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  1. jokin
    Ha. But getting Donaldson tossed yesterday was a stroke of pure genius, possibly the key move in them winning the game yesterday. So, why not? With all the weak on-the-field performances this year, a value-added, sour grapes about decorum, digs-from-the-dugout approach might be just the ticket.
  2. jokin
    The only place the Twins would look for said person is usually from within or from a trusted former colleague- which greatly handicaps the potential talent search pool. How about expanding the search to someone who has an athletic background and also attends/attended the best grad schools in business, mathematics and physics?
  3. jokin
    So since this is such a great strategy over two games, the course is now set to make and sign a waiver claim or two each week and keep firing up those much-needed "sparks"? That's the plan?
  4. jokin
    Scuffling with control is par for the course at this level- so much of what he is doing in real time situations is "big picture" stuff- a part of his training regimen and program- ie, getting a better feel and mastering his 3rd and 4th pitches, experimenting with situational pitch sequencing, what to throw early/late in the count, etc. The point is, that short of his very first inning pitched and this latest game, he has dominated A+ level hitting in 2016 and is dominating a level that he is repeating. On the 5th and 6th inning finishes, this is also part of the plan. He's actually improved on that count thus far, averaging close to 6 innings per outing this year and only a little over 5.5 innings per outing last year. I would think that one of the long-term goals was to continue to build season-long arm strength and stamina by increasing on his 135 IP and 24 starts in 2015- perhaps closer to 175 IP and 28-30 starts by season-end- thus a lot of 5 or 6 inning starts to make the plan work. Finally, we concur that a challenge very soon at the next level might be exactly what Stephen needs to accelerate his development and maturity.
  5. jokin
    Your conclusion concerning Ryan's "conclusiveness" still reeks of an element of back-patting. (In a kind of pathetic and "I feel sorry for him that the game has passed him by" sort of way).
  6. jokin
    On the numbers thing, see below. On the innings thing, I don't think getting past 6 IPs is a fair minor league standard to hang many hats upon. The Twins have a long term plan in place for a projected total number of innings over the season for each pitcher- they usually get pulled after 5 or 6 innings whether they are cruising or struggling. Gonsalves had 80 innings in A+ ball in 2015. His comparable numbers this season thus far are dramatically improved. His BB/9 has (his latest 2 outings nothwithstanding) improved by over 1 BB per 9 IP (much closer to 3 than 4) and his K/9 has improved nearly by 2 Ks per 9 IP. I would think that most everyone is agreeable to a June promotion. The issue is fans seeing one so-so outing and determining from said outing that he's "not ready yet." And the same goes for management, where sometimes "must be consistently dominating" is MLB gatekeeper code for seemingly unattainable expectations of "perfection". Whatever the case may be, the present way the Twins have been developing their arms- (Read- Slowwwly)- has not produced very many major league ready quality producers. In this particular case, streaks of wildness, if that is indeed what has happened to Gonsalves of late, can be sufficiently dealt with at either A+ or AA ball. I don't think anyone disagrees that Gonsalves has the stuff and the makeup to tackle the next level almost immediately, do we?
  7. jokin
    That quote is partway to rectifying this appalling Twins' situation- it needs to be coupled with a renewed ticket sale boycott followed by the proverbial Owner's "Vote of Confidence."
  8. jokin
    After seeing him play a couple games in the OF, not great, but he's actually much better than a few who have manned the OF for the Twins this year.
  9. jokin
    Yeah, because small sample sizes and expectations of perfection on every single outing should be the ultimate determinants in promoting anyone, particularly your most talented prospects.
  10. jokin
    I think Walker's going to have "Brett" dropped as his middle name and have his name changed to Adam "Bring that K Rate Down and add more" Walkers. And accentuating the positive, and being hopeful that this is the start of something clicking, last night he only had 2 Ks in 5 PAs, cutting that 50% K-rate just a smidge.
  11. jokin
    On the way? I can just imagine what his dumpster diver strategic bulletin board must look like right about now... (Big and colorful circles, squiggles and arrows, with "Twins Way Wannabe", "Better than his Numbers" and "Really Gets After It" scribbled alongside his ultimate favorite potential castoffs...) Hey, I'm sure Terry is just drooling at the prospect that just as soon as we have overall last place secured from the Braves, the Twins will have first dibs on every reject, rehab and reclamation recruit from the 29 other clubs. Then he can really start "sending messages".
  12. jokin
    Is there one, just one media-type in this town who is willing to take off his sycophant shades, for just one moment, and finally once and for all announce to the world that "The Emperor Has No Clothes."
  13. jokin
    Maybe not damning evidence, how about darning? And then again, you tend to be more forgiving than the average play-it-by-the-numbers Twins fan.
  14. jokin
    Pretty Andrew-Albers-like, but then, I've always been a fan of mirages.
  15. jokin
    Only one way to find out...
  16. jokin
    The Twins marketing department = Absolute Genius How soon before they bring back Paper Bags with Pre-cut Eyeholes Night?
  17. jokin
    Nope. Demoted to AAA.
  18. jokin
    You write that like it actually might have happened.
  19. jokin
    From the OP: Seriously, Dean's major league numbers thus far don't exactly line up as a significant predictor for success against the suddenly re-awakened Blue Jays bats (who already are historically strong in Target Field)- Avg- .389 WHIP- 2.00 GO/AO- .50 BABIP- .464 Pull%- 51.4% HardHit%- 41.4% H/9- 15.8 I get the sickening feeling that more than a couple of Jays are licking their chops right about now.
  20. jokin
    Fixed that for you...
  21. jokin
    I literally LOLd at your post... so true.
  22. jokin
    Come now.. the funny just writes itself. (Zuke is sitting at -0.1 bWAR).
  23. jokin
    As stated in the other thread, this is the season where no satire or attempt at gallows humor in mocking a Twins lineup is safe from actually becoming reality. You post the most outlandish prediction for a starting OF you can think of the Twins ever putting on the field in 2016, "knowing" it's far too absurd to ever come to pass... Mastro/Grossman/Santana... voila, your "dream" comes true. It's like the Twins are breaking the 4th Wall of Comedy- you ask for it, you get it.
  24. jokin
    Joking? Maybe. but this is the season where the Twins break the 4th wall of comedy. You ask for it, you get it.
  25. jokin
    Break out the limo and the red carpet when that move is announced. If the marketing department hasn't gone entirely PC, the commercial writes itself... I could even visualize the promo being something along these lines: "Twins fans, get to know your new Twins buddy, Buddy Boshers... You'll love him but rival teams fear him... his initials are BB, as in "Beware Buddy", and.... don't ever "Bother Boshers"... he throws screaming BBs..."
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