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  1. jokin
    Off-topic, but I don't like the fact that the 31 and 29 year old non-prospects are playing both games of the doubleheader at DH and 1B, while the team's best hitter Pinto's day is done after only 3 PAs. Barring some sort of injury, why can't the prospect DH the second game (and against a LHSP)?
  2. jokin
    Hope so, not sure of it. The Twins ride the mediocrity horses for far too long, and are also adverse to the kind of drama that ensued after Pelfrey's first demotion to the pen out of ST.
  3. jokin
    I know, but you would still need two predictive outcomes come to pass, Meyer still has to jump over two of three veterans in some fashion.
  4. jokin
    Right. His history from last year suggests that he can make adjustments after dreadful performances and do quite well. And his velocity has actually ticked up a bit from last season, across the board on all of his main pitches.
  5. jokin
    And that's the crux of the problem for Meyer in potentially coming up after 2 more effective starts. Barring Tobi's somewhat unlikely scenario of both- Nolasco needing extended time on the DL- coupled with Milone's or Pelfrey's pitching falling off of a cliff (the Twins have a tendency to keep running guys out there as long as they can maintain "mediocrity")- in the Twins' way of thinking, Meyer will likely still be effectively blocked by two of the three veterans. They seem committed to trying to somehow extract value from those veterans before casting them to the wind. Replacing May or Gibson due to (Take your pick- one or more of the following):"ineffectiveness"/"consistency"/"non-minimizing"... seems like Meyer's best path to the Twins in the very short term (BTW, this would not be the right move, IMO- I'd like to see Gibson work through things at the major league level working with Allen.)
  6. jokin
    That seems like a Twins-type move (financial considerations/preserving value on the veterans), not sure if that's the right move, it seems too premature to pull the plug on Gibson. The definition of "effectively wild."
  7. jokin
    Sooo.... "Mini-Consistency"? And who does he replace?
  8. jokin
    6 IP 11 K 0 ER 96 pitches, so probably done for the day. Very encouraging, to say the least.
  9. jokin
    Shades of Doc's OP I'm not a Schafer-backer at all, but when I watched the play he's referring to live, Dozier's physical gesture appeared to indicate for everyone else to "clear out". It's important to point out, that like most of the team, Dozier hasn't gotten off to a stellar start in the field either, he also has those two blown DPs due to nonchalant gloved ball-flips. Hunter's recent between-the-legs fielding "gem" comes to mind, as well. Has that casual defensive style of "mentorship" carried over to Arcia? Arcia, out of anyone, and playing a new position besides, needs to be held to a "fundamentals-first" mandate, and mentored accordingly.
  10. jokin
    Yep, great point, that was definitely sourced from a headline writer who clearly understands the meaning of the word "clickbait".
  11. jokin
    I don't think Buck has a bigger backer than myself, and there's no doubt in my mind that, as of April 19, 2015, defensively he is by far the superior choice for the Twin's CF spot in the entire organization, and also that, by the end of the season he would be regarded as one of the elite defensive CFers. But that's not to say that now is the time for a call-up. Three injuries in 2014- both wrists plus a concussion- are likely the worst possible combination of maladies facing a hitter in terms of a setback from where they once were as a hitter. (Given that no two concussions are the same, but how many years had it been for a proven hitter to come back just from a concussion in the case of Morneau?). There's no doubt that he's currently struggling at the plate in AA- a jump that would have proven problematic- even if Buxton were 100% healthy and hadn't needed to shake off the rust of a lost year's worth of development. As alarming as his current 31.7% K-rate is, he's also carrying a paltry 2.4% BB rate. His K/BB ratio is a whopping 13.00 vs. career 1.73 before this season, his current whiff rate is 23.5% vs career 14.1%. As of today, major league pitchers would eat him alive. While I think it's possible that Buxton can turn things around quite suddenly, and well before September, patience is paramount at this point in time, and it wouldn't be the end of the world if he goes the way of Kris Bryant in early 2016.
  12. jokin
    If?
  13. jokin
    I still think it's going to be Berriios @ #1..... but Gonsalves should be a very strong co-2nd pick along with Hu.
  14. jokin
    Well said. And mini-McCoy kudos to the mucho-maligned Blaine Boyer. I doubt he has many fans in Minnesota, but on a human level you had to feel for him finally coming through.
  15. jokin
    Poof... There it is...* *(Just For Halsey)
  16. jokin
    So then this must have been kinda like how he got most of his gigs?: https://youtu.be/vS-zEH8YmiM
  17. jokin
    Sano Grand Slam
  18. jokin
    Yes, it would tend to explain some of his offensive struggles.
  19. jokin
    ... and having a cannon for an arm.
  20. jokin
    ... and Arcia, don't forget Arcia.
  21. jokin
    Not the first time this franchise suffered from a lapse in logic and foresight, and it won't be the last one, either.
  22. jokin
    All you are saying is true, but the braintrust that offers the current contract must also be included in the "locals", then, right?
  23. jokin
    Halsey's gonna love this split: Plouffe v. Kluber: 9 hits in 25 ABs. .360/.360/.640/(1.000) w/ 2 HRs
  24. jokin
    The exception to the rule?
  25. jokin
    "Banishing?" This is a one-day deal, and already the locals are complaining on social media about him missing a home game.
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