The hitters figured out when he was throwing his curveball, a breakdown 

Apparently Randy Johnson tipped his pitches his entire career and people still couldn't hit him. So either don't tip or be Randy Johnson 😂

@DudeTotally1000THE BIG UNIT!

They'll be okay... the average pitchers make 20 mil a year

@JD Shellnut what? they’re not gonna be making $20m if they tip their pitches all the time. and nobody was feeling bad for them, just impressed. you sound jealous

​@JD Shellnut well, not the average ones... But the good ones make that on average 😂

It’s the Chicago White Sox. I wouldn’t doubt it.

that actually happened to the Tigers pitcher who would look to third every time he would throw the fastball to the Yankees last year. He admitted to the press the next day that he watched the breakdown and saw what he was doing wrong

He had a great outing today vs Pirates so obviously they fixed it. White Sox have a capable pitching coach.

@Sam H the Sox are 28th in the league in ERA rn

As if he’s scouring every game in slow-mo trying to find this stuff. 😂 You’re giving him too much credit- he even mentioned Plouffe sent him this info. Most of his video topics are based on submissions, tips and advice. I like him too but get real.

​@tweezerjamHe breaks it down in an entertaining way that non baseball fans can understand. Who cares where he got it from

@ZachM2020 i do not care and agree. I do care about accuracy though. Weird, I know.

In this case, he gave the credit to Trevor Plouffe, a former major leaguer who is part of the staff.

@Adam Moreira that’s right I forgot about that. So yeah, they do scoure footage but again, Jimmy didn’t find this.

Heh heh heh heh... HEH HEH HEHEHE HEH!

Reminds me of the Phillies in the WS last year against McCullers. Shows how big of an advantage it is to know what pitch is coming.

Oh I was at the game and the White Sox fans were not happy with this opening day and we’re letting Kopech know about it! I felt badly for him.

when the giants come to town it goes bye bye baby

I was thinking that also 😮

damn you on to sumn

I just scrolled past that short again. You on to something boy.

Hol up…let him cook

At least it’s an easy fix and he doesn’t have the yips or something.

Yup I remember watching a Whitesox post game show where the guys hosting it were trying to say that the giants lineup is just that good. No they are not they have not had a 30+ homer guy since Barry bonds retired as far as I know

@TBird Yeah he even seemed to settle down after getting out of a jam in the 2nd. And he needed to settle down and find his pitch. The series in Houston just torched the arms in the bullpen, so no early relief help was coming.

Giants were here in NY playing the Yankees last weekend to open the season and got shutout twice in a 3 game series...all of a sudden they turned into power hitters in Chicago...this explains alot and now we know why...good job as always Jomboy

​@Blank Namemainly because of the ballpark they play in.

To be fair, they are getting paid millions and the reality is there is probably a person on the staff whose sole job it is to watch for this type of stuff.

@Peter Sedesse well, a few of them are paid millions anyway xD

​@Peter Sedesse most baseball players have 20/13 vision or better.

It's just repetition man.

@Fromulus oh is that all it takes to be PROFESSIONAL baseball player..... come on bro

what trevor is he texting?

@TheycallmeTC Trevor Plouffe, former major league player who’s now part of the Jomboy team, he’s in a lot of their videos or podcasts

The game is so complex and deep. So many subtle things occurring all the time

Imaging being a pitching coach and never noticing he does this after watching Him For years

Imagine the batters on every other team watching this and now the whole league knows what to look for

I wouldn't be surprised if he learned of the tipping from the breakdown.

The pitcher still has to fix it if he wants the slugging to stop.

no hits seven runs scored

@The Dudewhattt I need a breakdown

@The Dude ?????????

@patmody seven runs scored no hits tallied

dam those trash pandas!

You ever consider coaching?

It's always surprised me that catchers as a whole aren't better batters. I mean considering their experience, they should be the experts at reading pitchers. Obviously there are some great slugging catchers like Realmuto but they mostly get paid for defense.

