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  1. Otto von Ballpark
    No. At least not the 60-day DL, if that is what you are referring to. A player put on the 60-day DL in spring training can't be activated until day 61 of the regular season. The regular 10 day (formerly 15 day) DL can be retroactive by up to 3 days before opening day. http://www.thecubreporter.com/book/export/html/3538
  2. Otto von Ballpark
    Hot dogs are still a dollar on Wednesdays!
  3. Otto von Ballpark
    I think they tried that a couple years ago... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3b5aOelFL4
  4. Otto von Ballpark
    Papa John's Pizza is the disappointing veteran of the food roster. Sounds like a lot of arbitration price increases. Just wait until these concessions hit free agency!
  5. Otto von Ballpark
    Mid May? That is when prices rise regardless of team quality, because the weather is better and schools are letting out. April is where it's at for the cheapest tickets. And also September assuming we're not surprise contenders.
  6. Otto von Ballpark
    Derek Falvey, or Flavor Flav?
  7. Otto von Ballpark
    I don't know if Haley really helps "SP depth." He's a Rule 5 pick. How many of those guys have made anything more than a few spot starts in their Rule 5 seasons? Is Haley any more valuable "SP depth" than Wheeler?
  8. Otto von Ballpark
    I wouldn't mind Haley, but paired with a low-upside veteran bullpen, it's a little uninspiring.
  9. Otto von Ballpark
    I sense a new remix opportunity! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbMk1qffPNM
  10. Otto von Ballpark
    DL for Adrianza over Santana. Health/stretching out for Santiago. Those are time-related issues that could be resolved by April 15th (although likely later for Adrianza, assuming rehab). If they are really most worried about Hughes in the rotation, I might have just swapped him to the pen. Let him be a caddy for a younger guy rather than the other way around. Not quite sure on Park, I really dislike locking in Grossman and Mauer as everyday players, but at the same time, I am curious if Park can even learn to mash AAA (he didn't last year). Maybe it's not bad to give him a month to try that again?
  11. Otto von Ballpark
    Actually it was almost 2 months ago, but I agree with the general point. Although, given his lack of service time, I think the Twins will be able to outright Park off the 40-man roster anytime they want until he starts performing well. I don't know if his spring training was enough to change that? Or should we even be worried about losing him on waivers if he still doesn't hit in MLB? Park will be able to opt for free agency next time we try to outright him, but he would have to forfeit his salary to do so (the same decision that Tommy Milone faced in May 2016). So if the opportunity is there (and it certainly seems to be, we need a RHB 1B and taking some DH at-bats away from a possibly hobbled Grossman shouldn't be that big of a deal), and we've got 25-man and 40-man roster guys we can cut (and it certainly seems like we do), perhaps we should have added Park back.
  12. Otto von Ballpark
    I don't know if a 103 loss team, with so few changes/additions, can truly have a roster crunch.
  13. Otto von Ballpark
    I don't think Meyer would solve anything, but he would have been an interesting option to keep around through his last option year. He showed some progress at the end of 2016 with the Angels. I'd probably rather have him than Santiago right now (even if Meyer was optioned to AAA, it would open up a rotation spot for Duffey).
  14. Otto von Ballpark
    So that means "mop-up duty" right? I'd add Santiago to Duffey's potential piggypack list in the early going. Hopefully he doesn't injure his back in the process!
  15. Otto von Ballpark
    Adderall Mejia. His starts will be the ones to stay awake for and pay attention to.
  16. Otto von Ballpark
    To focus on the positives: Very exciting that Mejia made the rotation! While I also wanted to see Duffey continue starting, I guess it will be nice to see him in the majors too. Hopefully with Haley around, Duffey isn't just put into mop-up spots either.
  17. Otto von Ballpark
    Grossman has never played a professional inning at first base. Has he been worked there this spring?
  18. Otto von Ballpark
    I love that Gimenez owns a 1B mitt and has played a few games there in the past, but I hope that's not their 1B platoon partner for Mauer...
  19. Otto von Ballpark
    That is a good observation. Who is the backup 1B? If the backup is the LHB Kepler, that probably doesn't bode well for platooning Mauer. Or could it be Sano? Has he taken any reps there this spring? He only has 14 career pro innings at the position.
  20. Otto von Ballpark
    Bump! Promo is back this year (2017). Tuesday April 4th only! You have to sign up in the "T-Mobile Tuesdays" app. https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-and-blogs/mlb-tv-premium-2017.htm
  21. Otto von Ballpark
    In other words: Danny Santana is kind of the position player equivalent of Tonkin at the moment, no?
  22. Otto von Ballpark
    I hope not. There was nothing to really suggest that was going to happen, or that it would be a good thing.
  23. Otto von Ballpark
    I agree with all of this. Belisle was kind of a "meh" way to commit a bullpen spot, with Kintzler already in the fold, not to mention Pressly. Plus Breslow? Plus Haley? We should have been able to target some kind of upside there instead, and still give Tonkin one last shot if no one else pushed him aside this spring.
  24. Otto von Ballpark
    Single season in the current decade, you mean? Millenium would be Morneau's 2006. Total this millenium or decade, Delmon is only 10th in Twins RBI.
  25. Otto von Ballpark
    I think Melotakis was slowed by injury early in camp, no? And Hildenberger ended last year with some elbow issues and isn't on the 40-man. And neither has pitched in AAA yet. I think it makes sense to let them both debut at AAA to open the season. I fully admit Tonkin shouldn't hold those guys back in a month or two, or even hold back a decent waiver claim starting today, but at present time, he's the most logical option to occupy that bullpen spot.
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