Odd looking at the lineup and thinking "not bad".

Quero didn't even play C yesterday, whys he sitting

11 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

Quero didn't even play C yesterday, whys he sitting

I'd prefer to see him over Beni but hard to be too upset Will's been pushing the right buttons lately.

1 hour ago, chitownsportsfan said:

I'd prefer to see him over Beni but hard to be too upset Will's been pushing the right buttons lately.

You'd rather see Quero at DH over Benintendi at DH?? Why?  Why now?  Especially now, Beni is killing the ball right now. With Colson cooling off some, only Teel is close to Benintendi with the bat. And Quero is a much better batter right-handed than left-handed. I'm sorry but this makes no sense to me at all. 

1 hour ago, joejoesox said:

Quero didn't even play C yesterday, whys he sitting

Since Lee was re-called on Aug 22, if I counted right, Quero has only caught 6 of 20 games. Lee once. So Teel is at 13.

Not loving that split. Neither guy seems particularly good defensively or calling a game, but I don't see any reason why Teel is 'better'. Quero has a better arm but the team seems to just be conceding SBs. The even split seemed fair to me, see who can actually improve. Teel also plays other positions. Quero exclusively at DH isn't a good sign to me. 

I think Lee should be the full-time backup and one of the other guys either moves positions or perhaps Quero is traded. 3 useful catchers is too many. Lee is actually good at the position, seems like a perfect backup.

8 minutes ago, nrockway said:

Since Lee was re-called on Aug 22, if I counted right, Quero has only caught 6 of 20 games. Lee once. So Teel is at 13.

Not loving that split. Neither guy seems particularly good defensively or calling a game, but I don't see any reason why Teel is 'better'. Quero has a better arm but the team seems to just be conceding SBs. The even split seemed fair to me, see who can actually improve. Teel also plays other positions. Quero exclusively at DH isn't a good sign to me. 

I think Lee should be the full-time backup and one of the other guys either moves positions or perhaps Quero is traded. 3 useful catchers is too many. Lee is actually good at the position, seems like a perfect backup.

Teel is significantly better

6 minutes ago, nrockway said:

Since Lee was re-called on Aug 22, if I counted right, Quero has only caught 6 of 20 games. Lee once. So Teel is at 13.

Not loving that split. Neither guy seems particularly good defensively or calling a game, but I don't see any reason why Teel is 'better'. Quero has a better arm but the team seems to just be conceding SBs. The even split seemed fair to me, see who can actually improve. Teel also plays other positions. Quero exclusively at DH isn't a good sign to me. 

I think Lee should be the full-time backup and one of the other guys either moves positions or perhaps Quero is traded. 3 useful catchers is too many. Lee is actually good at the position, seems like a perfect backup.

You can never have enough catching and there is more than enough room for Teel and Quero on this 2026 roster. Lee is legit MLB backup catcher but he's the odd man here. He will have a 4-5 year career somewhere else imo as a backup. If there is some problem with Quero and / or Teel next year then consider a trade but absolutely zero rush to trade away an age 22 catcher with ball to bat and on base skill because of some perceived roster inbalance.

15 minutes ago, fathom said:

Teel is significantly better

At what? Not throwing to second or pitch calling or blocking balls. The only metric he's better at is 'framing' which Fangraphs super overrates the importance of. It's also vague and hard to measure. Fangraphs gives our old friend Yasmani Groundball 20 extra WAR than bball-reference because of 'framing'. Literally double. Neither guy is good at the position but good enough that you want their bats in the lineup. Teel looks to be a better hitter so far. Quero has a much better idea of the strike zone. Split the time equally between these rookies should be the play. Neither one has proven much of anything.

14 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

You can never have enough catching and there is more than enough room for Teel and Quero on this 2026 roster. Lee is legit MLB backup catcher but he's the odd man here. He will have a 4-5 year career somewhere else imo as a backup. If there is some problem with Quero and / or Teel next year then consider a trade but absolutely zero rush to trade away an age 22 catcher with ball to bat and on base skill because of some perceived roster inbalance.

I think the idea is the opportunity cost. Quero is too good to be a backup and there are holes at 'every day' positions especially the outfield. Probably not a good enough hitter to be a DH. The idea isn't to give him away, there's no rush, but to find an outfielder who is just as good as he is. Would rather have someone who is perhaps a better hitter and will not rot away on the bench. Not sure who that player is. Kevin Alcantara maybe. Lee is not a valuable trade piece but he's fine to play, like, 40 games a year max.

Edited September 12, 2025Sep 12 by nrockway

Guardians 3.5 back with a slim chance at last WC spot. Let's put an end to that this series!

Damn gave it a ride.

The amount of LHB we have now gives me epic pleasure. It's been centuries.

Some City Connects are the laziest uniform attempts, and Cleveland is one of them.  JFC

Loud outs.

lol, sosa continues to do a poor man's grandal at times the last 30 games.

5 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

Some City Connects are the laziest uniform attempts, and Cleveland is one of them.  JFC

Watched the Cubs game this afternoon, their’s are really lame.

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perez has nothing.

he will be lucky to give up 3 here. he has nothing at all ffs.

BIG DP!

great turn!

Jose Ramirez is just the steadiest of offensive players.  He hit into that dp but damn his numbers are just consistently great.  Almost 40 Sb again

I thought this game started at 7...huh

2 minutes ago, nrockway said:

I thought this game started at 7...huh

You haven't missed much

what exactly are we looking for? sit fastball FFS.

This ump is kinda all over.  Pitch 3 was worse on tv