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[clyde]

Originally Posted by horseofcourse

I think it's Santana at 1st base. Word is he's a brutal catcher, and the pitching stats differential with marson and santana behind the plate is significant...especially with Exhausto (he's like 3.50 ERA with Marson and 5.60 with Santana). Santana can't play first well either, but it's less of a problem than with him at catcher. His hitting potential is too great too to waste him at catcher. AFter his knee blowup last year he's also afraid to block the plate too to go along with his other issues back there. I do think that's gonna happen sooner rather than later...Santana at first exclusively. marson and hannahan are identical players. Superb defensively but simply don't hit enough for full time play...it's a shame.

Salient points I had thought about recently...ssssso true. One more year and it's D.H. Santana.


I think at catcher defense should never be sacrificed...and I don't know if we have a choice at third.If they can get all the hitting from the other guys then they're fine, considering the way the pitching should go.They just need a better 6th starter and it's gang busters there..

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by clyde

Salient points I had thought about recently...ssssso true. One more year and it's D.H. Santana.


I think at catcher defense should never be sacrificed...and I don't know if we have a choice at third.If they can get all the hitting from the other guys then they're fine, considering the way the pitching should go.They just need a better 6th starter and it's gang busters there..

I read in the last Detroit series, Asdrubal absolutely lambasted Santana in the dugout when Carlos messed up an easy play at first in the Exhausto/Verlander game...turns out that unearned run cost them the game....this was the game after Kipnis called him off a foul ball and Santana caught it anyway. Nice to see from Asdrubal who flat out let him have it in the dugout and perhaps at that point became the undisputed leader of the team if he wasn't already. Kid at some point has to learn that defense isn't the time simply in between at bats. But you would think if he hasn't learned it at this point, he never will.

[clyde]

Ran across that one,too.

Not exactly what you want to hear.At least we know LaPorta isn't the guy.


And no...not Valbuena!






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[clyde]

D.H. Hafnah struck out first time up.Think he's going for 3 again tonight.Wasn't his average .341 just before going DL? It's .287 now.


I'd love to be a pitcher and get the signals from Brown Sugah.

That one was rhetorical.

[slotdirt]

Josh Tomlin's ERA would be about 14 if he were on the Tigers. Lucky for him, Cleveland plays pretty solid defense.

[clyde]

snort!!






How is There's Jhonny doing defensively?

[slotdirt]

Wow. Blues not helping out the Tiggers at all in this 7th inning. WOrst missed 3rd strike call I've just about ever seen on Chisenhall.