2021 Season | Series #44 | Brewers @ Indians | Sep. 10-12

[xmasbuck]

good news - Cavs didnt lose this weekend - didnt get no hit - didnt give up 2 TD lead in the 2nd half - didnt look like a D w/o a DC

 

[DCTribefan]

Disappointing weekend for the Tribe.. the season is waning and it shows in the number of fans in the stands.. the number of responses on the boards.. and so on..

Disappointing is an understatement.

 

[TxBuckeye]

Disappointing weekend for the Tribe.. the season is waning and it shows in the number of fans in the stands.. the number of responses on the boards.. and so on..

1. Shitty season
2. The team is no fun to watch at the moment
3. Football season is in session this weekend

what do you expect?
I skipped the Tribe game to watch the Lions if that tells you anything

 

[33Y0]

Disappointing weekend for the Tribe.. the season is waning and it shows in the number of fans in the stands.. the number of responses on the boards.. and so on..

There were a little over 20,000 in attendance on Saturday when I was there... which, all things considered, isn't terrible for us...

 

[DCTribefan]

There were a little over 20,000 in attendance on Saturday when I was there... which, all things considered, isn't terrible for us...

Wasn’t it Dolan bobblehead day?

 

[33Y0]

Wasn’t it Dolan bobblehead day?

JRam tee giveaway

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

Zach Plesac is quietly putting together a pretty decent finish to his season. In his last four starts he has an ERA of 2.66.

I'm a little concerned that he's allowed 22 hits and 8 walks in 23. 2 innings (1.27 WHIP), but he's managed to strand a lot of those runners as only 7 of the 30 runners have come around to score an earned run. He's allowed just one home run in those four starts.

He has 19 K's in those 23.3 innings, but he's more of a pitch-to-contact guy than a strikeout artist, so that's OK. His fastball velo was only in the 89-91 range his last outing so I'm concerned that he has to be spot on to be effective, like Eli Morgan and Civale. In his last start it took him a couple of innings to get locked in but he still held the Brewers to 2 earned runs in 6 innings, holding them hitless over the last four.

Nice to see Plesac, Quantrill, and McKenzie finishing strong, especially the last two. If Civale can rebound and have a couple good starts before it's over that would be even better, but I'm not worried about him since he didn't have an arm or knee or back injury.

 

[sportscoach]

Personally I am not super worried about Plesac, Civale, Bieber to finish the season. All three will be strong in 22 if healthy, I want to see the young guys develop... I wouldn't even be scared to get Morris up here for a couple starts...

 

[DCTribefan]

A few thoughts...

1) Burnes, not Scherzer, is the best pitcher in baseball this year. We saw it last night.

2) The competition for MLB positions doesn't entail merely Spring training. It begins the first time a kid steps on a practice field as a pro, and doesn't end until he is retired.

Johnson always showed athletic ability...tools...but seldom showed baseball ability...skills. His profile and scouting reports always read 'toolsy, but raw.' It never changed.

3) Obviously, the offense needs improvement. Nobody says it doesn't. But the biggest problem on this team has been pitching, pitching, pitching.

The answer to the pitching problem can be summed up in one word. HEALTH

Even with the lack of offense, this team would be contending right now with a rotation that had remained intact.

4) The team is still trying to win, but the FO has moved on to next year. If the rotation had remained healthy, we wouldn't be seeing a lot of the kids we are seeing now. The FO would have made a move for offense at the deadline. It was widely reported that the FO had made inquiries on multiple offensive pieces in July.

This is not the offense we will see next year.

Only three players on the roster right now have more PAs than Harold. That is not gonna happen next year. Harold won't even be on the roster.

Since the deadline, four players have played second base. That is not gonna happen next year.

Since Eddie got hurt, five players have played in the outfield corners. Three of them will probably not be on the opening day roster. One will be our DH.

Zimmer, Harold, Chang, Miller, Clement, Johnson, and Mercado have combined for over 1200 PAs...just under one fourth of the teams PAs. A lot of those PAs will be replaced by real MLB hitters.

We are basically watching spring training games right now. Wringing our hands about the offense right now as if it is the offense we will see in 2022 is fruitless, because it isn't.

Every game for every MLB and MiLB player is a tryout. We are watching tryouts for the 24th and 25th spots on the opening day roster, with the exception of Gimenez. While they may not know it, there are a lot of players in other orgs that are competing for the starting roles for the Guardians.

 

[Huber.]

They got no hit again? Has to be some kind of record.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

Could you imagine Scherzer facing the Indians right now? I'd say the odds of a no-hitter would be close to 50/50.

There would be no question of the Indians scoring a run. The only reason for watching would be to see if they got a hit.