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  1. TheLeviathan
    He's made 25 freaking starts, this argument is so terrible. Let's dump Buxton too if we're going to use this kind of argument.
  2. TheLeviathan
    But, as you kind of admit, these are all self-imposed problems. The team should be having Santana, Hughes, Gibson, and May in the rotation and had a three way competition for the fifth spot. They chose instead to move one of their upside starters to the bullpen, admittedly as a temporary act. It's pretty rare for guys to effectively bounce back and forth, so either the team is deluding themselves about May going back or they are deliberately feeding Trevor May false hope. Either way, they created this problem with their own choices: infatuation with a lefty starter, non-spending/trading during the offseason on relievers, and over spending on mediocre starters in FA in the past. All of that has lead to a real wasted opportunity to utilize Trevor May in the best position to help this team - pitching more innings as a starter.
  3. TheLeviathan
    We could use the same mentality in the rotation which, as you may know, pitches far more innings. This team cornered itself and people are rushing to justify it. Ugh.
  4. TheLeviathan
    I imagine Trevor May standing out in the bullpen with a single tear running down his cheek. I have many tears on the other hand.
  5. TheLeviathan
    Under
  6. TheLeviathan
    This spring has indicated some good steps in that direction so I'm hopeful as well. I'm glad you pushed back on him a little bit, those responses were hard to read and not hold against him.
  7. TheLeviathan
    I was caught off guard by just how delusional Dozier was about his second half.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Yes, one of the higher upside pitchers. I don't care what Hughes weights or where Gibson was on the prospect list 5 years ago. May is one of the few potential starters with the ability to strike people out and the pitches to do it as a starter. That alone makes him pretty much the highest upside arm outside of Berrios. Santana is sort of a known quantity, there isn't a ton of upside in him.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Over
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    Over
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    Under
  13. TheLeviathan
    Under, I don't like that lineup.
  14. TheLeviathan
    I think that's pretty unlikely. If May pitches well the argument becomes "he's too good to move back!" If he struggles it becomes "well if he can't hack the pen....." Guys just don't flip back and forth much, this likely is the end of the line for one of our higher upside SPs.
  15. TheLeviathan
    This is the crux of it for me. In terms of upside, only Berrios exceeds May among guys likely to pitch for the Twins this year. We're trading that upside in to patch something we could've solved in other ways. I just can't get behind operating like that.
  16. TheLeviathan
    6th or 7th huh? Well then....
  17. TheLeviathan
    That we did nothing via trade or free agency to bolster the bullpen and that we loaded our rotation with a number of overpriced FA signings. So now we move arguably the 2nd or 3rd best starter in the rotation out to the bullpen to compensate.
  18. TheLeviathan
    Do you toss everyone out for their stats the first go around in the big leagues? Watch out Byron Buxton..... The freaking kid had 25 starts under his belt and was starting to show EXACTLY what you want from a young starter when we flipped him to the bullpen. It's patently absurd to argue that May's move to the pen had anything to do with his inability to be a starter. It had much more to do with the team's inability to field a competent bullpen and overspending on mid-tier FA starters. We should be investing in players like Trevor May for the future of this rotation, not using his talents to put a band-aid on roster blunders.
  19. TheLeviathan
    I think this is an important point for any holding hope that May can return to the rotation in the future. It's just so uncommon for guys to flip back and forth successfully that we can pretty much mourn May's potential as a starter today. I hope he turns into a brilliant reliever, but I can't help thinking the team made a mistake here.
  20. TheLeviathan
    I'm glad they didn't carry on the ruse of him competing any longer. I'd rather him start preparing for his role now if that's what the decision was always going to be any way.
  21. TheLeviathan
    I'll go with the over...a full season of Wieters plus better depth helps them squeak by the over.
  22. TheLeviathan
    I think the only way Sweeney or Quentin makes it is in addition to Arcia and Santana. And I just don't think we'll carry that thin of a pitching staff to start.
  23. TheLeviathan
    Looks like no flip. Maybe he's warming up. I hope he flips on every home run and doesn't care one damn bit about people whining about it.
  24. TheLeviathan
    I hope it was an epic flip. Gotta get ready for prime time.
  25. TheLeviathan
    If they do that....it instantly makes this entire OF thing The Stupid.
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