Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
Before he got hurt, Naquin was rounding into a top of the order type hitter. His rookie year was great, until he wore down late. Last year he was hitting well, until he got hurt again.
If he stays healthy, he will be a quality hitter.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
Byron Buxton ends Kluber's no-hit bid with one out double in sixth. Buxton advances to third, but Kluber gets Jorge Polanco to pop out for third out. Kluber had retired 16 of 17 Twins before Buxton's double.
The Tribe is a small market salary hampered team. They must rely upon developing players in the minors to succeed. They need a steady pipeline of talent coming up.
Where is it?
Outside of Lindor and Ramirez where is this lineup going to score? Those two great players are going to get pitched around.
No power. 1st, LF, RF are power positions. The outfield is horrible. Kipnis, Perez, and Santana?
Where are the runs going to come from? Hanley Rameriz? Please.
The starters are great. But unless they have great prospects ready to play soon. The Indians will have to move a starter in order to upgrade position players.
The Central maybe poor enough to win because we have the starting pitching but post season? Nothing will happen with this lineup.
I'm a Giants fan and I felt for Corey Kluber like I did Madison Bumgarner I know the Giants are average at best at the plate and right now so are the Indians and no matter how much pitching you have it is hard to win without scoring runs ...
Madison Bumgarner 7 IP 5 Hits 2 ER 9 SO 1 BB Lost 2-0
Corey Kluber 7 IP 4 Hits 2 ER 5 SO 1 BB Lost 2-0
John 3:16 Jesus said "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
Tyler Naquin did not look like he belonged in the majors.
It's game 1, against a pitcher who had 200 K last year.
Geesh. You guys overreact so well, it has to be your biggest talent.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
Tyler Naquin did not look like he belonged in the majors.
It's game 1, against a pitcher who had 200 K last year.
Geesh. You guys overreact so well, it has to be your biggest talent.
No, it's a case of "selective reading comprehension".
My quote:
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Tyler Naquin did not look like he belonged in the majors.
Naquin had 3 plate appearances and weakly struck out all three times. (OK his last plate appearance should have been a walk - but a good hitter will swing at a close pitch with 2 strikes)
Even against the Cy Young award winning pitcher, an average hitter (who strikes out a lot) is likely to put the ball in play ~70% of the time.
Tyler Naquin did not look like he belonged in the majors.
Hey, I hope he bats .300 with 20 homers this year.
If he's batting .210 with 100 plate appearances and 50 strikeouts on April 30th, I will change it to:
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Tyler Naquin does not look like he belonged in the majors.
I used belonged here because he'll be gone if that's the case.
I'd rather see Greg Allen than Naquin, but even if Naquin is Tito's choice to start there's no justification for hitting him in the 3-hole. His bat is strictly 7-8-9 material. I don't understand why they didn't keep Oscar Mercado instead of Luplow or Naquin. I'm aware they are probably stashing Mercado for service-time reasons, but these are some lean times when you look at the lack of quality or depth in our outfield.
This just in ... Tito is unimpressed with my views on Tyler Naquin's place in the batting order (LOL):
CLE Lineup
1. L Martin (L) CF 2. J Ramírez (S) 3B 3. T Naquin (L) RF 4. C Santana (S) 1B 5. H Ramirez (R) DH 6. J Bauers (L) LF 7. R Pérez (R) C 8. B Miller (L) 2B 9. M Moroff (S) SS
MIN Lineup
1. M Kepler (L) RF 2. J Polanco (S) SS 3. N Cruz (R) DH 4. E Rosario (L) LF 5. C Cron (R) 1B 6. M Gonzalez (S) 3B 7. J Schoop (R) 2B 8. M Garver (R) C 9. B Buxton (R) CF
This just in ... Tito is unimpressed with my views on Tyler Naquin's place in the batting order (LOL):
CLE Lineup
1. L Martin (L) CF 2. J Ramírez (S) 3B 3. T Naquin (L) RF 4. C Santana (S) 1B 5. H Ramirez (R) DH 6. J Bauers (L) LF 7. R Pérez (R) C 8. B Miller (L) 2B 9. M Moroff (S) SS
MIN Lineup
1. M Kepler (L) RF 2. J Polanco (S) SS 3. N Cruz (R) DH 4. E Rosario (L) LF 5. C Cron (R) 1B 6. M Gonzalez (S) 3B 7. J Schoop (R) 2B 8. M Garver (R) C 9. B Buxton (R) CF
Trevor Bauer vs Jake Odorizzi
There go your dreams of being Tito's bench boss...dont do anything rash now.
Indians have 4 hits and 26 strikeouts in the first 16 innings of the 2019 season. Jose Ramirez tried to bunt against the shift in the first inning and couldn't get one down. Jordan Luplow pinch hit for Jake Bauers in the 7th, with one out and Hanley Ramirez at 1st base. At the very least, you want him to move that runner along to scoring position, but he struck out. Situational hitting is dead; everybody is swinging for the fences every at bat. Someone should approach our batting coach and say "Remind me again why we pay you?".
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