BREAKING: LSU has invited Jayden Daniels and his attorney to the 9th green at 9pm tonight for a jersey retirement ceremony. Both have been advised to dress nice.
@gggiants I remember that, Dave. I was even worried especially the minor league incident he had, where even Sabean read him the riot act. He turned into one of the greatest Giants ever and my all time favorite baseball player ever.
@MarkBeerman@raSF1983@susanslusser Skenes has had a gradual drop in velocity over months. Gage was a sudden and acute drop in the same outing! Very critical distinction. Andrew Baggerly also thinks it was malpractice by Toni and coaching staff ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ
@MarkBeerman@raSF1983@susanslusser Couldnโt disagree more. Signs were obvious of arm fatigue - left him in for 51 pitches. 51. If Paul Skenes was in exact same scenario and manager left him in, itโs a fireable offense.
@MarkBeerman@raSF1983@susanslusser I guess we will have to agree to disagree. If I were manager, I would have seen a distress pitcher, with far too many pitches, in a non competitive game and taken him out earlier to try and avoid disaster..sounds like he needs Tommy John
@MarkBeerman@raSF1983@susanslusser Athletes are warriors. They will sacrifice their bodies. Coaches have a much broader responsibility and must protect players from themselves, especially when the performance compromise is so apparent. Itโs like putting in an obviously concussed player in football
@susanslusser@gotweetworms Which, imo, is precisely why coaches must be able to decipher obvious signs when the player might be compromised - to protect the player from themselves. These players are warriors and will almost always play through. Coaches have a bigger responsibility
@MarkBeerman@raSF1983@susanslusser the issue I have is that itโs not an isolated incident and there are some significant โtellsโ that a major league coaching staff should be able to pick up on. I am even thinking in the TV broadcast I hope heโs not injured tomorrow after this outingโฆ.
@susanslusser I donโt know. He left him in there for 50+ pitches, and he looked like he was looking for a lifeline. I would give benefit of doubt if this was a one-off, but this exact same thing happened with Keaton. A lot of red flags piling up about this manager and front office
@PavlovicNBCS Alex, this is twice now a pitcher has looked obviously gassed and Tony has left them in, with the next day going on IL. It was obvious on the screen, even mentioned by Fleming, on both occasions with Keaton and now Gage. Is there any concern in the organization about this?