![]() ![]() He's going to be seen as the savior once he gets up to the Nats and he'll have a lot of pressure on him. Strasburg may be on the fast track but it's likely he'll get lit up for a while when he reaches the majors. He's been pitching at a higher level against better and older competition for longer than Strasburg. I think Chapman is more advanced than Strasburg. That coupled with the fact that he feels more comfortable pitching out of the stretch suggests that even if he gives up an early walk he actually places himself in his comfort zone and I'm growing less and less worried about the control issues with each appearance. Outside of beaning Frazier, his control has been very solid, and even when allowing runners early, his stuff is so dominant that he can dig himself out of a jam quickly. So far we've seen a bullpen session, inter-squad game, and spring training game that suggest those control issues may have been exagerated. This was supposed to be his major drawback as a prospect along with maturity problems. Doesn't care about radar readings, recognized and fixed mechanical issue on his own when he was finally able to see himself on video.ĥ.) Control issues. ![]() I'll take what the Reds have working with Chapman over what the Nationals have any day of the week.Ĥ.) Maturity/coachability issues sound VASTLY overrated. Implies that he is intelligent enough to NOT get caught up in the numbers, and is more focused on just pitching.ģ.) Pitching coach. Would guess he's had less stressful workload on his arm at this point than Strasburg.Ģ.) After inter-squad scrimmage said he didn't want to see the radar gun readings. Encouraging things I've recently read about Chapman.ġ.) Kremchek grading out his elbow/shoulder MRI as pristine. Up next tomorrow will be everyone's favorite lanky Louisianin, Aaron Nola.Huge homer risk here, but I'd also take Chapman. If I missed any feel free to yell at me unmercifully. Those were some of the moments that stuck out to me. I swear even though there are Dodgers fans there and it is the 6th inning, this video was not edited When he tried to assassinate Cubs fans with a home run The night he made Yankees fans cry over us outbidding them for him I could go on, but I probably shouldn't steal all of TGP's bandwidth on my first day, so here are some more amazing Maikel Moments™: He still has some improving to do at the hot corner, but he certainly provided more than a few exciting moments last year. We all thought it, but Maikel came back for a few games and said "Shhhhhhh." Then there are just flat out majestic homers like this that should probably count for 2 runs even with the bases empty.īut, but, what if that hand injury hampers his power next year?! (Sorry that Ben Davis does his best to ruin that clip with his "YAKKA" or whatever the hell it is he hoped would catch on, but gladly it died out.) ![]() Don't worry Aroldis, I'd want it to be all over after that, too. As our resident cue-ball headed Frankenstein announcer pointed out, Chapman thought the game was over and started walking off the field. to game changing moonshots like this one off Aroldis Chapman. From small flowerbed shots like his first major league homer shown above. Since Howard's rapid decline we have been pretty deprived of the long ball, but Maikel looks to change that. HE'S BRINGING HOMERS BACK TO THE PHILLIES For even more hype on Franco, check out Eric's post from yesterday. Time to take a journey through gifs and video of why Maikel Franco will be one of the reasons the Phillies will be exciting from day one. ![]()
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