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  1. Western SD Fan
    No love for Caratini willing that ball to say fair? New game!
  2. Western SD Fan
    It is currently an official game.
  3. Western SD Fan
    I still have yet to read the story, but this would be an interesting development and probably says something about where the progress of Ober will be. Ober is making a claim that the baseballs are not being rubbed down enough, especially during a rainy game, such as his start in Boston. Ober has filed a formal complaint with MLB. Twins pitcher alleges condition of baseballs caused injury in formal complaint to MLB | Sporting News
  4. Western SD Fan
    I wonder if the people at Kwik Trip that sponsor the triple's giveaway on the radio file an objection and say, "yeah, that doesn't count a triple when the outfielder kicks the ball away."
  5. Western SD Fan
    Have you seen the team?!? I'm surprised he doesn't have a kegger in his office. Or at least a bottle of Jack 3/4 empty like Bob Uecker did in Major League.
  6. Western SD Fan
    Still too many pitches for Paredes if he plans to get 4 innings in, but still effective. We are still in the game!
  7. Western SD Fan
    Not expected for tonight's game. Expected to report to Toronto for their home series starting tomorrow with Baltimore. I can see him being an important piece stabilizing their starting rotation until more of their starters come back from injury.
  8. Western SD Fan
    And Morris should try not to pitch to Paul Bunyan's strike zone.
  9. Western SD Fan
    It's a tradeoff. Many catchers believe they can get more low strikes called if they lower their center of gravity. They probably get more strikes called than bunts attempted on them in a season.
  10. Western SD Fan
    Molly says that Lugo is looking for weak contact. Buxton didn't want to accommodate Molly's thought process.
  11. Western SD Fan
    I know everyone is piling on Kreidler. I'm honestly not sure he makes the play even if he could have knocked it down with Witt, Jr's speed. Normally, we would see SS just run by it and stab at it. He at least tried to knock it down and it went underneath his glove. It just looks worse than it really was because he slid before he got the ball.
  12. Western SD Fan
    Hunt the Good! Paul Molitor is in the TV booth tonight! The Molly Hatchet Bullpen Danger Level: Definitely Flirting with Disaster -- Bullpen/bulk games are always dangerous as the best laid plans rarely work out. Here's hoping Morris can give 1-2 good innings and Paredes can give some length. Adams and Paredes are the only pitchers not used in the last 2 days. The Caratini, Kreidler, Outman combo at the end of the lineup is a Hell's Canyon level of a hole.
  13. Western SD Fan
    This decision was essentially made when they signed Caratini to a two-year deal. There was an expectation that Jeffers would be traded and Caratini would have to be the primary catcher for the remainder of this season and next season. The anticipated QO amount does nothing to change that expectation. The only thing that has really changed is we found out who Caratini really is as a hitter and it's unacceptable and still too far away for Tait or Diaw to come up. I think they lost their trade window to get any real value. Even if Jeffers comes back prior to the deadline, I don't see him tearing the cover off the ball prior to the deadline. A team trading for him would have to take that risk and that will affect his trade value. He likely wouldn't sign it, but a high incentive contract which, if performed, would be an overpay. Say, a 3-35M deal with incentives to get up to a 15 to 16M AAV would potentially be fair and still a reasonable contract that you could trade if needed.
  14. Western SD Fan
    He certainly didn't come under a false flag. We got who we traded for.
  15. Western SD Fan
    "Cash considerations" can mean lots of things. Maybe only a couple of Pieces of Eight.
  16. Western SD Fan
    I didn't read all the comments before this, but Lewis is making a start at 2B today for the Saints. A report yesterday was that he was taking grounders at both 1st and 2nd. There has been speculation that, when Lewis comes back, he will play on that side of the infield and potentially only be filling in at 3rd base. This idea would also suggest that it is actually Keaschall who would move to 1st and potentially be platooned out with Bell or Clemens provided they are still on the team when Lewis comes back.
  17. Western SD Fan
    Rojas goes down. Sim comes in for the first time in his career pitching with less than 4 days' worth of rest and gets pounded right on queue. Prielipp was shaky at the time so there was a need for some form of a long man in case Prielipp has another short start. Sim gets DFA and then Ober immediately goes down. I stated at the time that there didn't seem to be any direction with the move, just that they were so desperate for bullpen help that he had to go. We still see the effects now as our old friend TBD is pitching for us on Thursday. While the bullpen has greatly improved, we still do not have a bullpen that can do a full game every fifth day, especially while we are still on the backside of 17 straight games.
  18. Western SD Fan
    My issue with pulling SIm out of the rotation was never because he didn't deserve to be pulled. It was more that they didn't have a plan or a backup plan since both Rojas and Ober immediately go down after making this move.
  19. Western SD Fan
    Not sure it will be Adams this time as they have to monitor the number of trips they send him back down to five. Probably will be whoever has to give some length the night before.
  20. Western SD Fan
    I still think they sent him down with the intention on trying to work with him and get him back to being the player they expect him to be when they drafted him. The blowup about him refusing to play 2nd base was a bit overblown, at the time and still to this day. He made an honest assessment to the media that he wasn't sure that he was capable of playing 2nd base. He only made one appearance at 2nd in the minors so that would help defend him. Royce's problem the entire time has been his statements to the media. He has fallen out of stardom status, but the raw talent is still there if he can put it together. The idea of having him try first base is to both help him get back up here ASAP and to help the team in a position that they need to stabilize.
  21. Western SD Fan
    Does Richards still have reverse splits? I know that was the great selling point for trading for him a few years ago.
  22. Western SD Fan
    That has been a Shelty special in leaving the starters out there to get one or two extra outs when the numbers suggest he can get them. With Ryan, Bradley, or even Ober, it has worked more often than not. Didn't work tonight with Prielipp and Shelton should have seen it with the ominous fly balls that Prielipp was giving up in the prior inning.
  23. Western SD Fan
    At first. There was a report earlier today that Lewis is starting to put in some work at first base. It seems like they wanted to regain his confidence at the plate first, then introduce a new position for him to try out. It does sound like they worked on his mechanics at the plate in St Paul as well.
  24. Western SD Fan
    If I had to guess, the answer would be no. They have been treating him with kid gloves since they brought him up. He did a good job with the QS. Time to turn it over to our reinvigorated bullpen.
  25. Western SD Fan
    More insurance runs! Definitely helps Prielipp chase down a quality start tonight.
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