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  1. Kelly Vance
    Well, reality check. Starters all want to finish 5 IP with a lead, so they have a chance to notch a W. That's my criticism of the opener concept. I don't see a guy like Odo wanting to come out after 4 IP, and lose a chance at a W. But sending him out in the 6th seems like tempting fate.
  2. Kelly Vance
    I had a pudgy soft throwing 14 year old that won 6 games for us following this strategy. Throwing strikes is key. But to be totally honest, faster to slower or slower to faster working out depends on lots of stuff the manager can't control. If it works, we get to take credit though.
  3. Kelly Vance
    Many thousands of little league managers do this allatime
  4. Kelly Vance
    I liked my numbers better. They were 40 Cruz, 30 for Cron and Schoop each.
  5. Kelly Vance
    Sorry, I am with the Chief on this one. Your first paragraph -- my answer: "In what world?" If ownership wanted to have that kind of team, nothing is stopping them. Money in ownership hands --most would agree --- means they ain't investing in success. Nobody is holding Rooker back. He isn't ready yet or he would already be the DH. Your point about Rooker, Lewis and Kiriloff makes no sense. Those guys were never going to play in the show this year anyway. They will be in AA or AAA. Those three weren't in 2019 plans before Nelson was signed. Cruz is on a 1 year contract with an option. Lewis might make it up in September 2020. Rooker, maybe this September. Same Kiri. Cruz doesn't block those guys. But even if they were ready, he should. He has been consistently among the top RBI and HR producers in the past 5 years. This isn't a Morrison one year bullet. Cruz is one of those old guys who knows how to hit and he will teach a lot of young guys how to be better. You miss that completely
  6. Kelly Vance
    The best offer could mean a lot of things. Money, term, option buy out, a cool rental house, for example. Maybe guided walleye fishing trips.... you have a theory about what an at best ambiguous statement means. I, like others, interpreted it as a diss, like he is a paycheck player. You don't dis a guy when he is walking through the door. I think he is and deserves better than that.
  7. Kelly Vance
    Im of a mind to say let the best man win. Cave has potential. Whether he has the job remains to be seen. Maybe go with the hot bat, if one of them gets hot.
  8. Kelly Vance
    Mike, for all you know he likes walleye fishing. You don't get to tell us what his values are or what his reasons are. You owe the man an apology.
  9. Kelly Vance
    There is just 1 spot. Keps will win it. The DH position is filled. 1B is filled too, although Austin may get some starts. Cave is a 4th OFer, unless he beats Keps out. He won't.
  10. Kelly Vance
    You'd rather have a guy that can play defense when this signing brings the guy with the most homers in MLB the past 5 years? Man. Even in a down year (so they say) Cruz hit 37 HRs and drove in 97 RBIs. You don't need such a good defense when you are scoring 5-6 runs a game. Twins added over 100 homers in Cron, Cruz and Schoop. This addition to a team that hit only 160 throughout the whole lineup all last year. Thank you FO. These are really savvy signings.
  11. Kelly Vance
    "It was the mitochondrial channelopathy that would also abruptly end his career as a 28-year-old in 2010." Ted, put the dictionary down, and back away slowly
  12. Kelly Vance
    I disagree with Nick completely. I think he got it backwards. Gibby righted some things mid way through 2017. His numbers since then are far improved and there is enough of a track record to assume he is just a different pitcher now. His recent year and a half stats are what should be looked at, and his numbers from earlier years when he struggled skew his value downward. This may be a case where stats lie and I think this article takes Gibby's current record out of context. 31 is not old for a major league pitcher. A three year extension is warranted. Odo is a #4 starter. He could be extended, sure, but he has not shown the high upside that Gibby has shown. And by 2020 there may be other guys better on the FA market by then. What we need is to have 3 starters locked up, Berrios, Gibby and a third, going into 2020 while we see if Romero, Thorp, Gonsalves and a couple other AAA arms can push their way into the rotation. Plus Gibby is family and does a lot of stuff for the Twins off the field. He took over one promotion after Doze was dealt.
  13. Kelly Vance
    Me too. Plus I just like catchers. Speaking of which, looks like the Twins are standing pat. Guess they think they have A stud on the bench
  14. Kelly Vance
    Go with a 4 man rotation, ala Ballamore 1969.
