April 26: The Evil Empire comes to town, cue the Darth Vader Theme

[scOtt]

"It's too high!"

[scOtt]

Ryan Double off the wall! Judge showing why I'm jealous of him....

[scOtt]

Rio can't play SS. Wouldn't trust Franco there. Urias is all we got.

[Beef Supreme]

28 minutes ago, Philip said:

No argument, but at the moment he’s getting it done and I’d much rather have him in the field than MC.

When Santander gets back and Diaz comes up we can make other plans, but till then, I’m ok with Clumsy out there.

I think Mountcastle can improve and be a serviceable outfielder. Maybe, at least.

I do not think that Stewart can improve defensively.

[SteveA]

12 minutes ago, Philip said:

Meanwhile Palmer just said that Franco plays third base very well.

Really!

Made some real nice plays yesterday.  (And dropped a very windblown foul pop).

Strong arm but it can be a bit erratic.  That's my biggest concern - bad throws.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, scOtt said:

Ryan Double off the wall! Judge showing why I'm jealous of him....

Is it the fact he's a solid foot taller than you?

[SteveA]

Freddy left the game when I was between my office and my car in the parking lot.  Any idea what happened?  Did he pull up lame on that RBI double he hit the previous inning?

[scOtt]

Speaking of Darth's Theme!

[SteveA]

Was driving home and heard Cedric's catch on the radio.  How tough a play was it?  Sounds like he had to adjust at the end, was his initial route bad?

[scOtt]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

Is it the fact he's a solid foot taller than you?

Foot and a half!

 

 

No,... Standing in the box, he just is bigger than any MLer. And hits like a mo-fo. AND plays GREAT D. And runs pretty well. He's just 5-tool guy.

[scOtt]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Was driving home and heard Cedric's catch on the radio.  How tough a play was it?  Sounds like he had to adjust at the end, was his initial route bad?

He made it tough. Bad judgement on his route. Bad initial reaction.

 

edit: Should have been a pretty routine running catch.

[Beef Supreme]

26 minutes ago, Philip said:

Isn’t he still Injured? I’d love to see him.

Looks like Martin is healthy. From two days ago on mlb.com:

"He’s been productive at the alternate training site, but did not play in their most recent game, Friday night’s 11-5 win over the Nats. "

 

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, scOtt said:

Foot and a half!

 

 

No,... Standing in the box, he just is bigger than any MLer. And hits like a mo-fo. AND plays GREAT D. And runs pretty well. He's just 5-tool guy.

Stanton is close.

[Frobby]

Garcia is getting away with a lot of bad pitches.    I’m not impressed.   Hope we get to him next inning if Boone is foolish enough to leave him in.   

Now let’s see if Harvey can pitch decently in the fifth inning for once.  
 

[HowAboutThat]

I wonder if Garcia is going to come out for the next inning?