How Did Sean O`Sullivan Look Today?

But not all five runs were his fault, even if the stats say they were all earned. One major example was, in the bottom of the third, a slow roller went foul, but then skipped back into fair territory before reaching third base. Not the pitcher’s fault that it didn’t get fielded -and that could have been out # 3.

He’s as good as anything we’ve got not named Greinke and not injured.

That boy needs to lose some weight.

How can a professional athlete be overweight?

but he does seem to be a bit like Bannister. A few differences – he did get his FB up to 92 on a few occassions, and his feature offspeed pitch is a pretty nice 12 to 6 curve instead of Banny’s cutter. Changeup is also serviceable – but not as good as the curve.

As for this particular game, he looked to not have his best command at times; hence, the mixed results. This type of pitcher cannot afford to pitch behind in the count, which was when he got burned on Sunday.

Bad news – to me, body type indicates there may be no chance of him adding a few miles to his FB, unless McClure can identify something in his mechanics. Mechanics looked fine to me, so I doubt there is much growth left here. Improvements will come only from refining his command further and/or improved consistency.

Bottom line – it was the Yankees, so this wasn’t the disaster start some made it out to be. Definitely a #3 or #4 potential. Not hard to argue he is the 2nd best guy in our rotation right now. Team control and cost controlled for several years. One of Moore’s better trades, IMHO. (that may not be saying much!)

He’s got a really nice fastball that tops out at 90 mph with no movement.
His curveball has a wicked 1-3 break.
His changeup is thrown underhanded, which really creates some deception.

Already understands the importance of emphasizing how well he threw over the actual results. Must have spent the first 2 days with the club learning that “skill” from Davies and Bannister.

which means he oozes testosterone.

Kendall is jealous