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  1. Nine of twelve
    We've never had a player named arreaz.
  2. Nine of twelve
    I'm not going to comment at length because you can read what I have to say on the Byron Buxton thread in the Minnesota Twins Talk Forum. But I will say again that I am certain that every Twins employee wants Buck to play center field if that's feasible. I am also certain that every Twins employee tries to make the best decisions possible based on what they know. It is clear that people who are aware of all the facts have concluded that it's not in anyone's best interest to manage Buck differently than what is being done now. And, may I also say to those complaining that he should be managed differently: just give it up already.
  3. Nine of twelve
    As long as it's not Anthony Perkins. Red is not the color I'd want to see.
  4. Nine of twelve
    Lewis is healthy, on the major league roster, and playing well. Kirilloff is healthy, on the major league roster, and playing well. Next season I hope and expect the same for Miranda, Lee, Wallner, and Julien. Larnach leads the team in RBI. Varland, Ober, and Duran are becoming anchors of the pitching staff. The pipeline is opening up.
  5. Nine of twelve
    The future is now.
  6. Nine of twelve
    Too bad about Wallner. He's been en fuego the last few games.
  7. Nine of twelve
    I don't think it has to be Garlick but I'd choose to keep any of the 39 other players over him.
  8. Nine of twelve
    Contracts can be reworked if all involved parties are willing. Wouldn't it make sense for Reno to be the Las Vegas AAA team and Tucson to be the Arizona AAA team? Sure seems that way to me, but I'm not privy to all the inner workings here. In the meantime the whole process could wind up taking some interesting turns and twists.
  9. Nine of twelve
    The day, whether it's tomorrow or Thursday, is drawing very near. Someone will be dropped from the 40-man. I wonder if Maeda's situation justifies moving him to the IL-60. If not, who will go?
  10. Nine of twelve
    The emergence of Castro doesn't seem like a fluke. One upshot of this is that Nick Gordon's usefulness to the Twins has diminished. I look for the team to move Gordon at the deadline if not sooner, and I truly hope he has success elsewhere.
  11. Nine of twelve
    Good article. I agree that trading Hicks was the right thing to do. The wrong thing to do was accepting Murphy in return. I assume that the team no longer employs the scout(s) who misevaluated Murphy.
  12. Nine of twelve
    IMHO, in the case of both pitchers there is also some mind-over-matter coming into play. Pagan seems to be at his worst when there's little to no room for error. For Jax things seem to snowball when trouble starts. These problems, in theory, could be minimized with coaching or similar therapy.
  13. Nine of twelve
    Bump. The discussion on the Fun With Numbers thread led me to think more about this. It was pointed out on that thread that the Athletics' lease in Oakland is up at the end of 2024. Now, apparently a new stadium in Las Vegas will not be in place until the 2027 season. Meanwhile, Las Vegas Ballpark, which seats 10,000 according to the internet, is the home of the AAA Las Vegas Aviators. And, probably not coincidentally, the Aviators happen to be the A's AAA affiliate. So it makes me wonder if MLB will allow the A's to move at the end of 2024, play in Las Vegas Ballpark in 2025 and 2026, and move to the new stadium in 2027. In fact, I wonder if this hasn't already been consummated under the table. I'm sure the Las Vegas community would welcome this with open arms and playing without a lease or with two one-year leases in a deteriorating stadium in Oakland would not be a happy situation. A new AAA franchise would need to be secured in either case, and this would simply move that up by two years. I would imagine that a AAA team in Oakland would not be well supported. There was a AAA team in Hawaii from 1961 through 1987, and I would think a team would be supported there if it weren't for the horribly inconvenient travel logistics. It will be interesting to see where that team will be located.
  14. Nine of twelve
    Exhibits A, B, and C regarding the potential pitfalls of free agency. You are paying based on the past performance of a player who is almost always past his prime. Of these three Bell at age 30 would seem to have been the best risk. Abreu is 36, and very few players have Nelson Cruz-like performance past that age. I'm sure there are people in the Astros' front office wondering, "What were we thinking??"
  15. Nine of twelve
    Exactly. We have been underperforming yet we lead the division by 2.5 games. If our players play up to their abilities 90 wins is still not an unreasonable expectation. The division is ours for the taking
  16. Nine of twelve
    In a perverse way part of me hopes that happens. It would be fun to see brains exploding among the baseball purists.
  17. Nine of twelve
    He has proven himself. As long as he is healthy enough to play regularly he should be on the major league roster. The thing is, the same thing was true about Miranda at the beginning of the season. So if he struggles there's always AAA for him to work out any issues.
  18. Nine of twelve
    Falvine know that this is not fantasy baseball. Their high-salaried jobs are on the line with each decision they make. Add to that the pride/shame associated with performing at the highest level of their profession and they have a lot at stake. I believe that they absolutely do what they think is best no matter what the fan base wants. Every. Time. But I still hope we get Lewis on the major league roster ASAP.
  19. Nine of twelve
    Just pathetic timely hitting. Just pathetic. In spite of that the team played well enough to earn a split of the road trip and almost certainly would have had one if not for poor umpiring in the Monday game. And in spite of that we still find ourselves in first place by 3.5 games. So things are not all gloom and doom. Chin up, keep working. The division is ours for the taking.
  20. Nine of twelve
    When the Twins made the decision to keep Pagan on staff I was open minded about it. I assumed that the FO and on-field people felt that he could be effective with proper coaching and proper use. And I thought it was the right thing to do to give him opportunities to prove himself. While he has mostly done OK, when things have gone bad for him things have gone very bad. Every reliever on a team with championship aspirations needs to be able to do the job in any situation and it seems to me that he is simply not reliable enough. I think the time has come to thank him for his service and wish him the best of luck in his future elsewhere.
  21. Nine of twelve
    I think this is true for most people.
  22. Nine of twelve
    Sometimes you're the pigeon, sometimes you're the statue. On Monday Cuzzi was the pigeon and the Twins were the statue. Today the Dodgers were the pigeon and Pagan was the statue.
  23. Nine of twelve
    Obviously there is never one and only one reason for a loss. But in this case I think the two obvious missed calls on the Kirilloff strikeout had a very large effect. Moreover, Kirilloff did not make a mistake in that at-bat. Cuzzi did. I think it's very, very likely that the Twins would have scored at least one more run in the top of the tenth if not for those blown calls. And that would have won the game. Cuzzi's poor umpiring is a reason for the loss that is just as real as any other reason.
  24. Nine of twelve
    What's even more telling than Cuzzi's poor grade is Gibson's grade. The best human pitch-caller is about 94% accurate. I don't have a citation for this, but it's my understanding that electronic systems have been more accurate than that for many years. As said before, there is no good reason not to replace human pitch callers with electronic ones.
  25. Nine of twelve
    The umpires would overrule the call on their own. No challenge needed.
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