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  1. stringer bell
    I think so. Who'd a thunk it on April 1st?
  2. stringer bell
    Apologies for temporarily locking the thread. Trying to operate from a mobile device. How long will the Dean experiment last? Very reminiscent of Andrew Albers.
  3. stringer bell
    Only when John Ryan Murphy was catching.
  4. stringer bell
    That Clinton was within a couple hundred delegates meant that there was no way she could lose with over 400 proportionately assigned from California. She was going to get plenty of delegates to clinch the nomination tomorrow anyway. If the Democrats want to win and win big, everybody needs to get behind the nominee quickly. We'll have a race between two of the most disliked presidential candidates ever-the resistible force versus the movable object-Trump vs. Clinton. Game on!
  5. stringer bell
    Aren't there plenty of pitchers to be sent down? Dean, Rogers, Boshers, Kintzler (pretty effective so far) and Duffey (three straight bad starts). IMHO, Duffey has been given more rope than Milone had. Pressly has had some good appearances lately, I truly doubt they would use his last option at this point.
  6. stringer bell
    Nolasco remains an enigma to me. When he effective, as he was last night, he still manages to allow a very high percentage of base runners to score. He seems to defy predictive metrics like FIP.
  7. stringer bell
    There is no doubt in my mind that Plouffe is playing injured. He's dealing with the intercostal and a sore knee for sure. He should be disabled and allowed to play closer to 100%. Heck, it might increase his trade value.
  8. stringer bell
    Winnah! First MLB win for Taylor Rogers, who was very impressive against the Rays. I do have to say that I haven't seen a worse lineup against the Twins this year.
  9. stringer bell
    I'm holding my breath. It does help that Jep is facing three guys with a batting average under .200.
  10. stringer bell
    OK, I'm a Dozier fan. Met him personally and like how he deals with fans. From midseason 2013 to midseason 2015, he was the Twins best player IMHO. Because he was good for two years, I don't think that this is all about the league figuring him out. I do think that he has hit more balls weakly this year, lots of popups and medium fly balls. I think the two years he excelled should give the team some basis for being patient. However, batting him down in the order should happen. Dozier made himself a good ballplayer by adding power numbers to his other skills, the trick is keeping some of that power while using the whole field. I think he can do it, but he could be a "one-trick pony".
  11. stringer bell
    While Grossman isn't really a prospect, the Twins need to find out about him, as well. For as long as Sano is out, I think he can fit in a rotation.
  12. stringer bell
    Regarding Kepler, it is a month or so later and the Twins are in a different place. There still was a hope (however small) when he was recalled in April, while now they should be looking totally at 2017. I think the five players can all get plenty of time (Kepler, Buxton, Grossman, Park and Arcia) and maybe we will know a little bit more about all of them.
  13. stringer bell
    I think everyone agrees that doing what is best for Buxton long-term is what is best for the Twins. There is no need to rush him back. However, there is no agreement on what is best for their top prospect. I was in the camp that believed he could have benefited from starting the season in AAA, but he was basically handed the starting job in Spring Training. Without a doubt, Buxton was thriving at Rochester, hitting for extra bases, reducing his strikeouts and playing every day. Should he have stayed in upstate New York with a lesser talent promoted? No one really knows for sure. I hope he starts almost every day for the Twins and thrives. I don't have a problem with Buxton getting an occasional day off, but wherever he's playing, he should be the principle center fielder. As for hitting him ninth, I don't think such baby steps are an issue. Batting at the top of the order adds just a bit of pressure IMHO and there is no need to subject Buck to that. It is also interesting that the Twins didn't recall Eddie Rosario. After a slow start in Rochester, he's been hitting better than Buxton. Interestingly, when Buxton left the Rochester game early yesterday (presumably to catch a plane to the west coast), Rosario moved from left to right field while Max Kepler took over center. Do the Twins not consider Rosario a center fielder at all?
  14. stringer bell
    Not a great game, a lot of misplays by the Twins and a couple by Seattle. They played the delayed steal just right and Santana redeemed himself a bit by making a perfect throw to double up a runner at home on a fly ball to medium center field. Seattle has to feel like they really let one get away--heart of the order hits three popups in four pitches and the preceding inning only got one run both times with the sacks juiced and no one out. Then, in the bottom of the ninth, they can't score with first and third and nobody out.
  15. stringer bell
    Not quite fair to include Rosario and Santana in this discussion. Santana has played center out of need at the big league level and Rosario was an outfielder who the Twins experimented with as a second baseman. The young talents present make the Sano experiment tougher to understand.
  16. stringer bell
    OK, speaking of marginal players, I understand the love for Beresford, but he is at best a utility guy. On a team that thought it had a chance, he wouldn't be worth losing a 40-man spot to give him a shot in the majors. The Twins have 12 wins on Memorial Day weekend, so the scenario is different and maybe it is a chance to reward Beresford with some big league pay and meal money. Robby Grossman is interesting to me. How many left handed throwing switch hitters are there? I can think of a couple, but not many.
  17. stringer bell
    Mike Moustakas tore his ACL and would figure to be out for months, perhaps the remainder of the season. If, in fact, he is done until September or longer, the Royals would need to plug the hole at third. While Plouffe isn't a gold-glover, he is solid in the field and provides a bit of power for the Royals. It is a pretty good fit and the Twins shouldn't have to worry about trading within their division when they are light years behind everyone else. Both Plouffe and Moose would have one additional year before hitting free agency, so the Royals would probably have to trade one of them before 2017. It isn't a perfect fit, but there has to be some interest down I-35 for a proven player.
  18. stringer bell
    IIRC, Allen had struggled with alcohol/substance abuse earlier, but cleaned up his act around the time his father passed away. A relapse would be life-threatening stuff for Allen, not to mention the life-threatening act of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence.
  19. stringer bell
    Nuñez
  20. stringer bell
    Quality defense and the change-up of a left-handed bat. While I hold no false hope of stardom, it is possible that he could be a good backup/partial platoon partner.
  21. stringer bell
    No, it is not June yet.
  22. stringer bell
    I think Brian Dozier is a better player now than Jorge Polanco and I think that it is pretty likely that Dozier will always be a better player than Polanco, but for the first time since Dozier emerged (three years ago), I believe that it may be time to move Dozier for a better fit on the team (Polanco). The assumption for a long time has been that soon the best two players on the team will be RH hitting youngsters Miguel Sano and Byron Buxton. I hope that day arrives some time in the second half of the year. Of the next five most established players on the Twins, four of them hit right handed (Dozier, Plouffe, Suzuki, and Park). Dozier, Plouffe and Park are all players whose power is a big portion of their value. I want to see more guys who make contact, provide speed and defense, who maybe can hit at the top of the order. The projection for Polanco fills that bill better than today's Dozier. As for playing Arcia for now and optioning Rosario, I get it. Right now Rosario is rolling a little better and Arcia is having a tough time. A week ago, the situation was reversed. Ideally, Rosario could be optioned, but until Buxton is ready, there really isn't anyone to replace Rosario, so I leave them alone for now and get both Arcia and Rosario enough at-bats. I don't think it would be a terrible idea to give Santana a day off or two, but I'm satisfied with his play in center and hitting ninth.
  23. stringer bell
    Command and secondary pitches will determine if Graham has a major league future.
  24. stringer bell
    Loved "When Harry met Sally". It does contain one of the classic lines in movie history. I've enjoyed probably a third of ChiTown's list.
  25. stringer bell
    Centeno!
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