Blaine Boyer hot takes

[Mike Sixel]

Who has a good explanation for why he is on this roster? I'm all eyes.

[Dman]

I don't remember anymore.

[nicksaviking]

The ginger beard I think.  They are supposed to creep out the batter but this one isn't working.

[James]

I'm assuming Boyer has some very incriminating photos of someone higher up in the Twins organization that they would prefer the public doesn't see.

[Danchat]

AJ Achter, Michael Tonkin, Taylor Rogers, heck, even Mark Hamburger... any waiver wire reliever...

 

I'd take them over Boyer right now. This is getting ridiculous.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

The resemblance to Will Farrell?

[USAFChief]

 

The resemblance to Will Farrell?

Farrell has a lower FIP.

[Boom Boom]

He's a good clubhouse guy, and he's come back from being out of baseball. We love that human interest schmaltz.

[Vanimal46]

So the equipment manager doesn't have to sew on a new last name this late into the season..... 

[Thrylos]

Because Terry Ryan is Terry Ryan.

[LaBombo]

 

Who has a good explanation for why he is on this roster? I'm all eyes.

 

Why wouldn't he be?     People are still coming to see the games and watching them on TV, aren't they?

[Jham]

We've tried cutting him, but every time we do, he stands outside Target Field and goes all....http://s3-ak.buzzfeed.com/static/campaign_images/terminal05/2012/4/19/11/john-cusack-is-down-for-a-say-anything-sequel-1-5166-1334850413-6_big.jpg

on us, and our heart melts a little, and we take him back.  Damn Peter Gabrielle...

[beckmt]

I suppose by this logic we should DFA Perkins After 4 homeruns in 4 outings.  Relief pitchers have their ups and downs during the season.  Boyer has just had a longer one than most

[zchrz]

Because despite the vastly increased usage of advanced stats to manage day to day game planning and such Terry Ryan still makes roster decisions in the same ole TR way of gut instinct and veteran grittiness.  Even if they had all preformed well Boyer/ Duensing/ Fien is not a good core for a bullpen ideally you carry one of those three for your middle relief role. 

[nicksaviking]

He's a good clubhouse guy, and he's come back from being out of baseball. We love that human interest schmaltz.

Define "we".

[nicksaviking]

I suppose by this logic we should DFA Perkins After 4 homeruns in 4 outings.  Relief pitchers have their ups and downs during the season.  Boyer has just had a longer one than most

Are you suggesting all relievers deserve the same chance regardless of track record or talent?

 

Bobby Keppel, Brian Bass and Tyler Robertsen are wondering when you'll start fighting for them.

[beckmt]

You missed the sarcasm in the prior post.  All I was pointing out was how fickle these posters are.  And how players go up; and down during a season.  All I was pointing out also was that by this logic Twins would need 2 closers, so if one went bad you could use the other one.

[beckmt]

I tend to be more tolerant because I see the ups and downs of people.  Everyone has bad days and weeks.

To quote the person who was the best player in the world in my hobby for 20-30 years "The good players play bad and the bad players play worse"

[Boom Boom]

Define "we".

"We" as in Twins Territory. The folks who managed to watch the replay of Colabello's home run while his mom was being interviewed multiple times without so much as a dry heave.

[Bark's Lounge]

Because Boyer is Jim Pohlad's illegitimate son and he smells like Cherry Laffy Taffy.

[nicksaviking]

"We" as in Twins Territory. The folks who managed to watch the replay of Colabello's home run while his mom was being interviewed multiple times without so much as a dry heave.

Yeah that was great. I also liked seeing reunions with Hunter, Kubel, Gurrier and Bartlet. I also like seeing Mauer add to his numbers and climb up team rankings. My compassionate side does anyway.

 

But it has become quite clear that making decisions based on sentimentality is a losing proposition. If this team wants to win, they have to be guided by objectivity.

[Rosterman]

 

You missed the sarcasm in the prior post.  All I was pointing out was how fickle these posters are.  And how players go up; and down during a season.  All I was pointing out also was that by this logic Twins would need 2 closers, so if one went bad you could use the other one.

Well, sometimes it is ncie to have two closers, when one gets tired or overworked or injured. The Twins don't have that luxury. Maybe Fien had a minute potential. And we all remember free-agent-to-be Jared Burton getting closers opportunities last September for...well...I can't explain or no not why. Didn't seem to help him find a job.

 

In the bullpen, you usually have 1-2 places that you can rotate guys in-and-out depending on how they are doing. You can't keep throwing multiple bads out there, especially when your good guys may also have bad days. Sometimes you do lock up one of those two positions with a Rule 5 that you know will laregely do mop up work unless they do show signs of excelling.

 

Sadly, the Twins have 3-4 of these guys, and they do have a fairly large pipeline that they can reaplce everyone of those guys at least twice during THIS season, and probably still go abck to one or two of the originals. They cut Stauffer. Thielbar is gone, Presley is on the DL. Tonkin is up and down. Achter, Darnell haven't had a chance. Many of us want to see Oliveros get a look. The Twins could advance any number of starters (Rogers, Meyer already, Duffey should've been with May back in the rotation, even Berrios).

 

Yes, you cana rgue starting the service clock, but if the player fails to produce, you can pull what many of us now will call "An Arcia" and just let the guy languish a bit longer in re-development vs. service time.

 

My big harp that I keep making...let's see more of guys who will be here in 2016 and beyond than those that are lucky to have a job right now. For so many jobs on the Twins team, it is the year that you show how badly you want to play in the majors and for the Twins. If you play well, the Twins will keep you. If you play badly, you may not find anotehr job, unless the Twins are paying your salary (Stauffer just signed with the Mets after pitching for Sugarland in the Indy leagues).

 

Yes, Santana had lost the game, so who cares if a reliever was bad. Well, someone should. They were bad. 

 

 

[jimbo92107]

 

Because Terry Ryan is Terry Ryan.

Yeah, but arguments like that start to sound circular after a while.

Why does TR chase his tail so much?

Because it tasks him, and he will have it!