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04/19/2023 1:10 pm EDT Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers


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You can see what scouts loved about Torkelson's power. Tork's swing reminds me of Trout in the way he holds the bat with both hands all the way through - sort of old school. But Trout uses more leg kick to generate his power. Tork put that ball over the bullpen while hardly  picking up his left foot. He'll probably never hit like Trout overall - not many ever will - but the comparison of the power he generates with a similar swing but less motion shows you how strong he is compared to a very strong hitter.

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32 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

Series win. Tough loss but we’re at least back to standing on the edge of the season’s cliff instead of free falling. Greene Maton Tork Verling looking promising at times but need consistency which should come with AB’s. 
 

certainly worth watching which is good. 

With the idea that this is still at best a 70-75 win team, any day you can walk away with some positives about from those guys or other controllable players is a good one.

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1 hour ago, chasfh said:

That’s a .333/.333/1.333 slash line. I’ll take that from the kid all year. 😉

Green is a plus defensive CF, which means even at a 700 OPS you are probably happy to start him. He's putting that up now at age 22 and still has plenty of upside to improve over his next 3 yrs and 1000+ PA. Could he burn out? Sure, any player can at any time.

It's true Tork's situation is different. At 1b he has to produce more with the bat. BTW he shares the team lead in RBI.

I don't know if it's fans everywhere or just in Det, but sometimes there is a real tendency to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Riley isn't Mickey Mantle, he's a bust!, Jerod Goff isn't Mahomes, bench him! You can win a lot of championships with a good depth of good players and zero superstars.

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