Comments on: Cue the White Horse. Any Other White Horses, Just in Case?

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:59:40 +0000

Stephanie’s comments regarding Trevor Crowe don’t address the fact that he was injured in high school. He worked through that injury … through college, college world series, A, Advanced A, AAA and on to the majors. Last year during spring training he split his bicep as he continued to adjust his play around the injured shoulder that required surgery to fully heal. This surgery, if ift was done any earlier would have ended his baseball career. However, now, for the first time since high school, Trevor Crowe is playing injury-free. He continues to bat .400+, as expected. This is, factually, your first glimpse at Trevor Crowe. He’s the real deal and I would keep a very close eye on this one-man wrecking crew as he gains momentum and rhythm while injury-free, again, the first time since high school.

By: medfest

medfest — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:42:31 +0000

At this point, I would take last years LaPorta over this years Krotchmann.Come to think of it,I would take LaPorta over Krotchmann at any point.

By: The Doctor

The Doctor — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:14:09 +0000

I’d be less wary of LaPorta returning at some point this season if his plate discipline didn’t magically disappear everytime he gets on the bus to Cleveland.

By: Swift

Swift — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:53:04 +0000

“Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but Matt LaPorta is just mashing down at Columbus”
OK, STOP!

I have completely lost faith in Matt LaPorta. How many times have we played this game: two, three, four? He does great in Columbus, comes up to Cleveland, has a good game or three, then falls flat on his face. Yes, you are probably right, he will probably come back to the bigs at some point, but I don’t even have a fantasy any more about him hitting consistently.

By: Will McIlroy

Will McIlroy — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:48:04 +0000

The world has gone topsy-turvy. Just a short year or two ago most of us would have jumped to place Albert Pujols on top of the white horse. But now he’s turned into Duane Kuiper.

Since this is strictly a ‘back-up’ fantasy, I’ll nominate Andy Marte, or maybe Joe Inglett. I always liked Joe. Surely he could play the OF as well as Valbuena.

With the successive championships in Columbus you’d think we’d have a bevy of prospects on the vine but only Chisenhall and possibly LaPorta are viable at this point (besides RPs). No OF help on the horizon.

Keep an eye on RP Cody Allen. He looked promising in Spring Training but started in A ball. He’s now at AAA.