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  1. Riverbrian
    If... When... Brooks gets the call. I will bang my head against my desk if he is platooned.
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    You are right about the 10-12 PA. I got those numbers from MLB.com. His career numbers that I quote as well came from MLB.com. I went back and checked and they still have 10-12 PA against left and right. But when I don't filter it says 38 PA. Something is off on the website unless he had 16 PA's against someone with no arms. 🤔 Fangraphs has 24 PA's against RH and 14 Against LH. I'll go with Fangraphs. Anyway... I like Farmer. He did a nice job for us last year but 6.5 million is expensive on a team that cut 31 million for a guy who plays 80 games when everyone is healthy. You keep saying "if healthy". I keep saying... When does that ever happen? And... let me be very very very clear. "So you think $2.5M spread to Farmer (3.75 - 6.25) is somehow a number that moves the needle to make the Team better elsewhere? Don’t see it". You were the one who floated this scenario in your discussion with Chia Pet. What if they signed him for a frugal $1.5 million reduction to ‘23’s salary for $3.75 million - is that more tolerable? He isn’t hitting - that’s the sole problem. I didn't take your question seriously when you typed it but I responded to it with a laughing emoji as a light hearted way to end my post. Yes... 3.75 million is more tolerable. 😄 If you continue down your invented path by dragging this point along like your talking with an idiot. You'll go into the same box that Major League Ready currently occupies.
  3. Riverbrian
    I think you are probably right that 26 and 40 man considerations is the reason he is here. Camargo replacing Kepler on the 26 man is certainly not a defensive match. Yet he is here. A low bar to clear is a popular metaphor. Camargo currently has an offensive bar laying on the ground to step over.
  4. Riverbrian
    Agreed 100%. I think you and I had different wishes for improvement this off-season. You wanted a starting pitcher (So did I) but I prioritized a decent bat over a starting pitcher if forced to choose between the two. Regardless... I've said many times that I can understand the need to trade Polanco for budget reasons and I gave up on my wish for an additional bat. However when the savings in the Polanco trade was spent on a combination of players that would not improve the 2024 team and possibly make the team worse... you are correct... hindsight is not required and I don't think anyone should be allowed to use the word hindsight in assessment of the current situation. Perhaps my bigger point or concern though for those who thought it was OK to trade Polanco because they could only see a log jam. It required no hindsight to understand that the roster would not stay healthy and that there was always a place for Polanco amongst the logs.
  5. Riverbrian
    I believe it is absurd to shove Eggs Benedict into your ears. I normally don't bring that up because nobody is doing that to my knowledge.
  6. Riverbrian
    Not from me. That was just a quip in response to a question that was posed by someone who was probably just making a point and doesn't believe the question either. From me... I will argue that 6.5m for Farmer, 4m for Margot, 5.25m for Santana and 4m for DeSclafini adds up to 19.75m and that is money that could have kept Polanco on the roster plus leave 9 million dollars for another or player or... put that 9 million into the Pohlad pocket. 😄
  7. Riverbrian
    6.5 Million is extremely expensive when you are trimming 31 million off the payroll. Yes he is depth at 3B - SS - 2B. He is also 33 Years old and a career .656 OPS against Right Handers. While facing right handers 1318 times compared to 565 times against left handers over his career. When have we ever had a fully healthy roster? With our current not fully healthy roster. Farmer is still a short side platoon. The Twins as a team have 492 PA's against right handers and 147 PA's vs left handers. Farmer has 12 PA's against Right Handers and 10 PA's against LH despite the two primary injuries (Lewis and Correa) playing the positions that you have him listed as depth. Yes... 3.75 million is more tolerable. 😄
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  9. Riverbrian
    Lewis was a superstar when in the lineup last off-season. Handful of players in all of baseball type superstar in my opinion. No team can become dependent on one player though and Lewis still only gave us 122 post all-star break AB's last year. Injuries keep following him around. The 2nd half of last year. Kepler was one of the best in baseball. Jeffers was superb and one of the top hitting catchers in all of baseball. Wallner and Julien were real good hitters against right handers. Jorge Polanco coming back from injury was a big boost. From that group of 2nd half saviors. Only Jeffers and Julien remain.
  10. Riverbrian
    I'll also add this. If the Manager feels that Camargo is too risky to play when the collective team batting average is .193 after 17 games. When Vazquez is sporting a .389 OPS. The catcher position wasn't sufficiently covered during the off-season.
  11. Riverbrian
    That is very safe to assume unless... One of Julien, Jeffers, Buxton, Kirilloff, Miranda, Larnach, Martin, Castro, Farmer, Vazquez, Santana or Margot takes a fast ball off his hand or pulls a hammy in the next couple of days.
  12. Riverbrian
    Or Sunday after the double header or Saturday during one of the games of the double header. Or Wednesday when Vazquez was the DH?
