poppysox

I doubt anyone thinks McCann will hit his current ave. of .376 for the year. He is showing good command of the strike zone, hitting to all fields and mature approach. For a catcher he is not bad on the bases either. His choking up on the bat with 2 strikes is a welcome site.

This lineup looks so much better with McCann and Tilson in it. Nice win.

I like RH more than some of you...but he did buy a lemon in Alonzo. He is clogging up the lineup,

When moves the manager makes do work...it was obvious and when it doesn't he is pretty much clueless. Not an easy job. Like some others have said...he does it more and in situations that I don't like. I've brought it up before that Earl Weaver was criticized for his distain of the bunt by some. If you have to choose a manager type on this subject I prefer Weaver's of..."you only get 27 outs-don't waste them."

I'll take Madrigal. I like having a couple Madrigal / Tilson types on a ball club. They make things happen and someone has to be on base for the boppers. We've all seen what happen with long term contracts when the player stop producing and the contract has 5 years to go. No thanks.

Good insightful post.

Last I looked that guy was hitting about .250 with 4 HR's. I'll take Moncada at third.

Vaughn is only 5'11"...not very big for a 1st / DH.

Two major finds for basically nothing. What a wonderful country.

I said they would be contributors on contending teams. I doubt more than 2 or 3 won't fit that time table. Of course some of the more fringe guys might be packaged to get someone even more valuable.

From the standpoint of developing players who can / will be part of the contending years this has been a decent year. McCann, Tilson, Bummer & Marshall all look like possible contributers on those teams. When you find players from other than the highly touted group it gives a real infusion to the rebuild. Jimenez--Moncada--Anderson--Abreu--Madrigal--Robert--Cease--Kopech--Lopez--Giolito--Collins--McCann--Tilson are all looking as probable's. The whole lineup is already here. Need a couple of quality starters and a few relievers and we're good to go. 2020 it starts.

Looked like they were pitching around Tilson to get to TA.

McCann...WOW JUST WOW

Most important place on the field to have a high baseball I.Q..

Herrera looking better than his last few outings. McCann got that last call against Toronto.

Those near collisions happen much to often.

Good pitching...Good hitting...Good defense...Good baserunning...all of this is very entertaining. Someone should mention this to JR.

He does seem more useful doesn't he?

Tilson...I like!

McCann 3 for 4 and catching a great game. I'm in love!

He looks like he may stick. We sure could use it.

Didn't take long to put out that rally. Nice job!

Time for Nova to sit down. Nice game.

Gee...I wonder if there is any reason for that.

tTilson contributes in a lot of ways. Defense and speed are both very good and he is what they call a pesty hitter.