Huge positive was that Kyle Drabek looked like an absolute stud. Matched Darvish pitch for pitch and did it against a much more dangerous Texas lineup.
Negative is obviously the bats - Jose is trying wayyyy to hard. My girlfriend, who knows next to nothing about baseball, said this to me when watching him. Pitchers are coming at him with first pitch strikes every at bat and it seems he's always working from behind in the count.
AA is right by saying he hasn't deteriorated whatsoever physically - it's all mental for Joey Bats right now.
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