ICroupier Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 1 hour ago, Edman85 said: 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. Doesn't change the fact that he's performing better than anyone else in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 1 hour ago, ICroupier said: Doesn't change the fact that he's performing better than anyone else in the league. Yes, isn’t this the proper gauge, since all other hitters are dealing with the same? And it’s not like Briceno and Liranzo are coming out of nowhere. It will be interesting to see if their AFL performance contributes to their inclusion and ranking on Top 100 prospect lists. Agree that the quality of pitching seems to lag the hitters, especially when you consider who the Tigers sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 16 minutes ago, Tenacious D said: Yes, isn’t this the proper gauge, since all other hitters are dealing with the same? And it’s not like Briceno and Liranzo are coming out of nowhere. It will be interesting to see if their AFL performance contributes to their inclusion and ranking on Top 100 prospect lists. Agree that the quality of pitching seems to lag the hitters, especially when you consider who the Tigers sent. It's a good sign but still not determinative. The best hitter in the world against AFL pitching still might wash out against MLB velo and spin. Until a hitter finally faces the best, it remains, hints, allegations and things left unsaid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatkoVarda Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 both things can be true: Briceno/Liranzo are raking, and the pitching they are cloberring is meh Casper Wells (below) raked when he was 23/24, but Briceno/Liranzo are quite young (20/21) even for AFL 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveMaroth Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 1 hour ago, LongLiveMaroth said: Meh (apparently) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papalawrence Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 si.com quoting Keith Law of the Athletic: Liranzo, by the way, can really, really throw, and has gone 8 for 16 with a homer and four doubles in limited playing time. I saw one game from him, and it is such a smooth, easy, powerful swing that if he keeps the strikeout rate in check, he's going to be a star," Law wrote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theroundsquare Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 Law is just baiting us cuz he hates the Tigers. In fact, he hates everything with stripes -- zebras, nautical sweaters, those things on the back of some roadwork trucks, you name it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papalawrence Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 2 hours ago, theroundsquare said: Law is just baiting us cuz he hates the Tigers. In fact, he hates everything with stripes -- zebras, nautical sweaters, those things on the back of some roadwork trucks, you name it But he typically says negative things about Det. This is uniquely very positive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 (edited) 8 hours ago, papalawrence said: si.com quoting Keith Law of the Athletic: Liranzo, by the way, can really, really throw, and has gone 8 for 16 with a homer and four doubles in limited playing time. I saw one game from him, and it is such a smooth, easy, powerful swing that if he keeps the strikeout rate in check, he's going to be a star," Law wrote. I remember reading some of the articles about him when we acquired him and one(I think FG) said that his arm wasn't good and may prevent him from sticking at catcher so it's good to hear somebody not only say that it isn't bad but that it is good. Stating the obvious but if he can stick at catcher with his bat to ball skills he is going to be a stud. Edited October 25 by RandyMarsh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edman85 Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 SI aggregating paywall material is fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlington Posted Sunday at 04:42 AM Share Posted Sunday at 04:42 AM If Liranzo and Briceno continue to develop along the same path we could possibly have two star c-1b and that could be particularly valuable. Not sure if anyone has had two regulars equally share the catching duties before. Starting catchers these days such as Contreras and Rutschman get in about 110-120 games games behind the plate and DH another 30-35 games if they can hit. If Liranzo and Briceno each get about 80 games behind the plate and roughly the same at 1b, they both could get in full seasons at the plate and prolong their catching careers. And the team frees up a roster spot because there is no reserve catcher sitting on the bench. That spot can go to a player with a more useful skill set. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papalawrence Posted Sunday at 05:02 AM Share Posted Sunday at 05:02 AM Salvador Perez may be the last of the old school catchers who plays most every day. Of all non-Tigers, he's probably my favorite MLB player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papalawrence Posted Sunday at 05:09 AM Share Posted Sunday at 05:09 AM Box from today - Briceno hit his league leading 7th home run. Liranzo had a triple https://www.mlb.com/gameday/scorpions-vs-saguaros/2024/10/26/787548/final/box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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