Jake Bauers responses 5 inquiries about the Cleveland Indians
Jake Bauers normally takes dwell batting observe at spring education Goodyear, Arizona. (Chuck Crow, The Simple Vendor)
Jake Bauers responses 5 inquiries about the Cleveland Indians
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Jake Bauers has an opportunity to come to be an significant component of the Cleveland Indians lineup for the subsequent a number of many years. All he has to do is be Jake Bauers.
That is the Jake Bauers that put in the very first component of his 2018 year with the Tampa Bay Rays hitting .252 in 131 at-bats with a .864 OPS, 5 household runs and a 139 wRC+ by 36 online games.
Cleveland acquired the youthful slugger in a December trade that also netted Carlos Santana from Seattle although sending off Edwin Encarnacion and Yandy Diaz. The Indians hope they traded for the Jake Bauers from the very first fifty percent of last year, not the Bauers who hit .167 down the extend with a .589 OPS and a 30.5 strikeout share.
A multipurpose defender, Bauers will mainly be used at very first base, but supervisor Terry Francona states he demands to get a appear at the 23-year-aged in the outfield as very well, just to gauge where the Tribe will use him shifting forward.
The Indians newcomer sat down through spring education last 7 days to response a number of inquiries about his offseason, enjoying for Kevin Cash in Tampa and his mantra for the offseason in 2019.
What was it like listening to you’d been traded to the Indians in the offseason?
Jake Bauers: “I was just sitting down there, having a cup of espresso in the early morning, having a text from Erik Neander ‘Hey Jake, gonna simply call you in 15 minutes.’ I was just considering offseason checkup, kinda see how every little thing is heading, see ho routines are heading. Really quickly, when I answered the cellphone, kinda sensed his tone was not that of an offseason checkup. And so he informed me I experienced been traded to Cleveland. From there, just kinda produced the selection to get excited about it and get excited for a new opportunity in coming over, with an additional opportunity to establish myself.”
Jake Bauers, remaining, reaches for the baseball to get Cincinnati Reds’ Blake Trahan (51) out at very first. (Ross D. Franklin, Associated Push)
What was your major league debut like in 2018?
JB: “Coming in and having termed up and having that speedy achievements was good in conditions of establishing myself and kind of establishing that I can do this and I belong below. It kind of gave me a little self esteem raise. But it quickly turned the other way and I obtained humbled a bit and really just kind of produced it distinct that there are some points I will need to operate on and some points I will need to get superior at. So that’ what I did this offseason. I went in and I labored my ass off and came in prepared to go.”
Jake Bauers grounds out in the very first inning towards the Cincinnati Reds. (Chuck Crow, The Simple Vendor)
