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"Sixth City" Guards
Indians fan upset about something? I’m shocked.
Mark 20
I tihnk marlon byrd was a great pick up for the tribe
davelb87
Big difference between actual Indian fans and Clevelanders just looking for something to complain about…unfortunately, the latter group is much larger and more vocal.
hellobrooklyn
Byrd was a really good pick up especially at that price. He’s more than capable of putting up the same kind of numbers they wished they had gotten out of Swisher
"Sixth City" Guards
I agree. I think Byrd was a much better signing than Rajai or Cowgill. Much better in fact.
Twinsfan79
Twins are looking good in OF depth. Quentin probably deserves a spot on the bench as he’s played well so far. What to do with Arcia is the question. Sadly he’ll likely go north since he’s out of options. I also feel Buxton needs some work in Rochester until he figures it out offensively. Having 2 more guys in Sweeney(who’s played well too) and Mastroianni on straight MiLB deals is pretty nice.
Sky14
Quentin might be putting up decent numbers in spring training but he should come nowhere close to the 25 man roster. He does not play a position outside of DH, didn’t play in 2015 and in the last season he played batted .177. Its very similar to the Kubel situation in 2014, which did not end well.
Ray Ray
A gentlemen’s agreement? Should we say huzzah now.? This isn’t medieval England, it would be foolish of the Twins to cut him before that date. What if they don’t think they are going to use him on May 15th and then on May 25th they lose someone for the season? Not likely, but injuries do happen all the time. If Quentin wanted an earlier out than June 1st, then he should have insisted it be in the contract and the Twins would have probably complied. But he did sign it and should live up to it.
Dock_Elvis
“Gentleman’s agreements” between teams and veteran players are common, if not always reported. It’s a matter of courtesy. It could be a matter of allowing him to catch on with another team if an injury should arise and there’s a clear path for an mlb vet. I won’t call it tampering, but all teams benefit from time to time by this.
stymeedone
The only way he won’t have a path to the majors is if a prospect breaks out and passes him on the depth chart. The Twins would then replace an injured player with the prospect, instead of Quentin. The Twins won’t let themselves be short handed. They won’t just release him to release him. If he is cut, it will be because they don’t see a need for him.
davidcoonce74
Just genuinely curious as to how Ryan Sweeney collected his salary for 2015 despite sitting out the season, Was he on the DL?
Nobby
Didn’t LaRoche have a “gentleman’s agreement”? How did that work out?
Dock_Elvis
I think we’ve heard one side of that “Gentleman’s agreement” It appears that either the White Sox allowed an insane full clubhouse access for a child, or LaRoche absolutely abused the agreement. I just see no way that a team would allow full access without atleast a verbal agreement in place to remedy the situation should there be need to. Of all execs I don’t see Kenny Williams saying, “great, Adam, sign with us and Drake is welcome 24/7.” Yeah, well…it could have been stated somewhat like that…but there’s obvious implication that “within reason” applies.
For whatever reason, KW became the fall guy. LaRoche chose to walk away and not address it internally…KW called his bluff.
I see people talk about growing up in the clubhouse…some have been from children of college coaches…which is a different scenario..but I’ve even seen that turn out badly…college players have no ability to rid themselves of some brat.
I’m sure many kids have been around big league clubhouses….but not on a 140 game level. That’s asking for trouble.