Archive Tribe Offseason Thread 2015/2016

Laley23

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Mar 8, 2016 10:56am

Naquin sounds like he is making a push for Almontes spot. 7/15 in the year or something.

iclfan2

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Mar 8, 2016 12:05pm

Laley23;1785169 wrote:Naquin sounds like he is making a push for Almontes spot. 7/15 in the year or something.

He needs to. Or a nice lift from Zimmer halfway through the season would be nice. Is Urschela going to start in the majors or Cbus?

Laley23

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Mar 8, 2016 12:58pm

iclfan2;1785183 wrote:He needs to. Or a nice lift from Zimmer halfway through the season would be nice. Is Urschela going to start in the majors or Cbus?

Plan was AAA, but he is apparently hitting very well in ST, and his defense is obviously above average. So we will see.

HitsRus

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Mar 9, 2016 12:27pm

The Tribe does have some very good outfield prospects waiting in the wings. It's always tough to judge guys like Naquin, because they are hitting against AAA pitchers or borderline players trying to make a squad. As we get closer to April, those ABs will mean a lot more. It certainly is a good sign that he's hitting .400+ now....and I'm rooting for him to make the squad and take the AL by storm....but in reality, we'll see.

iclfan2

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Mar 15, 2016 11:19am

Urshela still making a case to start the season in the bigs. Not that it means much, but also glad to see Napoli hitting well, and hearing good things still about our top 3 starting pitchers. 20 days and counting

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BR1986FB

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Mar 17, 2016 2:06pm

Another moldy oldie/bargain bin type of signing in Marlon Byrd....(low risk)

http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/2016/03/marlon-byrd-cleveland-indians-mlb-news/

iclfan2

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Mar 17, 2016 2:29pm

Brantley took his first live swings today in an intersquad scrimmage. Also threw a guy out stretching a single. Good to hear.

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HitsRus

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Mar 17, 2016 3:52pm

Are they still shooting for late April for Brantley?

BRF

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Mar 17, 2016 5:13pm

^^^^ I was wondering the same, because it's sounding like he may be ready to go.

iclfan2

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Mar 17, 2016 5:45pm

I think he is trying to come back sooner. It's all up in the air depending on trainers and how he feels. I do believe some sort of decision needs to be made soon bc of some deadline dealing with the dl and backdating it or something. Ha sorry, read it somewhere but not exactly sure

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HitsRus

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Mar 18, 2016 4:17pm

The Tribe's pitching prospect, Casey Weathers is healthy and throwing 108 MPH (with a crow hop albeit)...still pretty amazing.
http://m.indians.mlb.com/news/article/167882016/indians-casey-weathers-can-throw-108-mph

iclfan2

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Mar 22, 2016 10:11am

Still not sure why they want to send Urshela down. Uribe should not be an everyday player, and Urshela is playing well. I assume it has to do with arbitration type stuff? Naquin still playing well too. 13 days to go

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HitsRus

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Mar 25, 2016 3:42pm

11 days till opening day....
Tyler Naquin has made the opening day roster. Naquin joins an outfield consisting of Lonnie Chisenhall, Rajai Davis, and Michael Brantley.
Naquin has hit .447 this spring and 8 extra base hits in 38 ABs... an OPS of 1.342.

Laley23

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Mar 25, 2016 5:43pm

Always great to see the young guys EARN their spot. He knew the pressure was on him and came through. Good to see. Unlike guys like Marte and a few others in the past who were handed a spot.

iclfan2

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Mar 26, 2016 1:09pm

Joba made the team. Urshela officially sent to triple a.

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HitsRus

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Mar 26, 2016 1:35pm

Urshela will be back .
He hit .308 with an OPS of 1.182.
nothing more than a numbers game... They will start with Uribe who they invested some money in with Jose Ramirez as utility guy to back him up.

iclfan2

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Mar 26, 2016 2:19pm

Good article by Pluto. http://www.cleveland.com/pluto/index.ssf/2016/03/cleveland_indians_have_terry_t_43.html#incart_river_index

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HitsRus

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Mar 27, 2016 9:04am

Looks like Brantley won't make the opener...unlikely to play another spring game.
http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2016/03/michael_brantley_unlikely_to_o.html

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BR1986FB

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Mar 27, 2016 3:45pm

HitsRus;1788861 wrote:11 days till opening day....
Tyler Naquin has made the opening day roster. Naquin joins an outfield consisting of Lonnie Chisenhall, Rajai Davis, and Michael Brantley.
Naquin has hit .447 this spring and 8 extra base hits in 38 ABs... an OPS of 1.342.

He should be the opening day starter, imo.

iclfan2

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Mar 27, 2016 5:00pm

I assume naquin will start. Can't believe that as of now they kept cowgill. Dude is terrible

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HitsRus

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Mar 27, 2016 7:13pm

Cowgill hit a three run bomb today.

Tribe likely to carry 5 outfielders with Brantley being worked in slowly.

iclfan2

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Mar 27, 2016 8:18pm

Yea and he's batting .122 vs spring training pitching. Not impressed. Someone else has to be better.

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HitsRus

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Mar 27, 2016 11:04pm

Oh I agree. Byrd looks like the guy.

iclfan2

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Mar 28, 2016 12:54pm

Makes more sense now. Lonnie starting the season on the DL. Supposedly should only miss first two series

iclfan2

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Mar 29, 2016 12:11pm

Only real roster question left is Tomlin or Anderson.