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  1. Nine of twelve
    I tire of reading posts that reference Buxton's injuries as if every one was his fault and that project him to continue to spend significant time on the IL for the rest of his career.
  2. Nine of twelve
    It is a necessity to keep him. Bear in mind we are talking about the league MVP for the next 2-3 years.
  3. Nine of twelve
    Think about this: the Cardinals were willing to give up Gant to get J.A. Happ. J.A. Happ!
  4. Nine of twelve
    The Twins need to sweep the Royals in order to pass them for 4th place in the division. Gant is not helping his team here.
  5. Nine of twelve
    Do not trade a catcher who is ready and able to play in the major leagues. Unless you get a really good offer. And then don't do it.
  6. Nine of twelve
    This is like asking me what my favorite Beatles song is. There is no one answer.
  7. Nine of twelve
    So should we be wondering what is wrong with people who aren't spending their time watching this game or should we be wondering what is wrong with people who are spending their time watching this game? (Yes.)
  8. Nine of twelve
    Not just because stadiums would be empty but also because it would require lengthening the season. And to do it only on the last weekend of the season, potentially giving a postseason team three more days off just before the postseason begins? Way unfair.
  9. Nine of twelve
    Justin Morneau mentioning eliminating interleague games at the end of the year. Sorry, Justin, but with an odd number of teams in each league there will be at least one interleague series at all times. Always. No way around it.
  10. Nine of twelve
    That called third strike to end the inning was a Maybelline call to make up for the previous non-swing call.
  11. Nine of twelve
    That nuance is a valid point, and I think in retrospect that 2011 and this year probably were more disappointing than 2016. In fact, bottoming out so badly in 2016 probably has a silver lining in that it spurred a complete retooling of the entire organization.
  12. Nine of twelve
    No discussion of 2016? Very few people expected an outstanding team but I don't think anyone expected total system failure and 103 losses.
  13. Nine of twelve
    My post was not intended to compare Wade and Rooker as players. It was intended to compare their situations regarding the 40-man and the possibility of a trade.
  14. Nine of twelve
    Occasional may or may not be the right word. Again, I don't have specific stats to cite, but it seems to me that his lapses were far more likely to occur in the most critical situations. Where an ace would drive a stake through the heart of the opposition he tended to revive the opposition.
  15. Nine of twelve
    This thread reminds me of LaMonte Wade, Jr. He was viewed as minor league depth, we had a surplus of left-handed bats in the outfield, so we traded him for a bullpen hopeful. It seemed like the right thing to do at the time, but how did that work out? I just hope that if we trade Rooker away we win the trade instead of repeating the Wade trade.
  16. Nine of twelve
    Man, Justin has no problem with public speaking. At this rate we'll be lucky if the game starts before 7:30.
  17. Nine of twelve
    Yep. In the NBA having two top-flight players can get you into the playoffs. Having three can get you a championship. In MLB having two top flight players pretty much guarantees you'll win 65 games. Moreover, in baseball it's much, much more difficult to project a draft-eligible player's ultimate performance level compared to basketball. One can also look at it this way. The Twins are currently in the #8 position for the 2022 draft. Now look at how many star MLB players were drafted 8th or later. (Almost all of them.) Tanking is silly. If you want to succeed, simply draft a good player each time your turn comes up. It comes down to scouting, scouting, and scouting.
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    I'm too lazy to search for statistics to back this up, but it seems like Berrios very often pitches well, just not quite as well as he needs to in important situations. It makes me wonder if he has an underlying fear of success. I know that's kind of pop-culture psychology but it seems to apply. Last night was a prime example. His team is in a must-win situation in every game it plays, he knows it is his job to shut the opposition down, and he knows he has the stuff to do it, but he still had that lapse in the third inning that did him in.
  19. Nine of twelve
    Don't stop just because the bases are empty. Let's show Berrios an early exit!
  20. Nine of twelve
    Triple plus one!
  21. Nine of twelve
    I'm participating by expressing a point of view regarding the topic of conversation, and I enjoy doing so.
  22. Nine of twelve
    Assigning a 1-5 number to a starter is not a stat. It's an arbitrary label that has no empirical statistical basis.
  23. Nine of twelve
    I haven't read the whole thread, but I don't understand why people get so hung up on categorizing starting pitchers. I think it should be the goal to have a rotation of starters who have different strengths (with at least one lefty) to give a different look for the opposing team to deal with every game, but to try to assign a classification of ace, 2, 3, etc. is totally arbitrary and, IMHO, pointless.
  24. Nine of twelve
    So what if the pitcher slows down a bit in occasional situations? Speeding up pace of play does not have to mean there must be action every second.
  25. Nine of twelve
    So what would prevent a batter from standing outside the batter's box and letting the pitch clock wind down? Whether there's a batter's clock or not the pitch clock should not start until a legal pitch can be thrown.
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