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  1. Riverbrian
    Missed the game but I did look over the highlights on MLB.com I'm liking what I'm seeing from Colabello defensively at 1B. As as for the Red Jerseys... They haven't grown on me yet. Bring back the Robins Egg Blue!!!
  2. Riverbrian
    I watched him catch last September and I saw nothing defensively that concerned me at all. I think he will be fine fundamentally when his time comes. It's the rest that I assume needs some seasoning. I have no idea what the Twins game plan is with Pinto but I assume its risky to give the job to a rookie at that position based on his tantalizing offensive upside with only a September worth of experience. If you don't sign Suzuki... You are rolling the dice big time with no insurance (ala Aaron Hicks). Let the Vet start the year behind the plate and eventually if Pinto continues to hit at AAA and gets some more experience working with pitchers and calling games... Footwork... Whatever. He will steamroll Suzuki eventually and the job is his forever and ever or until he hits FA.
  3. Riverbrian
    You may be right... Deduno has been getting relief appearances thus far... Yet.. He is getting multiple innings which indicates stretching him out as well.
  4. Riverbrian
    Catching defense isn't just blocking... Throwing and framing. The catcher is your QB. He faces the whole field... sees the whole field... He calls the cuts... He runs the show. But even more importantly. He is involved in the game plan prior to the actual game... He calls the pitches during the game. He works with the entire staff. If a curve isn't biting like it should... He sees it... He talks with the pitcher about it. He will call less breaking pitches if it isn't doing what it should. They become a unit and having an experienced catcher is important and it isn't something that shows up in the measure able stats that most of us look at. I believe that 9 times out of ten. When they talk about a catcher needed to work on defense. They are not talking about POP time or blocking balls in the dirt. It's the whole thing. A catcher who struggles working with the pitchers can cause us ordinary fans to be angry at our pitching staff because of inflated ERA's.
  5. Riverbrian
    My guess... We'd have to eat some salary to make it worthwhile. He was signed as a free agent... That means we paid more for him than others were willing or close to more than others were willing. It's the nature of FA. He pitched OK for us but I don't know if that increased his value. I could be wrong but Correia is more valuable to us as a "Now" MLB starter than any player he could bring back. If we package him with Kepler... I think we are still getting the same player in return for Kepler alone. Just my guess.
  6. Riverbrian
    Right or Wrong... I always believe that Spring Training numbers don't carry a ton of weight because I think the Front Office and Manager have a pretty good idea who is going North with the club before ST starts. But... In consideration of the battle for the #5 spot in the rotation. Thus far... Doesn't it appear that Deduno is in the pole position. Worley has struggled so far and Diamond hasn't been grabbing the spot with both hands. Plenty can happen between now and opening day. But...
  7. Riverbrian
    I just got home for a quick lunch and turned the game on. I noticed the Rays and decided (conditioned actually) to just pretend I was watching the Rays instead. I've learned over the years that if the ladies say the sky is green. It's green.
  8. Riverbrian
    Nice work compiling this... I appreciate it.
  9. Riverbrian
    It seems we had an unsupervised food fight take place. The food is stuck to the walls of this thread so I'm gonna lock it down. Payroll is clearly a divisive issue. I believe payroll discussion is an unavoidable debate in consideration of the strong feelings on both sides. We are asking that it doesn't invade every thread. It has in the past and the moderation crew is trying to prevent the payroll debate from resembling Asian Carp in every waterway. This topic was about the two remaining free agents... Personally... I have no interest in Drew but I wouldn't mind Morales. That's my on-topic thought about it. Please... In the future... Refrain from dragging payroll into topics... Unless the topic is about payroll. And yes... I see how a free agent discussion can lead to a payroll discussion. If we try hard enough... Almost every topic can turn into a payroll discussion. We are asking that it doesn't. Go ahead and start a 52 percent thread and go at it. Just do it respectfully and the discussion will be fine. Just keep it out of the discussion about the return of Jason Kubel. Also feel free to restart a "Drew and Morales... Should we get them thread"? Now I shall lock this one up. The lasagna is falling off the ceiling.
  10. Riverbrian
    It's late but up... These game threads are gonna be hit and miss during the pre-season.
  11. Riverbrian
    I'm a strange guy... There is no doubt about that. I seem to be a little off kilter because I simply refuse to get worked up over players that I know nothing about. I was bummed over Bonofacio because I know who he is... I've seen him. Diaz... I have no idea... Reading a scouting report from someone who probably got his scouting report from someone else... means very little to me. Especially when I know nothing about the evaluators involved. I continue to trust... That if the Twins scouting staff likes him... They would have made a competitive offer. Same goes for the other 28 teams. The Cards liked him at X amount and the player liked the Cards at X amount. Did the Twins like him at Y amount or did the Twins not like him at all??? I don't know. I'm really gonna try hard to not get worked up over not signing some guy that I've never seen to form my own opinion on. Same goes for our current farm evaluations. I'm reading that the Twins have the top farm system. I read that and I feel great about it... But I won't feel totally wonderful until those great talents on the farm produce at the MLB level for my own eyes.
  12. Riverbrian
    The baseball got less pretty as the innings advanced. Take Care All!
  13. Riverbrian
    I'm gonna watch Colabello take one deep and take off myself.
  14. Riverbrian
    Like she has any control over that.
  15. Riverbrian
    1 run in... 1st and third with two outs and the ball hasn't left the infield. D matters.
  16. Riverbrian
    D matters... Especially with a team that isn't going to hit 5 run homers.
  17. Riverbrian
    Contact play. He would have taken off no matter what.
  18. Riverbrian
    Escobar was safe
  19. Riverbrian
    Ben was a little shallow on that one... That's a bad place to be with nobody on and one out. If I was Sandberg... I'd let him know about that.
  20. Riverbrian
    We better not trade Correia... We need a cap on Martyrs!!!
  21. Riverbrian
    Herrmann should have handled that ball in the dirt. That could cost us a run. Colabello picked him up with a nice play. And now Gibson has to finish up and we have team baseball covering for a mistake.
  22. Riverbrian
    Revere will do that to ya.
  23. Riverbrian
    We've been thru this... Before in time. When you talk about Underdog... Your words must rhyme.
  24. Riverbrian
    A no-no should always matter in my opinion. I remember throwing a no-no against my friend in a whiffle ball game and it mattered to me. As for Parm... He needs to make this team. It had to be the sun.
  25. Riverbrian
    Oh... Now I see what they mean.
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