Comments on: Eye Chart– Top of the Order http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=4343 A CLEVELAND INDIANS BLOG FROM THE ESPN SWEET SPOT NETWORK Fri, 24 May 2013 06:46:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Will McIlroy http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=4343#comment-2947 Will McIlroy Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:15:50 +0000 http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=4343#comment-2947 Yes, the top three are fine and after today maybe Choo has found his power stroke. I’ll have follow up posts on the middle and lower portions.

The batting average variance you noted illustrates part of the problem. This is a thin team with little margin for error.

Thanks for the post.

]]> By: Swift http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=4343#comment-2944 Swift Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:51:16 +0000 http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=4343#comment-2944 Actually, I would say your analysis is spot on. And those three don’t bother me, as long as they continue as they have, even without the HRs.

But just those three guys can’t carry the team. The trouble is 4 to 9 (or maybe 4 and 6 to 9, since Brantley is fine). And the gap is huge, you have 4 guys in the .270 to .300 range, everyone else in the .180 to .220 range. We don’t need guys like Kotchman to hit .300, but we do need a couple of them in the .250 to .270 range.

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