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  1. Riverbrian
    I don't think anything should be touted after 12 games... including a bottom 5 offense. Now... if it must be done. When I look at a 27th ranked offense with a .659 OPS... One of the first things that I look at are the players who are dragging that number down. Who are the players getting playing time below that 27th ranked number? Those are the players who are dragging it down. Here's the list: Carlos Correa, Michael Taylor, Jose Miranda Max Kepler, Nick Gordon, Kyle Farmer and Willi Castro. Unless we pin it all on Gordon... the flexible players are not the culprit.
  2. Riverbrian
    Flexibility is a natural by-product of depth. You can't have depth without flexibility. If you don't have depth... you will not survive the injuries that are sure to come.
  3. Riverbrian
    I have openly questioned the strategy because injuries can happen at any time regardless of rest. Was Correa over-worked 8 games into the season when he tweaked his back. Was Gallo run down when he developed side soreness. Was it too much playing time that caused Max Kepler to hurt his knee running to first. We are 10 games into the season and the injured list is as active as ever all around baseball... not just in the land of 10,000 lakes. However... I will let the guys with the information make the decision. strategize long term and execute accordingly. If the plan is to DH him for awhile... So be it. We will see if it keeps him healthy. However... Another However to follow that first However. Letting him pinch hit and then pulling Miranda out of DH just to move Castro to the OF in order to keep Buck out of the outfield for a single inning is way way way way way over the top.
  4. Riverbrian
    Love reading the comments describing the lineup as "B Team" "C Team" "Split Squad". Which players are you talking about? Correa had an OPS of .492, Kepler had an OPS of .489. Declared starters Miranda and Taylor are currently doing the OPS in the .400 area dance. The other guys... the bench, the Subs... Larnach has an OPS of .849... he wasn't supposed to make the team out of spring training. Farmer and Solano were not supposed to face righthanders. They are over .700 OPS facing them so far. Which players are the "B" "C" and "Split Squad" players? Or do we just win on names/reputation. Doesn't seem to matter what they are actually doing on the field. There is no such thing as "B" "C" or "Split Squad". If you think that a player on the roster is "B" "C" or "Split Squad". We will not survive the season. There are 26 spots and every player needs to be able to perform. If it hurts to play someone... they shouldn't be on the roster. BECAUSE THEY WILL PLAY and therefore IT WILL HURT. Is Solano still superflous? Do we still have too many left handed outfielders? How are all those platoon plans working out? 10 games into the season. Does anybody remember September without singing Earth Wind and Fire.
  5. Riverbrian
    You grab a bat and you walk up to the plate when it's your turn to hit. He will need to do more wherever he hits in the lineup. He will be up with bases empty, runners on, with no outs, with two outs with big leads, big deficits, tie games, close games, in the 2nd inning, in the 5th inning, in the 9th inning.. He fill face all of these situations... wherever he hits in the lineup. You are painting Miranda as psyched out and therefore worthless in the meantime. You claim to see it and you claim that Rocco and Mgmt can't?
  6. Riverbrian
    I know it's a small sample size... however... now that I've seen all 4 in action. I don't think it's too soon to declare that I like the "Twin Cities" jersey the best.
  7. Riverbrian
    Spending an Easter Sunday disproving a probably? If I do that... I will have to spend some serious time in self reflection afterwards... just to figure out where my life went so horribly wrong.
  8. Riverbrian
    Timing is everything. If you catch the A's at the wrong time they will bite you. Every once in awhile you'll need a Kyle Farmer or Luis Rivas to push one through when the time is right. Looking at the long haul this year. The Astros got good pitching depth and I think the pitching will get them the 90 wins you are saying they should get... but... on the offensive side you can see what happens when Altuve and Brantley are on the D.L. leaving them with Jake Cave... umm sorry... I mean Mauricio Dubon and David Hensley carrying water. The Twins may not have the equivalent of Alvarez, Tucker and Bregman but they are deeper in my opinion and you still got to put 9 guys in the lineup. The Yankees are deeeeep. I would not bet against them. They should be in the ball park at the end of the year. Probably gonna face the Twins in the playoffs again. 😉
  9. Riverbrian
    I understand. I remember this 80 degree day at the lake. We got about 10 walleye of decent size. We were all laughing, joking and having a good time. I had bug spray on but I think I missed a spot around my ankle because a mosquito got me. 😄
  10. Riverbrian
    I had a lost a needle in a haystack once. It was a special needle that I wanted back so my friends and I started looking for it. Couldn't find it until another friend walked up and asked what we were doing. The new arriving friend just looked at the haystack and said there it is. Impressed by this and wanting to see if he could do it again. One of the group threw the needle back into the hay stack and once again... he stood back... looked and said there it is. This friend clearly has a unique talent of finding needles in haystacks. You have the same unique talent when it comes to finding the negative in a positive.
  11. Riverbrian
    Solano was 2 for 4 with a walk and run scored. Should have had him bat 3rd!
  12. Riverbrian
    It would be an interesting decision today for sure but I'm guessing that the decision will be easier when he is ready because of injuries or poor play from others.
