I mean, he's a starter. He's gone four. He probably can go more, especially throwing 99-101 instead of 104.
He's still the guy who can lose it at any moment. He's given up 5+ runs a lot of times this year.
Very much. When he gets his slider here, he's amazing. He's gotten it here. It's the fastest slider in baseball by 2+ mph and it's got an elite shape. You just can't do much when he's throwing it here. And he dialed it in.
Cubs are going to have to find a run, but it's not on that pitch, sadly.
Not even that. He's throwing his slider well. That's his thing. You beat him when he hangs that horsefeathers. He's dialed it in for once. Pitch is elite in shape and velo. But he can't throw it middle middle. He's located it well.
The Cubs were very unlikely to have been able to win this with two runs on the game - I'm not sure much has changed right now. They always needed a few.
I hate checked swings. There literally isn't a rule on them. They don't exist according to an MLB rule book.
Major League Baseball is super weird. We have more data on this sport than any other, and the strike zone and checked swings and infield flys are all "IDK, dude, what do you think? What's the vibe on that one?"
Credit to Miz, that was a good slider. He's got a 121 Stuff+ on the pitch and the highest velo by 2+ mph on the pitch. When he buries the thing, like he did, it's nasty.
When he hangs it, it's terrible. It's just a 94mph fastball.