It’s been a rough day for Cleveland sports.

It’s been a rough day for Cleveland sports.

Beitragvon zhangzk » Di 28. Mai 2019, 01:11

The Browns and Cavs sold out for stability Jonathan Villar Jersey , while the Indians found it organically." While the Indians sat frustrated at home watching the Red Sox claim a trophy that felt like it could have been theirs, the Cavaliers and Browns both seem to be spiraling the drain with Ty Lue and Hue Jackson both being let go over the span of 24 hours. Why both franchises are struggling makes a lot of sense — the Cavaliers the best player ever to touch a basketball in LeBron James, and the Browns are, as always, the Browns. The Browns did receive a sudden jolt of energy in Baker Mayfield taking the NFL by storm, but the rest of the team’s total incompetence has cost them a bit of the spotlight, and a whole lot of enthusiasm from the national media. Meanwhile, the Cavs are an abysmal 0-6 — the only winless team in the budding NBA season. Winning it all in 2016 did a lot to alleviate Cleveland as the sports world’s punching bag, but without the Indians holding out as a competent organization, we’d be right back to square one. You could make the argument that the Browns have improved in firing Jackson, but the problems always run deeper than the head coach, and that franchise has as many problems as it has ever had, even with Baker Mayfield. And with the Cavs halfheartedly “going for it” this year and not committing to a full rebuild, you can expect a rough couple years as they too try to rebound from the Second Era of LeBron. That leaves the Indians — who have three straight American League Central Division titles, arguably the best starting rotation in baseball http://www.brewersfanproshop.com/authentic-orlando-arcia-jersey , the best shortstop in baseball — as the last great team standing in Cleveland. I don’t mean to beat a dead horse as I’ve said this multiple times in the past, but it’s once again extremely clear: The Indians are the best-run team in Cleveland. And much like the late-90s where the Browns didn’t exist and the Cavs were consistently getting bounced in the first round of the playoffs, the Indians are keeping the reputation of Cleveland sports above water. Through Chris Antonetti, Mike Chernoff, and Terry Francona, the Tribe have found the kind of stability that major sports franchises lose sleep trying to acquire. Where the Cavs sold their soul to build everything about LeBron James and take a few shots at a championship, they never really had a chance without him. In a similar sense, the Browns held on to Hue Jackson for a year and a half longer than they should have just for stability’s sake. Not because he’s a great leader like Terry Francona, but because they didn’t want to be seen cycling through coaches yet again, even after a 1-15 season followed by a somehow worse 0-16 campaign. At least from the outside looking it, it was a bald faced attempt at looking like a well-run organization, when in fact everything was a disastrous as it has always been. Only the Indians have managed real stability — from the top of the organization down — over the past several seasons. Even before this current run of success, it’s not hard to see the tangible improvements the front office was making to the farm system and the major-league talent pool. Under Francona, since he became the manager prior to the 2013 season, the Indians have not had a single losing season Jhoulys Chacin Jersey , and they’ve gone to the playoffs in four of his six seasons at the helm, with most of those teams being carried by homegrown players (Lindor, Jose Ramirez, Jason Kipnis) or those acquired for way under their market value as prospects (Yan Gomes, Michael Brantley, Corey Kluber, Carlos Carrasco, Carlos Santana). The same restraint the front office showed in not pulling the trigger for Bryce Harper when the asking price was Shane Bieber — and, let’s not kid ourselves here, probably more — is the kind of thinking that has them as a winning team for so long. It’s unfortunate, and frustrating, that they are now stuck in the “get over the hump” holding pattern that so many teams find themselves in at their peak, but it’s the reason they’ll be the only good team in Cleveland for several years going forward. The Browns can get there with Baker and a whole hell of a lot of smart front office decisions, but there is plenty of time for the Indians to show themselves to Cleveland and the world in 2019, 2020 Alex Wood Jersey , and beyond. If only everyone will listen. This isn’t some call to rally around Francona or the front office, and only have happy thoughts about the Indians. Lord knows I was annoyed this season and it became hard to watch them steamroll a bad division knowing only the playoffs matter — only to have them blow it emphatically. Just consider this your annual reminder to hug your competent Indians organization closely. Injury-related pitching woes have been the Spring Training theme for the Braves this year"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Talking Chop User’s GuideTalking Chop PodcastAround the NL EastBaseball Analysis PrimerMinter, O’Day likely to start season on Injured ListNew,28commentsInjury-related pitching woes have been the Spring Training theme for the Braves this yearEDTShareTweetShareShareMinter, O’Day likely to start season on Injured ListReinhold Matay-USA TODAY SportsPerhaps not surprising given how the month of March has treated Braves’ pitching depth thus far, but here’s some news from Mark Bowman:Both A.J. Minter and Darren O’Day have, generally, been expected to be among the most productive members of Atlanta’s 2019 bullpen, as well as a couple of guys ticketed for use in higher-leverage situations. However, it looks like them seeing any kind of major league situations may have to wait.Bowman further writes that Minter, who was injured in a fender bender and left a game after facing just one batter on the first day of March, has played catch for three straight days for three straight days with no ill effects, but that there’s a lot of standard rehab appearance-type stuff that jeopardizes his Opening Day status. O’Day, meanwhile, has continued to suffer from forearm discomfort Zack Cozart Jersey , which has also kept him sidelined since March 1. He hasn’t even been cleared to throw yet, so his timetable is both protracted and very much in flux at this point. O’Day missed much of the 2018 season after undergoing hamstring surgery, so while the good news is that that part of his body appears to be fully healthy, throwing arm injuries for pitchers are no bueno, to say the least. Minter is generally projected to be the Braves’ best reliever this year, with O’Day also solidly placing in the top four, so these are relatively important cogs (though still relief/bullpen cogs) that will end up missing some time.The Braves have many options to fill the roster spots generated by Minter and/or O’Day absences, but the real kicker is that these options may not be better and seem likely to be worse. Bowman speculates that Luke Jackson and Wes Parsons may be the beneficiaries — while Parsons is a bit of an unknown quantity at this point, the on-field production of the relief corps likely takes a hit any time Jackson suits up in lieu of Minter or O’Day. Of course, the Braves have so many arms that they don’t need to use any short-stint reliever to fill a hole created by an injury to another player, as they could load up their bullpen with leftover starter candidates that didn’t make the rotation, and probably not fare much worse for it. We’ll see what happens — stay tuned for more.
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