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  1. JB_Iowa
    Well for a little good news: Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino 6m MRI on Kohl Stewart's shoulder was clean. Dr. John Steubs examined and found no issues, per #mntwins AGM Rob Antony. Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino 6m Stewart is expected to resume playing catch soon and build back up toward next start. #MNTwins fully expect him to pitch again this season.
  2. JB_Iowa
    Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino 4m MRI on Kohl Stewart's shoulder was clean. Dr. John Steubs examined and found no issues, per #mntwins AGM Rob Antony. Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino 4m Stewart is expected to resume playing catch soon and build back up toward next start. #MNTwins fully expect him to pitch again this season. Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino 28s Kohl Stewart's issue originated after a 9-hour bus ride last week from Cedar Rapids to Bowling Green, Ky. May have slept wrong on shoulder.
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    Jeff Dooley ‏@JDooleysports 12m @RockCats and @Twins prospect Jose Berrios leaves game injured in 2nd inning. Injured himself after throwing 48th pitch of game. CJ Wittmann ‏@CJWittJr 11m I have note here Berrios last FB velo's were 95 94 89 90 89 then exited the game. #twins
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    Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino 26m Just checked again to see if there had been any recent progress in extension talks for Kurt Suzuki. No progress, source said. #MNTwins
  5. JB_Iowa
    Arcia, who also has a 5-year-old daughter, turned down a chance to go on the three-day paternity list and said he hoped to join the club in time for Wednesday night’s game. http://blogs.twincities.com/twins/2014/07/29/twinsights-oswaldo-arcia-stays-behind-after-sons-birth/
  6. JB_Iowa
    Haven't seen. The baby was born last night -- apparently in the TC. The Twins will be short a player tonight but I don't know when Arcia is coming back.
  7. JB_Iowa
    Congrats to Oswaldo Arcia and wife on the birth of Oswell.
  8. JB_Iowa
    Jayson Stark via mlbtraderumors: The Twins are telling inquiring clubs that they have not yet given up on extending Kurt Suzuki, and could keep him past the deadline. If that occurs, the team could still consider August deals, though the waiver process (and Suzuki’s cheap contract) could prove a hindrance.
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    Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino 4m View translation #Orioles out on Kurt Suzuki -- Per @Joelsherman1 and @Ken_Rosenthal .
  10. JB_Iowa
    Thanks, Seth. Berrios has been very impressive and it's nice to learn some of what helped him along.
  11. JB_Iowa
    I keep 3 different browsers loaded (FF, Chrome, IE) so I can have access to 3 different home pages really fast. And TD is my Chrome home page. Works well for me.
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    If you hover over it, mine says "likes"
  13. JB_Iowa
    Thanks for that ChiTown. I was really referring to using some of the advance features, etc. Until all of the old articles finish posting, sometimes they dominate the features because they are all still showing up as new. I just think it is going to take a little bit until everything has completed in the transition before we really understand the power of some of the features Brock has added.
  14. JB_Iowa
    If this is about "bad luck", the Twins need to hire some Voodoo priestess to come in and remove the curse of the Black Spruce. Obviously planting junipers wasn't enough.
  15. JB_Iowa
    Brock, I get that. But I would also argue that this is the first season at the trade deadline, at least, that I've felt like the Twins have "got it" and understand that they are rebuilding. In each of the previous 3 years, I've felt like they were on the fence and couldn't decide whether they were buyers or sellers. That didn't indicate "rebuilding" to me.
  16. JB_Iowa
    I do want to say that if we look at a period of years, the concussions would seem to be a real aspect of bad luck. The funny thing is that players on other teams get concussions, too. Why does it seem so difficult for Twins players to come back from them? Or maybe it is just that it hit 2 of their best players whereas the concussion bug has mostly hit lesser players on other teams.
  17. JB_Iowa
    But Nick, that's where I have the problem. We've gone 3 1/2 really bad seasons. Where do you see the significant changes being made in the organization that might change their "luck"? Yes, the farm system has improved but do you really see that the organization has embraced rebuilding? They've begun to implement more sabrmetrics ... but do you feel they've really embraced an analytical approach? I know that we don't see everything as outsiders. But I just honestly don't see how the Twins have done anything to try and change their "luck". It seems to me like they've pretty much just been rolling along in the same old rut.
  18. JB_Iowa
    Found that. Thanks again.
  19. JB_Iowa
    To answer my own question here..... the options used are shown on the Organizational Chart. They are not shown on the Roster & Payroll. Much more info on each player in the organizational chart. Thanks again for all the work.
  20. JB_Iowa
    Well, duh.... works great. Just switch to "player name" sort "Ascending" and there it is ..... much better. That'll teach me to explore some more! Thanks.
  21. JB_Iowa
    Given how much work you and Jeremy put in on this, I hate to ask but is there any way that the number of options a player has remaining could be added to the roster & payroll section? Went there this morning thinking it might be there and was disappointed that it wasn't. I do love both the organizational chart and the roster & payroll. Any chance they could be alphabetized or that we could click something to alphabetize? (Sorry to ask for more work because I really do appreciate them.)
  22. JB_Iowa
    Unluckiest team in baseball? Not to me ... IMO, the old boys club is reaping what they sowed. There are elements of unlucky (Buxton & Sano) but a lot more predictable (Mauer being injured, Willingham being injured). They've had some disappointments with Nolasco & Pelfrey ... but offset generally by pleasant surprises in Hughes and Suzuki. I can't give a pass to any team that has had 3 1/2 horrifically losing seasons and has merely terminated 2 coaches and recycled a GM. Honestly, Nick ... you struck out on this one.
  23. JB_Iowa
    Brock, I think that will be great once the Articles finish posting. I think we are going to have to wait to see the power of some of these new features until all the articles get published.
  24. JB_Iowa
    But actually that was the point of bringing this up. The Astros are a mess. If you had an organization where players and prospects felt they were treated with respect, this probably would never have come up. But Astros management has decided that they are going to be the smart kids on the block. They are taking analytics to the extreme and playing extreme hardball with their prospects and draft choices (and I can only guess from this event that their major league players aren't treated much better). There are some things that I find really interesting in what the Astros are doing -- for example, the idea of using analytics to determine if some players are more injury-likely than others -- but it seems like in their pursuit of all things analytical, they have forgotten that there is also a human element to the equation and that EVERYONE -- players, fans, prospects -- does better if they are treated with respect. There has to be a balance.
  25. JB_Iowa
    Really enjoyed this. And, I also hope to see the young guys for most of the rest of the season. Why doesn't Mauer just offer to take the rest of the season off to "heal up" and donate the appropriate portion of his salary to charity?
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