Comments on: Why they signed Mark Reynolds

By: Stephanie Liscio

Stephanie Liscio — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:35:32 +0000

I feel like Mark Reynolds fits right in. It seems like he’s the umpteenth Indians player over the past several years that can’t hit off-speed pitching.

By: Steve Alex

Steve Alex — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 23:30:34 +0000

Definitely. Oakland rewrote the book on rebuilding last year. I guess we’re trying to follow suit.

By: Chris Burnham

Chris Burnham — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:11:36 +0000

You’ll have to ask them. But it’s pretty obvious that they’re trying to remake the team on the fly.

By: Steve Alex

Steve Alex — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 04:16:36 +0000

Chris, “both” probably means “neither.” I’d like to see our team do one thing right before I’ll believe they can do two things right at the same time. I love the Choo for Bauer trade, but in the short-term that does not do the lineup any favors and the outfield was already dangerously thin. If Swisher signs elsewhere, how do we contend with an outfield that hits fewer homeruns collectively than Josh Hamilton hits in a good month?

By: Edward Ennett

Edward Ennett — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:38:39 +0000

I cannot believe they let Russ Canzler go without even giving him a real shot. And instead we get another strike-out machine. I swear the Indians first look at how often a player strikes out, and if they don’t strike out enough they let them go…

By: Chris Burnham

Chris Burnham — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:55:25 +0000

The answer is “both.”

By: Steve Alex

Steve Alex — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:22:58 +0000

So have we decided whether to contend or rebuild yet? I’m still unclear.

By: Chris Burnham

Chris Burnham — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:29:15 +0000

For the price, it’s worth the gamble. He’s still better than LAAAAPorta.

By: DaveR

DaveR — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:15:53 +0000

Maybe Reynolds needs to see this.

By: Swift

Swift — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:02:30 +0000

Well gosh, now I’m really not excited about him. So, if the half dozen or so pitchers in the AL who don’t know this somehow figure it out, the guy could even be worse.