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  1. h2oface
    Great entry by Gleeman on this. It really reinforced my opinion on the matter and that it is a real head-scratcher. http://aarongleeman.com/2015/05/05/twins-bypass-aaron-hicks-for-eddie-rosario-to-replace-oswaldo-arcia/
  2. h2oface
    Wow. Sounds like they should just trade Hicks, now. Rosario over Hicks at this point really surprises me. Any promotion of the new wave I have to support, but they must not like Hicks at all. Seems personal at this point. Rosario's OBP is not very encouraging, and I am not looking forward to that in the lineup right now. Hip irritation for Arcia? I haven't seen any real reports on what is wrong with him. I guess still not.
  3. h2oface
    Why can't I get excited that the starting pitcher of the month is pitching in low A?
  4. h2oface
    So..... offical scoring types (and perhaps umpire types), if anyone takes the time to look at the recap/summary of the top of the 8th in Rochester, I would be interested if you have a clarification on the scoring. Meyer entered the eighth with only 2 walks given up and one run (which was earned). Meyer got credited with both (earned) runs that Theilbar let in after he relieved Meyer, after Meyer had walked the first two batters and was pulled. From a scoring standpoint, charging Meyer with both of the runs doesn't make sense to me. One run does, but not both. Parmelee, the second of the walks, was taken out on a fielders choice, and Meyer got the (earned) run tagged on him that was scored by a batter Theilbar pitched to! Is it the feilder's choice that makes that second run Meyer's responsibility? Seems odd to me. That must be it, but I don't like it. That is an assumption. But scoring doesn't allow an assumption of the double play. This is then an assumption that the fielder(s) would have made the play at first. To be responsible for a batter you don't even pitch to.......... I don't like it.
  5. h2oface
    I truly am not fond of Ervin Santana being described as "a No. 2 starter". If that is the standard for a No. 2 in this organization, the Twins will continue to be in trouble. I can get exited and hopeful about May, Meyer, and Berrios, but signings like Santana and Nolasco always leave me scratching my head before I bang it against the wall. With Arcia limping out of the box down to first base, today, and then pulled from the game, Hicks may be the first of the wave to come this year.
  6. h2oface
    Didn't Pinto get hit in the head with a bat on a swing again since he has been in Rochester?
  7. h2oface
    Meyer's pitches that were getting drilled were right down the midde, at least that is how the gameday showed it. What would you rather have, a few walks or lots of hits? I don't understand why they pulled him after 4 innings and only 68 pitches. Is he hurt? He didn't walk anyone. Does that means he is Twins' ready now? I know. That isn't fair. Meyer is a really frustrating carrot to dangle for these last three years. Meanwhile, Span goes 4-5 today and even homers, and Buxton and Sano seemed destined for a long season in AA. As much as I enjoy reading these great minor league wraps....... maybe I need to stop for a spell.
  8. h2oface
    I think getting paid twice is not correct. A player can be signed for the minimum by the other team, and the team that releases the player gets that amount of salary relief. The total paid remains the same, just split between the teams, with the signing team getting the player for the minimum.
  9. h2oface
    Please tell me how Nolasco can be sent to triple A. That is thrown around so much, and it surprises me that it is offered in this article, and for vets, it is just not possible most of the time without DFAing and that whole process, which could lead to his outright release.... and salary paid by the team that releases him. So...... please tell me how Nolasco can just be sent to triple A. You can put him in the pen and be an innings eater to earn his way back and wait for the injuries. Or try to trade him to the Dodgers. If they will let Scott Baker in the rotation, they might just love Ricky again. And they have the money. Meyer was shelled today, and taken out of the game with only 68 pitches after 4 innings. He didn't walk anybody though, so maybe that makes him promotable? Great headline.
