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imnak
I like this signing for The Tribe. A solid player at a reasonable rate.
Polish Hammer
Agreed 100%
RiseAgainst3598
6 over 2 with a 5 million dollar option and 1 million buyout?
Polish Hammer
Do you not see the actual article?
“It’s a two-year, $5MM contract…contains a $3MM club option for the 2019 season, which comes with a $250K buyout.”
Bluesman
Good signing by the Tribe! Guyer plays the game the right way, and gets on base a lot!
jdgoat
I like guyer a lot, but the guy leans into pitches, don’t know if that’s “the right way”
Mattimeo09
No offense but you clearly haven’t seen him bat enough. He doesn’t lean into the pitches. When he starts his swing and takes his step, his foot lands on the very edge of the upper right corner. Since his foot wasn’t there initially, many pitchers who are throwing off the plate end up hitting him.
He’s even talked about how it isn’t about getting on base, that’s just how he’s always swung
Burgeezy
Great signing! This guy should continue to thrive under Tito and his copious usage of platoons. He compliments both naquin and chiz almost perfectly. He brings that much needed grit and most importantly he comes at a very reasonable cost.
The Ghost of Bobby Bonilla
Great signing. You can look at statistics all you want, but they can be misleading, as certain guys with great numbers don’t pass the “eye test” (for example, hitting tons of home runs in the 8th inning of meaningless blowouts to pad their stats) and vice-versa.
This guy has decent power, gets on base, always hustles and plays solid D and delivers in clutch situations. Solid ballplayer at a reasonable price. Maybe the Tribe can now jettison Almonte.
Steve Adams
It’s a really nice signing for Cleveland, but your perception of Guyer demonstrates why stats are important: our memories are selective and don’t necessarily paint an accurate picture.
Guyer is a career .193/.280/.277 hitter in “Late & Close” situations and has done the vast majority of his damage at the plate in low-leverage situations (.818 OPS) versus high-leverage spots (.569 OPS).
I’m sure he had a few clutch hits down the stretch in Cleveland and/or over the years in Tampa, but the picture you painted isn’t representative of his career to date.
Granted, I think it’s all more or less noise. He’s a very good hitter against lefties, and I’d be happy to have him up in any spot against an opposite-handed pitcher, regardless of leverage.
The Ghost of Bobby Bonilla
Point taken…lol. I guess I can’t argue your numbers, and suffer from selective memory, but in his limited time in Cleveland, he’s seemed to fit in really well.
I like the signing as a platoon partner to Chiz and to occasionally spell Naquin..
tbraysforlife
As a rays fan i love guyer
hes great
Best of luck to cleveland
cmancoley
Great signing! it’s the little sneaky moves like these that help ball clubs