BimboColesHair
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I mean, on a scale of 1 to necessary...
Cross him off then.
I mean, on a scale of 1 to necessary...
It's about long term competiveness for me. I don't think Encarnacion does this club any long term favors. Might work out for a year but I even question that.
At this point, one should question why Edwin is still fishing for his contract. There has to be a lot of trepidation throughout MLB to see him still sitting on the open market....
I know I'm going to get lit up for this but I absolutely hate how this is the mindset fans of small market teams in the MLB have adapted to.
We are talking about platooning players as being somehow better than adding one of the best middle of the lineup hitters in the league at (what is rumored to be) a pretty cheap deal for a league leader one rbis
Now if you want to argue the importance of the draft pick, fine. But you're fooling yourself if you think any platoon we can throw out there is going to match EE's production
And like it or not there is a huge distrust of the Dolans in Cleveland and public perception image. A lot of people here say they would spend more if they had better attendance, but I think it's the exact opposite. People will attend more if the public perception wasn't so awful. Signing the marque free agent (again, I want to reiterate this isn't one of those 300 million dollar contracts, this is not a back breaking deal) of this class would send a strong message
Just go for it
I know I'm going to get lit up for this but I absolutely hate how this is the mindset fans of small market teams in the MLB have adapted to.
We are talking about platooning players as being somehow better than adding one of the best middle of the lineup hitters in the league at (what is rumored to be) a pretty cheap deal for a league leader one rbis
Now if you want to argue the importance of the draft pick, fine. But you're fooling yourself if you think any platoon we can throw out there is going to match EE's production
And like it or not there is a huge distrust of the Dolans in Cleveland and public perception image. A lot of people here say they would spend more if they had better attendance, but I think it's the exact opposite. People will attend more if the public perception wasn't so awful. Signing the marque free agent (again, I want to reiterate this isn't one of those 300 million dollar contracts, this is not a back breaking deal) of this class would send a strong message
Just go for it
Thread sux
I agree.
For the record, I hear the apprehension on signing EE. But I also absolutely think it's the right move. If you can get him, get him- within reason, of course.
Well, I think there is a very small chance we end up with Encarnacion anyways. Pipe dream for the most part, but I was excited about the possibility.
Don't know much about Diaz.
Completely disagree.
His takes aren't nearly hot enough and he hasn't made enough personal attacks on posters for my liking in the Indians section
He'll never make it here with that can-do compromising attitude
I'm not sure if you've noticed a trend lately, but a majority of the World Series winners over the last 6 years have been teams that developed their talent through the minor leagues and spent very strategically in FA. Kansas City, San Francisco, the Cubs to a large degree (I concede the Heyward deal goes against my point).
But the Heyward deal is also something that would be crippling to our franchise. Can you imagine us giving a deal like that to Encarnacion and then watch him suck?
IMO we've got a window of 2-3 years without EE. If the Indians FO is extremely strategic that 2-3 years maybe extends to 5-6 years with all of our youth and Minor League system. Signing Encarnacion to a 3-4 year deal essentially takes away all flexibility going forward because our payroll will be tied to 1 player, who in my opinion is a risk at 33 on top of questionable character.
Just one man's opinion....id much rather platoon 1B and DH, keep guys fresh, and play to match-ups while using guys like Ramirez, Lindor, Kipnis everyday.
I mean, is there any beef with how we handled RF down the stretch? Guyer mashes left handed pitching while Lonnie was very good against righties. I don't have a single issue saving some money while finding guys with great splits to insert into the line-up. Part of the reason I was so disappointed Pearce got banned on a great 2 year deal by Toronto (not coincidental who runs their baseball operations).