That was not optimal

How much of it is just regression to the mean, though?

His walk rate is down, K-rate is the same, he's inducing more groundballs, fewer line drives, and fewer flyballs. When he throws a ball outside of the zone and the batter swings, they make contact a lot less often than last year, but they hit stuff inside the zone more often.

His SIERA and xFIP is almost the same as last year, where he outperformed his peripherals.

I haven't seen him save for a few starts (once live). Is he really all that different of a pitcher? They all can't have the horseshoe-filled ass of Chris Young.

Still gonna blame Rios on that. Terrible

I blame it on Gordon's injury.

Just call him Kim Jong Un. It's easier to remember. I hate that ****.

Holy ****ing gut.

Rios is such a boner killer

I hope the fat guy on the end just ate Alex Rios.

FYI, Aaron Crow only has two pitches.

**** him...douche swung at ball 4 with a strike to give and then whiffed not even giving us a chance.....

A lot more pitches across the middle with no movement and some type of injury.

Too hard to teach a polished college righty a changeup grip?

Just ask yourself one thing ... What's harder to hit? 95 or 98?

That 3 MPH makes a world of difference. If Kelvin Herrera threw 95 he'd be useless. Last year, Ventura led baseball in pitches thrown over 98 MPH and led all starters in average MPH fastball

This year? I guarantee he's way down. 95 is hittable. 99 takes luck. The difference between 90 & 95 is one thing, the difference between 95 & 100 is just HUGE

That's duncan's field, not mine.

He's gunning it now ... Maybe he's done with this "throw softer" bullshit