  13. Riverbrian
    Jeffers is one of a tiny number of players in the lineup putting a barrel on the baseball at the moment. If Jeffers isn't catching... I'd certainly DH him to keep his bat in the lineup as close to every day as humanly possible at the moment. So... that puts Camargo on the roster to play the "Gardenhire fear of losing the DH" role? We can't afford that. If the manager feels that Camargo can't out perform Vazquez even for a game. He must be removed from the roster and replaced with... Umm... Just like you... I also don't know who and I won't pretend to. I'm just wondering how low a player has to be in the eyes of a manager to not be tried in the current circumstances and if he is that low in the eyes of the manager... he has no business being on the roster when the roster is dying for offense. I'm not very keen on the Vazquez defensive value discussion when Vazquez played DH against the Tigers. 😉
  14. Riverbrian
    I have no idea if Camargo belongs in the majors or if he doesn't. I don't care because he is in the majors right now. However... I can't help wonder out loud. How bad does the manager think you are if the manager won't put you in the lineup with 8 players on the roster hitting under .200. How is it even possible to have ANYBODY on the 26 man roster who is getting absolutely no playing time with 8 players on the roster hitting under the Mendoza line.
  15. Riverbrian
    Injuries have absolutely hurt us. Injuries are no excuse because Injuries were going to somehow someway sometime be a factor this year just like they are every year. It is completely fair to believe that the front office failed to prepare for a sure thing.
  16. Riverbrian
    It didn't require hindsight. 😉
  17. Riverbrian
    I agree with you if these were the only two options. I would have taken Gordon for less money but this was never going to happen. We like oranges and the front office likes apples to the point that there is no other consideration. Gordon can't protect Julien from left handers... Farmer in theory can. The front office is absolutely locked into this. Margot was traded for because the front office is absolutely locked into this. Margot also isn't our primary CF backup that most here thought was necessary due to the Buxton fragileness. They are here to hit lefties. They have bad numbers against righties. #1. The advantage of the platoon split is absolutely statistically real. #2. 75% of pitchers being right handed is also absolutely statistically real. #3. The amount of hitters on the disabled list at any time during the season is absolutely real. Based on 75% to 25%... I think they are playing the percentages wrong by playing them right. The front office has sacrificed #2 and #3 to prioritize #1 because Farmer and Margot are now being asked to bat against right handers because injuries have changed everything and injuries were always going to change everything. Injuries have upset the apple cart.
  18. Riverbrian
    Camargo was allowed to walk up to the plate with a bat. A pinch hit opportunity in a blow out. 5 games up in the big leagues... one pinch hit. Is our offense performing decently enough to keep anyone glued to the bench?
  19. Riverbrian
    If he is sent down this year. He will have no options remaining next year. He has to earn his job this year. This is Larnach's last chance.
  20. Riverbrian
    I wouldn't have made the move this quickly but I certainly understand... and almost appreciate the immediate attention to what has been a problem.
  21. Riverbrian
    @Sherry Cerny I do want to say and I have told Sherry this before. I normally enjoy her writeups. This one... Well... Sherry... I hope you try again. 😄
  22. Riverbrian
    Chia Pet went over it many times with you how Polanco could be implemented. I stated on multiple occasions on multiple threads that injuries were going to occur. Here's a post where I respond to your claiming that Polanco is a bench player. AFTER Royce Lewis is hurt. You are still asking who Polanco replaces in the field and using Santana in your paragraph. I quote you entirely and I quote me entirely. Posted April 2 Royce Lewis is out for two months after two AB's and you still want to make this same point? Like Chief pointed out... Manuel Margot was our opening day DH and you still want to make this same point? Alex Kirilloff was in LF by game two and you still want to make this point? Julien still isn't in the lineup against left handers. Santana leads the team in plate appearances. Willie Castro is our everyday 3B and you still want to make this point? It's just game three. Your paper lineup doesn't have any staying power. You are standing in the middle of a lineup already in flux around you. But... Nevermind all of that. Polanco would not be a bench player.
  23. Riverbrian
    You understand what question marks mean? When I quoted you... I quoted your entire post so context was intact and others could determine what you meant. Please quote me in entirety so others can determine what I meant.
  24. Riverbrian
    What are the odds? I don't know but I've stated it over and over and over again. With the injury history of Lewis, Buxton and Kirilloff the odds would have to be higher than normal... whatever they are. Here's a post from February having a pleasant honest conversation with Jorgenswest. Posted February 14 Great post as usual. Being a GM is a tough job and I'm not willing to hang them for the decisions that they make... after all sometimes these 1 year guys have good years and are worth the money. However... the failure rate has become high in my opinion and the most simple thing that you can do is not let them double down on the mistake. Spending the money is a mistake but the money spent can't hurt you unless you make the bigger mistake of letting the money spent mistake step to the plate continuously or take the mound continuously. The bottom line to me is pretty simple. A vet on an expiring contract has to perform at the very least average because you can find at least average or close to average waiting in the wings below. Agreed on the short side Platoon. The true short sider (Garlick for example) is a waste of a roster spot. In the case of Farmer... I'll bet anyone money that he will face more right handers than left handers this year. You can set up these pretty platoons in the off-season... they will be blown apart before April is over due to injury or poor performance... and in order to keep the platoon integrity you are signing Luplow and signing Luplow over promoting Larnach for example because of short side splits is just going to kill Larnach.
  25. Riverbrian
    No it really isn't. Since Santana's place on the roster is easily replaced by Polanco and you are claiming there is no place for Polanco to play other than DH.
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