Otto von Ballpark
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The $5.99/11.99 plans are just for Hulu's video on demand library, similar to Netflix. The $44.99 Hulu + Live TV plan includes live TV channels like Fox Sports North too. And it should have a 7 day free trial -- maybe you have to provide a credit card, but they shouldn't bill you if you cancel within 7 days. But yeah, any Fox Sports Go credentials should work. Glad you got it working!- 54 replies
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Buxton was through arbitration once already, last winter.
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Theoretically, it could be something that bothered him a little on Thursday, and didn't go away / get better on Friday/Saturday as expected, which prompted the IL move.
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Anyone on the 40-man roster on August 31st is eligible for inclusion on the 25-man postseason rosters (which can be changed each round too). So it doesn't matter who is up or down on that day, as long as they are on the 40. (Technically, you can even get an exception to add non-40-man guys who are in the org on August 31st, if a 40-man guy is injured.) Not that I expect Arraez to be sent down anytime soon!
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Pretty much. Mejia also went on the IL. Magill started the year on the IL too, I suppose. Does Addison Reed count?
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Smeltzer recalled and starting today. I hope he didn't just fly in this morning.
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Then we'll just have problems with claustrophobic relievers!
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Everybody is someone's kid, I susppose, but the outfielder Brandon Barnes is 33 years old. Why, he's almost as old as our manager! And our GM Executive Vice President, Chief Baseball Officer!
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Andre Dawson lost years from his career due to an inadequate outfield wall at his home ballpark:
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Our only MLB reliever to go on the DL this season would seem to be Mejia, and in hindsight that seems legit with how long he was sidelined. I wouldn't expect them to start phantom DL'ing guys now, just to keep Cave around. If anything, I think they could option Cave on Tuesday with the plan to recall him if another outfielder went on the DL.
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Actually 2 starts. Even if they make his DL placement retroactive to yesterday, Pineda's turn will come up on day 5 and day 10 of his DL stint. (Our next off day isn't until day 11, so we'll need two additional starters before Pineda is eligible to return.)
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If you're not quite ready to switch from Dish, but you don't want to miss any games, you can just sign up for a free trial of streaming service that carries Fox Sports North. I see 3 services with FSN that offer free one week trials: Hulu with Live TV YouTube TV Fubo TV There's also Sony's Vue service which offers a 5 day trial. I think all of these services also support logging in through the Fox Sports Go site/app, so you don't have to change apps every week -- you can simply log out of Fox Sports Go with one service, and log in with the next. https://www.foxsportsgo.com/ Maybe I should start a new topic on this, it seems to be affecting quite a few people!
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Cleveland vs the Royals this year: 10-6 Twins vs the Royals this year: 7-3 The Royals seem to be rolling over just fine for us, relative to Cleveland.
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Presumably the next move will be Tuesday, Stashak down and Smeltzer up to take Pineda's spot in the rotation.
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2019 Minnesota Twins Trade Deadline Recap
Otto von Ballpark replied to Andrew Thares's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
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Have they added rostered anybody yet who wasn't going to be Rule 5 eligible? They have certainly left a few guys unprotected in Rule 5, but every FO does that.
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Where are they now? Ex-Twins in 2019
Otto von Ballpark replied to Doctor Wu's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Yup, I meant that post to mean all 4 guys were ex-Twins on MLB ILs. Sorry if I wasn't clear! How could anyone forget Hale's lone Twins appearance? 3 IP, 4 runs in relief of Phil Hughes's last start ever, a 15-9 loss at home to the Reds. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN201804270.shtml Ah, 2018 Twins baseball... -
Funny you should ask... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Finley#Personal_life_and_marriage
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Lineups! KC Lineup W Merrifield (R) RF A Gordon (L) LF H Dozier (R) 3B J Soler (R) DH C Cuthbert (R) 1B B Starling (R) CF H Arteaga (R) SS N Lopez (L) 2B C Gallagher (R) C Glenn Sparkman, RHP MIN Lineup M Kepler (L) CF J Polanco (S) SS N Cruz (R) DH E Rosario (L) LF M Sanó (R) 3B L Arraez (L) 2B M Gonzalez (S) RF J Castro (L) C E Adrianza (S) 1B Martin Perez, LHP
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What's your take on the Braves dropping out? Seems like they could have absorbed the money (especially if they didn't take Melancon), and then swapped Greinke into the rotation for Gausman.
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Twins Acquire OF Brandon Barnes
Otto von Ballpark replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
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Sparkmen held his own against us (12 IP, 5 ER) in back-to-back starts in June. Of course, Twins lineups were without Buxton and Sano for those games, and Sparkman's season ERA has deteriorated since.
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The Yankees already have 4 turning in great performances in 2019, plus Green has been good before and is coming around (1.98 ERA, 11.9 K/9 since June 1st). Can they get two more from among the injured-but-should-return-in-2019 Betances, Severino, Loaisiga, Heller? They've been aggressively promoting prospect Deivi Cruz too -- started the year in high-A, just turned 20 in May, and he's already been pitching in AAA for the last month. (Of course, we all hope Graterol becomes our secret weapon too!)
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In general, I agree, but: MIN SP vs NYY this year: 29 IP, 7.45 ERA, opponents batting .333/.423/.624, .431 wOBA NYY SP vs MIN this year: 26.1 IP, 8.54 ERA, opponents batting .312/.394/.651, .424 wOBA Yeah, Berrios didn't get a start vs. NYY, but Tanaka didn't get a start vs MIN (and Paxton only got 3 innings due to injury too). The Yankees were also missing Judge/Gregorius/Hicks/Encarnacion for half of these games, and Stanton for all of them. Among Twins regulars, only Sano/Arraez missed the first 3, and Buxton the last 3. So who knows how a short series could play out. Plus the Twins have a solid starting 5, but only the top 4 matter in the playoffs. The Yankees will have a bigger advantage being able to lop off their worst performer, be it Sabathia or Happ, than the Twins will have being able to lop of theirs (Perez?). Yankees top 3 SP by FIP right now: 92 FIP-, 89 xFIP- Twins top 3 SP by FIP right now: 82 FIP-, 91 xFIP-
