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  1. Riverbrian
    I won't deny that... but that is ultimately my point. With all the depth of options that the Cubs undeniably have and the depth of options that the Twins absolutely don't have. It's the Cubs... (in the middle of an intense National League playoff race) who are willing to play a "David Bote" type player.
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    Eddie Rosario is batting .210 with a .576 OPS over the last 28 days. Are you sure? BTW... Maddon hasn't benched Happ at this point but Molitor will? Also... Zobrist is batting .356 with a 1.026 OPS over the last 28 days. I did mention both Zobrist and Happ.
  3. Riverbrian
    What kind of substance are you looking for? Lineup Construction is out Bullpen Management is out David Bote played a few games for the Cubs is out What will you allow? Define substance because we are all flying blind here. I'm trying to be constructive. I'm not even calling for his head. I'm trying to point out another way that other teams are doing it. You want to push back against that... Ok... Go ahead... I guess, I deserve it. Go ahead and carve me up at your pleasure.
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    I’m sure you are aware that this Is a larger point of playing time allocation even as you point out the hypothetical nature of the post. If every baseball team is doing the same thing then I suppose that there is no point. But they are not and I’ll keep pointing them out as a way to compare and contrast until the amount of playing time given to Morrison, Wilson, Buxton and Sano becomes as ridiculous to others.
  5. Riverbrian
    And of course my point is going to be? Who are Tyler Austin and Max Muncy?
  6. Riverbrian
    Logan Morrison Byron Buxton Miguel Sano Max Kepler Brian Dozier I don't
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    I don't want to start a new thread and I don't know what existing thread to post this in... However, I want to make this point. David Bote hit another home run for the Chicago Cubs yesterday. Why do I want to point this out? David Bote was an 18th round draft pick that never appeared on any of those top prospect lists. He was called up to the Cubs about a month ago and he has a total of 109 MLB AB's. Nobody knew who he was. The Cubs are currently in one of the most contested playoff races that we have seen in quite some time. The Cubs currently have Javier Baez, Daniel Murphy, Ben Zobrist, Ian Happ and Tommy La Stella as more experienced and established options. Why do I point this out? Joe Maddon is playing David Bote! Does anyone believe that Paul Molitor would have played David Bote with Zobrist and Happ sitting on the bench, in playoff contention, in late August. I don't.
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    The first home run was extremely impressive because of distance but that pitch was pretty much dead center. His 2nd home run was actually more impressive in my opinion. That pitch was outside corner on the black and he still cleared the RF fence. Sitting Austin against the Right Handers Kopech and Cahill in some sort of platoon with Grossman is looking pretty questionable right about now.
  9. Riverbrian
    If Morrison is back in 2019... we will never win a World Series ever. And I mean ever.
  10. Riverbrian
    There is nothing you can do about it. Mike Myers steals material all the time.
  11. Riverbrian
    I take full responsibility.
  12. Riverbrian
    We are 100% on the same page.
  13. Riverbrian
    Yes, you would take the blame but you might be inclined to not rely on their counsel the next time in an attempt to not make the same mistake again. The front office can and should take the blame but they also need to correct it for the future. Although... I've said this many times... I have no idea who is suggesting what. So this all goes strictly into the hypothetical pile.
  14. Riverbrian
    It's the same page thing that has me the most perplexed. If the roles are sharply defined. If the GM is in charge of the roster and the manager manages the provided roster. There has to be communication at every step of the process between them. A GM can't independently trade Jose Berrios for Paul Goldschmidt only to find that the manager doesn't believe in Paul Goldschmidt and won't play him. That would be giving away Berrios. They say decisions are done by committee... I believe them.
  15. Riverbrian
    It was I that brought up Morrison and Buxton... To be clear... I don't recall you ever bringing up Morrison and Buxton.
  16. Riverbrian
    I'll take command every time but a guy with stuff can work on command and improve it with better mechanics. I think it's much harder to improve your stuff. So I always look for the guy with stuff first. Gonsalves doesn't seem to have a lot of room for error if he doesn't hit his spots. If Stewart doesn't hit his spots... his stuff can still turn it into a weak grounder. He has a lot of movement on that fastball.
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    Obviously way too early to make any determinations but after two starts. I like Kohl Stewart’s stuff and I am concerned about Gonsalves’s stuff. Plenty of time for my mind to be changed. Keep giving them opportunity.
  18. Riverbrian
    I can tolerate mistakes. I can’t tolerate doubling down on the mistake. If Grossman was selected to make the 25 man. He should have played more with Morrison and Buxton both playing extremely bad. If Grossman isn’t good enough to play in front of that type of performance... then I’m extremely disappointed with the entire room.
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    Yeah but none of that stuff fits with my joke.
  20. Riverbrian
    I look at this way. A baseball front office runs much differently than how I run my fantasy baseball team. I am willing to bet my house that Terry Ryan authorized the signing of players that he has never seen on the advice of someone else. I believe I'll still be living in my house because I've heard him on the radio say that he hadn't seen a player before he was added to the roster so it's a pretty safe bet for me. I've heard Falvey say that they take a committee approach to decisions and I got to believe that Molitor is part of that committee. If a manager says I want this guy and the GM says... No. That is the beginning of the end and I imagine the same goes in reverse. We all saw what happened when Philip Seymour Hoffman wouldn't play Scott Hatteberg. Hoffman was out and his next movie only did 28 Million at the box office.
  21. Riverbrian
    Understood... I've often said... you gotta look at the people who hire the people. Still not comfortable with the word "stuck".
  22. Riverbrian
    Can you be sure that Molitor wasn't in the room advocating Grossman on the roster? I can't... so I'm not comfortable with "stuck". I'd like to blame Molitor or the front office for everything but I can't be sure where the decisions we see are coming from.
  23. Riverbrian
    Our... Kopech is right handed and Rodon is left handed.
  24. Riverbrian
    I agree. I've wanted the Twins to get bullpen serious for quite some time. No sense getting bullpen serious when someone in the room is recommending Belisle and someone is riding three guys with the same numbers as three other guys that he is shy about using.
  25. Riverbrian
    Self Inflicted Old School
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