2019 Series #43 | Indians @ Tigers | August 27th, 28th, and 29th

[BimboColesHair]

He's 24. Also, multiple other players had over 100 home runs before the age of 23, so I'm not sure this is even close to accurate.

Unless you're talking about single season AND counting everyone as the age they were at the beginning of the season? Or, unless you're not talking about his performance last year?

Please clarify.

Some of this has been clarified already.

But stat keeping is weird. This is Franmil's age 23 season, even with him turning 24 during it. Just means he spent the majority of the season as a 23 year old.

B-Ref, MLB.com and any other stat tracking site will track this as his age 23 season.

 

[mrWalrus]

Could Civale be the best of this drafted threesome? Kid looks poised and like he has the heart of a beast in him.

 

[Ohio]

Could Civale be the best of this drafted threesome? Kid looks poised and like he has the heart of a beast in him.

He's looked really great so far this season.

Unfortunately he's been getting peak Kluber level run support.

 

[Kevalier]

Your two hitter probably shouldn’t be bunting twice in one game against the Jordan Zimmerman. Either put someone else in the two spot or stop the insane amount of bunting.

 

[Kevalier]

Of course, he hits a double on the next pitch. Absolutely hosed on that call.

 

[Kevalier]

Can someone explain to me why it makes sense to bat Greg Allen second?

 

[bushwick_bill]

Indians better win, Rays up on the Astros.

 

[Kevalier]

Yeah, Civale isn’t going anywhere.

 

[Kevalier]

Kiptastic!!

 

[Out of the Rafters at the Q]

Am I misremembering, or wasn't Hand's fastball 93-95 earlier in the year? He was sitting at 90 today.

 

[Kevalier]

 

[bob2the2nd]

Good company, but his ceiling isn't super high, right?

 

[EdMonix11]

Rays and A's both lose tonight.

Twins won, unfortunately.

 

[sportscoach]

Can someone explain to me why it makes sense to bat Greg Allen second?

Essentially it feels like he is trying to get one of the combo of Allen and Mercado going again. Allen also seemed for whatever reason to hit the best when he batted 2nd every time he was in the position. (.393/.414/.821 slash line batting in the two hole, while below .230 anywhere else in the lineup). So situational stats like that are usually useless, but maybe he just has a better mentality in the box when hitting in the two hole. I remember back in the day, I always seemed to bat better in the two hole, maybe cause I was focused on getting on/moving runners and not trying to get guys in.

 

[Out of the Rafters at the Q]

Good company, but his ceiling isn't super high, right?

I'll probably get roasted by someone more knowledgeable for this one, but I'm not so sure Civale's stuff is significantly behind Bieber's when he came up. You often don't need to throw 98 or have ridiculous secondary stuff to be a quality pitcher.

I again, am uninformed here and have no pitch info to back it up, but Bieber's stuff and control reminds me of like a righty version of Cliff Lee. I don't see why Civale's absolute ceiling couldn't be something close to Kluber. He probably won't because I don't think his secondary stuff is there, and despite his low K/BB ratio, he had some ugly struggles in the first few starts with falling behind almost every hitter. But if he can keep "good Civale" going where he's working ahead in the count and keeping hitters off balance? The kid can be a nice quality starter.

But now I'm just talking out my ass, so I'll let someone with a bit more knowledge chip in.