That's the Chipotle Rocketman, Jack Leathersich I used to be his adoptive parent. Just checked up on him to discover his Twitter account has been suspended. What'd he get into now? https://twitter.com/LeatherRockethttps://twitter.com/LeatherRocket I found him on LinkedIn. He was released by the Pirates, Indians and finally the Rangers and has resurfaced as a sales a guy for a Massachusetts logistics/material handling company.
A big guy who doesn't throw hard. They are always struggling to hang on and tend to need to be cerebral, cagey, clever, inventive and possess confidence beyond their stuff. Is Rockett Launcher that guy? I dunno.
I gotta say there's a karmic comeuppance somewhere in the delay of a season that was starting obscenely early and leaden with a bunch of stupid new rules that nobody knows how are to work out and the sport smarting from who knows how much cheating scandals. If I were an owner, I'd make Manfred walk the plank now just for the appearance of a clean slate but I'm sure they'll have him stick around long enough to complete the tasks of screwing over the minor leagues and the MLBPA.
Would be cool if the Tuesday Night Mets Club winds up with opening night tickets by mistake when they purchased the specifically because they were chap and held such little demand
I predict that if there's a baseball season Matz will serve as the Mets' first-ever starter not to start as a regular gig because they think it'll help preserve cumulative team arm strength, and due to his awful 1st inning track record. Perhaps there's something to CAHNfidence of giving him a lead to preserve. I also think he'll be under some surface pressure from Gonsalves and could be traded.
My concern about turning forum content into actual content is turning something I do to avoid doing my job into a job of doing things I do to avoid doing my job
All the hope I have for him has been transferred to Steven Gonslaves. I think this palooka sees some action this year though and mostly Syracuses around. 6 games, 11 innings, 4.95 ERA. +/- rating -6 (all the games he appears in are losses even if he's only responsible for 2 of them). The second time we try and send him down he gets waivered away by the Phillies who are struggling with a Zack Wheeler elbow injury.