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  1. Riverbrian
    I’ve stated multiple times that I wish the Twins would have already had more MLB info on Dobnak and Smeltzer. I don’t buy any assumption that Perez is better. He might be but his bar isn’t hard to clear. He has an ERA over 5 since June. Those are not numbers to lock into and say we have no need for improvement. With Gibson being a question mark and Pineda out. Perez has gone from 5th best to 3rd best by default. We could have prepped for this better. Bullpen games will be what we do now for at least one spot in the rotation and I’m Ok with this because of current team context. But with Gibson throwing yesterday... I’m wondering if we don’t bullpen two spots in the rotation.
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    What kind of pizza are you eating?
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    I'm not sure why Rocco turned to Gibby? My only assumption is after nearly every bullpen arm throwing the day before... he looked at his options and said "I trust Gibby the most". Future questions to be answered. Is Gibby still in the rotation? With his illness.. Are they going to try to manage his innings? Do we still have a rotation?
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    Agreed... I'll just add that you may not be considering the arm strength, which is at a whole new level across the diamond and it has to... just to match the increased speed in the game. Scouts are not taking long looks at players who can't at least pick em and put em down a little bit. Defensively... Arenado and Chapman are as good as we have ever seen. On the next tier... Bregman and Machado will compare with anyone in the past. I'm not slamming Brooks... I never would. The athlete today is just at a whole new level.
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    Pluck Babe Ruth out of 1927 and drop him straight into a game today and the first 90 mph slider he sees will make him immediately request to go back to 1927. We used to marvel at Brooks Robinson and we should he was amazing. However, there are multiple Brooks Robinson type defensive talents playing 3B today.
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    I was just thinking about the difference between last year and this year.
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    Schoop stats this year would have been our third best hitter last year. It's an illustration of progress when a player producing an OPS+ of 108 becomes our biggest disappointment.
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    Not to my knowledge.
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    Not to my knowledge.
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    I'd prefer that they don't hand a job to anyone and call them a placeholder. We will need 8 starters at least throughout the year. I'd like to see all 8 competing for the 5 spots and I think it would be wise for Pineda to be one of those 8. If the front office views it from your standpoint. If they plan to sign Pineda and use Player X until Pineda returns, knowing Player X is going to be a sub par pitcher. Already knowing that they will send Player X away when Pineda returns, neat and clean like a Hollywood script. Then it would be a horrible idea. In that Scenerio... They should still sign Pineda and find a better player than player X. Signing Pineda should not prevent them from finding a legitimate arm for that 5th spot in the rotation.
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    I think it's a good article with a legitimate question.
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    I agree with everything you've said. I would only add: "Umm, We gotta sign someone".
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    Welcome Everyone Please view the Mission Statement and feel free to ask questions in the questions thread.
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    It worked out OK. I’ll give them a pass this time
  15. Riverbrian
    To answer your original post. If I was on the Red Sox Search Committee. Falvey would be on my short list. I would be looking for progressive front offices moving in new directions. I'd be looking at the Dodgers, Astros, Rays, Cubs and Brewers leadership along with the Twins. Just imagine... the Rays sensibility and combine that with Red Sox resources. The combination of those two things would produce... what the Dodgers are right now. If I'm Falvey... I take the job. Because the combination of the Rays sensibility and the Red Sox resources is a tactical advantage that the Twins or even the Astros can't fully match.
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    To my knowledge these are uncharted waters. I don't believe anybody has tried bull-penning a double header before. If it has been done before... it certainly hasn't been done with such a key September match-up with another game to play tomorrow against the same team. The only thing I can think of: If Smeltzer or Dobnak or whoever are hanging zeroes let them keep hanging them. I won't see the logic of Smeltzer throwing two 1-2-3 innings and removing him for the third inning just because it was scripted that way.
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    If Taylor Rogers is our best pitcher. (I Believe he is... Starters included). You will need more innings out of him. Come playoff time... the walls are down... the 162 game structure of rotations, closer, set up, long relief... no longer apply. Meaning... if they need Rogers to throw... He will have to throw, especially if he is our best pitcher. Saving him for save situations and thereby limiting the innings that he can throw is an incredible waste of talent. The data that states that Rogers struggles with no rest is a small sample size but if it is a direct cause and effect. They got to throw him on multiple days to get him used it or better at it. Because we will need him to do such things in the playoffs. Many people look at data and say... :Uff Da we got to turn this down... it isn't working". Sometimes that same data is really saying. We got to turn this up.
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    My response was based on the often stated concern that his all out style of play is the cause of his injuries. I'm merely pointing out that not all of his injuries are the result of him running 100 mph into the fence. If you are trying to point out that he is "injury prone". That is obvious based on the number of days he has spent on the Disabled list but that is a different discussion.
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    Less ammo for the Arbitrators to work with.
  20. Riverbrian
    Easier to take a nap that way.
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    Don't worry... It'll be someone who makes you nervous.
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    Yeah but slow motion eye closing on a lob. Is way way funnier.
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    I knew this guy at school who could not catch the ball. You could lob the ball to him soft toss and he couldn't catch the ball. Couldn't even get lucky and catch it. It was a television/radio class so we decided to turn the camera on and film him in slow motion missing the ball for our television assignment/project. We didn't realize it when he was missing the ball every time but slow motion revealed that he was closing his eyes consistently. We had slow motion shots of him closing his eyes and the ball bouncing off his forehead, followed by the expression on his face. And then another one. I put Skaters Waltz in the background and the class laughed so hard, they were falling off their chair. We shot about 20 missed catches in slow motion. I wish I would have had the foresight to save that video.
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    A Space and 4 exclamation points?
  25. Riverbrian
    GARVER!!!
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