Tribe @ Royals-Series Thread

• devil1197

  Bases juiced for Buck.
• OQB

  

  Grandpa Cabrera 12 hits away from 2,000 for his career!
• OQB

  

  Buck comes through!
• devil1197

  Buck with an RBI single.
  
  14-1
• hoops23

  

  What an amazing display of good offense by the Tribe and terrible pitching by the Royals. Bases loaded again and Tribe up 14-1 after Travis Buck delivers another hit lol.
• devil1197

  Royals going to the pen again.
  
  14-1 with the bases loaded and 1 out in the 5th.
• TBone14

  

  Francisco is making it interesting in Detroit. Tigers have tying run at the dish with 1 out. Peralta already with a homer in the 9th.
• hoops23

  

  I said in the Mariners thread that those two days off may actually benefit our offense to clear their heads after all those tough pitchers we faced.
• devil1197

  LaPorta about went yard.
  
  3-3 night for the young guy.
• Laley23

  

  devil1197;770596 wrote:Sometimes those players to be named later turn out to be solid. Brantley is proving that right now in the CC trade and LaPorta has been strong this season also.

  
  Im 99.9% sure Brantley was an integral part of getting the deal done. We wanted him and not Escobar (or the other guy I cant think of) and the BrewCrew didnt want to part with him and LaPorta, but we said that or no trade. He wasnt a PTBNL.
  
  EDIT: You are correct, he was the PTBNL. But he was always going to be the player as long as CC fulfilled certain requirement performance wise. If CC fell short, it was going to be the other guy I cant think of...Mat Gamel I think is the name.
  
  Bascially, it wasnt the typical throw-in guy. We were going to get a top prospect out of it, just depended on if we got the guy we coveted, or the guy the Brewers were willing to give up.
• hoops23

  

  LaPorta is locked in.
• JerseyBuck

  

  16-1, who do they think they're playing, the Yankees?
• Sykotyk

  

  16-1 !!!!!
  
  Holy hell.
• devil1197

  Just for a night, how about that CC trade.
  
  5-5, 8 RBI's, 1 homer, 2 doubles, and 3 walks.
• devil1197

  Laley23;770652 wrote:Im 99.9% sure Brantley was an integral part of getting the deal done. We wanted him and not Escobar (or the other guy I cant think of) and the BrewCrew didnt want to part with him and LaPorta, but we said that or no trade. He wasnt a PTBNL.

  
  I am 100% sure that Brantley was the PTBNL, I just looked it up before posting.
  
  LaPorta, Bryson?, Jackson and then Brantley named later.
• TBone14

  

  Jays survive. Inge damn near tied it, but came up just shy of a 2 run homer. Jays 4 Tigers 2. Indians will pickup a game on them.
• devil1197

  devil1197;770658 wrote:Just for a night, how about that CC trade.
  
  5-5, 8 RBI's, 1 homer, 2 doubles, and 3 walks.

  
  Jinxed them, 5-6.
• Laley23

  

  devil1197;770660 wrote:I am 100% sure that Brantley was the PTBNL, I just looked it up before posting.
  
  LaPorta, Bryson?, Jackson and then Brantley named later.

  
  yeah you were right. See my edit to the post.
• devil1197

  Laley23;770674 wrote:yeah you were right. See my edit to the post.

  
  Yeah, I remember it was Brantley, Gamel, or some other guy to be added in.
  
  We wanted Escobar and LaPorta, but those were the #1 and #2 prospects in their farm. Either way LaPorta and Brantley are looking like they will be every day starters for the Indians going into the future. The trade has actually been better than I thought. LaPorta's offense is getting around and his defense at 1st has been very good.
  
  Didn't they trade Escobar though?
• royal_k

  

  So this is what it's like to face a pitcher (pitchers) with eras above 3.
  
  And we're not trading Grady.
• devil1197

  Tomlin gets out of the jam.
  
  He has once again given the Indians at least 5 innings.
• OQB

  

  Tomlin=Mr. Consistent
• Laley23

  

  devil1197;770679 wrote:
  Didn't they trade Escobar though?

  
  To the Royals! lol. He has been "ok", good fielder and not so good bat. Gamel hasnt done squat that Im aware of, and Taylor Green (the other guy I think, 3B) is just getting ML playing time. But so far, Brantley looks to be the best out of the highly touted farm team the Brewers had, and LaPorta is the second best. But as I said, Green is still really young.
• devil1197

  Laley23;770694 wrote:To the Royals! lol. He has been "ok", good fielder and not so good bat. Gamel hasnt done squat that Im aware of, and Taylor Green (the other guy I think, 3B) is just getting ML playing time. But so far, Brantley looks to be the best out of the highly touted farm team the Brewers had, and LaPorta is the second best. But as I said, Green is still really young.

  
  Green was the other player I was thinking of.
  
  LaPorta and Brantley continue to impress me. LaPorta battled some injuries last season but he has seemed to have gotten on track this season. Most people questioned his ability to play 1st base and he has impressed me at that position.
  
  Just can't say enough about Brantley.
  
  Now, if we can get the Lee trade going that would be great. Jason Donald may not find any room to break into the infield with the thought of Lonnie coming up later in the season. Carrasco has had his chances but needs to take control of them.
• hoops23

  

  Choo finally joins the hit parade after hitting 2 to the warning track lol.