Halladay. If you had 2 strikes, you knew the cutter was coming. If you were a right handed hitter that cutter was coming down and away and there is nothing you can do. It will be a swing and it will be a miss.

 

[Canada4Gold]

It still kinda makes me laugh. I know hitting isn't easy by any means but Gausman almost never throws the Splitter in the zone..especially when he's looking to put guys away.

For whatever reason teams haven't caught on to this and they still keep trying to hack at it.

Definitely not complaining, by all means keep swinging lol. Just found it interesting

They hack at it because they think it's the fastball and don't recognize the pitch until it's too late no? Same reason people hack at most curveballs. It's not as easy as instantly knowing the pitch is a splitter and deciding not to swing because it's usually not a strike.

I guess they could guess it's the split and let it go but when it's the fastball and there's 2 strikes they're out.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Chapman has a wicked arm. Definitely thought the ball wasn't hit hard enough to turn the double.

 

[Emerica]

They hack at it because they think it's the fastball and don't recognize the pitch until it's too late no? Same reason people hack at most curveballs. It's not as easy as instantly knowing the pitch is a splitter and deciding not to swing because it's usually not a strike.

I guess they could guess it's the split and let it go but when it's the fastball and there's 2 strikes they're out.

This. By the time they realize its a splitter they're already swinging.

 

[Puckstuff]

Gausman is nasty

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

It still kinda makes me laugh. I know hitting isn't easy by any means but Gausman almost never throws the Splitter in the zone..especially when he's looking to put guys away.

For whatever reason teams haven't caught on to this and they still keep trying to hack at it.

Definitely not complaining, by all means keep swinging lol. Just found it interesting

I can tell you that from playing MLB the Show, the splitter is by far the most annoying pitch to hit. It always looks like a damn fastball in the zone and I end up whiffing or hitting it really softly

I definitely understand why they keep hacking at it lol

 

[Blitzkrug]

I can tell you that from playing MLB the Show, the splitter is by far the most annoying pitch to hit. It always looks like a damn fastball in the zone and I end up whiffing or hitting it really softly

I definitely understand why they keep hacking at it lol

I was gonna say my post is coming from a douchecanoe who forgot how to stop swinging at changeups out of the zone between 21 and 22 releasing so maybe I'm not the best judge of plate tendency lmao.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Don't mind Gurriel there. A better slide and he probably would've been safe. Good play by the Sox