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2021 Season | Series #48 | White Sox @ Indians | Sep. 23 - 26

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We are in spring training mode.

In game decisions in spring training dont always coincide with winning ball games...and they don't right now.

Hale could go with his best lineup every day and ride his best relievers every day the rest of the way, but that isn't his job description right now.

His job is to hold tryouts.
The record generated in games being played now.. don't mean squat... what does matter is how these guys are playing.. how they're competing.. how focused they are in being professional big leaguers.. Some guys are stepping up.. others.. not so much.. Demarlo and the rest of the player personnel department (as well as the rest of baseball) are evaluating these guys to see who can play.. who can't.. and who is worth something to the teams watching..

DeMarlo is leading the on field evaluation of several players.. As an example.. during the five game set with the CWSox.. Demarlo decided to leave Anthony Gose in for multiple innings, going back out after pitching, then sitting between half innings, etc.. Gose showed he has a major league arm.. can throw a triple digit fastball on the black (mostly on the RHH's side of the plate), top and bottom of zone. He also showed that he has a slider that he shapes nicely that gets a LOT of swings and misses. If Gose had the kind of defense, when it truly matters.. he would have been unscathed..

It was also a nice story for MLB.. and nice for the Tribe.. err. Guardians to come.. Right now.. Gose has earned another look.. no more.. no less..
 
We are in agreement that the games this month are meaningless as far as standings go. If you check, you will find my criticism of Hale dates back perhaps three months when there still existed a sliver of hope for the WC. While it truly is audition time now for many of the Tribe’s prospects, that doesn’t mean all strategy goes out the window. But hey, have fun piling on. I’ll stick with my initial assessment that Hale is a non-candidate as Tito’s eventual successor.
 
We are in agreement that the games this month are meaningless as far as standings go. If you check, you will find my criticism of Hale dates back perhaps three months when there still existed a sliver of hope for the WC. While it truly is audition time now for many of the Tribe’s prospects, that doesn’t mean all strategy goes out the window. But hey, have fun piling on. I’ll stick with my initial assessment that Hale is a non-candidate as Tito’s eventual successor.
Heck, for you, Tito is a non-candidate....lol.
 
We are in agreement that the games this month are meaningless as far as standings go. If you check, you will find my criticism of Hale dates back perhaps three months when there still existed a sliver of hope for the WC. While it truly is audition time now for many of the Tribe’s prospects, that doesn’t mean all strategy goes out the window. But hey, have fun piling on. I’ll stick with my initial assessment that Hale is a non-candidate as Tito’s eventual successor.
Moving the goal posts to make the evaluation about DeMarlo not being/being the eventual replacement for Tito is less ignorant that the original ignorant statement.. Congrats.. you're moving up from completely ignorant.. :celb (2):
 
Moving the goal posts to make the evaluation about DeMarlo not being/being the eventual replacement for Tito is less ignorant that the original ignorant statement.. Congrats.. you're moving up from completely ignorant.. :celb (2):
A$$inine reply but expected nothing more. You should stick with your endless trade speculation to pass the time.
 
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We are in agreement that the games this month are meaningless as far as standings go. If you check, you will find my criticism of Hale dates back perhaps three months when there still existed a sliver of hope for the WC. While it truly is audition time now for many of the Tribe’s prospects, that doesn’t mean all strategy goes out the window. But hey, have fun piling on. I’ll stick with my initial assessment that Hale is a non-candidate as Tito’s eventual successor.
Why is Sandy never mentioned
 

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