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  1. jokin
    They'll probably dock Cody a day's pay for that intolerable indiscretion. And maybe a fine, too...
  2. jokin
    Hah. LF is Screaming? No Joe there as long as we have Robbie Ballgame!
  3. jokin
    Vargas in May: .329/.457/.616/(1.074) 6 HR 9 XBH BB/K= 18/17 And there's no chance that Vargas gets recalled because- 1) there's no chance they trade Park- plus, 2) he seemed to have burned all bridges to a future with the big club last season.
  4. jokin
    Buxton in May: .358/.419/.597/(1.016) 4 HR 8 XBH Vargas in May: .329/.457/.616/(1.074) 6 HR 9 XBH BB/K= 18/17
  5. jokin
    Uhh, yes, that's at least one reason he was only 4th on the depth chart to start the season
  6. jokin
    Our Bullpen Savior just got a smooth debut 1-2-3 inning down in Rochester.
  7. jokin
    How about both?
  8. jokin
    While acknowledging that each fan has their own expectations and tolerance level, I struggle to comprehend how anyone can back that statement about standing pat. Even Terry Ryan himself listed a set of priorities for upgrading the team in the past offseason in order to continue remaining competitive in the division- which he then failed miserably to come anywhere close to achieving.
  9. jokin
    Thanks. My TR quote file grows yet again.
  10. jokin
    All good points, except for the fact that the team was clearly years away from contending... a top-flite closer as a rule is an unneeded luxury on a rebuilding team, and Perk was most probably their best source of talent via trade for improving the team for the long-term. And RPs by their nature are a bit unpredictable year to year, Perkins was not immune to that fact of life- many of us supported the move at the time.
  11. jokin
    Bingo. Re: Steven Clevenger (back-up Cubs catcher) and Scott Feldman (flipped) for future key pieces. Many of us at the time were saying these are exactly the type of guys you sign and flip (Feldman) or throw in as sweetener (Clevenger) as part of the machinations of an ongoing rebuild.
  12. jokin
    Yep, precisely. In the draft, the international market, and on other team's rosters, as well. Money/small market excuses are the easy way out.
  13. jokin
    My point is we can't keep crying poor about the lack of depth of resources. Right now the main poverty surrounding this club is the paucity of cleverness and intrepidity.
  14. jokin
    Keeps getting curiouser and curiouser.
  15. jokin
    How about trading journeyman catchers with a career WAR of -1.6 and and a so-so back-end SP for a good RP and a future ace? (Because that's what Theo pulled off). It isn't just deep resources.
  16. jokin
    Mine was meant to serve as a heavier-dosed extra ladle of exclamation point worth of sarcasm.
  17. jokin
    None of the below opinions are based on revisionist history. All were debated and fleshed out contemporaneously with their specific occurrences. 1) Hughes was already under contract- with no track record for year-over-year consistency- foolish extension. If he would have succeeded in 2015, make the QO and move on with your young arms. 2) A much smarter move would have been to trade Perkins at peak value- during the time when having a reliable closer was of no use to a rebuilding team. 3) Pelfrey was a bad move when he first signed, and a worse move when he was re-signed. 4) Capps was a bad trade for net value at the time (Smith as Ryan protege), and made no sense at the time of the re-sign.
  18. jokin
    Huh? I've seen sloths riding on the backs of turtles move more quickly.
  19. jokin
    Who isn't? This move- at this point in the season- smacks of sheer desperation, maybe a 100-to-1 shot. In a long-ago lost season, why? Even if Burnett somehow miraculously succeeds, nothing is truly "gained"- except they re-sign him and further muddle the RP situation going into next season. Perhaps this is just a continuation of the "message-sending", that started with Fien and Milone, to all of the players in the entire organization. Something along the lines of: "We've made things too comfortable for all of you, for too long. Time to get your act together and step up. To prove that I mean what I say, I'm willing to replace you on the roster at a moment's notice with the latest DFA or waiver wire wonder... check that, I'll replace you with the first guy who picks up the phone and asks me for a job."
  20. jokin
    AAA depth...? For all of three+ weeks?
  21. jokin
    I've been told... quite often, in fact... that the "parade" began last year. I've yet to see the confetti, let alone the floats and marching band.
  22. jokin
    What a coincidence... so has Terry...
  23. jokin
    In that case, it sure is a good thing they tore down the Metrodome...
  24. jokin
    IOW- a Terry Ryan match made in heaven? Yep... "I see no issue" ... nothing to see here... move along...
  25. jokin
    Not too late to mention another positive note- 3 more walks drawn by LaMonte Wade last night- he now leads the Midwest League with an incredible BB/K ratio of nearly 1.50. Why is he still in Cedar Rapids- it sure seems like the opposition has no interest in throwing him strikes?
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