GERRIT COLE VS. CHRISTIAN COLON on ESPN 2 NOW!

[bballcardkid]

I'm hoping Cole pitches as well as he did last friday night being that his is a nationally televised game.

 

[Casey2884]

Wow Cole is pretty filthy so far. Awesome to see him on national TV!

 

[Jaypers]

96-98 on the gun, slider at 87.

Definitely a top 5 pick.

 

[bballcardkid]

I wish he would mix his pitches a little bit more. He's throwing like 80% fastballs. But hey, it's working.

 

[vwnut13]

96-98 on the gun, slider at 87.

Definitely a top 5 pick.

I hate Gerrit.

Had he signed with the Yankees he would probably be up in the big leagues by now.

 

[Zymco]

96-98 on the gun, slider at 87.

Definitely a top 5 pick.

I hate Gerrit.

Had he signed with the Yankees he would probably be up in the big leagues by now.

That's a stretch, more of a leap of faith; but I understand the point..

 

[bballcardkid]

and Colon wins.

 

[andyduke86]

You can really tell that the aluminum bats aren't good for Cole. I'm impressed with his overall fastball command, notably his ability to work both sides of the plate. At least early on he was doing a good job of painting the black on both sides of the plate, against righties and lefties. His changeup appears to still be his primary offspeed pitch and it's not too bad. It was pretty good when I saw him last year with USA. I wish he could develop a quality breaking pitch, his slider/cutter isn't very impressive. I fear with his mechanics and arm action he's going to have trouble staying on top of those pitches though. He looks to be losing his command now, he probably needs to work on throwing from the stretch more.

 

[bballcardkid]

You can really tell that the aluminum bats aren't good for Cole. I'm impressed with his overall fastball command, notably his ability to work both sides of the plate. At least early on he was doing a good job of painting the black on both sides of the plate, against righties and lefties. His changeup appears to still be his primary offspeed pitch and it's not too bad. It was pretty good when I saw him last year with USA. I wish he could develop a quality breaking pitch, his slider/cutter isn't very impressive. I fear with his mechanics and arm action he's going to have trouble staying on top of those pitches though. He looks to be losing his command now, he probably needs to work on throwing from the stretch more.

He has no command of his slider, at least not tonight. That's what led to the big fourth inning. He HAS to develop at least an average offspeed pitch in order to be effective in the pros. Right now he looks like Homer Bailey. It gets pretty predictable when most of your pitches are heaters and you can't command the offspeed stuff. Hopefully this is just a bad night and not the normal Gerrit.