Comments on: The bats are back

By: Edward

Edward — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:55:49 +0000

Anyone else think that there may be lingering issues from the concusion that Santan had. It seemed to me that before that concussion he was starting to get his swing back.

Prior to the concusion he was batting, .245/.360/.387/.747
good enough for 38th in OBP and 91st in OPS.

After the Concusion he is bating,.162/.295/.216/.511
bad enough that it would be 140th in OBP and 160th in OPS.

His overall stats are .219/.337/.330/.667
75th in OBP and 132nd in OPS.

Now he only had 5 HR’s and all before the concusion. I know that he was ‘cleared’ but it sure seems like more than a coincidence. Justin Morneau had a concussion and missed almost half a year. Santana seems like a trooper and I am sure he wants to play everyday, but if he is still affected by the concusion, for his safety he should step aside until he is better. After the Colt McCoy concusion fiasco last year for the Browns, we dont need to get a bad reputation about concusions in cleveland.

By: Ryan McCrystal

Ryan McCrystal — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:54:04 +0000

Luke Carlin and Matt Pagnozzi are both available in Columbus and both have major league experience. Either one would be more than capable of backing up Marson for a couple weeks.

By: Swift

Swift — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:06:35 +0000

“Unfortunately, that means when Santana swings it seems to be for the fences quite often. I sincerely believe that no matter how helpful it might be to send Santana down for some polishing Acta won’t do it.”

I’m not sure any manager would do it. And you have to have a back-up catcher, who is in Columbus to bring up?

I would like to continue to see Santana get days off and to drop him to a low spot in the line-up, maybe bat 7 or 8. Take the pressure off of him, particularly with Pronk back in the line-up, and Brantley doing well. Pronk as clean-up, Brantley 5th.

By: Mary Jo

Mary Jo — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 05:46:35 +0000

1) Although I expect a couple of our hot players drop back in plate production (Kotchman, Marson for example) I think the production drop-off won’t be so severe this time because it’s warmer weather and the players have had more time to get back to their usual swings. Unfortunately, that means when Santana swings it seems to be for the fences quite often. I sincerely believe that no matter how helpful it might be to send Santana down for some polishing Acta won’t do it. He seems to be the type of manager who wouldn’t treat a vet like that. Too bad, since a little Cliff Lee-ing of him might be enough to straighten him out.