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  1. cmathewson
    I think the manager is not the right guy for prospects. He has too little patience.
  2. cmathewson
    Correia doesn't have the stuff to pitch out of the bullpen, imho.
  3. cmathewson
    Fair enough. The contention was about whether this GM and manager do. This is article Z of evidence that this manager/FO does.
  4. cmathewson
    I agree that the first item on the agenda is replacing Correia with May. I just think Deduno is a ticking time bomb, who could be very effective (and less susceptible to injury) as a swing man and spot starter. They probably won't do anything until they have to. But why not be proactive? Also, have you seen how Johnson is dominating AAA? His numbers in May rival May's.
  5. cmathewson
    I like him as a color guy, but why do they insist on using him for play-by-play? He was bad at it from the get go. And he learned from a guy who never let the game get in the way of a good story (Gordon). When they were both in the booth, it was like listening to two guys at a bar who happened to have the game on in the background, but the topic was their golf games or their motorcycle outings or whatever. About half the time, they mentioned the game, but rarely the count, the score, number of outs, or who was batting. And Gordon was wrong about those facts as often as he was right. Provus has been a godsend, keeping Danny on track and filling in the gaps where he can. But the reason they have Gladden doing play-by-play is to give Provus a break. Why not have Provus and Attebarry trade off on play-by-play and keep Gladden to color? I suppose it's a travel thing. They'd rather have Chris in the producer's chair back home. Three-person teams are pretty rare. I just wish Gladden took the play-by-play job more seriously, recognizing that people need the basics (count, score, outs, etc.) to track games while doing other things (driving, puttering in the garage, etc.).
  6. cmathewson
    Jettison list: Correia Guerrier Kubel Addition list: May Johnson (Deduno to the pen) Vargas? I think Johnson has outpitched Meyer, is on the 40-man, and it would be nice to have a lefty in there. Vargas is on the 40-man and raking in New Britain, but I would want him to DH most of the time if he was called up.
  7. cmathewson
    "Not ready, you'll see them eventually," says Rob Antony. My guess is September. They don't want to lose sunk costs and they can't get anything for the guys they sunk money into.
  8. cmathewson
    I seem to recall several discussions in the offseason in which you questioned whether crappy veterans blocked good prospects. This seems like a legit case. It is more the norm than the exception in this organization.
  9. cmathewson
    "Still not ready" = "Clear path to the majors" per Rob Antony. Get rid of Correia and he suddenly could be ready.
  10. cmathewson
    A. I wonder where the Twins rank since Pelfrey went down with the nerve problem. My guess is they've moved up. B. I wonder where the Twins rank when they swap out Correia for May, which is only a matter of time. They want to get something for him, even if it's just salary relief.
  11. cmathewson
    The Miller episode still makes me shudder. Having a third catcher on the roster (fourth, if you count LeCroy), Gardy felt obliged to play him to keep him fresh. He proceeded to go hitless in five games in the first month (including one at DH) and lead the team in passed balls despite limited duty. Meanwhile, they had to DFA hometown hero Mike Restovich to do keep him, leaving us short on outfielders. Sound familiar.
  12. cmathewson
    I am not ready to throw up my hands on the issue and say, "Gardy will never use both catchers in the line-up on the same day, therefore we need three catchers." But I was hoping we could have one more bat in the line-up instead of Kubel or Parmelee right now. And that would be Pinto. So, open letter to Gardy, just do it.
  13. cmathewson
    I saw it under construction when I was down there. I was thinking it would be just the ticket for kids coming out of the Dominican and Venezuelan academies, plus any recent high school draft picks in the GCL.
  14. cmathewson
    Great interview. The only thing that worries me is his overly positive assessment of the job Antony has done.
  15. cmathewson
    To make fun of a career-threatening injury is in bad taste. And he's a moron if he thinks wrist problems are trifling injuries.
  16. cmathewson
    Good game for Hicks today: 1-3 with a walk and 2 runs scored, all against righties. I just thought I needed to write that because it would go unnoticed by the partisan anti-Hicks crowd otherwise.
  17. cmathewson
    Cuddy hurt his thumb sliding head first into second. Punto had three injuries related to sliding head first into bags. I just remember the worst one, which was a totally unnecessary head-first slide into first. He was out by 5 feet one way or the other. Incidentally, the Yankees announcers gave Gardiner a hard time for sliding head first into first in the eighth inning today. Said it slowed him down. I remember the Gardy "mandate' that Punto not slide into first, which was initiated when Punto hurt his shoulder. Punto just couldn't help himself. He did it at least 20 times after the mandate. Thing is, the Yankees announcers are right. If sliding head first was faster, you would see sprinters doing it all the time in track and field. The only time it makes sense is if you need to slow down and avoid a tag, which is fairly often at every other bag besides first.
  18. cmathewson
    i remember Punto dislocated his shoulder sliding into first base on a routine grounder. Or maye it was the back end of a DP. Serves him right. The absolute worst was Kent Hrbek, who legged out a triple in spring training and dislocated his shoulder sliding head first into third base the day after we traded his backup. He never hit more than 20 homers in a season afterwards.
  19. cmathewson
    I am not usually one to gloat, but he was my pick for breakout pitcher this year. I looked at last year's numbers as a big step forward. Even though they looked very similar to the previous year's at first glance. A deeper analysis showed a lot of improvement. Still, he has exceeded my expectations quite a bit.
  20. cmathewson
    Well, I'm sure Gardy is not happy about the situation. But the player will determine his own future with the team. If hitting right handed exclusively clicks, he'll have a future in the game. If it doesn't, he won't. What Gardy says from day to day has little impact. He's known for wild changes in his sentiments. He's not known for staying true to his word when things change on the field of play.
  21. cmathewson
    Yes. This is episode 1678 in the continuing saga of LENIII quoting someone out of context and calling it a scoop.
  22. cmathewson
    Just to put a finer point on it, you argue that Santana can make the transition because one (HOF) player did. Then you argue that Hicks cannot make the transition because only one (non-HOF) player did. Either way, the argument from one case is weak. But isn't odd to you that you can use the same argument to support opposite conclusions?
  23. cmathewson
    Yount was an established major league shortstop before making the transition. And Santana is no Robin Yount. The one case in which a player has given up switch hitting recently was a success. Therefore, it is almost impossible that another player could be successful making this transition. Great argument. Obviously, Hicks is a lightening rod for a lot of people around here. I just want to remind everyone that he was a top-rated prospect who has struggled with one aspect of his game throughout his career: hitting left handed. I'm sure it will take time. But it is not impossible. At any rate, it's way too early to give up on him based on one week's worth of play exclusively right handed, in a week when he was out for two games with a sore back, which he hurt when landing on it after robbing a home run. I am an optimist. But I am not the rosiest of optimists. Another great argument, the classic straw man.
  24. cmathewson
    I know you hate Hicks more than any player in Twins history, but let's be real. Santana needs to play everyday, at shortstop. He's not a center fielder and it makes no sense to try to make him one. It is harder for a shortstop to learn center field at the major league level than it is for a switch hitter to learn how to hit right handed exclusively at the major league level. Fuld and Hicks should platoon in center until they have a better solution.
  25. cmathewson
    Give Arcia credit. Most of the time, when the throw goes through, you can make it to second easily. That's what Jeter was thinking last night.
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