  10. h2oface
    Well.... nuclear is now nucular because a president said it.......... and then there is the new accepted definition of literally to also mean the opposite, figuratively. Nothing is safe is something can also mean its opposite. If enough people say it is so, even if it is wrong, it becomes the meaning these days. It looks like 10 is in the lead in the poll here on Twins Daily. Lookout. (Don't even get me started on the silent t in often......... so many said it wrong and pronounced the 't' that it became an accepted alternate pronunciation. just ax all those that say it that way. Jeff Daniels says it right (silent), and he is dumber 2.) http://www.salon.com/2013/08/22/according_to_the_dictionary_literally_now_also_means_figuratively_newscred/ sorry.......... back to the minor league report.
  11. h2oface
    Thanks..... I got to bolster the 10 camps lead in the poll. I find it weird that the search engine won't find the article with bat around, but it will with batting around. It seems that it should have come up with it for bat around, too.
  12. h2oface
    I give up. Nothing comes up in a search for "bat around" in other baseball, all forums or articles. Something tells me I won't be missing anything, anyway. I did find this, though, and I am solidly in the 10 batters camp. http://www.wsj.com/articles/mlb-heres-a-perplexing-question-to-bat-around-1429571356
  13. h2oface
    There it is. Journeyman. You can't just use the dictionary for every word's application. You could be an all star and still be a journeyman if you play for a different team every year. The "been around for a long time part" is the lessor part of the definition, I think. Will Myer is almost a journeyman already. Delmon Young is a journeyman.
  14. h2oface
    I agree. It is well documented and understood what ages these guys are. If you are going to be great, age means nothing. They have all been playing ball for years and years. That is what concerns me. Matt Harvey was out for a year, and that didn't get him rusty. The greats are rust resistant. All of baseball has anointed Buxton and Sano as "going to be great", and not just another top prospect. Buxton has been anointed 'Mike Trout great'. With Chattanooga as loaded as they are in addition to these two, the ball the Lookouts are playing still surprises and disappoints me. Even if I accept that patience is in order, and not overrated, I find it disappointing at this point.
  15. h2oface
    Ah.......... but I was always of the understanding that bat around = the batter that starts the inning gets to the plate again, or 10 plate appearances. But maybe there is an inside joke going on here and "but did they bat around?" is a rhetorical question?
  16. h2oface
    It continues to amaze me how disappointing the Lookouts are with all the "great" prospects. The good news...... Nolasco can dominate at the low A level.
  17. h2oface
    Yikes. Plouffe is classified and grouped with Schafer and Robinson. That has gotta sting a little.
  18. h2oface
    I doubt that Redmond is on the hot seat after this week. Silly rumors. Spreading silly rumors.
  19. h2oface
    It would be very ironic for Gardenhire to be Mike Trout's manager, considering that the trade for Gardenhire that brought him to the Twins basically led tp Trout's dad quitting baseball starting a family, as Ronny got his AAA slot. Without that happening, there would probably be no Mike Trout.
  20. h2oface
    Wow. This is really disheartening. The minors is where I come for reprieve. It is not the case much this month.
  21. h2oface
    Your Cedar Rapids link is going to a game on April 16, 2015, against Peoria.
  22. h2oface
    Pelfrey has been a bonus so far. I think you give him starts and hope he continues, and unless this team starts to really be competitive, you can trade him for some value if you are lucky. Nolasco? I think I would like to see anybody BUT Boyer come out of the pen for a spell. Nolasco is going to be a problem. No mater what I am afraid.
  23. h2oface
    I say commit to Santana until the end of May. It is not like Escobar is hitting better.
  24. h2oface
    Other than Cedar Rapids, it is turning into a pretty disappointing month for the farm. 7-6, 6-6, 5-9, and 10-4 from the top down. And the top 2 prospects not doing well at all. Not that impressive for the so called 2nd best farm system in baseball.
  25. h2oface
    It is getting depressing checking in on Buxton and Sano and Burdi and Reed. It doesn't appear that relief is coming anytime soon for the Twins.
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