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Post by trav768 on Jan 17, 2024 18:28:57 GMT -5
we are less than a month away from spring training activity. pitchers & catchers report Feb 14. 1st spring training game is Feb 23rd vs the other Chicago team. some players are already in Arizona. 2024 season is right around the corner despite the very cold temps .
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Post by trav768 on Jan 23, 2024 10:49:08 GMT -5
1 month away from 1st spring training game
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Post by trav768 on Jan 23, 2024 13:22:02 GMT -5
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Post by rvn11 on Jan 23, 2024 13:31:59 GMT -5
That definitely looks like a 1b glove on Caissie's hand. I've only heard of him being an OF/DH type before. I like it.
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Post by trav768 on Jan 23, 2024 14:11:12 GMT -5
That definitely looks like a 1b glove on Caissie's hand. I've only heard of him being an OF/DH type before. I like it. yup, he's taking reps at 1st
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Post by bryzzobrist on Jan 23, 2024 14:12:24 GMT -5
That definitely looks like a 1b glove on Caissie's hand. I've only heard of him being an OF/DH type before. I like it. The articles a couple years back mentioned that they thought Cassie's defense would push him to 1b. Wish they had defensive metrics available for minor leaguers
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Post by lu13cubbie on Jan 23, 2024 14:16:44 GMT -5
That definitely looks like a 1b glove on Caissie's hand. I've only heard of him being an OF/DH type before. I like it. No it doesn't, to me. Click on the pic it will get bigger. Is that Alcantara too?
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Post by lu13cubbie on Jan 23, 2024 14:25:36 GMT -5
Its not Alcantara. It prolly is a 1st base mitt.
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Post by rvn11 on Jan 23, 2024 14:33:33 GMT -5
That definitely looks like a 1b glove on Caissie's hand. I've only heard of him being an OF/DH type before. I like it. No it doesn't, to me. Click on the pic it will get bigger. Is that Alcantara too? Enlarged picture. It has the lacing along the length of the thumb which is more common with 1b gloves than any other position, also has the more rounded thumb typical of a 1b glove. Looking through the binding you can see the lacing across the inside of the glove as well as a lack of finger stalls, indicating a 1b glove. You can see some of the rounded "scoop" portion of the glove looking through the web as well. Finally, the long single post web is 1b or OF style for Wilson. Their infield gloves either have a single vertical and single horizontal post (I-web) or dual vertical and single horizontal (H-web) pockets. The 1b and OF models have the single long vertical post with dual horizontal.
In the end it means very little, but at least they're giving him some reps at 1b and allowing hopefully for some further positional flexibility.
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Post by lu13cubbie on Jan 23, 2024 14:41:33 GMT -5
No it doesn't, to me. Click on the pic it will get bigger. Is that Alcantara too? Enlarged picture. It has the lacing along the length of the thumb which is more common with 1b gloves than any other position, also has the more rounded thumb typical of a 1b glove. Looking through the binding you can see the lacing across the inside of the glove as well as a lack of finger stalls, indicating a 1b glove. You can see some of the rounded "scoop" portion of the glove looking through the web as well. Finally, the long single post web is 1b or OF style for Wilson. Their infield gloves either have a single vertical and single horizontal post (I-web) or dual vertical and single horizontal (H-web) pockets. The 1b and OF models have the single long vertical post with dual horizontal.
In the end it means very little, but at least they're giving him some reps at 1b and allowing hopefully for some further positional flexibility.
Yeah, I went back and looked again. It do look like a 1B mitt. My bad.
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Post by rvn11 on Jan 23, 2024 16:22:31 GMT -5
Enlarged picture. It has the lacing along the length of the thumb which is more common with 1b gloves than any other position, also has the more rounded thumb typical of a 1b glove. Looking through the binding you can see the lacing across the inside of the glove as well as a lack of finger stalls, indicating a 1b glove. You can see some of the rounded "scoop" portion of the glove looking through the web as well. Finally, the long single post web is 1b or OF style for Wilson. Their infield gloves either have a single vertical and single horizontal post (I-web) or dual vertical and single horizontal (H-web) pockets. The 1b and OF models have the single long vertical post with dual horizontal.
In the end it means very little, but at least they're giving him some reps at 1b and allowing hopefully for some further positional flexibility.
Yeah, I went back and looked again. It do look like a 1B mitt. My bad. Ha, no worries. My inner glove nerd came out for a second there.
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Post by skokiejoe on Jan 24, 2024 13:47:26 GMT -5
Some Spring Training Pictures:
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Post by lu13cubbie on Jan 24, 2024 13:51:32 GMT -5
I'm Jonesing for some baseball. A month seems like a long time, man.
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Post by bryzzobrist on Jan 24, 2024 13:57:16 GMT -5
Baseball, baby.
Do we have a list of spring training invites yet?
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Post by trav768 on Jan 31, 2024 9:21:53 GMT -5
2 weeks away from pitchers & catchers reporting to spring training. 3 weeks & 2 days away from 1st spring training game
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Post by bryzzobrist on Jan 31, 2024 14:31:50 GMT -5
I'm so excited for the season to begin! It's not here yet but we're getting close. The offseason is for the birds.
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Post by lajoiesghost on Feb 1, 2024 10:04:03 GMT -5
I'm so excited for the season to begin! It's not here yet but we're getting close. The offseason is for the birds.
What a great clip! I pretty much did the same thing at home watching. Thank goodness Montero followed up with that insurance run.
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Post by skokiejoe on Feb 1, 2024 11:25:58 GMT -5
13 days till the first Pitchers and Catchers workouts 18 days till the first full team workouts 22 days till the first spring training game 56 days till Opening Day!
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Post by trav768 on Feb 5, 2024 12:57:08 GMT -5
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Post by Mike on Feb 5, 2024 13:44:09 GMT -5
I think we target Danny Jansen in 2025; we were scouting him around the time TOR were dangling their "extra" catcher to trade, so his salary next year would be comparable (+inflation, +WARperMIL, etc) to Yan Gomes this year. I know we were linked to Christian Vasquez before, but we need someone who can hit.
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