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Cleveland There’s Always Next Years (2021 Season)

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NFBuck said:
A win is a win, but having to use 8 pitchers? Yikes.

Also, think it's time to send Owen Miller down for "more seasoning." Dude's hitting .109
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Emptying the bullpen is going to be a common occurrence when it’s not Bieber or Civale starting the game it seems. That’s going to create some major wear and tear as the season carries on
 
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These guys aren’t great by any means but there are so many teams that are worse this year they just might stumble into the wildcard (or even winning the division if the White Sox decide to fall apart)
 
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mattynokes said:
Huh? He had a .912 OPS in AAA in 2019. He's shown great power at every level. He should hit for power, it's just a matter of if the strikeouts will be too much. It's a shame that the politics of "out of options" never truly gave him a chance to win the starting job in Spring Training.
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Do you think the Indians win the AL Central if they had dumped Bauers in March and started the season with Bradley at 1B? Or are they more likely to miss the playoffs either way? I think it’s the latter, and there’s lots of evidence to suggest that the Indians front office did too. Just because they continue to refuse to say that R word (Rebuild) doesn’t mean that’s not what they are doing!

In this situation, why not give Bauers 100 or so AB, mostly as a platoon player to enhance his chances? If Bauers doesn’t hit they haven’t lost much, if anything. If he hits some, his trade value goes up a bit. Either way, the odds are VERY high that neither Bauers nor Bradley is the 1B of the team’s future.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
Emptying the bullpen is going to be a common occurrence when it’s not Bieber or Civale starting the game it seems. That’s going to create some major wear and tear as the season carries on
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Expect the Indians to do what the Rays did a few years ago in a similar situation. They’ll be making roster moves every couple of days to rotate RPs between Cleveland and Columbus. Pitchers have to spend at least 10 days in the minors when sent down (unless replacing a pitcher going to IL or concussion protocol, as extra man for DH, etc.) so we will see most of the Clippers staff before the All Star break.
 
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Zippercat said:
Do you think the Indians win the AL Central if they had dumped Bauers in March and started the season with Bradley at 1B? Or are they more likely to miss the playoffs either way? I think it’s the latter, and there’s lots of evidence to suggest that the Indians front office did too. Just because they continue to refuse to say that R word (Rebuild) doesn’t mean that’s not what they are doing!
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I do not know if they will miss the playoffs or not this season but I know that they will not win the Division this season. Be with it Bradley or Bauers on the roster. The Indians front office never use the word rebuild when talking about their players. Be it the ones I the major-league roster or the ones in the minors. They have always refused to use that word.
Zippercat said:
Expect the Indians to do what the Rays did a few years ago in a similar situation. They’ll be making roster moves every couple of days to rotate RPs between Cleveland and Columbus.
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I do not think that the Indians have enough pitching down in Columbus to do what the Rays have done in the past. I mean when you have guys like Blake Parker already in Cleveland you know you are in a world of hurt.
 
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