Gameday Thread (7/11/24): Mariners @ Angels: Kochanowicz makes his debut, Adell still out

[fan_since79]

Poor guy in his first start. Not all his fault.

 

[Stradling]

Just now, Inside Pitch said:

I'm unable to watch and have no idea if the pitch track sites are just logging it wrong, but has he really thrown nothing but four seamers?

No he’s throwing a ton of curve balls. 

[m0nkey]

[samwum]

Alright settle in Kochanowicz. The curveball and slider seem to play, just need to stop leaving the sinker dead red.

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

No he’s throwing a ton of curve balls. 

The 12/6 or a normal curve?

 

[samwum]

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

The 12/6 or a normal curve?

 

It doesn't look like a 12/6 but theres a ton of break on it.

[jsnpritchett]

4 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

Bummed that I'll miss seeing Kochanowicz tonight!

 

Ok, maybe I'm not bummed...

[Vlad27Trout27]

3 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

I'm unable to watch and have no idea if the pitch track sites are just logging it wrong, but has he really thrown nothing but four seamers?

alot of fastball, sinkers and change to the first 3 or 4 hitter. But like in the minors, he was missing up and over-throwing. Bad error that should have gotten him out of the inning with just one -run did not help either. 

[daygloman]

I just got in, WTF happened?

Go Halos!

[tdawg87]

See I'd call him Chokehanowicz except he pronounces his name like a gay.

[Inside Pitch]

2 minutes ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

alot of fastball, sinkers and change to the first 3 or 4 hitter. But like in the minors, he was missing up and over-throwing. Bad error that should have gotten him out of the inning with just one -run did not help either. 

First MLB start, figured he'd be ramped up.  Hopefully he settles down and lets his sinker get outs.

[Vlad27Trout27]

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

First MLB start, figured he'd be ramped up.  Hopefully he settles down and lets his sinker get outs.

Honestly, his lack of command in the zone has always been a concern throughout his minor league career. That, along with the fact that he throws too many sinkers and fastballs in the zone, makes it easy for hitters to predict what's coming. I believe he, Soriano, and even Bachman should study Castillo's pitching. Castillo is a perfect example to learn from.

[eligrba4ever]

GO ANGELS!!!

ONLY 4 RUNS DOWN, DO YOUR BEST, TEAM!!!

[Vlad27Trout27]

Pretty quick second inning for Koch, started to use his curve more this inning than going Fastball/Change. 

Just a balance of Curves/SInkers/Fastballs/Slider to watch for the rest of the game. 

[Angelsjunky]

Damn, I missed the start of the game and was going to post my prediction for Koch: 3 1/3 IP, 5 ER. We're close already.

[Vlad27Trout27]

1 minute ago, Angelsjunky said:

Damn, I missed the start of the game and was going to post my prediction for Koch: 3 1/3 IP, 5 ER. We're close already.

It'll be interesting to see what they do with the error on Gullorme. In theory Koch should have been out of the inning with 1 Er, but the error allowed for another, and than 2 more on the next hit.  

[Vlad27Trout27]

Aah shucks.......

[Blarg]

Rendon't

[Blarg]

Someone needs to talk to Guillorme about pitch recognition.

[Angelsfan1984]

Kakashitz the L is silent. 

[No Roles]

pull him just so he doesn't get humiliated Washington...I guess he has already conceded the game so keep him in there is washington's philosophy !

[Blarg]

11 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Damn, I missed the start of the game and was going to post my prediction for Koch: 3 1/3 IP, 5 ER. We're close already.

Screw you.

[TheLordofOuts]

Kochanowicz is the Rendon of pitching

[Angelsjunky]

Just now, Blarg said:

Screw you.

So you're saying that just me thinking that caused Koch's bad start?

Damn, I am powerful.

[Angelsjunky]

2 minutes ago, TheLordofOuts said:

Kochanowicz is the Rendon of pitching

That's like saying the South Asian nerd giving you the run around on customer service is the Bill Gates of tech support.

One guy is getting shit for pay dealing with American assholes all day, another has hundreds of billions and is trying to block the sun and vaccinate the world through nano-mosquitos.

Edited July 12 by Angelsjunky