The 2020 Cleveland Indians

[PIP]

Watched Yan all year with my Nats.... I would stay with Plawecki.

I like Yan but goodness there felt like a drop off and I felt Suzuki was just a much safer play.

 

[sportscoach]

Watched Yan all year with my Nats.... I would stay with Plawecki.

I like Yan but goodness there felt like a drop off and I felt Suzuki was just a much safer play.

does being with a new organization and pitching staff have anything to factor into that you think?

 

[Otsego Mar]

Yan was better than Kurt in the postseason, for what it's worth.

 

[macbdog]

Would love to see the team bring back Yan. While they are at it, also pluck away Rendon and Strasburg. Cant wait!

 

[Steve_424]

Not sure why Yan would return for a backup or even timeshare role. He'd still start for plenty of teams.

 

[Stark]

Yeah, Gomes is still a plus defensive catcher that has had a .700+ OPS the past three seasons.

Somebody will offer him a starting job and/or more money than the Indians should offer him.

 

[Stark]

Francisco Lindor - Gold Glove Award winner; interesting since a lot of his metrics were down this year compared to last year when he didn't win it, but I'm happy for him.

 

[Stark]

Roberto Perez takes home his 1st Gold Glove as well. Well deserved, he was easily the best defensive catcher in the AL.

 

[sportscoach]

Yeah, Gomes is still a plus defensive catcher that has had a .700+ OPS the past three seasons.

Somebody will offer him a starting job and/or more money than the Indians should offer him.

on paper he looks like an upgrade but I agree his offers will probably be better on another team but I am not against bringing him back. Though I wonder if he is still good at 1st and 3rd like he was in his younger seasons, but that’s just the way to keep him playing everyday lol

 

[Stark]

on paper he looks like an upgrade but I agree his offers will probably be better on another team but I am not against bringing him back. Though I wonder if he is still good at 1st and 3rd like he was in his younger seasons, but that’s just the way to keep him playing everyday lol

I'm sure you could still slot him in at first base, but he hasn't played an inning at third in eight years. He'd probably be terrible over there.

If he wanted to come here on the cheap, like $2-2.5 million, I'd take him and kick Plawecki to the curb. I just feel like some team will give him $5+ million plus incentives with more guaranteed playing time.

 

[BMAN]

No way Yan Gomes would play 3rd. What the hell.

 

[Derek]

on paper he looks like an upgrade but I agree his offers will probably be better on another team but I am not against bringing him back. Though I wonder if he is still good at 1st and 3rd like he was in his younger seasons, but that’s just the way to keep him playing everyday lol

I’m not sure why you’d want to keep him playing everyday.

Almost all of his value is in his defensive ability as a catcher, and that’s the only position his bat plays at.

 

[sportscoach]

No way Yan Gomes would play 3rd. What the hell.

When Toronto had him, he was the backup minor league catcher so they had him play 1B, 3B and LF and RF at the pro level since they didn’t have any room for him. He actually happened to be legit at 3B defensively at the time we acquired him lol I did say that with a little sarcasm as well, but he actually would have ended up as an utility man (3B defensively he was the best at though) if he stayed in Toronto at the time not a catcher. It tells you how each organization values a player and Gomes ended up the best of off 4 catchers they had in the organization at the time.

 

[BMAN]

When Toronto had him, he was the backup minor league catcher so they had him play 1B, 3B and LF and RF at the pro level since they didn’t have any room for him. He actually happened to be legit at 3B defensively at the time we acquired him lol I did say that with a little sarcasm as well, but he actually would have ended up as an utility man (3B defensively he was the best at though) if he stayed in Toronto at the time not a catcher. It tells you how each organization values a player and Gomes ended up the best of off 4 catchers they had in the organization at the time.

I know he played 3rd for Toronto. Doesn’t mean he should now.

 

[Urban]

Francisco Lindor - Gold Glove Award winner; interesting since a lot of his metrics were down this year compared to last year when he didn't win it, but I'm happy for him.

I think the difference here was Andrelton Simmons missing a lot of time; he only played 64% of their games and qualified for the innings on the last game of the season.