Rockies (Quantrill) vs Cubs (Little): 4/3/24, 6:40pm

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, CubinNY said:

Brown needs to get a little action on his FB. Velocity is great but it straight as arrow. 

Some might call that "The Farnsworth."

[Irrelevant Dude]

I feel bad for Bryant on multiple levels.

[JHBulls]

4 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

I feel bad for Bryant on multiple levels.

There are $182 million reasons not to feel bad for him at all. 

[Tim]

14 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Brown needs to get a little action on his FB. Velocity is great but it’s straight as arrow. 

He's ranged from 10-16 inches of vertical break and anywhere from 4-13 inches of arm side run.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?date=4/3/2024&gamePk=746900&chartType=pitch&legendType=pitchName&playerType=pitcher&inning=&count=&pitchHand=&batSide=&descFilter=&ptFilter=&resultFilter=&hf=pitchVelocity&sportId=1#746900

[Jason Ross]

2 minutes ago, Tim said:

He's ranged from 10-16 inches of vertical break and anywhere from 4-13 inches of arm side run.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?date=4/3/2024&gamePk=746900&chartType=pitch&legendType=pitchName&playerType=pitcher&inning=&count=&pitchHand=&batSide=&descFilter=&ptFilter=&resultFilter=&hf=pitchVelocity&sportId=1#746900

Also should be noted the extreme angle of which he throws his fastball. His release point on the fastball is a one-of-one. Hitters should simply have a harder time picking up on it because it's so awkward of a position. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

Maybe he doesn’t need to sit rest of today after all 

[UMFan83]

Seiya is a horsefeathers monster. Who cares how cold it is or how badly the wind is blowing I guess. 

[chibears55]

Wow, Suzuki showing up with the power so far this season 

[Jason Ross]

Suzuki is looking like the monster he was looking like at the end of last year. Absolutely blasting baseballs.

[JHBulls]

The Craig Counsell era is not bad at all.

[Tim]

1 minute ago, 1908_Cubs said:

Also should be noted the extreme angle of which he throws his fastball. His release point on the fastball is a one-of-one. Hitters should simply have a harder time picking up on it because it's so awkward of a position. 

His curve really is something else. He's consistently breaking them off with 40+ inches of vertical break with <=3 inches of horizontal. A true 12-6 hammer curveball. Oh, and he's doing that at 85 miles an hour.

 

[PeanutPunch33]

Seiya is amazing.. 

[UMFan83]

Just now, JHBulls said:

The Craig Counsell era is not bad at all.

Certainly looks great against the Rockies!

Next 19 games will be a great test (LAD, SD, SEA, ARI, MIA, HOU), though I’m sure they’ll hold their own

[Derwood]

Not watching....how is Seiya hitting dongs into the teeth of the wind like this?

[chibears55]

If Brown stays in the rotation,  his next 3 opponents will be @SD @AZ  Home  Miami.

By then I'm guessing Taillon could be back or close to it

[chibears55]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

Certainly looks great against the Rockies!

Next 19 games will be a great test (LAD, SD, SEA, ARI, MIA, HOU), though I’m sure they’ll hold their own

Just being at or above 500 at the end of that stress would be great.

[Jason Ross]

3 minutes ago, Tim said:

His curve really is something else. He's consistently breaking them off with 40+ inches of vertical break with <=3 inches of horizontal. A true 12-6 hammer curveball. Oh, and he's doing that at 85 miles an hour.

 

Yep. Brown is clearly still a work in progress, but man, he's a pure unicorn. We're so used to "funk" being associated with guys like Imanaga, who throw like 92 mph, or "below average", we forget that guy who throw 97mph can be funky too. 

[chibears55]

2 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Not watching....how is Seiya hitting dongs into the teeth of the wind like this?

He found a lost bottle of Sammie's Flintstone Vitamins in the clubhouse 😅😅😅

[JHBulls]

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Certainly looks great against the Rockies!

Next 19 games will be a great test (LAD, SD, SEA, ARI, MIA, HOU), though I’m sure they’ll hold their own

Yeah, still very early into the year. Some big tests coming up, which I am looking forward to seeing how they handle them. 

[itisallpartoftheplan]

3 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Not watching....how is Seiya hitting dongs into the teeth of the wind like this?

He’s on my opponents fantasy team. That is definitely helping him! 

[Derwood]

1 minute ago, chibears55 said:

He found a lost bottle of Sammie's Flintstone Vitamins in the clubhouse 😅😅😅

Hopefully no one smashes his boombox

[chibears55]

What Happ doing out there tonight ?

[WhyCantWeWin]

Happ looks so lost in LF this year 

[Tim]

3 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Not watching....how is Seiya hitting dongs into the teeth of the wind like this?

he's hitting the ball at 115 & 105 miles an hour at lower launch angles that aren't as exposed to the wind

[Jason Ross]

2 minutes ago, itisallpartoftheplan said:

He’s on my opponents fantasy team. That is definitely helping him! 

I'm playing fantasy baseball with a handful of my students; it's a good way to build rapport and have a good time at school when we're not learning about history (I teach middle school). Now, it's unfair, considering the talent gap here, but I also don't care and enjoy flexing on my boys. They let me get way with snapping up Seiya deep in the draft and Imanaga on the the last pick. Fools.