It's tough when he throws a first pitch strike every time and all the batters have no interest in swinging. Hopefully a better plan will come the 2nd time through the order.
He's been hitting the corners with regularity too, but yeah, watching Marwin and McCann swing at pitches a foot off the plate and then Fisher watching a strike 1 meatball is frustrating.
I feel like everytime I am actually able to watch these games the opposing pitcher lives on the outside corners and our guys refuse to adjust.
That was a nice compensation call for Verlander (strike 3 on Gallo). Ump squeezed him early in the count and the ump probably knew it after a couple seconds of reflection. It all turned out well.
I know every fan base probably says this at one point or another during the year, but it sure seems like we have an uncanny ability to make scrub starters look like world beaters.