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  1. Mark G
    My question would be who is going to be available in free agency this off season? We can't go indefinitely with the catchers we have, especially with no one in the distant future coming up from the farm, but we might be able to get through this year if necessary. We do, though, need to make a concerted effort to sign someone in the off season to be a number one guy going forward, as neither of our two current are providing any long term confidence in the position. I would hate to see giving up player capital to get a rental for two months, I would rather wait until the off season to make a move, but if the right deal came along for the future, never say never.
  2. Mark G
    ? I would put it the day before. The other contests are TV fillers anyway; they can be put on any other day during the break.
  3. Mark G
    The other side of that argument is that with today's analytics and defenses positioning where the hitter most often hits it, if a pitcher makes his pitch the hitter likely will hit it where the fielders are positioned (barring home runs, that is). As such, it doesn't really matter how hard someone hits it, if the pitcher induces him to hit it where his defense is. When he is wild in the strike zone, and the hitter can move the ball around, then the pitcher will get lit up. I pay more attention to where the ball is hit, not how hard.
  4. Mark G
    As much of a minority as this will probably be, I would have all selections made by the people in the game. Players and managers of all 30 teams pick the rosters and the managers of the game itself choose the pitching order and batting order. The vast majority of fans are not qualified to pick the players; the honor of being the elite at your position that particular year should come from your peers. It is the only way the honor means anything. As for the before game fun contests, again, let the players decide what competition they want to compete in; it's their day(s). Although I, personally, would like to see a mini game of nothing but rookies, again, chosen by their peers. Maybe 3 innings or so. Would be nice to see the future of the game up close and personal.
  5. Mark G
    Duffey always has had, and always will have his ups and downs. I wouldn't consider him a closer, and even as the 8th inning guy he makes me nervous in a tight game, but I still want him in the 8 man mix. He has a good demeanor and appears to be able to keep it during a long 162 game season. He is one of those guys who needs to be managed well and put into situations designed to help him succeed. I wonder at times if Rocco is the guy to do that, but with the right coaching staff he has the ability to be better than average. It will be interesting to see if he stays next year or moves on.
  6. Mark G
    They wouldn't if he was their best player. That is the debate, isn't it? Some say yea, some say nay. Personally, I think the jury is still out until he stays on the field long enough to earn that honor. Kind of like Lewis; he has the potential to be the best player on the team for a decade, but he can't stay on the field. There is being the best on paper, and there is being the best on the field, and you have to be on the field consistently to claim that status. Si? No? Personally, I don't want to trade Buck; the years of control and the potential each and every game he stays healthy is worth the risk financially to me. So is the financial risk to signing Correa to the long term deal he is going to get somewhere. But I also don't let myself get too hopeful about either scenario; Buck staying on the field long enough to carry the team to a title or Correa staying for the long haul. In the meantime, I want Arraez, Kirilloff, Miranda, and some of the other young guys to step up and take this team forward. Right now, they lead my top 4. If only they had set positions going forward.
  7. Mark G
    Half our non pitching roster doesn't have a set position in the field, and close to half, if not half, DH's at one time or another. And I would submit half our roster aren't the best fielders the team has ever seen either. I don't know that he is THE GUY you would build a roster around, but he is in the top 2 or 3 players here and now that we will need in the next few years to keep winning, at least in my extremely humble opinion.
  8. Mark G
    No 35 million dollar man is; would be too easy, wouldn't it?
  9. Mark G
    In '20 he played 58 out of 60, in '21 148 out of 162, and so far this year 61 out of 85. I think I would take my chances with that recent track record with as young as he still is. But that's just me.
  10. Mark G
    I may have had 20/25 vision when I was younger, but I need glasses at this age. I don't think I can see that far.
  11. Mark G
    Well, I hope you are right, but it is even harder to build a team around a guy who misses a year or more at a time with injuries, never knowing if he will return the same player. But then we have done that with Buxton, so who am I to argue with injury prone players? Besides, if I had my way we would pay the price and build the team around Correa, but me and JP don't always see eye to eye on those things (I really wish he would answer my calls).
  12. Mark G
    Only two of which are proven MLB players, and one of them struggles to play 120 games a year. As much as I like the potential of the other 6, please give me a year or two more before I crown them part of a future core. Here's hoping you all are right.
  13. Mark G
    You would list a twice seriously injured player with a few dozen at bats in the majors over Arraez? C'mon, would you really?
