casimir Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Some kid named Mays struggled in his debut. After the homer, Mays went on a 0-for-13 slide, leaving him hitting .038 (1-for-26). At this point, in an often-told story, Willie sat in front of his locker, crying, after taking the collar again. Coaches Freddie Fitzsimmons and Herman Franks sent for Durocher. Mays again said he couldn’t hit big-league pitching. Durocher replied, “As long as I’m the manager of the Giants, you are my center fielder. … You are the best center fielder I’ve ever looked at.”24 Then he told Mays to hitch up his pants more to give himself a more favorable strike zone. Willie then went on a 14-for-33 tear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatkoVarda Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 sending him down for 4 weeks, perfectly legit choice, also gives them an extra year of control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 At least in the short term, I don't think they're gonna do it because, in essence, it's waving the white flag on the season. It's easy as a fan base to see the writing on the wall but, as bad as their start has been, I take AJ at his word when he talks about getting back into this thing. Now if they spend the next few weeks continuing to suck wind with the bats and fall further behind, I could see it. But I imagine they at least give it the month to figure out if they can get it (and along with it, Tork) turned around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: But, IIRC he is also the 1st position player in the 1st 20 picks of his draft to have been promoted to the majors, they Tigers might be a little ahead of themselves with him. Yeah, I am not worried about him. He was kind of rushed, so it's not surprising that he is struggling. Plus, he tends to have an adjustment period at each level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Mike Trout batted .220/.281/.390 in his first season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hart Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Clemens will be up by the end of the month at the latest. He is 3-4 tonight with a walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 Cabrera leaves another 90 feet at the buffet table....🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, Hart said: Clemens will be up by the end of the month at the latest. He is 3-4 tonight with a walk. Why wait? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatkoVarda Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Hart said: Clemens will be up by the end of the month at the latest. He is 3-4 tonight with a walk. and he played 1st for 2nd straight day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, buddha said: Clearly this means they should DFA him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 On 5/11/2022 at 4:30 PM, RatkoVarda said: sending him down for 4 weeks, perfectly legit choice, also gives them an extra year of control what's it matter? this is 1989-2005 all over again. We've got a long way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 I still have hope that Greene & Tork can basically be Bernie Williams/Jorge Posada, but the possibility of Damien Easley/Tony Clark really scares me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatkoVarda Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 33 minutes ago, mtutiger said: Clearly this means they should DFA him Amputation then DFA then retirement at 25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 (edited) Vic Reyes now 2-2, sporting a .625 average... Is he rehabbed enough yet? Edited May 12, 2022 by mtutiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1 hour ago, mtutiger said: Clearly this means they should DFA him actually it means he's a lock hall of famer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 Keith 2/4 with another HR today. 964 OPS and <20% K rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, mtutiger said: Vic Reyes now 2-2, sporting a .625 average... Is he rehabbed enough yet? and a steal today. Clemens has 22 RBI. Tiger leader has 11. Edited May 13, 2022 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 4 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: Keith 2/4 with another HR today. 964 OPS and <20% K rate. I'm curious about Chris Meyers... anything there or is he more org depth? Can't really deny the numbers in Lakeland or WMI so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Not concerned so much about the results for Mize, he may have just been throwing fastballs trying to get his strength back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: and a steal today. Bring him and Clemens up, send Tork down (not as a punishment, but so he can just breathe a bit) and release Schoop. Enough already. Don't care about his turnaround last year, he's a black hole and I'd rather have both Castros on the team than him. At least Willi is getting on base. Yep, we'd probably be stuck with Kody Clemens at first. Oh well - this is what happens when you construct a shitty roster. I don't know how much longer I'd stick with Haase if he keeps throwing the ball everywhere but his intended target and striking out. Garneau or Lavarnway would probably be more valuable to this team. Maybe a trade can be worked out for someone who can hit the damn ball, but I really don't trust Al to make that trade. Edited May 13, 2022 by Motor City Sonics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: I don't know how much longer I'd stick with Haase if he keeps throwing the ball everywhere but his intended target In his last game he made 3 throws to 2nd that I saw. Two were more than 5 ft off the bag. The third was excellent but futile as the pitcher hadn't held the runner at all so he might as well have held the ball. Maybe knowing the out was impossible he relaxed enough to actually make the good throw. Edited May 13, 2022 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microline133 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 31 minutes ago, mtutiger said: I'm curious about Chris Meyers... anything there or is he more org depth? Can't really deny the numbers in Lakeland or WMI so far Org player. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 7 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: In his last game he made 3 throws to 2nd that I saw. Two were more than 5 ft off the bag. The third was excellent but futile as the pitcher hadn't held the runner at all so he might as well have held the ball. Maybe knowing the out was impossible he relaxed enough to actually make the good throw. It's crazy how much his stock has fallen. Game 1 seems like a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) This is good. Only 20 Edited May 13, 2022 by Tenacious D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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