Tiger Cubs (notes on the minors)

[holygoat]

Erie wins 3-2.

[Tenacious D]

 

[Shinzaki]

 

Clark putting in the work.  Pretty swing...but I thought those high leg kicks were no longer en vogue 

 

[gehringer_2]

17 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

 

Clark putting in the work.  Pretty swing...but I thought those high leg kicks were no longer en vogue 

 

strapping the bat to his left upper arm so he can't extend has to be an uncomfortable drill.

[LongLiveMaroth]

 

[RatkoVarda]

Liranzo will start I assume at Erie; he will just 21; he has played in 2 of 3 AFL games, both as C; if he can stay there, what a bonus

[SoCalTiger]

2 hours ago, LongLiveMaroth said:

 

Glad your back reporting on the kids. Enjoy your posts immensely. Thank you.

[LongLiveMaroth]

Briceno with 2 HRs today but this one off of Andrew Painter 

 

 

[Shinzaki]

https://x.com/AramLeighton8/status/1845251669979955360?t=ExiXPo2CsQiUS6ShhwQxPQ&s=19

 

Make that 3 HR's

Edited October 13, 2024 by Shinzaki

[Tenacious D]

3 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

https://x.com/AramLeighton8/status/1845251669979955360?t=ExiXPo2CsQiUS6ShhwQxPQ&s=19

 

Make that 3 HR's

How exciting.  Future is bright, boys!

[Cruzer1]

On 10/11/2024 at 1:11 PM, RatkoVarda said:

Liranzo will start I assume at Erie; he will just 21; he has played in 2 of 3 AFL games, both as C; if he can stay there, what a bonus

I disagree.  I think they should treat him like Harper and move him to 1b so they can get the bat to Detroit earlier. 

[ICroupier]

27 minutes ago, Cruzer1 said:

I disagree.  I think they should treat him like Harper and move him to 1b so they can get the bat to Detroit earlier. 

Agreed. Briceno at C, Liranzo at 1B in 2026.

[gehringer_2]

41 minutes ago, Cruzer1 said:

I disagree.  I think they should treat him like Harper and move him to 1b so they can get the bat to Detroit earlier. 

If a guy can catch, I'd keep developing him as a catcher right up to the minute you move him to 1st if you have to. Catchers that can hit above average are too valuable. Teach him 1st but don't move his primary gig.

Edited October 13, 2024 by gehringer_2

[Cruzer1]

3 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

If a guy can catch, I'd keep developing him as a catcher right up to the minute you move him to 1st if you have to. Catchers that can hit above average are too valuable. Teach him 1st but don't move his primary gig.

I think catching affects hitting in a negative way. 

[casimir]

What if they try to develop both as Cs with a minor at 1B?  Surely its easier on paper in practice, but if the bats play well enough, is there anything to gain there?  Days at 1B would be less taxing than C.  Maybe it helps with roster construction?  I don't know, just kind of spitballing here.

[RatkoVarda]

13 hours ago, ICroupier said:

Agreed. Briceno at C, Liranzo at 1B in 2026.

problem with this is that Briceno has not caught once since his knee injury, and there were already significant questions if he could be competent as a major league C

[Longgone]

13 hours ago, ICroupier said:

Agreed. Briceno at C, Liranzo at 1B in 2026.

Develop both at catcher and hope one of them pans out. 

[gehringer_2]

11 hours ago, Cruzer1 said:

I think catching affects hitting in a negative way. 

could be for some guys, but there certainly have been plenty of good hitting catchers. The thing about batting lineups though is that I would rather upgrade a 600 OPS position to 700 than upgrade an 800 OPS position to 900. I've always thought that holes in the line-up kill your offense more than high spots help it.

[LongLiveMaroth]

 

[Tenacious D]

Some Briceno and Liranzo love on a recent BA podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-america/id201539011?i=1000673190412

[LongLiveMaroth]

 

 

[Tenacious D]

 

[LongLiveMaroth]

 

[ICroupier]

If AFL season ended today, Briceno would be MVP. He's leading the league in OPS with a ridiculous 1.500 (Liranzo is third at 1.302)

[Edman85]

Pooring cold water as I am wont to do, beware coming to overly positive conclusions here. The hitting environment at AFL is extreme before factoring in that teams are largely not sending their top pitchers.