Overall I would say this was a successful series. Taking 2 from the Indians is a good start. Some bright spots and some bad though.
Good from the series:
-Mitch Haniger off to an impressive start.
-Cano is also swinging a hot bat.
-Gordon in my opinion was good too both at the plate and for the most part in the field. I think there will be times when his lack of experience in the outfield will show but his athleticism and speed can make up for some of it.
-Felix pitched better than I thought he would. Granted I don't think he looked "sharp" he still was able to keep them from crossing the plate.
-Leake pitched well also. Leake is what he is there will be times when he will get hit around a bit but I have confidence in him to be good for us.
-Diaz was a little rocky the first game but got the job done and looked great in his second outing.
-Cruz with 2 homers also good and hopefully injury isn't too bad.
The bad:
-Cruz and Zunino injuries. Hoping they are not out for too long and come back healthy.
-Paxton was not good. He has great "stuff" so not too worried about him yet. Its only 1 game.
-Seager was garbage if not for his lucky hit he would look even worse. 1 lucky for 10
-Healy 0-11.. do better.
Good start to the season. It is early and a lot of baseball to go. Go M's
I mean, I get his avg dipped last year and he is a notoriously slow starter, but if the last two years are as bad as some imply, what is a good to solid season to expect?
2016 .278/30/99
2017 .249/27/88
Yeah I don't see Seager really putting up $20 mill a year numbers, and I don't really expect him to based on his hitting approach the last few seasons. I do think you can win with him though. The lineup around him should be pretty solid, which should help. If he can stay around 25+ homers and improve his BA from last season I think that plays well with this team. It is frustrating watching him hit right now.He is making $20million fucking dollars a year for the next 4 years
At that salary ( which is top tier in MLB for 3rd basemen ) I expect him to produce offensive numbers inline with his 2016 season / and higher. Not regress in the 1st year of the big $$$ contract
Yeah I don't see Seager really putting up $20 mill a year numbers, and I don't really expect him to based on his hitting approach the last few seasons. I do think you can win with him though. The lineup around him should be pretty solid, which should help. If he can stay around 25+ homers and improve his BA from last season I think that plays well with this team. It is frustrating watching him hit right now.
Yeah I don't see Seager really putting up $20 mill a year numbers, and I don't really expect him to based on his hitting approach the last few seasons. I do think you can win with him though. The lineup around him should be pretty solid, which should help. If he can stay around 25+ homers and improve his BA from last season I think that plays well with this team. It is frustrating watching him hit right now.
Thing with Seager I'd like to see them do is drop him in the order. Move him up to 5th when he is hot but outside of Gordon, Cano and Cruz noone should have a solid spot in the order. To me ideally the number 2 spot should go to who is the hotter hitter between Segura and Haniger. I get Ichiro/Heredia/Gamel in the 9 spot but I'm not a fan of batting Zunino 8th either.
But on a positive note, a solid series. Alot stuff went wrong yet they still got 2 of 3.
Yeah I agree.. i don't have a problem with moving Seager down in the order when he is cold. I wish Servais was more open to moving some of the guys around in the order based on performance but he likes to keep guys in familiar spots in the order especially the vets. I understand the argument for familiarity in the order but performance should be more important.Thing with Seager I'd like to see them do is drop him in the order. Move him up to 5th when he is hot but outside of Gordon, Cano and Cruz noone should have a solid spot in the order. To me ideally the number 2 spot should go to who is the hotter hitter between Segura and Haniger. I get Ichiro/Heredia/Gamel in the 9 spot but I'm not a fan of batting Zunino 8th either.
But on a positive note, a solid series. Alot stuff went wrong yet they still got 2 of 3.
Yeah I agree.. i don't have a problem with moving Seager down in the order when he is cold. I wish Servais was more open to moving some of the guys around in the order based on performance but he likes to keep guys in familiar spots in the order especially the vets. I understand the argument for familiarity in the order but performance should be more important.
Adding Dee Gordon and moving Segura to 2 really lengthens the lineup, 3-8 could all hit 25+ plus home runs. I think most of us all felt pretty good with the offense and the potential the lineup has. We all know what could be the killer for us.
Thing with Seager I'd like to see them do is drop him in the order. Move him up to 5th when he is hot but outside of Gordon, Cano and Cruz noone should have a solid spot in the order. To me ideally the number 2 spot should go to who is the hotter hitter between Segura and Haniger. I get Ichiro/Heredia/Gamel in the 9 spot but I'm not a fan of batting Zunino 8th either.
But on a positive note, a solid series. Alot stuff went wrong yet they still got 2 of 3.
If they did not bump him down in the line up last year when he was 0'fer April and May ... do you every think Servashit is going to hurt Seagers precious wittle feelz and have enough sack to drop him into the 7-8 spot ?
Never happen - Servashit is too busy coddling up to the veterans in the clubhouse who run the show.
Yea I have been clamoring for that for sometime. There is zero reason Seagar should be batting above Haniger. And I don't really count it happening when Cruz is out because that's strictly a righty lefty thing. I actually like the idea of Haniger at 2, I don't think Segura is a typically top the order guy and Haniger I think walks more so it would make sense.