Tribe @ Royals-Series Thread

• hoops23

  

  royal_k;772386 wrote:I was impressed with CC. his velocity was at 95 consistently and he had a good breaking ball. I think he realizes he has to perform well with Talbot about to come back and White pitching well. It's nice to have this kind of problem for a change.

  
  Santana, Druby, and OC all said CC has 15 game winner written all over him if he can develop a consistent array of off speed stuff. He had a nice moving curve tonight and a good change up. You mix that with his fastball that tops out at anywhere from 95-97 and you have a lot of potential.
  
  Definitely a good problem to have.
• hoops23

  

  Here you go royal.. lol
  
  
• TBone14

  

  Speaking of Rage..I still don't have my damn shirt!
  
  Laley- you get yours?
• royal_k

  

  Thanks hoops.
  
  White Sox came back and won 4-3, Tigers rained out, and the Twins are up 2-0 in the 5th.
  
  5 game lead
• royal_k

  

  TBone starts the White Sux thread.
• TBone14

  

  royal_k;772414 wrote:TBone starts the White Sux thread.

  
  Calling it a night. First thing in AM.
• hoops23

  

  TBone14;772416 wrote:Calling it a night. First thing in AM.

  
  WTF... It takes like 20 seconds lol. Instead of this post, you could have just created the thread SMH.
  
  BOOOOOOOO
• burt07

  Not really sure what to think of Carrasco at this point. I've always liked his stuff, and it was on display tonight. However, everything just seems like a big challenge with him. He's managed to get at least 5 innings in all of his starts but one, and that was the injury start in Minnesota. However, he's also only gotten to 7 innings once. Would like to see him have a 7 or 8 inning outing, with his walks and high pitch count the bullpen better be ready for all of his starts. Can't complain *too* much, just don't think he all the way there at this point, which would be fine if this were last season, but we're hopefully going to be in a pennant chase this whole season. So, we'll see I guess.
• hoops23

  

  ^To that point though, Carrasco is our #5... Our #5..
  
  Alex White is right there as well, and to this point, as looked VERY good.
• Laley23

  

  TBone14;772395 wrote:Speaking of Rage..I still don't have my damn shirt!
  
  Laley- you get yours?

  
  I actually did, last Friday. It is a cool shirt, but doesnt have the nice feel to it (like an homage). Im hoping a few washes break it in. Awesome shirt, because of the design and slogan...but the feel kinda sucks imo.
• hoops23

  

  Laley23;772511 wrote:I actually did, last Friday. It is a cool shirt, but doesnt have the nice feel to it (like an homage). Im hoping a few washes break it in. Awesome shirt, because of the design and slogan...but the feel kinda sucks imo.

  
  Hopefully it's not that cheap feel is it? I was thinking about getting one but think I'll go with the Windians shirt instead..
  
  Hopefully those aren't the shirts that shrink like crazy after the first wash or 2.
• burt07

  hoops23;772510 wrote:^To that point though, Carrasco is our #5... Our #5..
  
  Alex White is right there as well, and to this point, as looked VERY good.

  Right and I guess that's kind of my point. If Carrasco is still just kind of motoring along with these 5 inning starts, he might find himself demoted once Talbot gets back. Obviously it's important to develop Carrasco as he has a better chance of being a front-end guy than Talbot, but we're going to need to do what's best to win NOW.
• hoops23

  

  burt07;772518 wrote:Right and I guess that's kind of my point. If Carrasco is still just kind of motoring along with these 5 inning starts, he might find himself demoted once Talbot gets back. Obviously it's important to develop Carrasco as he has a better chance of being a front-end guy than Talbot, but we're going to need to do what's best to win NOW.

  
  Yeah. Carrasco just needs to continue to develop his breaking stuff. His curve ball had a sharp hook on it tonight, but there were stretches where he couldn't throw it for strikes.. If he gets that pitch consistently, he's going to be a very good pitcher.
  
  He definitely has the tools needed to be a #2 or #3..
• BR1986FB

  Tribe win and #1 & 4 in the draft lottery....GOOD night to be a CLEVELAND fan !!! WAHOO !!!
• royal_k

  

  BR1986FB;772570 wrote:Tribe win and #1 & 4 in the draft lottery....GOOD night to be a CLEVELAND fan !!! WAHOO !!!

  
  Now if we could just get the NFL bull shit settled.
• hoops23

  

  royal_k;772629 wrote:Now if we could just get the NFL bull shit settled.

  
  In the meantime, Peyton Hillis is on the cover of Madden lol..