  15. Kelly Vance
    Well, I said the same thing and I said a call up with him agreeing to the one year extension at market value was the class thing to do. But then, I am Class of 1974. They do things differently nowadays. Still, it shouldn't be an irreparable rift, if both sides want to work together. I suspect, though, the Twins will say, "OK, Buck, show everyone you are elite, and we will pay you or shop you to someone who will." Buck has to raise or call. If he raises, that means he must sign an extension. Name your price for two extra years, Buck, maybe with loaded incentives. Thing is, Buck, you got a shot to prove it weren't a fluke. Good luck, kid. Go get em. Tell us how many years and how many zeros.
  16. Kelly Vance
    I piss off a lot of people. They eventually get over it. Buck, show up, shut up and PLAY
  17. Kelly Vance
    Here is where you seem to answer your own question... (I know you didn't ask one, but the post raises one). Was Schoop signed to make sure we got "someone" who can rake? I think so. We have a bunch of banjo hitters in the system at middle IF spots. Dozier taught us there is nothing wrong with a second baseman hitting homers. Problem was, we misused Doze as a lead off hitter when he should have been hitting with RUNNERS ON. But I digress. I think this is a good signing. Banjo hitters gotta wait their turn. I like Ehire and all, but 20 - 30 homer potential gets to cut the line.
  18. Kelly Vance
    Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD do something. Keps tries hard every play. I'd be patient with him.
  19. Kelly Vance
    Why not sign Cutch and shop Keps or Cave? And why not add a stud SP? Its not like we need the league's permission to better the team. Gee I feel like the buzzard in a tree saying to the next buzzard "Patience, my ass, I'm gonna kill something."
  20. Kelly Vance
    There once was man from Nantucket.......
  21. Kelly Vance
    "Amateur night at the club?" Watch Kelly break into song..... "To dream, the Impossible Dream, To fight the unbeatable foe...." DRATS,... speaking of which, back to my battle with Country Insurance Stay positive folks, there is a new sheriff in town, and he walks a little like John Wayne
  22. Kelly Vance
    I think the new FO is waiting for a hard freeze up, so they don't have to spend any more time working on fly casting techniques. But I could be wrong. But seriously, folks, they are obviously waiting for the market to shake out and maybe come to them a little. Like drifting a fly down a ripple and then watching it slow down before a back eddy.
  23. Kelly Vance
    The way I look at it, we have Keps, Cave, Austin and Cron for 1b/DH. Of those, Keps is the only plus fielder in RF. Cron and Austin and Cave are candidates for DH. Cron and Austin for 1b (does Cave play 1b?). So Cave can force playing time if he is hot, or at least hotter than Cron or Austin. If Keps is in a slump, Cave can fill in at RF. Between Austin and Cron, whichever is the better fielder at 1b gets more time there. I don't see Keps playing 1b, except rarely. We lose too much defense in RF, unless I undervalue Cave. But I think all 4 have places on the 2019 roster, unless they brought in Cron to compete with Austin with the intent that the loser for starter at 1b gets DFAed. I don't think they intend to do that. This appears to be a transition year over there and Austin/Cron are deemed good fill ins for Joe while we wait for Rooker or someone else to take over eventually.
  24. Kelly Vance
    Your flex plan needs a 30 man roster.
  25. Kelly Vance
    Nick, I wouldn't mind these tweaks, but I would not take one of the best defensive outfielders in baseball and stick him at first base. Doesn't make sense, except maybe on a rare day when you want to get Cave playing time. I don't mind a Cron/Austin platoon at 1B and DH. Keps doesn't necessarily hit RH pitchers better than Cron. So the move weakens the defense without really improving the offense. I could be wrong about this and Cave is not a Grossman defensively. So switching it up and going with a hot bat (if Cave is on a good streak) is an ok move. We have openings at DH and 1B. If Austin can hold up his end, I think this will work, as is. For me, the better fielder between the two should play more 1b obviously, assuming the hitting is semi equal between them. The other guy DHes. I don't understand not putting Jake Reed on the 40 man. Its not like we have an impressive BP coming back and we have a spot on the 40 man. We have two or three openings in the BP and I submit Jake is a top candidate to fill in. I mean, he stayed down while we used Belisle and Busnitz? Come on. He deserved a shot last year and is a character guy. Looking for a Rule 5 that is probably not as good and having to keep them on the 25 man all year doesn't make sense to me, unless we are going to add a catcher or ss or some position of need. But it is rare to find a starter in a Rule 5 bargain bin.
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