Crazy Cat Gentleman Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Just now, buddha said: did you miss the first time? when he walked a batter on a 1-2 count and the next batter hit a home run? i hope you saw it because it was GLORIOUS. I did miss it. sounds fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 I didn't know he was sick. This is very cool. Nice job Indi..errr... Guardians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Not bad. Its not an Ichiro or Vladdy throw, but still not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff Mayhem Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, casimir said: Not bad. Its not an Ichiro or Vladdy throw, but still not bad. Dave Parker IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Mainly due to his arm Aquino has been plus 16 runs saved this year in just 330 innings, that rates out to damn near +80 over the course of a full season. Insane that people even try to run on him at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cowan Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Biff Mayhem said: Dave Parker IMO. There were some good rightfield arms when Parker played, Dwight Evans was another one, but I think that the consensus king of them all was Ellis Valentine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Jesse Barfield and Vladimir Guerrero say hi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 In recent years Jackie Bradley Jr. is anther guy with a howitzer. Theres videos of him pregame throwing from home plate all the way over the CF wall in Fenway about 400ft away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said: In recent years Jackie Bradley Jr. is anther guy with a howitzer. Theres videos of him pregame throwing from home plate all the way over the CF wall in Fenway about 400ft away. Back in the day, the minor leagues would sponsor skills competitions and supposedly Rocky Colavito won one in the PCL for outfield throwing over 400' before he even reached the majors. There are stories of him being able to throw to home plate from deep CF in old Tiger stadium - which was 440 when he played there (420 later), though some may be apocryphal. Dwight Evans and Barfield were certainly two I remember as well - I never saw Guerrero play much. And of course Kaline, but you had to have seen him in the 60's when he was still at the top of his game. And TBH, it more than a strong arm. We've seen lots of useless guys who can throw it over everyone's head for a two base error. One of the things that made Kaline such an assassin was that he was consistently accurate. More recently Kevin Kiermaier is no slouch. Edited August 25, 2022 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff Mayhem Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 This is one of those indelible images in my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 7 minutes ago, Biff Mayhem said: This is one of those indelible images in my mind. anybody watching Parker in the 70's would have thought he was a lock for the HOF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Awesome throws from OF excite me. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMU97 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Parker was one of the best arms for a long time, and one of the best in baseball, period. Another great arm, for a much shorter time, was Glenn Wilson. Could not run him at all. And if you were slow and hit a single to right, you better be on your horse out of the gate or he would throw you out at first. But the best throw I have ever seen was Bo Jackson throwing out Harold Reynolds at home. Reynolds was one of the faster guys in the game at the time too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 27 minutes ago, Biff Mayhem said: This is one of those indelible images in my mind. I think the catcher deserves as much credit in these situations. You have a 200 lb guy barreling in on you, and you have to make the catch and apply a perfect tag, all within a split second. Great execution all around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff Mayhem Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 57 minutes ago, CMU97 said: But the best throw I have ever seen was Bo Jackson throwing out Harold Reynolds at home. Reynolds was one of the faster guys in the game at the time too. I love how the color commentator is complaining about the call and the umpiring but at the end concedes that Harold was out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff Mayhem Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 1 hour ago, oblong said: Awesome throws from OF excite me. Here's some OF arm porn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMU97 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 27 minutes ago, Biff Mayhem said: Here's some OF arm porn: Thank you for posting, good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 On 8/19/2022 at 9:29 PM, buddha said: if they had let dd do the houscleaning and trade verlander i can almost guarantee who would have gotten better prospects back than avila did. Do you think so? The way I remember it, Dombrowski was all about building teams up by trading off minor leaguers for major leagues, not tearing teams down by fire-saling big leaguers for prospects. I can't recall any trade in which he sent a good major leaguer in exchange for one or more prospects that were worth a darn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 41 minutes ago, chasfh said: Do you think so? The way I remember it, Dombrowski was all about building teams up by trading off minor leaguers for major leagues, not tearing teams down by fire-saling big leaguers for prospects. I can't recall any trade in which he sent a good major leaguer in exchange for one or more prospects that were worth a darn. fulmer was a good prospect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 robbie ray too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 You could take somebody that has never watched baseball before, handed them the Astros prospect list and say "pick 3 names from this list" and they probably would've ended up with a better result than Avila. Really the only hope I have left is Rogers and he's coming off of TJ, I think there is still a chance he turns into a decent hr hitting catcher with adequate defense. Maybe like how Haase was last year except with a little better defense. If that were to happen he'd have some value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 10 minutes ago, buddha said: robbie ray too That was around the time either DD got crazy or he was put in shitty positions by Ilitch. 2014 was the season that doomed us. A few different moves could have put us on a different path. Let Cabrera go like the Cards did wtih Pujols. Sign Max. Keep Suarez. Keep Ray and not worry about the pushback from the Fister trade. Ray was the only time I think DD bowed to public pressure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Resigning Victor that offseason didn't do us a whole lot of favors either. In the grand scheme of things it may not have changed much other than loss of money but who knows, if we had a better dh in that spot namely Nelson Cruz who we couldve signed instead we may have made the playoffs in 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 1 hour ago, oblong said: That was around the time either DD got crazy or he was put in shitty positions by Ilitch. 2014 was the season that doomed us. A few different moves could have put us on a different path. Let Cabrera go like the Cards did wtih Pujols. Sign Max. Keep Suarez. Keep Ray and not worry about the pushback from the Fister trade. Ray was the only time I think DD bowed to public pressure. that might have been the worst offseason dd ever had. it was one terrible move after another. wasnt that the alfredo simon year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 54 minutes ago, buddha said: that might have been the worst offseason dd ever had. it was one terrible move after another. wasnt that the alfredo simon year? Yep, I think the only move that wasn't bad was the Porcello/Cespedes swap but I can't remember if that move led to us needing to trade for Simon or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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