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  1. PseudoSABR
    Kubel and Colabello haven't been hitting (much) since their uberhot start. Kubel just sat for three days.
  2. PseudoSABR
    That they risked losing Mastro (or the potential Fuld pick up) to give Bartlett a chance to reconsider his retirement wasn't ever going to work out. They should have anticipated Bartlett's level of commitment. The whole thing makes me pine for TR's return. More than lack of planning, what bothers me is the logistical errors and ineffective player-team communication.
  3. PseudoSABR
    PavanoGuerrier Slowey Neshek Mijares
  4. PseudoSABR
    I think this threads the needle. If the 25th man, a Bartlett (or Presley), only ever acted as the 25th man, a smiddence of at bats and lots of time on the bench, Bartlett is defensible choice (though with no upside); but the 25th man and the roster spot that player occupies act as insurance against the unforeseeable. You don't have to foresee the injuries to Hicks, Arcia, Willingham, (Fuld), and Buxton, but your insurance policy should be better than Bartlett in Left or Santana in Center.
  5. PseudoSABR
    Castro wasn't available.
  6. PseudoSABR
    That's really impressive. I got 40 before I gave up. While I've never been much of fact-buff, and even if you're some years older than me, that's a remarkable score you put up.
  7. PseudoSABR
    fify
  8. PseudoSABR
    Just some food for thought: Remember when a Twins Exec, I think Anthony, said that the Twins were throwing money at people, but no one wanted to play here. But the truth is that players who have played for the Twins speak glowingly and passionately about their time here. The familial sense Twins veterans feel is ubiquitous, even the supposed-spurned ones like Bartlett and Perkins. I've seen video recently where players like Hunter and Span expressed that Minnesota was home and that the Twins grew them up. When Guerrier was quoted saying "This is where I want to be." I found it touching and I was proud to be a Twins fan. Part of building for the future is establishing a culture of kinship which does have more value than glitz and gold to a good deal of people. It might be an abstract pursuit, but allowing former players to return at the margins of the roster does little harm to present and future teams; and the payoff is something to be proud of and more wins by retaining stars and beckoning them to come here.
  9. PseudoSABR
    Agreed. It's insightful and artful. Though I realize I'm probably a blend of a Weenie, Palooka, Cry Baby and Idealogue. Ugh.
  10. PseudoSABR
    Hicks and Arcia, then? Though I thought Arcia's wrist was still bumming.
  11. PseudoSABR
    In fiction (and Pizzalotto emerges from that realm), the plot must serve the characters; so the plot does matter, but only in so much as it reveals about the people involved in the narrative. The characters in the first Matrix sucked too, but the plot was so bold that it hardly mattered that the characters were tokenistic ("Neo" for godsakes). The sequels failed because they lacked both a story a tell and credible characters (I couldn't even watch them). As great as Marty and Rust were, having them for a second season may have tuned in viewers, but wouldn't have been good for the show, as they already had their denouement; the narrative covered 20 years of their lives. I didn't see a realistic way to resolve the Tuttle situation without having even more Law and Order type episodes. In my opinion, had it resolved much more than it did, it would have been far too cute and neat, and lose it's sense of authenticity. I don't see the Deus ex Machina at all, really/
  12. PseudoSABR
    Two things: 1) It's incredibly difficult to write a continuously interesting and cutting edge serial (episodic) dramatic narrative with only two freaking characters. In it's best form the show probably should only have been six episodes; I'm sure HBO execs were fighting against a series that had only eight episodes. 2) I thought the ending was fantastic, given that there were so many train-wreck options. A) A less pretty ending without catching the lawnmower guy (who was uniquely and profoundly well rendered in the last episode), would have been totally off-putting in predictable. Say, an ending with Marty and Rust both dying would have been pretty unsatisfying, though more realistic perhaps. There's no revealing of the occult that could have been satisfying. I'm glad that they didn't attempt to explain what was really happening. More than this, all good narrative is about characters, and both Marty and Rust go through real evolutions of character. The scenes in the hospital, especially in the parking lot have such resonance. Marty realizing how much he misses his family and what a horrible **** he's been. And Rust realizing that the experience of human life isn't some perverted evolutionary accident. I think the show will continue to deal with the occult, and we will learn about the operation of secret society and their belief system; though we'll shift characters and regions. Though we wont see Rust and Marty, we might see the Tuttles again though probably not next season.
