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  1. IdahoPilgrim
    I think Sano will get promoted, but my guess is it will wait until the Miracle have wrapped up the first half championship and guaranteed a playoff spot. And that is not an inconsequential consideration. Yes, the primary consideration has to be player development, getting them ready for the major league club. But maintaining good relations with your affiliates is also good business sense. The club started red-hot, but has tapered off a bit. I can see the Twins keeping Sano there, to prevent a first-half collapse, for the benefit of the local team. The magic number for the Miracle is at 20 - once that has been reached, I can see them moving him rather quickly. Just a guess.
  2. IdahoPilgrim
    Based on performance you are correct. The difference, though, is that Worley had an option available and could not refuse assignment. Pelfrey has enough service time that he could refuse assignment; you'd have to be prepared to give him his outright release (and eat the rest of his salary this year). I'm not necessarily opposed to that, but it does create a different dynamic than Worley's situation.
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    Because he is on the minor league DL, not the major league DL. He was on option assignment to Rochester when the injury occurred. The rules prohibit those on the minor league DL being eligible for the 60-day major league DL. Don't ask me why, though.
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    DFAing Wood doesn't really address the issue since he won't be on the 40-man anyway when it comes time to make room for whomever. I think Willihammer and crarko are right, though, that if Pelfrey doesn't radically improve this weekend and Gibson doesn't completely suck in his next start, it will be Gibson, which will make DFAing anybody unnecessary (at least until the next roster move). I agree with you that you keep Benson to finish the year - I had a chance to think about it after I posted it. There's still a chance he can pull it together. But I've still got this feeling he's not gonna pan out and be gone next year anyway.
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    You do know Denny Green was pretty well mocked when he made that rant, right?
  6. IdahoPilgrim
    I wonder just how much we are risking if Joe Benson is DFA'd. As Seth points out, he is out of options after this year, so unless he is ready to be on the major league roster for good by next year, we'll have to expose him to waivers anyway. And I am just really skeptical that he'll be ready by then. I'm not saying that he might not recover and be MLB-ready, and we might look back and regret losing him, but it might just be too late for the Twins to benefit from it when he does finally put it together, thanks to the roster rules.
  7. IdahoPilgrim
    Careful. You're sarcasm is showing. My post was not that he should be kept in Florida - just that you don't jump him to Minnesota for a 7-day period. If the feeling of management was that he was truly MLB-ready, then I have no problem bringing him up - but only if the intent is for him to stay, not on a temporary basis.
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    My guess is this was a reference to his age (20), not his minor league service time. I think one can make a legitimate case either way. Yes, after 4 years of minor league service you would normally expect a player to be knocking on the door of the bigs, particularly a top prospect. But normally, you don't start your minor league career when you are 16. There is still physical growth and development that takes place during that time, not just baseball growth and development. So I can see his point about not seeing someone who is just now 20 being seen as held back.
  9. IdahoPilgrim
    No. You don't burn an option year for a 7-day test drive.
  10. IdahoPilgrim
    All true, and I remember an interview Jim Pohlad gave a few years ago where he saw himself more as a fan than an owner. Yes, it is a business and they are business people, and ultimately that will drive any decision on selling in the future, but I kinda got the impression he likes baseball and having a baseball team.
  11. IdahoPilgrim
    Why? What would be the goal? I would just assume whoever replaces Worley (Gibson?) would pitch Monday, in Worley's normal spot. Is there really a reason to change, other than tinkering?
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    I for one appreciate that they don't make rash changes in management. Yes, sometimes the need for change comes, and that time may be here, but there are too many owners, in this country and abroad, that have such unrealistic expectations for success that they change management so frequently that there is never a chance to build stability, which I think is a key part of building for success.
  13. IdahoPilgrim
    If he had an option year remaining, he can't decline assignment (at least not until he has 5 years of MLB service time). Are you perhaps thinking of being outrighted, off the 40-man? That can only happen once without your consent.
  14. IdahoPilgrim
    Holiday Inn EXPRESS!
  15. IdahoPilgrim
    Great! Can you clue me in? I was going on the assumption that this wasn't just some "anti-Pohlad" rant and that he was genuinely curious about this for some reason. Is there some assumption that the Pohlad's want to sell? Or is there some indication that they are trying to do so? I haven't seen anything, but I'm not in the loop, so unless it's been reported here at TD... Is it the hope that they can be forced to sell? I'm not sure that's possible, legally.
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    I predict that people will take credit after the fact for predicting Worley to be sent down.
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    I am not a lawyer, and I don't even play one on TV, but I would think they can sell the team anytime they want. Any new owner, of course, would be obligated to fulfill any commitments previously made by the franchise, including but not limited to honoring their 30-year lease. I am curious as to what prompts this line of inquiry...
  18. IdahoPilgrim
    Point taken.
  19. IdahoPilgrim
    That's a little unfair - reading facial expressions is an inexact science as best, with two people seeing the same expression and coming up with two different conclusions as to what it means. For all we know he could have been under the weather that day and it happened to show at that moment. That's happened to me in a conversation.
  20. IdahoPilgrim
    That's the sign of a true Twins fan.
  21. IdahoPilgrim
    Thx. I'm assuming that it means that the tendency is to throw too hard and as a result the sinkerball doesn't sink, leaving it up. It's gotta be more than that, though.
  22. IdahoPilgrim
    Well, it's progress, at least.
  23. IdahoPilgrim
    I looked up a few more stats to add to the mix. League wide the first inning does have the highest ERA (4.56) and the 5th is second (4.46) but clearly the discrepancy is much greater on the Twins than other teams. Also, OPS first time through the lineup league-wide is .722, second time through is .725 - virtually the same, so the Twins numbers are particularly glaring in the discrepancy between the two.
  24. IdahoPilgrim
    Please say more - I would like to know what that means.
  25. IdahoPilgrim
    So again today we start the game giving up a first inning run. I quickly checked baseball-reference and the team ERA in the first inning is 9.43 - far and away above any other inning. The next closest is the fifth inning, at 5.14. I can understand that, as you are talking about the third time through the order usually, and pitch count is now in the high double digits. But why do we suck so much in the first inning? Is it a question of other teams putting together quality scouting reports so they can do their homework well and be waiting for what is coming? Is it a case of our starters being too predictable their first time through the lineup? Is there an issue with the pregame warmup and preparation? All of the above? Granted, this is not a good rotation, but the difference between the first time through the order (OPS 0.936) and the second time through the order (0.810) shows that something is going particularly wrong in the opening frames.
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