Cardinals option Grichuk

[Glen]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/05/cardinals-option-randal-grichuk.html

[Jason]

So he gets demoted to class A and was hitting better than many in the Angels' line up? 

[NJHalo]

So is the jury still out on that trade?

[Inside Pitch]

37 minutes ago, Jason said:

So he gets demoted to class A and was hitting better than many in the Angels' line up? 

Props to them -- they have Tommy Pham tearing it up and Grichuk needs to K less -- this is the sort of move a team with a long term plan will make...

[Blarg]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

So he gets demoted to class A and was hitting better than many in the Angels' line up? 

Sent all the way to single A isn't a demotion, that's a castration. 

[nando714]

Why not trade for him for cash 

[zenmaster]

To work on his pitch recognition lol 

That's like my boss telling me he's sending me back to grade school for a week to work on my reading skills. 

[fan_since79]

In other news, Cron is batting .346 with hits in all six games and 8 RBI since he was sent down to AAA.

 

 

Edited May 30, 2017 by fan_since79

[DMVol]

15 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

In other news, Cron is batting .346 with hits in all six games and 8 RBI since he was sent down to AAA.

Really don't get playing Valbuena at 1b with Escobar out....I think it might help us more if Cron gets hot in the bigs rather than at SLC....but that's just me....

[Jason]

1 hour ago, Inside Pitch said:

Props to them -- they have Tommy Pham tearing it up and Grichuk needs to K less -- this is the sort of move a team with a long term plan will make...

Yep and it shows just how much work the Angels org needs to do

[Jason]

43 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

In other news, Cron is batting .346 with hits in all six games and 8 RBI since he was sent down to AAA.

 

 

He did the same thing during his rehab assignment. The dude is a real deal AAAA player. 

[Blarg]

48 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

To work on his pitch recognition lol 

That's like my boss telling me he's sending me back to grade school for a week to work on my reading skills. 

How did that work out?

[DMVol]

3 minutes ago, Jason said:

He did the same thing during his rehab assignment. The dude is a real deal AAAA player. 

So Valbuena, Marte and Pennington are better options right now?

[JustATroutFan]

Always will be remember as the guy drafted right before Trout. And he's no Trout, that's for sure.

[Blarg]

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

He did the same thing during his rehab assignment. The dude is a real deal AAAA player. 

The head scratcher with Cron is his big country boy body frame and yet is not a home run hitter. When he is on his game it's scorching singles through the hole and line drives to the gap in right field. Home runs just seem to be an accidental lofted line drive.

[m0nkey]

2 minutes ago, Blarg said:

The head scratcher with Cron is his big country boy body frame and yet is not a home run hitter. When he is on his game it's scorching singles through the hole and line drives to the gap in right field. Home runs just seem to be an accidental lofted line drive.

He's the Angels' Billy Butler

[DMVol]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

The head scratcher with Cron is his big country boy body frame and yet is not a home run hitter. When he is on his game it's scorching singles through the hole and line drives to the gap in right field. Home runs just seem to be an accidental lofted line drive.

I still think he is a better option than Pennington at 3b and Valbuena at 1b or Marte at 1b or 3b.....

[Jason]

8 minutes ago, DMVol said:

So Valbuena, Marte and Pennington are better options right now?

Nope, they all suck

[DMVol]

3 minutes ago, Jason said:

Nope, they all suck

My point is Cron sucks less (a lot less if he gets hot)....just my opinion...

[Jason]

Just now, DMVol said:

My point is Cron sucks less (a lot less if he gets hot)....just my opinion...

I agree. He does have the potential to get hot and become a run producer but maybe there's some stuff the coaches were seeing that we are not. 

[Blarg]

10 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

He's the Angels' Billy Butler

Butler is available, the A's paid off his contract. 

[DMVol]

29 minutes ago, Jason said:

I agree. He does have the potential to get hot and become a run producer but maybe there's some stuff the coaches were seeing that we are not. 

I guess you have to assume that they thought he could get straightened out at SLC and be recalled fairly quickly....my concern is that, with Escobar close, we see Valbuena and his Mathis like stats permanently at 1b against RHP....Cron then becomes a platoon guy at best (if that)....not a great option with any of them, as you say....but I'd rather just put Cron at 1b and let him work his way out of it....

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, DMVol said:

Really don't get playing Valbuena at 1b with Escobar out....I think it might help us more if Cron gets hot in the bigs rather than at SLC....but that's just me....

If they call him up, he might do something selfish like hit a grand slam.

[totdprods]

35 minutes ago, DMVol said:

Really don't get playing Valbuena at 1b with Escobar out....I think it might help us more if Cron gets hot in the bigs rather than at SLC....but that's just me....

He has always responded well to these early-season demotions. 
Cron comes off as the big-bodied, lumbering, country strong guy, but I think there's a little more going on between the ears. 

Last year, he seemed to make a distinct effort to change his approach and focus more on contact - his K's dropped bigtime and his walks increased significantly, but his power dropped. Eventually, he made adjustments and took off in July. 

When they send him to AAA, I think the coaching staff recognizes that he's gotten away from something, but he's shown the awareness and coachability to respond to that in Salt Lake, and come back renewed. 

[fan_since79]

51 minutes ago, DMVol said:

My point is Cron sucks less (a lot less if he gets hot)....just my opinion...

Cron can get hot for a couple weeks, then go into the deep freeze for two months.

Trout and Escobar are just about our only consistent hitters, and we won't see Mike until sometime in August. The team offensive numbers are gonna get even more ugly.