Sports_Freak Posted August 13 Posted August 13 45 minutes ago, romad1 said: He is a warrior. I wish Hinch would turn him loose on the basepaths. Steal...steal... Quote
NorthWoods Posted August 13 Posted August 13 Both Detroit papers up with stories full of praise for the long AB. It was pretty impressive for a 21 year old. The potential core of this team is so impressive for being so young. McG-Clark-Dingler w/Melton-Jobe paired with the other talent could lead to a decade or more of success. Quote
romad1 Posted August 13 Posted August 13 5 minutes ago, NorthWoods said: Both Detroit papers up with stories full of praise for the long AB. It was pretty impressive for a 21 year old. The potential core of this team is so impressive for being so young. McG-Clark-Dingler w/Melton-Jobe paired with the other talent could lead to a decade or more of success. I am liking that Tork has become better at pitch judgement. His abs tend to be a little longer than they were. 1 Quote
tiger2022 Posted August 13 Posted August 13 Must win going into the series with the ChiSox. Messick has been a Cy Young worthy candidate all season. Quote
1984Echoes Posted August 13 Posted August 13 26 minutes ago, romad1 said: I am liking that Tork has become better at pitch judgement. His abs tend to be a little longer than they were. He's watching some of his buddies getting replaced by guys with better pitch judgement... And, IMO, he's feeling the heat. Is this what it takes for him to lock-in on a nice long hot streak? I'll take it. As G2 said: whatever works. Quote
chasfh Posted August 13 Posted August 13 1 hour ago, 1984Echoes said: He's watching some of his buddies getting replaced by guys with better pitch judgement... And, IMO, he's feeling the heat. Is this what it takes for him to lock-in on a nice long hot streak? I'll take it. As G2 said: whatever works. I have been wondering about this more lately: how much does seeing your team/teammates all having good runs together or bad runs together influence your own performance? IOW, how contagious is hitting, really? I might try to look into that if I can design the queries effectively enough. Quote
papalawrence Posted August 13 Posted August 13 I have diarrhea today and I blame Cleveland. Only 2 remedies, a Tigers win today and more cowbell Quote
romad1 Posted August 13 Posted August 13 18 minutes ago, papalawrence said: I have diarrhea today and I blame Cleveland. Only 2 remedies, a Tigers win today and more cowbell Cleveland Guardians baseball brought to you by the good folks at Taylor Farms? 1 Quote
1984Echoes Posted August 13 Posted August 13 38 minutes ago, chasfh said: ... IOW, how contagious is hitting, really? ... I would think that, especially, with the approaches that McGonigle and Clark take, plus Keith and Dingler to some extent... But also Valencia, who could "possibly" be a direct threat to Tork... That Tork is getting the "high hit tool" contagion. I think he's decent at controlling the strike zone. Or maybe he has upped his concentration/ motivation only... At least I would hope so. that it's one, or several, of these I don't know the answer... But I like where you're going with this... maybe check out the Boston Red Sox of a few years back who deployed a similar hitting strategy. Did others who were merely average before the philosophy was implemented on the Sox... increase their strike-zone-control and make-quality-contact ability after a few players were added to the team that displayed these two abilities at a very high level? Quote
CaliforniaDreaming Posted August 13 Posted August 13 Baez in LF...interesting. I would have guessed Baez in CF and Clark in LF. But I like not disrupting Clark. Quote
chasfh Posted August 13 Posted August 13 12 minutes ago, CaliforniaDreaming said: Baez in LF...interesting. I would have guessed Baez in CF and Clark in LF. But I like not disrupting Clark. There's that, yes. It's better to move the guy who #2 on the depth chart than the guy who's #1. But, also, it makes more sense to play Baez in LF at home than it might in ballparks with smaller LFs, such as Fenway, where Baez might play RF instead. 1 Quote
CaliforniaDreaming Posted August 13 Posted August 13 I do have confidence in Baez in LF. He will probably make a game-saving diving catch there today. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted August 13 Posted August 13 54 minutes ago, NorthWoods said: Javy in Left. What did the Guardians give up for Adell? As bad as Detroit needed a RH hitting rightfielder, it seems like Harris should have been on that. ?? Quote
chasfh Posted August 13 Posted August 13 30 minutes ago, CaliforniaDreaming said: I do have confidence in Baez in LF. He will probably make a game-saving diving catch there today. I am mainly just hoping Javy doesn't crash in Max going after a ball that shouldn't be his. Like this. Quote
chasfh Posted August 13 Posted August 13 10 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said: What did the Guardians give up for Adell? As bad as Detroit needed a RH hitting rightfielder, it seems like Harris should have been on that. ?? Just what we would need: a RF to block Zyhir through next season, plus pay him $2 million for the rest of this season and $10 million or so next year. 1 Quote
romad1 Posted August 13 Posted August 13 43 minutes ago, CaliforniaDreaming said: I do have confidence in Baez in LF. He will probably make a game-saving diving catch there today. 1 1 Quote
TigerNation Posted August 13 Posted August 13 52 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said: What did the Guardians give up for Adell? As bad as Detroit needed a RH hitting rightfielder, it seems like Harris should have been on that. ?? Adell has a 91 wRC+. Why trade for a guy like that? Quote
IdahoBert Posted August 13 Posted August 13 Asking for a friend… Which of our pitchers do we don’t mind losing for a couple weeks to hit one of the Cleveland batters in the face? 2 Quote
romad1 Posted August 13 Posted August 13 5 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: Asking for a friend… Which of our pitchers do we don’t mind losing for a couple weeks to hit one of the Cleveland batters in the face? Jake can come back? Quote
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