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He always had pretty good control, but it just vanished last year, which is why he gets compared to Ricky Romero. Pitch clock definitely had an affect, and he has had some injuries.

But nothing can change until he stops walking 6 per 9 or more.
 
After watching Kikuchi in the dugout looking like he wanted to either cry or die, and being sure he was done two seasons ago, to watching last season....well, I have no hope in Manoah...but I had none in Kikuchi either.

I think Manoah is more mental than physical, I don't think the pitch clock affected his arm as much as his deliberate way of going about things..(sloooooow), that's why the Suzuki comparison.
 
Hitting so far:

Great:

* Turner 35pa, 172wrc+
* Schneider 16pa, 158wrc+

Good:

* Biggio 29pa, 124wrc+
* Guerrero 45pa, 117wrc+
* Springer 46pa, 117wrc+
* Vogelbach 11pa, 116wrc+
* Clement 26pa, 110wrc+

Bad:

* Bichette 36pa, 84wrc+
* Falefa 28pa, 71wrc+

Awful:

* Severn 7pa, 31wrc+
* Varsho 34pa, 27wrc+
* Kirk 34pa, 23wrc+
* Kiermaier 27pa, -12wrc+


Haven't had any choice with playing the catchers, but insisting that Varsho and KK are full time starters is a choice.



Starting Pitchers:

Great:

* none

Good:

* Berrios: 6.0ip/gs, 62era-, 123fip-, 92xfip-
* Kikuchi: 4.8ip/gs, 79era-, 91fip-, 80xfip-

Bad:

* none

Awful:

* Bassitt: 4.7ip/gs, 219era-, 151fip-, 127xfip-
* Gausman: 2.8ip/gs, 270era-, 248fip-, 110xfip-
* Francis: 4.2ip/gs, 367era-, 216fip-, 84xfip-

Don't have much hope for Francis but obviously Gausman and Bassitt will be much much better.



Relievers:

Great:

* Richards: 6gms, 0era-, 41fip-, 76xfip-
* Pearson: 4gms, 0era-, 37fip-, 73xfip-
* Garcia: 3gms, 0era-, 28fip-, 95xfip-

Good:

* Espino: 1gms, 0era-, 114fip-, 155xfip-
* White: 2gms, 102era-, 140fip-, 136xfip-
* Green: 3gms, 75era-, 186fip-, 153xfip-

Bad:

* none

Awful:

* Mayza: 6gms, 187era-, 188fip-, 170xfip-
* Cabrera: 4gms, 373era-, 261fip-, 147xfip-
* Parsons: 2gms, 298era-, 224fip-, 133xfip-

The lefties both really suck so far, and Parsons should never have been on the team. Romano and Swanson should be back soon enough to kick a couple guys out.
 
Manoah said he felt great and finally didn't make any mystery injury excuse and apparently his velo was good. I'm encouraged.
 
Manoah said that to start Spring Training and his velocity was good then too. He just couldn’t throw strikes or get anybody out. I don’t see how the same thing happening again six weeks later months is encouraging.

Sad to say, but Manoah has to get really serious about his fitness, or he probably won’t have a major league career.
 
You just know the worse the season goes Shapiro is going to lean into all of the reno business stuff and distance himself from any non Ohtani baseball decisions.
 
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