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  1. Western SD Fan
    It's looking increasingly likely that the game will be official before the heavy rains show up.
  2. Western SD Fan
    That may have been the rare occasion where Ryan should have taken charge. Apparently, he was the only one who seen the ball.
  3. Western SD Fan
    59 pitches in 2 2/3 IP? Can't see Ryan going past 4 innings, especially in the inclement weather.
  4. Western SD Fan
    Here's a hint. If you hear a splash, you can quit chasing the ball as it went into the fountains.
  5. Western SD Fan
    Unfortunately, you have to blame that one on Wallner as well. Jeffers may have challenged it if he had both challenges available. The fact that there was only one left. It was too close to risk not being right.
  6. Western SD Fan
    Slightly off topic but I was listening to Foul Territory yesterday and they interviewed Cowboy Joe West about the ABS, and he actually made a good point. From what I know, the ABS only measures the strike zone at the middle of the plate. A ball could clip the strike zone at the front of the plate before falling out of the strike zone or a ball could fall into the strike zone near the back of the plate and neither would be called a strike using ABS.
  7. Western SD Fan
    He must have been the only player in MLB that didn't magically get shorter when they measured everyone for the ABS.
  8. Western SD Fan
    I don't mind Wallner being wrong. I care more that Wallner is not making good choices on when to challenge. Top of the 1st inning with 2 outs? Let it go unless you are 100% you are going to win it.
  9. Western SD Fan
    Wallner needs to be banned from ABS challenges.
  10. Western SD Fan
    What you're saying is that I can start posting my favorite comment from last year again? The ghost of Jamie Moyer could still come back and carve up this lineup at least one time through the order!
  11. Western SD Fan
    60 pitches to start the 4th inning. This may be SWR's last inning.
  12. Western SD Fan
    This may come down to who gets to the bullpen first. As I recall, the Royals don't have a good bullpen either.
  13. Western SD Fan
    Wow! I didn't know that! What other secrets are you hiding?
  14. Western SD Fan
    Listening to the post-game interview with Shelton, Abel was scheduled to come in the 5th inning no matter what happened during the game. I'm in the camp with @Rosterman and had discussed it late in spring training that Abel could have started the year in St. Paul, made one start to get his work in, and then been brought up to the majors to make his next start. This method would have given us another bullpen option, possibly Altavilla, to help out with the bullpen for the first few games. If you do believe that the piggyback idea could have worked, then you had to be willing to pull Abel when he was getting in trouble after you believe he has enough work in. I could forgive the 6th inning although Abel had coughed up the lead. But you had to take him out in the 7th. He had already thrown 47 pitches in 2 innings. By the top of the 7th, Abel had clearly shown that he did not have it today and should have been pulled. I scoured the pitch-by-pitch summary on mlb.com when Abel had an 0-2 or 1-2 count, The O's hitters went 3-8 with a walk, 2 doubles and a single for an OPS of 1.069 and 4 strikeouts in 3 1/3 IP. I'm even a big Abel fan, but he didn't look like he had it today and was probably misused as a piggyback option and I hope this was just a one-off used because they felt they needed to keep Abel on a schedule.
  15. Western SD Fan
    Also watched a clip last night where Jax's pitch crossed up his catcher. The catcher was temporarily an Alto singer.
  16. Western SD Fan
    I feel every inning the bullpen pitches either needs to have the theme song "Living on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi or "Flirting with Disaster" by Molly Hatchet
  17. Western SD Fan
    I know there was a lot of words typed over the last couple of days on Lewis's spot in the lineup and what it meant. I actually didn't mind it. They claim that he is a vibe guy and his spring wasn't all that good. I like the idea that he is hitting lower in the lineup and lowering the pressure to produce right away. This was something we saw a lot in old school lineups. A guy who's a little down, in a little slump, hits lower in the lineup to get himself right so he can produce.
  18. Western SD Fan
    I found the secret Twins plans for the year!
  19. Western SD Fan
    My preference would be for the Twins to just rip the band-aid off and take Funderburk over Chafin. When listening to the ST game today, Molitor described how players, like Chafin, who are non-roster invitees with more than 6 years' service time and finished with a team last season, must be informed whether they will make the team 5 days prior to the start of the season, which would be this Saturday. If Chafin is not granted FA, then we likely know the answer on whether it is Chafin or Funderburk. Sadly enough, I could see the Twins sending Funderburk to AAA with the knowledge that as soon as one of Rogers, Banda, or Chafin implode and are DFA'd that they will bring up Funderburk.
  20. Western SD Fan
    I could make a tepid argument for Zach Littel. While I wouldn't suggest he has flourished, he has managed to carve out a meaningful career post-Twins. Even so much that some people wanted to bring him back in FA to round out the rotation for this year. 😬 If Zebby had established himself last season, there could be a better argument that his ST shouldn't matter as much and be given a little more rope. But he didn't and the reason that they traded for Abel and Bradley is what you see now: a chance for them to establish themselves into the rotation. As other posters have noted, I still see Zebby likely getting 20+ starts this season, especially if Ryan is eventually traded, or a pitcher goes down with injury. I do like @IndianaTwin idea of having both Abel and Matthews start in St. Paul and riding an extra reliever for the first week. Bonus that both the Twins and Saints will be at home during the same weekend so one of them could get called up for the game on Sunday April 5th and would just have to take the Green Line across town.
  21. Western SD Fan
    My concern is more on Ober than Ryan similar to how many have posted on here. Ober has lived off the concept that his fastball could look like 93-95 mph even though it has only ever been 93-90 mph due to his height and long stride that allows his release point to be closer to the plate. Ober has had to adjust his mechanics twice within a year. First when he injured his hip and knee last year and played through it and second when he has come back from it during the winter and during ST. He may feel better, but getting his mechanics back will be the last part of the recovery process. Considering Zebby's ST so far, Ober is still one of top 5 pitchers in the Twins rotation. I can see a scenario where he is the number 4 or 5 starter at the beginning of the season so there may be a possibility of skipping a start if he is still not 100%.
  22. Western SD Fan
    Tommy Pham has entered the conversation......
  23. Western SD Fan
    Might be too early to tell but I just read a story that Yastrzemski was pulled from today's lineup. Now a LH OF trade may make sense for the Braves if this development becomes more serious.
  24. Western SD Fan
    I came to the same conclusion yesterday when the news was released about Profar's suspension. Larnach would just not be a fit in Atlanta. Of course, I am picking up the phone if they call. I agree with the premise that Outman is the preference to see go somewhere off this roster, but that doesn't seem to happen at the moment.
  25. Western SD Fan
    By continuing to run Outman out in CF (including today), the Twins must feel that Outman is the only viable backup for Buxton. My hope is that Outman is traded near the end of camp, even if it's just for cash considerations and Roden will take his spot. Other real concern is that this is the new normal for Ober and it doesn't look like he can live at this new velocity. Is it possible that he can stay in extended ST to build up his arm and have Abel come up with the club?
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