A good book on the subject The MVP Machine by Lindbergh. Many goofy ideas that Bauer brought with him are now mainstream.“I think it starts with the guys you’re taking in the draft,” opined Haase, who was in the Cleveland system from 2011-2019. “Obviously, there some are high-upside guys, and some organizations pick those top guys and kind of say, ‘Go out there and pitch.’ They think they’ve got themselves more of a finished product. With Cleveland, it was more about picking guys that already had a good feel for pitching, and then implementing things that would give them little spikes in velocity. They were big on weighted balls, big on strength and conditioning. Basically, they’d take guys who already had good command and give them some more legitimate weapons to get hitters out.”
-- Eric Haase via FG
The true heir to Lindor. Too bad he'll have to be moved because of Amed Rosario, Arias, Freeman, and Jones are blocking SS, 3b, and 2b. Edit: forgot about Jose after he signs his extension that Bimbo told us about. Just not sure where he plays.
honestly I can't wait until he's a Guardian
The true heir to Lindor. Too bad he'll have to be moved because of Amed Rosario, Arias, Freeman, and Jones are blocking SS, 3b, and 2b. Edit: forgot about Jose after he signs his extension that Bimbo told us about. Just not sure where he plays.
Who's smoking the crackSometimes I read some of these comments and I wonder if there are crack pipes in use…
When comparing Rocchio to Lindor, how do they stack up defensively? I understand that Rocchio's glove is highly thought of, but IIRC, Frankie's glove was supposed to be his strongest attribute, and even at the time he cracked the big leagues, his bat was not considered to be all that.If he is still in the organization when he is ready for the bigs, he will have a place on the roster and if he is better defensively than the others, they will move someone to a different position. I almost can see Arias to the OF if JRam gets extended...
Agrees with this well chronicled & supported assessment..I dont need to smoke crack.
I'm already cracked enough.