@SFMC 98 I tended to be a .330+ hitter but I never managed any homers. I hit the ball plenty hard I just never bothered trying to lift it, I just put it where it was in the zone. If it's to the right then swing inside-out and slash the ball somewhere into right field. To the left, wrap it up and look to go 2 if the ball gets past the left fielder. I was a good, reliable hitter that got tons of rbis but I just didn't flash enough to really get noticed. I got one year of play in college and I was fine with that. I saw the skill ceiling and knew where I was in relation to it. Now I may be partial but I enjoyed watching yadi get better at hitting and catching through his career. He never was the best hitter but he got really good at using his catcher's eye in the batters box and his defensive play and pitch strategy also seemed to mature alongside that. I've assumed for a long time now that two skills were synergistic and created sort of a feedback loop of comparative experience that great catchers seem to quietly rely on. To be fair I'm a cards fan and even played legion ball with Jose oquendos son. My aunt was al and dee hraboskys personal secretary, so I might be a little biased about yadi. I'm in deep with the Cardinals lore man.

Yeah, I'm a Royals fan, but not having Eloy on the lineup isn't helping. He's so good, I hope to see him healthy.

That story is a myth

Dylan Cease's career begs to differ. It's common to find pessimistic, hyperbolic, & jaded White Sox fans. Katz is not perfect by any means, but he definitely doesn't deserve to be called the most overrated coach in sports history.

​@Sam H Cease was a top 25 prospect in all of baseball. Quit acting like Katz made something out of nothing. What about Gioltio, Katz's pet project, regressing hard under Katz? What about Lynn, a former perennial Cy Young candidate, regressing under Katz? What about Kopech massively underperforming under Katz? What about the rest of the White Sox pitching massively underperforming under Katz? Dylan Cease and Johnny Cueto accounted for 9.9 of the White Sox pitching staff's 16.7 WAR in 2022. Replace those two with average starters(2 WAR) and the pitching staff would have had 10.8 WAR. That would have put them at 20th in pitching staff WAR. Katz's mound visits never do any good. Our pitchers perform worse the first time facing a batter than they do the second and third time around. It's literally the opposite of what it should be. Those two things are huge red flags and speak to a massive lack of preparation as well as a massive lack in knowing how the major league game works. Fact of the matter is, Katz has had perfect scapegoats in Tony LaRussa and Frank Menechino that allowed him to skate by the last few years without the average fan like you noticing how poor he is at his job. Well now those two guys are gone and he can't hide how much he sucks at his job but clearly you haven't caught up yet. What I don't get is why so many of you find it so outrageous and impossible that he sucks. He had zero prior experience as a pitching coach in the major leagues before getting the job with the Sox. He was hired because he was Lucas Giolito's manager in high school. He has never proven himself at a major league level anywhere else.

@therevolvingmonk Cueto was awesome to watch last year. Your points are well taken. Katz was an assistant pitching coach with the Giants, a credential you omitted. I’m not sure why he got grandfathered in with Grifol if you are correct & he is in fact this inept. Giolito’s regression is mainly physical. His change-up hasn’t had any bite in 2 years and he hasn’t had that late zip on his fastball that made him a Cy Young candidate. Still monk, it was hyperbolic of you to call him the most overrated coach of all time.

not as open as the eyes can be when you have the SHADYRAY eye protection experience!

Did they let you know in the 90’s or make you wait?

Would it be your first time in Chicago? It’s not as dangerous up here as the media makes you think. Curious though-as a “relative newcomer to baseball,” why is Kopech your favorite player?

@Erick Gonzalez Second time, we came last year from London for a week too and went to multiple games at Comiskey. Really loved it in Chicago, especially down on the south side. MK is my favourite player because of the way he pitches; the quickness, the style and the attitude, not to mention walking in to Johnny Cash - gives me the chills.

Ya, like maybe in reality, the pitcher starts blinking like a schizo every time he throws a curve ball but we think it's because of a 1 inch difference in his glove? Lol, that'd be pretty funny.

Just to add onto this, it's not always the players that notice first, oftentimes it can be the first or third base coaches looking for stuff like that.

Its probably experience. Lots of practice, plus good coaching as well. Most of these guys have been playing ball since they were 6 or 7 years old!

I guess he pitched Sunday, according to other commenters here.

Heck, Curt Schilling went his whole career throwing nothing but fastballs. Because he could spot them on (or just off) the corner at will, you still couldn't hit 'em.

It definitely helps you know to wait back on the pitch cuz it’s not coming in at 96 mph +

What cracks me up about that is that 'we could have won without cheating' doesn't make it better! It makes it worse!!

@TheHopperUK You probably could have (I mean the Astros could have)! But now you get to be the laughingstock of the league until you guys become average again!

Let them. It still gives a measurable advantage which matters over the course of a season, and the way they got their information broke the rules.

What kind of league makes 14 year olds face 17 year olds??