Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 7: The George Kell edition
Well you have to expect when you put in all these minor league players that they will get pounded, which is exactly what happens.
More importantly though, we have too many minor league/ marginal major league guys and the top players are getting old, hurt or not producing. I mean does anyone expect romine to be a significant contributor? or Castellanos, or, lets see, Davis?. They are not historically and they won't be this year.
Or how about Hunter? I really hope they do not sign him again. A number of guys have been pretty disappointing. Kinsler is average, Cabrera is not himself, catching is average, so where are we expecting to get production? If our guys produce at their historical average, we are toast, David Price or no David Price.
I like that we have found some good guys. Hardy, Martinez, and some of the young guys will be good, but right well we get what we deserve.
I think the trade of fister got us nothing. Couldn't we have gotten one descent bull pen arm out of it. one? And how about trading at the deadline for a left handed third baseman, you know like chase headily? Who was available.
I don't blame Ausmus at all, we just don't have a good team for him to put on the field.