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  1. Riverbrian
    It's baseball so usually the first things to go wrong are: Expectations
  2. Riverbrian
    OK On to tomorrow.
  3. Riverbrian
    Do they walk Cron... Put the Winning run on? For the Leftie-Leftie Matchup?
  4. Riverbrian
    I know longer trust people from Georgia.
  5. Riverbrian
    I have a Pepsi glass. I only drink Coke out of it. I'm just saying that people sometimes do it on purpose. Clarification: I was referencing your bananas and not Mr. Littell.
  6. Riverbrian
    I'm just the messenger. I live in the Central Time Zone... Just as blind as the rest of us.
  7. Riverbrian
    Spoiler Alert Hand will stay in Garver hits for Castro Schoop for Adrianza Twins Win. I just talked with someone from Georgia... Eastern Time Zone... They are an hour ahead of us and know the result.
  8. Riverbrian
    Good Inning In hindsight... it was probably bad strategy for Sano to double. He should have homered instead.
  9. Riverbrian
    The Indians are in it now and so are the Twins. This series is obviously important because it's head to head but no matter what happens during this 4-gamer... The Indians will be in it and so will the Twins. There is plenty of baseball to be played. Now... Back on June 4th... The Twins were 40-18 and Cleveland was 29-30. The Twins held a 11.5 game lead. I said at the time that this was an important series. If the Twins could have swept the Indians and knocked them down to 14.5 back... I felt they could have talked them into selling at the deadline. As it turned out... the Indians took two out of three and have gone 39-16 and the Twins have gone 30-26. I think that was the moment. Now... We are going to have lots of moments. This thing will have to be won on the field.
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    OK... I can't help myself. The precedence has been set. Utility player is officially outdated in my mind and it should be in everybody's mind. There is no reason to roster a "Utility Player" anymore. The Twins have proven this... this year... The Dodgers, the Cubs, The Astros, The Rays have proven it before the Twins this year. The old definition of utility player... is a player who isn't good enough to play every day and must become a utility player because the team needs backups for all 8 positions. Therefore they have to be "utility" players just to remain on the roster and not play. At least until injury forces them into the lineup and when that happens... they are not good enough to play and the team suffers as a result. Don't waste a single roster position... Create Super Utility Players who can all play every day and rest players to fit all into the lineup just like the Twins are doing this year. It allows you to create playing time for 12 players who can actually play. You survive injuries when they occur. Each roster spot is a development spot. You can grow the value of 12 players instead of 9. And you can still win games as our Twins have proven. Along with the Dodgers, Cubs and Rays. Just using the term utility, tells me that he hasn't been paying attention and is still rooted in decades past. Unfortunately, he isn't alone but I'm now aware where he is coming from. And here come the counter arguments.
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  12. Riverbrian
    Me... No way... I am way too brief.
  13. Riverbrian
    I understood the premise and the reasoning for a platoon. We are not talking about a 35 year old on the backside of his career with large collection of numbers that suggest that he mashes one side and doesn't mash the other side. Those are the players that you platoon and I personally question letting players like that take up valuable roster space. With Polanco... We are talking about a player pre-prime who can still get better unless you pull the plug early on one of the sides and say "Platoon Player". In that case, you might as well just DFA him now so we can give the SS job to a more complete player because the right side of that platoon is gonna get hurt and we will have to throw Polanco to the wolves eventually with no training for the wolves. As for "hurting the team". I don't believe Polanco is hurting the team at all.
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    Sorry but I automatically dismiss any expert who still uses the term "Utility Guy".
  15. Riverbrian
    Platooning a player is the best way to develop a platoon player. I'd rather Polanco develop into a complete player. Give Polanco some select days off. Just like you give other players select days off.
  16. Riverbrian
    I don’t care if he is 14 years old. Can he hang zeroes? Let’s find out.
  17. Riverbrian
    Yeah 21 would be better so he can have a drink after being relied upon.
  18. Riverbrian
    They got to work with what they have to work with. When you release 4 out of the bullpen in July and only trade for 2. You have announced to everyone that you have to work with what you have to work with.
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    Or Higher? Or Lower?
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    So Basically, this provides no indication of how he will perform in August or September.
  21. Riverbrian
    Thank God it isn't based on this series then.
  22. Riverbrian
    Cool Run him up the flagpole. We need a flag or two.
  23. Riverbrian
    I'd start with a reduction in innings pitched. Meaning, put him in the bullpen and let's see if he can hang some zeroes in shorter stints. If he can't... Yeah... He will have to be released. We still have bullpen questions marks. So, I'd like to see this tried. However, there should be no question about Smeltzer replacing him in the rotation. I would have made that switch immediately after the trade deadline passed. 2 Perez starts later... I think it really can't be argued anymore. We gotta see if Smeltzer can be better.
  24. Riverbrian
    I should have continued on. The entire 40 man are options under current team context. The club has to be fairly certain that Larnach or Kiriloff will indeed out perform the current 40 man options before they start adding players to the 40 man and therefore burning options/starting service time when they don’t need to. Astudillo could come back... I don’t know when but he could be back soon and now Larnach is places on the 40 man for a 2 week stint before heading back to the minors. Before you Acuna, Tatis or Vladimir Jr a Larnach you have to be certain that they will be Acuns, Tatis or Vlad Jr like.
  25. Riverbrian
    I'll say what I said before when people were ready to trade Sano at his lowest value. All you gotta do is roster him. The rest is up to him. He doesn't have to be a savior, he doesn't even have to play all 162 games. Just give him a roster spot and surround with other players that can also be relied upon. The rest is up to him. Don't let him sink you but certainly let him carry us if he is able. Seems like he is handling the "rest is up to him" part. Let's hope he continues.
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