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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    Disclaimer: game threads are meant to be light and fun enjoyment of the game. If you're going to complain about every move made by Molitor, Ryan, or even TC the Bear, do not be surprised if a moderator asks you to tone it down and/or leave the thread if you keep it up. We all make fun of the team and/or complain but if that's all you're going to do, reconsider why you're posting in the thread at all. This is entirely at moderator discretion and consistency will be applied when and where we feel like it.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Except for the part where their splits against LHP are essentially the same. Their career splits. Not 2014, not 2015, but their entire careers as hitters. They're both bad against LHP. Listen, I realize how much fun it is to hate on Suzuki but those are the facts of the matter. It could easily be argued that Suzuki had as much - or even better due to OBP - of a chance to succeed in that situation as Nunez.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    I think it's time to put the Liriano trade to bed. Would you trade Eduardo Escobar for Liriano straight-up today? I don't know if I would... And by the end of 2016, there's a good chance that answer is a resounding "NO". I thought the trade was "meh" at the time but it's hard to argue with it today.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Sure, if they stick with this formation when one/some/all of the players are struggling for 2+ months, then that's a big problem. And given their history, that's a possibility (though I haven't been convinced that past wasn't driven by Gardy's infatuation with "situational" (more like crap) players consuming the entire bench).
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    Nunez can be relied upon to not destroy a team that expects to contend. Past that, it's questionable. But Danny Santana was possibly the worst player in baseball last season. The worst. It's entirely possible he could destroy a team that expects to contend. But he has enough talent that you want to keep him around to see what happens. Again, just view him as a Rule 5 guy because that's basically what he is right now.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Again, I don't think it has much to do with one game (and I agree with you that a single game situation isn't likely enough to matter and decisions should not be based on an injury situation in a single game). If Santana had options, he'd be in the minors. We'd probably see a different guy on the roster, one with (maybe) a more potent bat. But Santana can't be relied upon to perform - at least not in April of 2016, he can't - so the Twins also need Nunez on the roster for better roster coverage in case a starter goes down for a prolonged period of time. Which is why I hope Santana gets it going, making Nunez expendable. But right now, it makes sense to keep both of them because one player - while talented and young - cannot be trusted to take over starting duties for Dozier or Escobar and he has to stay on the roster while you figure it out. In essence, we should just view Santana as a Rule 5 guy.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Agreed and agreed. If he's thinking "I can get on base", I'm down with that. If he's thinking "I probably won't get on base but I'll advance Buxton", I'm not down with that.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    The trailer looks awesome. I was pleasantly surprised by the female lead. Complaining about female leads is an aspect of geekdom I cannot understand. Oh noes, I'm going to be forced to watch a beautiful woman kick ass on-screen for two hours! The agony!
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah. If Dozier does this five times and fails to execute all five opportunities, then I'll complain about it. But once? Nah, not so much. If he gets on base, he looks like a genius.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, I think it's going to be kinda tough to get Oswaldo enough playing time, which is unfortunate. Of course, he put himself in this position with an absolutely terrible 2015 season.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    Heh, I suspect Santana is more there out of fear of losing a quality player to waivers than expected performance (at least in April), pretty much the same as Arcia. And I think that's the correct course of action for early 2016. Give these guys two months to figure out who stays on the roster and who gets the boot. It would be unnecessarily risky (in either direction) to make that decision today. Best case scenario, Santana and Arcia thrive, Nunez gets the boot. Most likely scenario, Arcia is okay, Nunez is whatever, and Santana is "please god, I've seen enough already".
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't know if the team considers Santana "insurance" or "experiment". I personally would not rely on him for anything at this point. But I also don't want to lose him to the waiver wire, at least not until I see him take more hacks at MLB pitching.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Nunez has a much higher floor than anyone the Twins can call up from the minors in April or May. It's not about one game. Which is why I'm all in favor of giving Nunez a short leash based on the performance of Santana and/or Polanco. If the team gains confidence in one or both of those players, it's a lot easier to cut bait with Nunez.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    Absolutely. I've been a big advocate of shuffling the regulars around the diamond to utilize match-ups and rest players. And I hope Polanco is up by mid-summer... But right now, Nunez is an insurance policy against injury and Danny Santana bombing out a second consecutive season. Without Nunez and confidence in Santana, what happens if Dozier goes down? Escobar? It's really easy to "build" a bench around a specific situation but building a rounded bench based - at least somewhat - on a "worst case situation" needs consideration.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    If this situation arises in June, there's a damned good chance one of Sano, Park, Plouffe, etc. is sitting on the bench, taking a day off. At which point, yeah, you pinch-hit for Suzuki 100% of the time. But maybe not so much with Eduardo Nunez because that's little more than shuffling deck chairs. Nunez is an injury insurance policy. Personally, I hope Nunez is off the roster by mid-summer because Santana has shown he can fill the utility role.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    I think you're setting an unreasonable standard for the bench. Seven out of the Twins' nine regular players are either switch-hitters or right-handed. One of the other guys is Joe Mauer. The final guy is Rosario, who inexplicably has good numbers against LHP. How many left-handed closers are there in baseball? Never mind that guys on the bench also have to play defense. The Twins already have one bench spot reserved for a power LHB, which is actually useful because the team is so right-handed dominant.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    Eh, maybe... But given how damned near their entire lineup is right-handed (and therefore capable against lefties), this is a situation that will not arise often. All their good hitters against LHP are already in the lineup on a daily basis (the possible exception being Santana but he's a wild card right now... he could be a .780 guy, he could be a .580 guy).
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep, the very same Eduardo Nunez with a .648 OPS against LHP last season and a career .686 mark against southpaws. I may have pinch-hit for Suzuki in that situation but I certainly can't get too worked up that Molitor didn't sub him out for an equally mediocre bat against southpaws. And you could argue that with a guy on second, Suzuki was more likely to get on base and continue the inning than Nunez. His career OBP against lefties is .025 higher than Nunez.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Actually, they're pretty much the *same* hitter. vs LHP career: Suzuki: .665 Nunez: .686 vs LHP 2015: Suzuki: .658 Nunez: .649 Is this really worth complaining about?
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    Speaking of Sherlock, has anyone watched Elementary? The character progression and Jonny Lee Miller's performance are really engaging. It's more of a straight-forward procedural but there are many aspects of it I prefer over the BBC Sherlock (which is great in its own right). It's the only portrayal of Holmes I've seen where the creators realized that an insufferable know-it-all will grow tiresome so they've worked to slowly move the Sherlock character forward as a human being.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Watching the game now. I don't care what anyone says, that Sano dive was a thing of hilarious beauty.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, it was... But the Twins bench was also varying levels of terrible last season. I question not pinch-hitting for Suzuki last night with a guy on second base and one out. On the other hand, it was against a lefty and the Twins don't have a great bench bat with a lefty on the mound. But pinch-hitting for your starting catcher against a lefty in a weird, rain-delayed game with no one on base isn't a move I can question at all.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    True, the implication was that Buxton has enough bat speed and strength to take care of the rest. He hasn't really shown it against MLB pitching but his MiLB XBH numbers were so good that it's hard to imagine he won't come around in time if his plate approach is solid. And given his pitch recognition problems last season, I applaud a pitch-happy approach, even if he takes the occasional meatball down the middle of the plate.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    I have no problems with attempts at bunt hits, particularly if a player feels he isn't taking good at-bats. But boy, I hate sacrifice bunts. I wasn't able to watch the game so I have no opinion on Dozier's intent.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Buxton taking pitches is far more important to me than whether the wood of the bat hits ball. Take a lot of pitches, be a selective hitter, and he will be a successful MLB player.
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