2021 Series #33 | Indians @ Blue Jays | Aug. 2-5

CATS44 said:

Our SP options in Columbus are...

Logan Allen.

Or, if willing to lose a player on the 40 man...Brad Peacock and his 13.50 ERA.

Or, we could go back to Hentges, who has already elicited the same comments we have seen in this thread in re Mejia.

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cliffdawg said:

Or Cody Morris

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cliffdawg said:

Worst turning DP Indians middle infielders I have ever seen………

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CATS44 said:

This can't be a serious suggestion.

Lets put Morris in a MLB rotation with only 20 IP at AA, even though he just returned from injury a month ago.

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cliffdawg said:

At this point I whether stretch out Stephan then see Mejia start again…….

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Real Deal said:

This team needs plus defense at SS and in CF/RF next year.

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cliffdawg said:

I think we got CF taking care of next year with Straw……Gimenez could be the answer at SS if he show any type of hitting, maybe Rosario glove play up at 2B ?

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33Y0 said:

I’m all for a ST battle between Gimenez and Arias.

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CATS44 said:

We need to get a grip.

Morris is no option, unless the FO is dead set on ruining him.

Garza hasn't started in two years and is yet another right handed midget.

Both are on the bump for a 40 man spot.

What we have is about what we have. Lets not risk ruining any more young pitchers by forcing them to do what they haven't been developed to do.

You would think we've seen enough young pitchers get their heads kicked in this year to last a decade.

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CATS44 said:

Its a tough crowd, or uniquely unreasonable conviction, to label Cookies lesser seasons as average to mediocre without context.

In his first season in the rotation, 2011, he pitched much of the season with a sore arm that led to TJS in September.

In 2013 in his comeback from surgery he only threw 46.2.

Over those two partial seasons his FIP was fairly average, about 4.20.

In 2014 he spent time in the pen before rejoining the rotation. From the beginning of that season until his cancer his ERA+ by year was...

153
119
136
139
128

In his cancer season it was still 91.

And in his return to the rotation in 2020 it was 159.

Those numbers are not merely average, let alone mediocre. He ranged from 20% to 60% better than the average MLB pitcher...except in his cancer year, when he was 10% below average.

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CATS44 said:

Bobby with yet another K.

But, man, his homers are fun to watch.

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