Probably the only fast ball he was going to get because every other pitch Santos threw was an off speed pitch. I am ok with him swinging.like_that;1606679 wrote:Why fucking swing at that?
Not killing the tribe. He probably leads the league in throwing out base stealers.Laley23;1606684 wrote:We can point blame all around, but the bottom line is Gomes is catching because he is supposed to be a good defensive player. He is KILLING the Tribe behind the plate. About 5 errors already. Unacceptable.
He's first among catchers in defensive runs saved. One of only 3 catchers above average in stolen base runs saved and tied for 2nd among catchers in defensive rating.Laley23;1606684 wrote:We can point blame all around, but the bottom line is Gomes is catching because he is supposed to be a good defensive player. He is KILLING the Tribe behind the plate. About 5 errors already. Unacceptable.
Thats all well and good, but he is 1st in the league in errors with 5. I'm certain those stats aren't taking into consideration when the ball is in play or when he is throwing it into CF. Don't care what anyone says, if our catcher ends up with 30 errors, he can't be our catcher. He is on pace for way more then that.lhslep134;1606748 wrote:He's first among catchers in defensive runs saved. One of only 3 catchers above average in stolen base runs saved and tied for 2nd among catchers in defensive rating.
You might be upset with him but the one thing he's NOT doing is killing us, especially considering his place among catchers defensively.
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=c&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=y&type=1&season=2014&month=0&season1=2014&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=25,d
Your certainty is misplaced because you're wrong. Errors play into defensive rating, where Yan is tied for 2nd among catchers.Laley23;1606793 wrote: I'm certain those stats aren't taking into consideration when the ball is in play or when he is throwing it into CF.
For sure. If we had Morgan in there I think we win at least one...maybe two games. It's hard yto keep rallies going when you ahve dead spots in the order....the other dead spot has been Santana who prior to last nite's 2 run HR, had only 1 RBI in 13 games.it's been Bourn who has been even worse. Most of his at bats were critical last night and got nothing out of them
Saw it mentioned elsewhere but there is some truth to it.wow that place is dead
The AL central is by the closest division right now. only 1.5 games separates 1st from 5th.IggyPride00;1606760 wrote:
Thankfully it looks like the Tigers aren't going to run away and hide this season, but this Indians team is not equipped I don't think to be playing from behind and getting in a hole early record wise.
IggyPride00;1606830 wrote:Saw it mentioned elsewhere but there is some truth to it.
This team is boring.
We have no real exciting players. Our "core" guys are all serviceable competent MLB players, but no one you really want to pay to see.
I can't put my finger on it, but there is just no personality on this team and they aren't compelling to watch.
Thank God we have Tito, because this team would be trash without him I suspect. He gets everything he possibly can out of this group.
I agree with these statements, but give it some time. It's still very early. No one is hitting the ball well, and our starting pitching has been serviceable at best. Last year's squad started off slow too. Kipnis was hitting .238 at the end of May last season and the tribe was barely a .500 ball club at that time. Kipnis finished the season hitting .284 and the tribe was 22 games over .500... I know it's tough to be patient, but try to remember we're probably seeing the worst of this ball club right now.vball10set;1606832 wrote:This team is really hard to watch right now...they're just not very good.
