2022 Season | Series #7 | Guardians @ A's | April 29 - May 1, 2022

[rmacd]

Gimenez always had good to great D. Not sure what happened last yr. ... Of our middle inf on the farm Arias and Tena a little ahead of Rocchio on D by 3 who should know.

 

[macbdog]

According to the STO announcing crew, the Guardians were 8-0 in games where they got two or more hits with RISP and 0-12 when they got one or less. After yesterday's game they're 9-0.

No offense but this is an obvious correlation that doesn't really tell us anything. If you are getting multiple hits w RISP, you are likely scoring multiple runs. If you only get one hit or no hits with RISP, you ain't scoring shit. Combined with limited power, that makes it tough to win. And when we run a starter not named Civale out there they have a chance to win a low scoring affair.

 

[petes999]

No offense but this is an obvious correlation that doesn't really tell us anything. If you are getting multiple hits w RISP, you are likely scoring multiple runs. If you only get one hit or no hits with RISP, you ain't scoring shit. Combined with limited power, that makes it tough to win. And when we run a starter not named Civale out there they have a chance to win a low scoring affair.

Thanks ... I was thinking about the same thing (if you enough hit, you win). The other stat that you can use is

if we get 10 or more hits, we have only lost 1 (a 9-5 game with 11 hits vs LAA) so 8-1

if less than 10 hits, we have only won 2 (yesterday with 9 and a 2-1 game vs CHW with 6). so 2-10

Yet, again our hits are dependent on who is in our line up and who is their pitcher.

 

[PIP]

When you think Guardians baseball you think win 3 in a row, lose 7 in a row…… win 3 in a row, lose 7 in a row…

 

[CATS44]

On the 20-80 defensive scale...

Gimenez 55-60
Rocchio 55-60
Arias 55-55
Tena 50-55
Clement 50-50
Miller 45-50

Going by 2021 SS FPC...

Gimenez... .980 AAA...965 MLB
Rocchio...963 A+AA combined
Arias...963 AAA
Tena...988 A+

Going by 2021 SS RF/9...

Gimenez...3.45/4.61
Rocchio....3.82
Arias...3.77
Tena...3.27

 

[CATS44]

Whether we end up 3-7 or 2-8 on this road trip, there is no way to paint it as a success.

However...

At the end of today, we will have made our most brutal road trip of the year. We only have two west coast trips left. Minnesota and Chicago still have all of theirs to do.

And we will have played only six home games. The other two have had twice as many.

This has been the first experience of this kind for several of our kids. Wisdom is born of experience.

 

[The Oi]

When you think Guardians baseball you think win 3 in a row, lose 7 in a row…… win 3 in a row, lose 7 in a row…

Followed by that tantalizing 6-4 set.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

Whether we end up 3-7 or 2-8 on this road trip, there is no way to paint it as a success.

However...

At the end of today, we will have made our most brutal road trip of the year. We only have two west coast trips left. Minnesota and Chicago still have all of theirs to do.

And we will have played only six home games. The other two have had twice as many.

This has been the first experience of this kind for several of our kids. Wisdom is born of experience.

We've also had three series against first place teams.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

Gimenez is starting to win me over. He's 11-for-30 in his last nine games for a .367 average and 8 RBI's. And I love the arm. But that was quite a show yesterday against the A's.

He needs to be a better 2-strike hitter - he's 3-for-24 this year when the count is 0-2, 1-2, or 2-2. On 3-2 pitches, when the pitcher needs to throw a strike, he's 3-for-5.

He's 13-for-23 when he puts the ball in play with less than two strikes or on a 3-2 count.

 

[petes999]

We've also had three series against first place teams.

Yep ... and we got Padres (.5 games back) and Toronto (1.5 games back) coming into town. We won’t really know what we have until the end of month of May when we run through our division again. Yet, I do think Central is a mess. I don’t know if we can rely on WC unless we can win at home vs Toronto and Padres. The Central w Twins and healthier Chicago will be the true test come May.

 

[petes999]

So, with Rosario out yesterday for minor inj and righty on mound, do we go max lefty .. Gim-SS Miller-2nd, Naylor-1st, Pal-RF and Kwan-LF? Heck, Bradley could DH and may do better.

 

[Lee]

Whether we end up 3-7 or 2-8 on this road trip, there is no way to paint it as a success.

However...

At the end of today, we will have made our most brutal road trip of the year. We only have two west coast trips left. Minnesota and Chicago still have all of theirs to do.

And we will have played only six home games. The other two have had twice as many.

This has been the first experience of this kind for several of our kids. Wisdom is born of experience.

If we were 9-12 or 12-9, not a huge difference as its only 22 games into the season.

I know you know this, just pointing out its a long ride, sit back, we have lots of youth, lets watch the team grow and enjoy.

 

[cliffdawg]

So, with Rosario out yesterday for minor inj and righty on mound, do we go max lefty .. Gim-SS Miller-2nd, Naylor-1st, Pal-RF and Kwan-LF? Heck, Bradley could DH and may do better.

That’s on the line I was thinking, probably switch Kwan and Pal…..Give big Fran another day to relax his mind, see could we strike gold for one game with Bradley, also if I do play Bradley I start him at 1B to give Naylor another day off from the field……

 

[CATS44]

I'm not really discouraged about what I've seen so far.

We are top five offensively in the AL in just about everything, except taking walks. We are generally bottom five in almost every pitching category, except giving up walks. Both of those will even out.

There are some positive trends among the younger players who have already had their rough moments in previous years. Miller, Gimenez, Naylor, Hentges, and Stephan all are trending up. They aren't as good as they've been playing, but they look to be following the natural progression of young players with a little bit of MLB experience and generally good MiLB track records.

The BIG disappointments have been several young, but fairly experienced players...Franmil, Amed, and Civale. But in their situations, regression to the norm can...and should...be expected.

Two things, besides a few players getting on track, that we need to do better is work more walks and play much better defense. Some of the defensive problems can be attributed to young players' inexperience, esp as they move around the diamond.

If the FO could find a RH corner bat, I could see a fairly set line up of...

JRam 3B
Franmil DH
Naylor 1B
Miller 2B
Gimenez SS
RHB...RF
Straw CF
Kwan LF
Hedges C

Adding a RH bat would obviate the need for Amed. Miller and Gimenez settling in as the MIFs would lessen whatever need we seem to have to hang onto all our MIF prospects.

 

[PPark]

On the 20-80 defensive scale...

Gimenez 55-60
Rocchio 55-60
Arias 55-55
Tena 50-55
Clement 50-50
Miller 45-50

Going by 2021 SS FPC...

Gimenez... .980 AAA...965 MLB
Rocchio...963 A+AA combined
Arias...963 AAA
Tena...988 A+

Going by 2021 SS RF/9...

Gimenez...3.45/4.61
Rocchio....3.82
Arias...3.77
Tena...3.27

Might as well toss the hit tool in as well

Rocchio 55/60
Gimenez 45/55
Tena 40/45
Arias 30/35

Unfortunately they don’t have a “looks the part” or “straight out of central casting” measurement. Arias and Daniel Johnson would be 80’s