Riverbrian

I liked Sano's AB... If he takes that approach again. He's gonna clobber one. I'm calling it.

Very interesting how Odorizzi started Nelson Cruz off with the 3 straight change ups.

I just assumed that ago correct was some fancy internet speak.

If they are working with Buxton on launch angle. They need to stop that immediately. That'd be like teaching Stephen Curry to play Center.

I agree with you. There will probably be more attractive options for him. Trade is a real long shot because you get the contract and the vesting option.

It's kind of strange. I wonder where these issues are coming from. I remember reading experts saying that his defense was good. Are the issues fixable? Will he never be a decent defensive catcher?

The vesting option is over with unless you trade for him and the contract. For the Red Sox... It is also about roster space. They could have simply benched him to limit his at-bats but they would have had to lose a player just for the privilege of keeping him on the bench. Pedroia coming off the DL triggered it all. They could have sent down Brock Holt or Jackie Bradley to AAA but again you are sending them down for roster space issues to keep a guy that you want to limit his at-bats. Rumors were that they were considering sending Swihart down who is out of options instead. They needed to make a move and eating 15 million is something the Red Sox can do and they did. Ramirez will clear and then he will decide which team to join. The Red Sox will pay him 15 million to play for someone else and it is not necessarily because Ramirez was a bad player. The Twins have to look at this.

Chris Carter reported to Rochester is my understanding. To my knowledge he hasn't been placed on the 25 or 40 man roster. Not sure why we would be overly concerned about bringing someone in on a minor league deal.

Kinda like saying that Adrianaza is the 2nd most honest politician.

I can respect that. I think we need the bat but he's got some quirks. I'm not going to get into the defensive discussion... I haven't seen enough of him recently to have an opinion. However... I think it's a defensive red flag when a guy goes from starting major league SS to rumored liability 1B in a rather quick time. I'm not going to get into a clubhouse cancer/leader discussion because I don't know... how could I (or anyone) but if he is a cancer... he's been a cancer on some winning teams so it must not be terminal. I'm strictly... We need a RH Bat and we need one right now and if Mauer is healing slow there is technically a spot to work with. I'd be a lot more interested if he still had a little 3B ability left in the tank and even more interested than that if he didn't completely fall apart during his time out in the OF. One thing is for sure... I don't like being in the position of actually feeling like we need Ramirez to fill (a rather large) hole. And I have that feeling.

They could and probably should. They could also sign Ramirez and deal some of that super deep minor league talent for an actual good player. Straight up: Would you trade Grossman at $2M per for Ramirez at 600K?

Actually... He has cooled off but his overall numbers are not in the "performing so poorly" catagory. Boston had to either send someone down to the minors or release someone to make room for Pedroia. If you look at their roster... they are deep. They got that good problem to have thing going on. There isn't an obvious alternative choice to send to AAA. They have 3 catchers who are all out of options and would be snatched up immediately. Holt and Nunez are capable backups at multiple positions and they are pretty solid 1-9. I'm not sure it is correct to assume that this decision was a black and white he can't play anymore decision. I bet there are other factors... such as that 22 million dollar vesting option that would trigger if he got 300 more AB's. This vesting option would not carry over to his new club. Nobody is going to trade for him and take over the contract so Boston will eat the rest of this year. This means that another team can pick him up for the minimum. If you look at the production with the minimum price tag it becomes a strong consideration. In my opinion... the Twins have no choice but to strongly consider Ramirez and should be in "what do we do with him" due diligence right now. Then they gotta get prepared to be more attractive than other suitors. I realize that some people don't like the thought of that but the Twins have built this lineup around Dozier, Buxton and Sano and when those three are not getting it done... they gotta address the right side somehow in case it doesn't fix itself. Hanley might end up being that gift they can't turn down. They got to find someone who can put the ball in play. I think they have no choice.

Scratch Escobar off that list. He is quite cold at the moment. On the list of players hitting right now. Adrianaza just might be number 3 on the list.

Good constructive comments about Buxton. I think Carter was signed because they got have someone who might provide a jolt from the right side and if Morrison gets hurt we start to get pretty thin at 1B. Chances are we won't see him with the big club but if the right side doesn't get things going and Carter is performing in Rochester... who knows. Santana... I hope you are wrong. Let the rehab continue.

The good news was that I was able to stay up and watch the whole thing and I didn't doze off once. It's fair to point out that Paxton is really really good and right now he is even better than that. No shame in scoring one run against him. It's wonderful to point that Romero is also really really good. We might as well get used to him in the rotation for awhile. He is telling everybody that he plans on staying. Even before Paxton hit the mound... the Twins have struggled all year stringing hits together and I'm gonna point to the right handed hitters as the culprit again like I've been doing for too long now. It seems like almost all of our run production has come from the long ball and we haven't been hitting a ton of long balls in comparison to other teams and with the right-handers spaced out equally in the lineup it makes it hard to string things together when they are doing what they are doing right now. It's been bad enough for long enough that the Twins would have to taking a flyer on someone like Chris Carter and It's been bad enough for long enough that the Twins may have to get real serious about making a run at a struggling decline phase player like Hanley Ramirez and figuring out how to wedge him into the lineup. He won't do it but I'd like to see Molitor shock Dozier by moving him down significantly in the lineup and telling him that he will have to hit his way back to where he was before.

Alright See ya tomorrow night.

I used to live right across the street but that continental drift.

Me 2 but it is much easier to say from a California Zip Code.

I was gonna say. "To save him for Buxton" but now I can see the hole in my theory with Buxton at the plate.

Normally, the flags are red enough to pass but the Twins do need to consider the possibility as Right Hander insurance in case Sano and Buxton don't snap out of it.

You'll keep trying right?

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Something Soft that you can sleep on in case you inadvertently change game plans.

It's Ok... You'll do fine.