  13. PseudoSABR
    I am okay with it, as long as guys can draft other guys as dates too.
  14. PseudoSABR
    The development time line for each individual player is extraordinarily different. Pay less attention to age, and more attention to their progress at each level. Honestly, if Meyer's age is the lynchpin of your argument, it seems a rather glib effort. It's just nothing new for pitchers--especially college pitchers with injury history--to dominate the minors, yet not be ready (or trusted) to contribute to the majors.
  15. PseudoSABR
    It's a direct quote from the chat log (I provided the link). Deliberately obtuse? How about the context of the small sample size of five weeks of baseball? Law's known to rally against old-school philosophies that hold prospects back; that he directly answers the question with "No they don't [need these guys right now]" makes it clear that what ever upgrade they might provide doesn't constitute a need in Law's mind.
  16. PseudoSABR
    He very well might be an upgrade over Pelf or KC; but it seems like you are obscuring what's best for Meyer's complete development. He's got a new change-up, let's see what happens when the scouting reports circulate and he has to make further adjustments. Safe-guarding the development of an elite prospect is nuanced and abstract; so it's easy to get frustrated when minor league results don't translate into a major league promotion. Meyer's longterm future is far, far more important than whatever upgrade he would provide over Pelf and KC.
  17. PseudoSABR
    Link Mayday Malone (Boston) Alex Meyer or Kevin Gausman? Both big clubs need these guys now. Klaw (2:09 PM) No, they don't. Stop looking at every minor leaguer like he's going to come to the majors and perform at his peak level right away.
  18. PseudoSABR
    I think Bartlett prevented them from further addressing the depth of either position; i.e. they didn't acquire more candidates for the 25th man. I find it more likely that the Twins were rosy-eyed in-love with their prospects at both positions and never were in the market for anything other than depth at either position. It's fair to fault them for that; but Bartlett wasn't the reason they didn't address CF or SS, Buxton/Hicks/Polanco/Santana/Escobar/Florimon were.
  19. PseudoSABR
    It matters which management decision we are critiquing. I'd tend to criticize the acquisition of Presley as opposed to his release. I'd also critique the Twins evaluation of both Bartlett's ability and commitment to play baseball. They had Mastro, Hicks, and Buxton (seemingly*) in the fold. They've lost Mastro, and acquired Fuld and Wilson. While guys like Bonafacio would have been an upgrade to the depth, such depth would be a boon at every up the middle position. There's not a lot of quality depth at up middle positions, period. The Twins should have anticipated these problems better, I agree, but I don't no that there were quick and easy means of amending the lack of depth either. * My guess is that they minimized the injury to Buxton in their minds, and viewed him as closer to major league ready than they've been willing to lead on. So there was little need to further address the position.
  20. PseudoSABR
    A guy like Kalish was out there too. But we had our guys in Hicks and Presley, with Mastro at depth, and Buxton coming off the AFL. It's roster dumbfoolery and injury that bring us here, not a failure in free agency.
  21. PseudoSABR
    I remembered that poorly, mea culpa. They certainly reacted slowly. I admit Bartlett looked bad, but we saw only a few games, I'm not willing to say it as definitively as you, though I tend to agree; and in any case, Fuld was already a better option than Bartlett. If undue loyalty to Bartlett cost them Mastro, that's assbackwards.
  22. PseudoSABR
    I'm with you guys. The on-field evidence puts him on the 25 man; so we're left with off-the-field issues as the culprit. And this is my main criticism. Part of the scouting profile must include abstractions like attitude and work ethic. Too often the Twins acquire players where its readily apparent they don't fit into the Twins culture.
  23. PseudoSABR
    As the team inevitably struggles as the summer moves on. I think it's time to revisit diehardtwinsfan's thoughtful treatise on thread-jacking and flamebaiting; while the subject is 'spending,' the analysis applies to many incendiary aspects of front office management.
  24. PseudoSABR
    Hey, I'm trying to engage you honestly; if you don't respect that, well, that's unfortunate. There's nothing uncivil about what I said, and I suppose it's your choice to take it to heart or not.
  25. PseudoSABR
    I was watching the game, and Bert was talking about how he was throwing flat and not making use of his height. I hoping the mere repetition of the bullpen will help him iron out his mechanical flaws in more frequent game situations.
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