I was happy to see the Yanks call up Lindergren. I thought he pitched well enough to earn a bull pen spot out of ST. Heathcott has started off good. If he continues to produce it will be hard to send him down when Ellsbury comes back.
Eovaldi pitched great last night. He continues his Jekyll and Hyde ways. His stuff is electric when he can command it.
FYI if your going to be a douche then...stay exactly as you are.
FYI - the "indgr" is silent. It's pronounced "Len".
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With how well he plays and his apparent drive to play 100% all the time, the only concern I have is health. If he can stay healthy he is the second coming of Brett Gardner. I'll take two of them on every team.
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Get the name right. It's Lindgren- Jacob Lindgren.
FYI - the "indgr" is silent. It's pronounced "Len".
Can he play hockey?
Chris Young CF
Alex Rodriguez DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Chase Headley 3B
Carlos Beltran RF
Stephen Drew 2B
John Ryan Murphy C
Didi Gregorius SS
RHP Adam Warren
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With how well he plays and his apparent drive to play 100% all the time, the only concern I have is health. If he can stay healthy he is the second coming of Brett Gardner. I'll take two of them on every team.
I don't think he's going to be a Gardner clone. For one he has a much better arm. For two he will likely hit for more consistent power, whereas Gardner's swing and miss has jumped as his power numbers have. Heathcott's K totals for the minors are high but they actually got significantly better as he progressed, he simply missed a ton of development time. If he can stay in the lineup consistently a .280-.300 BA with a K rate of 15-20% may be doable.
Chris Young CF
He's platooning with Young and a lefty is pitching tonight for KC. Not crazy. I'd like to see that continue when Ellsbury returns, although I suppose that's wishful thinking with Beltran still around.
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Chris Young CF
He's platooning with Young and a lefty is pitching tonight for KC. Not crazy. I'd like to see that continue when Ellsbury returns, although I suppose that's wishful thinking with Beltran still around.
It's crazy in the sense that Young has been awful for a month.
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but an excellent read. The kid has been through an awful lot. Link - ( New Window )
With how well he plays and his apparent drive to play 100% all the time, the only concern I have is health. If he can stay healthy he is the second coming of Brett Gardner. I'll take two of them on every team.
I don't think he's going to be a Gardner clone. For one he has a much better arm. For two he will likely hit for more consistent power, whereas Gardner's swing and miss has jumped as his power numbers have. Heathcott's K totals for the minors are high but they actually got significantly better as he progressed, he simply missed a ton of development time. If he can stay in the lineup consistently a .280-.300 BA with a K rate of 15-20% may be doable.
the "clone" reference is more a discussion regarding:
position
speed
fielding
slap-hitter
plays full-tilt.
Next call up RefRefsnyder, who peaked at 312 & 9 errors . Now he is at 290 with 11 errors, probably disappointed at seeing all the upward mobility and his name not getting called.
2-0 yanks.
The RBI, Hit and HR markers he will reach this season are pretty awesome.
and a triple.
continued great all-around play by Teix this season.
Severino is straight dirty: K'd the last five batters he faced, hit 98 mph in the fifth inning according to stadium gun.
There was bad defense in Washington, but Warren helped his demise by walking the shittiest hitters in their lineup. When Warren gives them a good start, just take it and move on.
Headley fucks up in the field again.
Reasonable minds can disagree, but I don't expect Heathcott to hit for much power at all. Allowing that minor league power numbers are not always a reliable proxy for major league power, Heathcott's never even reached 10 homers in a single year, and 2013 was the only year he cracked 5. Granted, he's been hurt, but his career ISO is .128. I think 10 homers with his current swing/approach is reasonable, but not much more than that, not unless he gets some extra luck with the porch in right.
But that's OK! If he hits .280/.330/.400 with scratch defense in CF or plus defense in a corner, in today's offensive environment that's, I don't know, 3 WAR per 600 PA? I think most of us would sign up for that without thinking twice.
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Get the name right. It's Lindgren- Jacob Lindgren.
FYI if your going to be a douche then...stay exactly as you are.
You are the one who can't even get a player's name right. I'd say you have bigger issues to work out than calling people names on a website who call you out on your lack of knowledge.