  14. Mark G
    Back in the day, the ace reliever (aka closer) was called a fireman, because he was the guy who came into the game to put out the fire. Our candidate for "fireman of the year" couldn't make it out of the clubhouse.
  15. Mark G
    As much as you are probably in the majority, personally, I hate the way they are using the DH. The DH was brought into play for two reasons, as I remember them. In no particular order, they were to get the pitcher out of the batters box and put a little more offense into the game and, maybe even more to their goal, to keep guys like Cruz, or Molitor when he couldn't play the field anymore, or any other aging star who could still hit but not play the field in the game because the fans still wanted to see them. No one at the time intended it to be used as a day off on a rotating basis, or for a 2nd catcher to bat when not catching. If you want to give someone a day off, give them a day off. Guys like Buck get hurt running the bases more than they do anything else, so what good does it do to prevent injuries? The DH was created exactly for the Cruz's of the game, to keep them in the game; not for rookies to get at bats they can't get because they don't have a settled position on the team yet. Anyway, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
  16. Mark G
    In a season in which he started extremely slow and appeared done, he has produced 46 RBI's, which no one on this team has. On a team that DH's Sanchez too much of the time, what would be the down side, other than (obviously) a roster spot? A guy who knows how to conduct himself in tough scenarios (October?) might be worth the small price Washington would want for him. It would all depend on where we are at the end of the month, as well as where he is, but I wouldn't rule it out. Concentrate on pitching first, but the roster spot he would take would have nothing to do with the 13 man pitching staff. Keep an open mind.
  17. Mark G
    I think we are going to look back on this late in the season and chalk up the 4th of July as the day/week the division was pretty much decided. Cleveland getting swept by Detroit in the DH (and today), and Chicago falling weakly to us has begun the separation I don't think is going to be closed. This has turned out to be an extremely weak division, and I just do not see any of them capable of making a run. Stay the course, beat the teams we are supposed to beat, and set our sights on October. But make the moves between now and the deadline to give us a chance once we get there. Because we may be the best of the Central, but we cannot compete with the best of the rest. Focus, FO! Get it done!
  18. Mark G
    Definitely got 1 and 2 out of order. If Arraez is not number one, this article is pointless. As for #3, the only reason Buck is in the conversation is his home run total. If there are 2 outs and the tying run on base in the bottom of the ninth, Buck is not on my list of guys I hope are up next. If he doesn't hit a HR, he ends the game, and the HR chances are not nearly as good as others chances of a hit. ( on the other hand, if we are one down and no one on, I would want him up on the chance for the HR) And I would take Kirilloff over Kepler right now; would not have for the first 2 - 21/2 months, but I would now. Otherwise, you are dead on.
  19. Mark G
    Man, I hear a lot of crickets on that post.
  20. Mark G
    I am curious what "enough offense" constitutes, as we have scored 3 runs or less in approx. half our games this year. Offensive capability, or actual runs scored?
  21. Mark G
    Interesting. Personally, I have always liked Thielbar, so it is nice to see him get a shout out of sorts. From what I have read here, others not so much. Thornburg, for me, simply has too small a sample to allow me to trust him or not trust him. 4 appearances in low stress situations just isn't enough to know, but I like what we have seen so far. The others are probably the best choices right now. My main fear is when you line those 5 up against true playoff caliber teams top 5 we just don't match up well. Come September, if they are going strong and we are in first place, I will stand corrected, but right now it doesn't look like a championship top 5. I wouldn't mind an addition (or 2?).
  22. Mark G
    With a 13 man pitching staff and a 4 man bench, it would be interesting to see who you play where in their place. Especially since the 3 guys you named are the only 3 that have played 3rd recently.
  23. Mark G
    "Minnesota ranks similarly bad in other more traditional defensive metrics".......... Makes me wonder what "traditional" means, as we went a century or more without any of the "metrics" listed here. Our eyes used to be the metrics most of us relied on, and I still do. The article does as least give me encouragement in one area: it makes me glad I don't pay any attention to analytic metrics, and never will. Ex: When Larnach grades out higher than Correa and Urshela, it reminds me of the saying: "are you gonna believe me, or your lying eyes?"
  24. Mark G
    Yup, like being able to go more than 60 pitches when he was doing great.
  25. Mark G
    Actually, on much closer scrutiny, they listed the gold glove twice for the same year; only one gold glove.
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