EdMonix11
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You really should think a little before another one of your grossly negative comments are offered... Noteworthy: your touching empathy for Jake Bauers is puzzling..
-Nolan Jones hasn't played above AA ball.. when he does.. then talk about his spot
-Tyler Freeman hasn't played above A+.. see Jones, Nolan.. from above..
-Daniel Johnson=fourth OF'er.. has a chance but not yet.. not last year, either
-Jake Bauers has PROVEN NOTHING and may continue to do so..
-Marsh rates as a PLUS defender in CF with an excellent arm and 60 rated speed. Got any CF'er with speed that can hit that he'd be blocking?.. Brad Zimmer? oh wait ! smh
-Frazier turned the corner last year and was pulverizing the ball. There is NO ONE in the entire indians system that has his offensive ceiling.. NO ONE.. He wouldn't block anyone because they can't beat his game..
-Gavin Lux is a READY NOW ML'er who's best spot is 2B (I'm sure Jose Tena is being blocked by Lux too !!). Freeman.. ISN'T ready now.. may not be ready until 2022+. When he is ready.. he can win the job.. or not realize the DREAM.. that's how baseball works..
Owen Miller IS a SS and IS should be ready by 2021.. so there IS a SS..
Naylor is a 1B hiding in LF.. There is space..
Franmill Reyes will play..
so will Andujar.. there are plenty of AB's for both.. The only reason I like Andujar.. he hits the ball.. if he doesn't.. he'd be non-tendered.. If he wasn't part of the deal.. it wouldn't break my heart, either..
Our MLB team is going to be weakened regardless with the loss of Lindor... you don't lose a top five or ten player on a team and expect to be as good as before.. Adding additional deals.. either as stand alone or together hasten a retooling.. That's where the Indians are going.. especially with the depth in our current pitching staff and the emptiness of the Tribe's ownership's piggybank...
Edit: the arms included in the original posting were omitted.. and no one knows why.. oh, wait.. it doesn't fit the half assed agenda implicit in the response.. nvrmnd..
...and the band played on.....
Well, considering Antonetti specifically mentioned Bauers by name in his end-of-season presser, and literally said he was next in line for a call up, why is my 'touching empathy' puzzling?
There's no point in debating when you're constantly moving the goalposts-- Marsh and Miller haven't played above AA, either, but they're ready and Jones isn't? Which is it? You can't have it both ways. If you don't know about Tyler Freeman's development this season, and his closeness to the bigs, then I don't know what to tell you. You still didn't address what you'd do with our top prospects after you blocked them. Saying 'they aren't ready' isn't answer especially when they're, at most, a year away and you're blocking them with a longterm solution.
Further, Andujar hasn't played in two years now and Clint Frazier's sample size of 'pulverizing' the ball is just 160 PA's and yet the Yankees still played Brett Gardner over him in the playoffs. You can't sit there and say certain Indians players haven't done anything and then turn around as say let's trade for other guys who haven't proven anything either and expect it to go unnoticed.
Either you're blocking our top prospects or you're acquiring guys who aren't going to play, and that's my point, it's a very poor use of assets.
Dude, I brought up a completely valid concern with your idea. Cool it with the personal attacks or don't respond. I'm not the one constantly making things personal....