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Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe

2266 by civ ollilavad
This is for Joe, but not sure if it's relevant if Aguilar isn't getting any playing time


MILWAUKEE—Every spring, it’s a common refrain among new players in a team’s training camp.

“I just want to make the decision hard for them.”

In other words, the new player wants to make it tough to be cut at the end of camp. In the case of Jesus Aguilar, he didn’t make it tough for the Brewers to cut him. He made it impossible.



Claimed on waivers from Cleveland a couple of weeks before camp opened, Aguilar, 26, was considered a long shot to make the club. He’s a first baseman only and the Brewers had signed Eric Thames to a three-year deal early in the offseason to man that position.

But Aguilar took the camp by storm, slugging home runs seemingly at will. He led the club with seven home runs and 19 RBI with a remarkable slash line of .452/.521/.855. Basically, the Brewers had no choice but to keep him.

“I’m just very happy,” Aguilar said after getting the news that would be on the 25-man roster. “I did my work and the team took notice. Now, I’m part of the team.”

Aguilar never had a real chance to make the big league roster in Cleveland, despite three impressive run-production years at Triple-A Columbus.

In 2016, he led the International League with 30 homers and 92 RBIs.

“We said all spring, ‘Prove to us you belong on the team,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “He had a spring where he earned a spot on the team.”

Aguilar was out of minor-league options but putting him on waivers was never a consideration for the Brewers. In fact, he performed so well in camp, Counsell began giving Thames time in the outfield to allow Aguilar to make starts at first base.

That’s what you call making an impression.

“The challenge now is to find a role for him as we get started, and I think it’s important that we do,” Counsell said.

Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe

2268 by joez
It's pretty tough to get any playing time when the guy from Korea plays the same position and leads the majors will 11 homers so far and is hitting .377 with a 1.4 OPS. The only way Jesus gets any playing time is dh'ing or spelling Thames at first or if Thames gets plagued with injury. Aguilar was more suited for an American League team..
“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.”
-- Bob Feller

Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe

2273 by civ ollilavad
Just watched the replay and I couldn't figure out where they made three outs nor from the play by play.

Two on, none out. Pop up that the SS doesn't play cleanly [on purpose?] not called an infield fly. So he throws to 2nd where the runner from second is tagged out, and the fielder steps on the base for a force. And throws to first but didn't the hitter run to the base? I see someone standing there, is that the original baserunner? Coach could have told the hitter to get there; he had about 30 seconds.

"[Bradley] was called out for removing himself from the playing field" says one report.
Or was he called out because the 1st baseman stepped on the base?

Clever defensive maneuver. Surprise Lindor hasn't thought of it before.

Re: Just Baseball: Major League teams OTHER THAN the Tribe

2275 by joez
Remember when everyone blamed the WBC for the "few" number of injuries the players sustained?

Has anyone been keeping an eye on the injury reports?. From all-star studs to the average Joe. They've been dropping like drugged up flies. Some of the injuries are pretty serious.
“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.”
-- Bob Feller
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