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“He’s definitely flashing,” Nagy said. “Every play you get, every rep you get, you get a little bit more experience, a little more confidence and you can play faster. Now the stuff that goes on on the offensive side of the ball slows down for you and your reactionary skills are better.”
“Just make sure I have (the intent) the same every single pitch,” he said, “not just saying, ‘Hey, throw this one over,’ or, ‘Hey, I really just need a strike here.’ No, I’m trying to execute this pitch still, regardless of score or situation, get back to that intense focus in a way, and I think everything else will be cleaned up.”
Right-hander Robert Stock struggled with command during his first big-league start. Stock walked six and hit a batter in four innings, with one walk coming with the bases loaded in the fourth to gift the Mets a run. Walks hadn’t been an issue for Stock at Triple-A Iowa, where he tallied four in 19⅔ innings.
The pick, which is top-four protected, could come back to the Bulls if they outperform their odds. The Bulls have a 4.5% chance of landing the No. 1 pick. They will need just as much luck to land in the top four, as their odds of drafting at No. 4 are 20.3%.
“Anytime you have that quality of player that shows back up and gets out here in the huddle and just that experience that he brings (it’s good),” Nagy said. “He just has such a quiet calm and confidence to him that you can see the guys out there throwing him the football and the things he’s doing, he just slides on in. The one sneaky thing about A-Rob that I think is pretty cool is No. 1, even if he’s not here, you know he’s working his tail off, and No. 2, he’s always in great shape, and we noticed that today.”
That’s a heavy metaphor to decipher, but if Hahn is the designated juicer, he has a chance to squeeze the life out of the Cleveland Indians, the Sox’s only real pursuer in the American League Central. Acquiring someone such as Miami Marlins outfielder Starling Marte or another available slugger at the trade deadline would be as good a way as any to show Sox fans he means business.
“He was told that it was his fault, he was told that if he ever brought it up again, life was over as he knew it, so he suppressed it,” attorney Susan E. Loggans told the Tribune last month. “The triggering event for him was when he learned that this guy had done it to somebody else. He felt, ‘Oh, my God, if somebody would’ve done something about this at the time, it never would’ve happened.’ So he allowed himself to bring that memory about again.”
“It gives you chills to think of what that atmosphere was like, and how crazy it gets and the passion that (our fans) have,” Nagy said. “So now when you have that and after a year off of not being in the stands, now they get to come back? Are you kidding me? It doesn’t get any better than that.
Unvaccinated players must continue to get daily testing, wear masks and practice physical distancing. They won’t be allowed to eat meals with teammates, can’t participate in media or marketing activities while traveling, aren’t permitted to use the sauna or steam room and may not leave the team hotel or interact with people outside the team while traveling.
“Let’s wait,” Hahn said, pointing to the still undetermined return date for Jimenez, who will begin rehabbing at the Sox facility in Glendale, Ariz. “It’s trending the right way. Luis is trending the right way. I’m certainly optimistic both will contribute this year, but the deadline is not for another six weeks, and we’re going to know a heck of a lot more about each of those two before the deadline.”