2021 Spring Training Thread

[Gson]

And we should heed what you say over Tito and CA because..............

What did Tito and CA say that is different from what is opined in the posting?

 

[CDAV45]

What did Tito and CA say that is different from what is opined in the posting?

1B is not Naylor's to lose. 1B is either Bauers or Bradley's to lose.

 

[sportscoach]

1B is not Naylor's to lose. 1B is either Bauers or Bradley's to lose.

Do you have a link to that quote so I can check out the context for myself? (Don't worry its not that I dont trust ya, its more of I wanna get the info right myself)

Reason why I am saying anything, is the fact that Eddie Rosario, by the numbers, has always been in LF, which is his best position. If Naylor is an OF only, that actually puts DJ in a very bad spot to even get reps to make the team. Not sure why you would put a way below average defensive OF limited to one position thats not even his best defensive position.

 

[jup]

I’ll see you there. Should we party at Bottle Blonde beforehand?

I tend to stay on the West side - Scottsdale is a long drive with lots of traffic to get to Goodyear. Besides most of the sites I like to go to are out west anyway. More of a back fields guy, but it sounds like that will be off limits this year

 

[CDAV45]

Do you have a link to that quote so I can check out the context for myself? (Don't worry its not that I dont trust ya, its more of I wanna get the info right myself)

Reason why I am saying anything, is the fact that Eddie Rosario, by the numbers, has always been in LF, which is his best position. If Naylor is an OF only, that actually puts DJ in a very bad spot to even get reps to make the team. Not sure why you would put a way below average defensive OF limited to one position thats not even his best defensive position.

Sorry Coach, been a little busy. I listened to Tito say it on the last Tribe Report. He had a skype interview with Jensen and Al. I'm sure you can watch it somewhere. Someone also mentioned that CA said the same thing, but I didn't witness that so I didn't refer to it.

 

[DJTJ]

living in AZ, really really weird that it’s ST and it doesn’t even matter.

 

[mopete12]

living in AZ, really really weird that it’s ST and it doesn’t even matter.

I’ve found this off-season to be depressing, and I don’t think the Indians are going to be great next year, but I am beyond ready for the season to start. There is some extra level of excitement when you have question marks in the lineup and a bunch of young-ish guys to try and fill the spots (it’ll be a lot more exciting if any of them are successful). Hopefully they are able to play a whole season without too many health issues, especially since I’m sure next season will be cut short due to CBA issues!

 

[CATS44]

The idea persists that Yandy was traded straight up for Bauers.

The trade was the second part of the EE for Santana deal.

Overall it was, Sulser, a competitive balance pick, one year of EE and six years of Yandy for three years of Santana and six years of Bauers AND $4 mil, enough money for us to be able to afford Carlos for two of the three years. Overall, the Indians came out about $7 mil ahead. Carlos was an all star and Silver Slugger in 2019.

I was a big supporter of the trade and esp of acquiring Bauer. His rep as a fav of the Rays org came with him. Several articles had been written about his good attitude and being eager to make himself into a relevant outfielder and good base runner.

He had a rep for having a superior eye at the plate and putting the bat on the ball. I saw him as an average MLB player for a long time.

But when he got here he simply refused to swing at pitches, still got his walks, but took a ton...a ton...of called third strikes. He was like the poor kid in LL, whose coach tells him to not swing at anything, just hope for walks.

(As an aside, I've seen a lot of those kind of 'coaches'...more interested in winning games than helping kids to learn to play the game. They should be tarred and feathered)

And then Tito called him out publicly. Its nigh on impossible to get Tito to do that. Unless there has been a complete turnaround in attitude and immediate production, Bauers future in Cleveland comes down to the investment the FO has in him vs Titos assessment.

Titos assessment will win out.

In order to look at the trade from the original intent, it must be noted that Yandy did not take to coaching well, nor was he willing to put much effort into learning a new position. At the time we were set at first and third, but had a screaming need for a RH bat in the OF....an open invitation for Yandy to play regularly in MLB. He didn't accept the invitation....and like Mejia, was soon gone.

 

[Steve_424]

 

[Lee]

living in AZ, really really weird that it’s ST and it doesn’t even matter.

What really sucks for me is I have a tradition of going with my son to atleast one if not 2 or 3 ST games a year, last year we didn't get to go before they shut it down, and now this year. He is 13, so I missed 12 and 13 years old, it doesn't matter for me as much, but I wont get these years back with my son as he is growing up so fast, and going to ST with him is really one of my favorite things to do ever.

 

[AZ_]

Impossible, never played the position before.

 

[CDAV45]

I’ve found this off-season to be depressing, and I don’t think the Indians are going to be great next year, but I am beyond ready for the season to start. There is some extra level of excitement when you have question marks in the lineup and a bunch of young-ish guys to try and fill the spots (it’ll be a lot more exciting if any of them are successful). Hopefully they are able to play a whole season without too many health issues, especially since I’m sure next season will be cut short due to CBA issues!

Yeah Mo, it's been a weird offseason. Initially after the Lindor/Carrasco trade I thought for sure this team is going to suck. So confident was I that I wanted them to trade Ramirez with his value being so high. Then they resigned Hernandez, which didn't make much sense to me since they just traded for 2 MIFers. Then they signed E. Rosario and I was like, wait a minute, maybe all hope isn't lost. I don't think that's enough so I'm in this weird, purgatory like place where I'm not confident in saying we're going to suck or we're going to contend. A big RH bat at 1B or RF would lift my confidence to the point where I would be disappointed if they lost the division. If they could add someone like Mancini then we'd be hard to beat by any team IMO.

 

[CDAV45]

Impossible, never played the position before.

Man, how stupid are all those teams that didn't play him at 1B? Idiots! We don't need him though because we have Reyes, Hedges, Jones, Mercado, Johnson, and almost all the other players that can put a shovel on.

 

[MadThinker88]

Blake Parker (RHP) added to the initial posting of this thread...

 

[NEOLeo]

Sorry Coach, been a little busy. I listened to Tito say it on the last Tribe Report. He had a skype interview with Jensen and Al. I'm sure you can watch it somewhere. Someone also mentioned that CA said the same thing, but I didn't witness that so I didn't refer to it.

Nothing on Naylor, but here’s the quote from CA on Eddie Rosario potentially playing RF.

“We’re still working through whether he’ll play left or right field. It’s something we’ll work through in spring training, but we consider him a capable defender in either spot and he’s open to playing either position.”

Eddie Rosario passes physical, 1-year $8 million deal with Cleveland Indians official

The Indians will decide in spring training if Eddie Rosario plays left or right field.

www.cleveland.com