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  1. jokin
    What? (Never gets old...)
  2. jokin
    Spit take funny.
  3. jokin
    I go back and am still scratching my head that the Twins braintrust never bothered working Fister out. As we speak, a promising and admittedly lucky season is hanging on the precipice of doom.
  4. jokin
    Too much truth alert!
  5. jokin
    I'm similarly infatuated with this post.
  6. jokin
    I'm in love with this post.
  7. jokin
    Strange, yes. The "strangeness" of this whole situation is precisely the point of this tongue in cheek thread.
  8. jokin
    Not sure if Chris Paul is a legit prospect or not. Why has he not been called up to Chattanooga yet (repeating at Ft Myers)? Looks like the opportunity at 3rd is his for the taking with the Lookouts. Does he have a good enough glove to play 3rd in the majors some day?
  9. jokin
    FWIW- 9 errors (both @ SS & 2B). Bears watching, but not disqualifying going forward. Very exciting to see the quantum leap at the plate in BOTH power and plate discipline. How often do prospects DOUBLE both their BB% and their ISO% year over year?
  10. jokin
    Incorrect by current MLB standards. 6 IP and 3 ER is now deemed a "quality start." AL league average for SPs was indeed right around 4.5 in 2016. For the game in question... Meyer's FIP 3.30 xFIP 4.57 So, I guess "fairly effective" is a pretty accurate description.
  11. jokin
    I kinda like an old fashioned doubleheader once in a while, too (especially when miserable weather leaves out other extra-curricular options). Thanks for the update and clarification. I appreciate the player's position on this, but it still leaves the rotation in flux as they hit the road, and a September 2nd doubleheader would have found the team at full strength... plus an expanded roster of Red Wing/Lookout arms. A BP game would be interesting, but at the current pace- Pressly, Belisle and especially Kintzler are going to be arm-weary by August- all 3 appearing in half, or nearly half of the games, so far.
  12. jokin
    You don't kick your previous season's "Big FA Signing" off of the major league roster, leaving him exposed to 29 other teams, if you think he's the obvious long-term answer at the DH/1B role. As of now, he's little more than emergency filler if or when Mauer has a recurrence of bilateral leg weakness.
  13. jokin
    Exactly. I'm right with you- the Twins are in a most unenviable position of picking their poison. They clearly have little interest in increasing Vargas's role, Escobar, although occasionally streaky hot, is just above Futility level at the plate overall, and it's highly likely that Park or Palka would fall flat on their face given 200+ PAs. Curious that everyone is ragging on Vargas's lack of production from the right side of the plate as THE REASON for his limited PAs, and yet, over his career here're his splits: Rt-handed- OPS+ 110 Lf-handed- OPS+ 94 Regardless of that fact and the clear ML evidence that Vargas is the superior hitter, the Twins still can't even come to the conclusion that Vargas is the best of 4 less than optimal options.
  14. jokin
    I don't know the rules on doubleheader "democracy". How often do the players have veto power on split doubleheaders? Playing a doubleheader early in September makes financial and competitive sense. The rotation is in a shambles right now. What is the line on who throws tomorrow night? Since you mention Baltimore weather for the series opener, have the Twins built an advanced statistical model on rainout probabilities and playing the odds that a Monday night washout is bankable? They already used up their long RP today- so no bullpen game tomorrow.
  15. jokin
    Objects in post may be closer (or farther) apart than you think... Vargas OPS+ 108 (2017) 103 (career) 68 (as PH) Escobar OPS+ 94 (2017) 87 (career) 43 (as PH) Santana OPS+ 60 (2017) 87 (career) 55 (as PH)
  16. jokin
    Yep. I've been wondering about this since April 1. I like the direction that the new executive staff is taking the Twins, but, but... Wasn't there a little wiggle room in the budget to, at the very least, give Fister a plane ticket and hotel room to work him out and see what's left in the tank? And it sure looks like the Angels didn't take much risk or dollars in signing him. Strange.
  17. jokin
    Mejia must have learned a lot from Flyball Phil. The outfielders are getting a nice workout (So are the OF fans, for that matter).
  18. jokin
    Did Molitor yank Chief before the 9th inning, too?
  19. jokin
    Yep. They Twins kinda/sorta screwed that one up too. Why didn't they just reschedule the rainout with KC for a Split DH during Labor Day weekend?--- Expanded roster, bigger gate potential, straightened out pitching rotation (hopefully).
  20. jokin
    When Molly pinch hit for Vargas in the 7th, I immediately spoke up and noted that although he was Playing the Percentages vs. the lefty- the skiPPer had now forfeited a potential chance for Vargas vs. Hererra in the 9th. I like Escobar, but certainly not as a pinch hitter or designated hitter- in what world does a utility player double as the team's catch-all strategic pinch hitter and part-time DH? Especially considering what Vargas had just done in the previous game. Seriously, since it seems that the manager doesn't think much of Vargas's potential to contribute to the team, they may as well move on from Kennys and bring up Park or Polka on Monday.
  21. jokin
    That's pretty much how Terry had Vargas evaluated. He would have been gone had Ryan been retained, and we'd be having this same debate about Park's weaknesses. The new management must have seen something in Vargas to give it one more shot and they must have seen something in Park sufficient enough to remove him from the 40-man.
  22. jokin
    Yep, well-stated. Anyone who asserts that Vargas is "bad" defensively at 1B just hasn't been watching him play this year.
  23. jokin
    The Twins were given an opportunity to bypass throwing Mejia out there today and putting off this game until the next KC series in September. Plus, they could have increased their gate receipts and rescheduled this game as part of a split DH on Labor Day Weekend vs. the Royals- and with an expanded roster, to boot. As it is, Mejia could have pitched on Monday, as the Twins are yet again in need of an SP vs. the Orioles.
  24. jokin
    Because second-guessing comes with the territory? Mejia automatically over Berrios? I don't think so. I would have started the season with 4 starters and 13 pitchers. Sort out the pen with the extra pitcher and determined who was ready to be effective immediately, using Mejia in long relief, NOT starting, keeping Berrios on Rochester rotation schedule consistent for when the first 5 day stretch came about for the Twins to move him up. Simple.
  25. jokin
    Indeed he will be fine- ups and downs are inevitable. To put a fine point on it, Santana historically gets better as the season progresses- 2nd half stats: 0.5 lower ERA, 0.34 lower FIP, marginally lower AVG, WHIP, OPS, wOBA, BB%. Santana will be what he always has been, a gamer down the stretch run (hopefully, there is one this year). We can stop worrying about Santana and whether or not he is the Twins Ace, Berrios looks ready to take on that mantle. That still probably leaves the Twins short one decent SP- with no obvious man buried deep on the depth chart ready to step up. I'm scratching my head that the Twins didn't even work out Doug Fister- doesn't look like the Angels paid too much to find out if he's got something left in the tank.
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