They have to do something about right field. I went to several games at the Jake and I can't stand watching Blake's rainbow throws from the outfield. Why can we not get somebody with an arm? I think his batting this year proved that the last two seasons were a fluke. He's a career minor-leauger.
Something should be done about first base as well, but, wasn't Broussard a top prospect in the Reds organization when we got him? I thought he was AA batting champ the year before we aquired him and he had a "high ceiling" as Shapiro calls it. Maybe if someone worked with him to shorten his stroke and focus less on his [censored] music he could be a decent hitter.
I thought for sure the Tribe would trade for Danys Biaz. I like Wickman, he's got guts and sometimes that's enough, but Biaz could be around for years to come. We're going to go through this same thing next offseason. Acquiring Biaz would solve the closer problem for a few years.
Whatever happened to having a pitching-rich farm system? Why are they having problems finding pitching? Isn't that what they built their farm system on? Is there nobody down there who can be effective as a middle reliever?
Get rid of Riske.
R.I.P. Hal Lebowitz.