Tigers vs. orioles ALDS Game 1 October 2

[xer0]

V-Mart would've hit close to 50 HR's in this joke of a park this year.

 

[biggunsbob]

Alex its a ball...

 

[xer0]

 

[biggunsbob]

AA should have walked already...

 

[gotime909]

Back to back to hack to back?

 

[xer0]

Avila is such an awful hitter. Tigers need to look for a better offensive C in the offseason. He K's constantly at pitches right down the middle.

 

[manchild98]

Everyone thought that was gone too.

 

[biggunsbob]

Damn not enough nick.... decent at bat..

 

[manchild98]

Romine .198 against righties.

 

[manchild98]

Nice AB by lettuce.

All or nothing ball. 2 innings. 5 k's and 2 hr's. Made him work a lot that inning.

 

[gotime909]

Fucking great at bat by Romine. Struck out, but made him work.

 

[SpartyNash]

Romine .198 against righties.

Don't understand why he plays above Suarez

 

[xer0]

What do people, even grown men, get out of throwing HR balls back onto the field? so lame.

 

[spockmaster]

Avila is such an awful hitter. Tigers need to look for a better offensive C in the offseason. He K's constantly at pitches right down the middle.

Honestly, it doesnt matter. He is one of the best defensive catchers in the game. We have enough offense other places.

Besides, if the team is smart, they'll platoon him with McCann next year. Avila still hits righties very well, and McCann should hit lefties well, and theyre both very good defensive catchers. Plus, less playing time for Avila should mean he stays healthier (hopefully.) It would be ridiculous to get rid of an excellent defensive catcher to get a little bit more offense.

Besides, he's not quite as bad as that. His OBP this year was still better than Davis, Hunter, and Kinsler and his wRC+ of 97 is just slightly below average. He strikes out a lot (more than he should, given his eye) but he walks a lot too and has some power. Avila is fine. You just expect too much from him (and from a catcher period. Good offensive catchers are not the norm. We got spoiled by Pudge and Avila's career year.)

 

[spockmaster]

Don't understand why he plays above Suarez

Suarez is even worse right now.

 

[xer0]

Honestly, it doesnt matter. He is one of the best defensive catchers in the game. We have enough offense other places.

Besides, if the team is smart, they'll platoon him with McCann next year. Avila still hits righties very well, and McCann should hit lefties well, and theyre both very good defensive catchers. Plus, less playing time for Avila should mean he stays healthier (hopefully.) It would be ridiculous to get rid of an excellent defensive catcher to get a little bit more offense.

Besides, he's not quite as bad as that. His OBP this year was still better than Davis, Hunter, and Kinsler and his wRC+ of 97 is just slightly below average. He strikes out a lot (more than he should, given his eye) but he walks a lot too and has some power. Avila is fine. You just expect too much from him (and from a catcher period. Good offensive catchers are not the norm. We got spoiled by Pudge and Avila's career year.)

if he didn't walk he'd be one of the more useless offensive players in baseball. and walks are massively overrated by sabermetric people.

 

[spockmaster]

Fuck you, ump. That was a fucking strike!

 

[gotime909]

EVERY fly ball scares me

 

[gotime909]

Max is just laying too many over the plate so far. Work off the plate. These clowns will chase anything.

 

[spockmaster]

Max is not sharp tonight. This is not good.