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Everything posted by stringer bell
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Rosario with a line-drive single. The kid can hit. -
At least Gibson is upping his BB/K ratio.
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Need one of those "clusters" of hits, walks and opponent's errors.
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Ground ball single, ground ball single, long homer, line drive single.
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Regression.
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This is starting out like one of those games.
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Agreed. EE not looking like an everyday SS.
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Interleague play and free agency have made this a more likely occurrence. In the old days, there weren't 30 teams of course. Beyond that, without pitching for two teams in each league, a pitcher couldn't beat every team in the league.
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Here we go, in a bad way.
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A gopher ball and two Ks. Very un-Gibby.
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When Will Molitor Start Making Adjustments?
stringer bell replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
If Escobar must play, then start him at short and send Santana to Rochester. I think EE is a satisfactory every day shortstop who will hit better in one position. -
Just to summarize, the option of Arcia will almost certainly prevent him from being arb-eligible (Super 2) at the conclusion of this season. Vargas had two months service last year and so would not be eligible for arbitration at the conclusion of 2017. His option could extend team control for another year, but only if he stays in AAA for over two months. Doubtful that was much of a consideration.
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The"need" for 13 pitchers isn't a need beyond the expected bullpen game on Saturday. It is the same old thing of having borderline or worse pitchers who can't be optioned (Stauffer & Duensing) and the Twins' reluctance to part with these guys. FWIW, each Arcia, Vargas and Pinto were o-fer today.
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They did get an extra option for Arcia, allowing this transaction to go forth this year. I found it interesting that they did not go to the maximum number of days for his rehab, so I think the Super 2 has something to do with that decision.
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I was surprised the Twins extended Hughes. In the off-season I speculated that the combination of Nolasco/Hughes would likely contribute about as much in 2015 as they did in 2014 (more from Ricky, less from Phil). It looks like that will come true despite Nolasco's overall poor numbers and current injury.
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Escobar just missed Super 2 this year with 2 years 128 days. Arcia was at one year 132 days, so it would be very close as to whether he would qualify for Super 2 if he played the whole year. Oswaldo will be almost certain to miss the Super 2 threshold if he is optioned for as few as 15 days. Saving money by keeping a player from reaching Super 2 changes pay throughout the control years, I think. I'm pretty sure service time figures into many roster decisions, but the Twins have other factors which would play into this decision.
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Nice little win for the guys and us, the fans. May looks like he is here to stay.
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Holt has a nice flow.
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Strike three looked outside.
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Milone to start Thursday for Twins
stringer bell replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Sorry, I didn't realize how recently Tonkin had been optioned. -
Milone to start Thursday for Twins
stringer bell replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
They can option whoever they want after today. A fresh Tonkin might be more valuable than a temporarily used up Pressly. -
All RH lineup. The Boston starter is supposed to be quite a prospect. Might even be in the Twins Top Ten. Everybody plays today. I'm sure Mauer, Rosario, and Herrmann will be in the lineup for the nitecap.
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Milone to start Thursday for Twins
stringer bell replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
I've been thinking about this for awhile. It could work to have 6 starters--run three through their regular turns and rotate 2 of 3 for the fourth and fifth starter. In other words, Milone starts twice in a row and if he's not outstanding, his turn gets skipped the next time with say May or Nolasco starting after getting skipped. The same for May and Nolasco. If somebody does get hurt, then no one gets skipped. Obviously, if someone throws three straight great starts, he stays and if someone get knocked around a couple times in a row, they go to the bullpen. The point is not establishing a definite pecking order between #4,#5 and long reliever and not designating one guy as the long man. It would be especially helpful if a rainout occurs. -
While most of us would be fine with clearing a roster spot by letting Stauffer go, I don't think that will happen soon. It is Stauffer's status, in reality, which is forcing a 13-man staff. Having one less position player has cost the Twins the opportunity to keep the one-dimensional Vargas. I wonder if it will be an injury that allows the Twins to reduce the staff to 12.
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Stauffer will have a longer trial than I think he deserves. His status plus the need for an extra pitcher because of Nolasco's one-inning start leaves the Twins one hitter short for right now. I would hope that when they recover from the doubleheader, they will add a hitter (either Vargas or Arcia). Escobar/Santana is a separate issue IMHO. If Danny plays well in the field, he will stay in the majors, I think. If he gets sloppy, back to Rochester.
