UEM, I am not even that mad that #tpt did not do anything in the free agent market. I don't want them to spend money just to acquire a guy that may be marginally better than what they have. Here is what I want them to do:
1. Extend Jose and Bieber.
2. Find some way to package some of the middle infielder prospects for a legitimate outfielder or 1b. This will probably have to wait until near the trade deadline.
3. Let's cut ties with Zimmer and Mercado. We need to figure out this 40-man roster and this will help. Play the kids, we know that Zimmer and Mercado are not answers in the OF.
UEM, interesting first weekend for #tpt. After the first two games it was, "Meet the New Guardians, same as the Old Indians"
I am obviously happy with the extensions to Jose, Straw and Clase. They all involve risk, but I think that is a good core to build around for the next 5 years. Probably need to ink Bieber soon, but I didn't realize until yesterday he is a Boras client which means this will play out for a while, if he ever signs long term with #tpt.
It is early, but Kwan has been very impressive.
Catcher is a real problem, offensively.
Their run differential is +11, yet they are 1-2. Theny, thoughts?
UEM, interesting first weekend for #tpt. After the first two games it was, "Meet the New Guardians, same as the Old Indians"
I am obviously happy with the extensions to Jose, Straw and Clase. They all involve risk, but I think that is a good core to build around for the next 5 years. Probably need to ink Bieber soon, but I didn't realize until yesterday he is a Boras client which means this will play out for a while, if he ever signs long term with #tpt.
It is early, but Kwan has been very impressive.
Catcher is a real problem, offensively.
Their run differential is +11, yet they are 1-2. Theny, thoughts?
They need to get out of KC at 2-2 so today's game is important for maintaining my interest.
Like you, I am happy with Straw, Clase, and Jose. Beiber is a must sign at pretty much any cost because if you don't have an ace, you don't have a chance.
How was Kwan basically not discussed when coming up through the farm system (as compared to Jones, Freeman, et al)? I don't know where he will settle in average-wise but with his eye and his ability to get the bat on the ball, his OBP should be around .375 or so, I would think.
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UEM, interesting first weekend for #tpt. After the first two games it was, "Meet the New Guardians, same as the Old Indians"
I am obviously happy with the extensions to Jose, Straw and Clase. They all involve risk, but I think that is a good core to build around for the next 5 years. Probably need to ink Bieber soon, but I didn't realize until yesterday he is a Boras client which means this will play out for a while, if he ever signs long term with #tpt.
It is early, but Kwan has been very impressive.
Catcher is a real problem, offensively.
Their run differential is +11, yet they are 1-2. Theny, thoughts?
They need to get out of KC at 2-2 so today's game is important for maintaining my interest.
Like you, I am happy with Straw, Clase, and Jose. Beiber is a must sign at pretty much any cost because if you don't have an ace, you don't have a chance.
How was Kwan basically not discussed when coming up through the farm system (as compared to Jones, Freeman, et al)? I don't know where he will settle in average-wise but with his eye and his ability to get the bat on the ball, his OBP should be around .375 or so, I would think.
Kwan was at High A in 2019 and 2020 was wiped out, so I think that was a factor.
He did have a great year last year at Akron and Columbus, and there were some talk about him. However, like you said there was more talk about Jones and Bo Naylor taking a step back.
He did not swing and miss yesterday, and had the game sealing 3 RBI triple late.
Seems like he's good maybe. Also at the time of that tweet he only had 14 plate appearances, and 4 of them had ended in a walk/HBP. So by Flush's math he had put the ball in play 10 times and hit 48 foul balls in 14 trips, nearly 3.5 per PA. That seems like a lot IYO.
ETA: I just saw 99's post. 26 swings on 58 pitches in 14 PAs makes a lot more sense. Also, that stat was not "a bit misleading". It was objectively wrong.