  13. Riverbrian
    Knock on wood. Who knows... we might get lucky on the injury front this year but we'd have to be real lucky with our 40 man space dominated by starting pitching (which I think is a necessary and good thing). There are just a couple of 40 man position player spots outside the 26 man roster at the moment. So... once the injury bug bites a little harder than it already has and I assume it will at some point because it always does. These guys listed above will be forced to face the opposite hand that they were intended to face negating that advantage. Don't get me wrong... I like the depth overall... I'm not complaining.
  14. Riverbrian
    When bad teams win 4 out of 10 games and they do. Unimposing teams are not as unimposing as we tend to treat them. When good teams win 6 out of 10 games and they do. Imposing teams are not as imposing as we tend to make them out. I encourage everyone to do the math and think about it. Until then... Here come the ole' measuring stick Astros articles and comments which of course follow the dismissing of a sweep against the lowly Royals articles and comments. Teams best strap it on every day. These so called bad teams are filled with professionals who luck out wins 4 out of 10 times. These so called imposing teams like the Astros apparently are not imposing all the time. They are currently 3-4, 18th in hitting (OPS) and 12th in pitching (ERA). Someone beats them 4 out of 10 times.
  15. Riverbrian
    Aww... I got that What'cha Gonna Do Man
  16. Riverbrian
    New thing is tried and it works. Advantage acquired. Eventually one by one competitors copy new thing until all are doing it. Advantage negated. New thing is tried and it works. Advantage acquired Eventually one by one competitors copy new thing until all are doing it. Advantage negated. New thing is tried and it works. Advantage acquired Eventually one by one competitors copy new thing until all are doing it. Advantage negated.
  17. Riverbrian
    I don't know who should hit lead off. I'll leave that to Rocco to decide. But... I do believe that whoever hits leadoff... shouldn't permanently hit lead off because there will be games when the lead off hitter doesn't match up favorably. As long as the lineup is slotted or static... Rocco is on autopilot.
  18. Riverbrian
    I'd be happy if the leadoff spot or any spot in a batting order for that matter was fluid. Not slotted game in and game out like they typically do. If you are going to use metrics to determine who should play then use all metrics to determine who should play AND where they should hit in the order. It should change based upon hot/cold and matchup data. Kepler batting leadoff 3 times in a row assumes that Kepler is our best hitter. He has not been for two years. Kepler batting leadoff 3 times in a row assumes that Kepler matches up best against Greinke, Lyles and Keller. I don't know... I haven't checked the metrics but I doubt that. If you are going to platoon for advantages around tight margins. Why negate those slight advantages with a slotted batting order that will some day produce Kepler batting leadoff against a starter that he is 0 for 20 against.
  19. Riverbrian
    Injuries... Who'da thunk. 😉
  20. Riverbrian
    I agree with you. I'm not arguing your point in your 2nd paragraph. I think this is an awesome thing for baseball. You are clearly not sure where I was going with this. I really hope you are not looking for a recent link of Major League Baseball using (obviously paying) an elected congressional representative to slip already defeated language into a massive omni-bus bill when they have already done that and it is still the rule of the land. If you are indeed looking for a recent link... I apologize because I don't have that. I'm not aware of the need for baseball or congress to do that again since it has already been done so I haven't been checking for it. It was you who said: "Campaign contribution? Quietly slipped into massive spending bill? By who? We're all reading about this now...in a public forum". So I posted a 5 year old link so you can remove the question marks in your post. 😉
  21. Riverbrian
    Be grateful for the depth and hold on to it with both hands.
  22. Riverbrian
    I don't think the game would suffer in total. MLB already can't compete with the NFL when it comes to the immediate pay out to Kyler Murray. It will suffer in little corners of the game such as when Oakland wastes a number one pick on Kyler Murray. I'm OK with your model in its basic form but I still think the real problem had always been above the minor leaguers heads at the CBA negotiation table where you have two big boys fighting over as much of the pie as they can get with no room to care about minor league conditions.
  23. Riverbrian
    Here's an article explaining what baseball did with the help a high placed friend in Washington. https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/3/23/17152778/spending-bill-minor-league-baseball-explained-save-americas-pastime
  24. Riverbrian
    Agreed on the draft bonuses with one exception. Sometimes the elite athlete has other sport options so baseball does have to try and be competitive with the other sports in that occasional circumstance. My concern with minor league compensation hasn't been with the bonus baby 1st and 2nd rounders. Those bonuses are big and a little financial discipline and they can ride out the low compensation. My concern has always been with the later round low bonus guys who has to have a young wife or girlfriend working two jobs just so he can chase a dream and afford a roof, sandwich, maybe even a car so she can get to work at those two jobs. Every CBA I keep looking for someone either ownership or the players union to speak up for the minor league players. It never happens because it hasn't been in anybody's interest to concern themselves with what I'm concerned about. This announcement is big... It makes me happy on this fine opening day of baseball in 2023.
  25. Riverbrian
    The housing is huge and with that I think some real important progress was made.
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