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  1. Willihammer
    Catching up on some housekeeping... Drew Pomeranz suffered boxers break punching chair after being pulled yesterday. http://www.athleticsnation.com/2014/6/17/5818726/athletics-drew-pomeranz-disabled-list-hand-injury-evan-scribner Jean Segura missed two days with laceration to head from a Ryan Braun practice swing. http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=340426108 Jake Peavy missed two starts after cutting his finger with a fishing knife. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/03/jake-peavy-fishing-knife-injury-spring-training_n_4890970.html Eric Young got hit in the cheek by a ball that ricocheted off a batting cage, missed 1 game. http://article.wn.com/view/2014/05/04/Young_scratched_after_freak_batting_cage_injury/ Maicer Izturis strained LCL ligament (knee) decending dugout steps. Has been on 60 day DL since Apr 14. http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=449252
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    Pinto's 25. He is what he is, another Ryan Doumit.
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    http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=21855
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    Andrew Albers 2.0
  5. Willihammer
    I think this Kevin Career might make a correia for himself
  6. Willihammer
    I know its early but that's exhibit 1A why you bring in a strikeout guy when runners are in scoring position, even if its early. Let the mopup guy start the next inning wihtout runners on base.
  7. Willihammer
    Morris sure likes that "Mauer has 2 hits on a 3-0 count" stat By comparison, Miggy has 6.
  8. Willihammer
    What? Too controversial? He got leg cramps making love to his wife. I assume that is why he sat out yesterday. And assume he is in today because he didn't aggravate the condition.
  9. Willihammer
    Hunter's leg cramp is gone? Hmm. Maybe today's performance is one small data point in the no sex before the game hypothesis. I will be watching to see if, for example, Hunter runs through any stop signs or overthrows any cutoff men.
  10. Willihammer
    I have as much confidence in Fien as Perkins to be honest. I think he's outstanding. He's kinda like Sergio Romo - just throw a bunch of sliders and watch guys swing out of their shoes. I think Burton is coming around but after those 2 or 3, there is definitely a dropoff.
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    I know this is 6 weks old but I'm going to make a late challenge. IMO the low man in the bullpen isn't Burton - its Duensing. One, he's not a LOOGY, at least, that's not how Gardy uses him. Since 2013 he's faced 172 LHBs and 202 RHBs. For his career in relief he's K'd 157 and walked 82 - not even 2:1. His fastball velo is down 1.5 mph over 2013 and with it his SwStr% is down to 7.5% - 12th on the team and worse than all the starters not named Correia. Burton's been rough too but I think he's coming around. He's been 92-93 in recent outings and still gives the impression that he can ring guys up with the slider or splange. I have no confidence in Duensing to get those big strikeouts.
  12. Willihammer
    May or Meyer. What are we waiting for? Let's go already.
  13. Willihammer
    Is it just me or is that Detroit lineup... unimpressive?
  14. Willihammer
    Attaboy Hughesy!
  15. Willihammer
    Any word from Dickbert or Provus why Dozier left? I'm listening on SN590
  16. Willihammer
    Yes, correct. I changed the post.
  17. Willihammer
    Gardy did the right thing there I think. I thought for sure he'd let Correia try to work out of it.
  18. Willihammer
    Correia has Bautista, Encarnacion, and Lind for the 3rd time next inning. For their careers, they are batting .984 and .927 respectively against a starter on the 3rd try. 1st time against a reliever? .800 and .816. Its a 4 run lead I guess, but we know Gardy. He refuses to pull a guy throwing a shutout, no matter who's due up or how many ringing line drive outs he gives up. edit: forgot about Lind - he's batting .843 and .707, respectively.
  19. Willihammer
    Sounds pretty fair to me. Nothing personal. I happen to agree with Gardy. Pinto doesn't seem to do anything well - block, throw out runners, or frame. I can remember one pitch in Deduno's last start - he threw a cutter in a bases loaded situation that was called a ball. Fox trax said it caught the outer half but Pinto *dropped* the ball. Possibly a crossup I guess. It came in an awful spot though.
  20. Willihammer
    Well, the consensus seems to be that 2.111 days of service time is the probably cutoff, at least that's what every article is saying about the timing of Gregory Polanco's promotion. In other words, if May pitched tonight, instead of Correia, and remained healthy through the rest of 2014-2016, he'd be in the same boat as Polanco at 2.111 days.
  21. Willihammer
    As long as Morales hits, the Twins will be fine. If they tank, they flip him for another Alex Presley and dump the balance on a contender. If they stay competitive, attendance will stay strong. The only way they lose is if Morales lays an egg.
  22. Willihammer
    Seriuosly though, you can't play so scared. The Twins aren't going to get the next Cy Young in a deal for Kevin Correia or Sam Deduno anyway. Meyer and May are 24, they might not ever be more effective than they are now. They've had long MiLB careers, including a dozen or so starts in AAA. They'll be okay
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  24. Willihammer
    If the Twins call up May and Meyer today and play them through the rest of the season, they will accrue 111 days of service time, is that correct? (last regular season game is on 9/28). If that's right, then they are probably at least 10 days past the Super 2 cutoff point. The Super 2 cutoff the past 5 years has been: 2013: 2.122 2012: 2.139 2011: 2.146 2010: 2.122 2009: 2.139 Am I missing something? And if not, what are we waiting for?
  25. Willihammer
    Super Two deadline is now-ish, right? Meyer and May, get up here. Let's do this. Nobody wants to see Correia vs. the Blue Jays in 2 days...
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