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  1. If only we had a former starting pitcher who could have given us 4 to 5 innings tonight to save the bullpen.....
  2. Oh goodie. Our newest acquisition is coming into the game. I think he came under a false flag that he is masquerading as a pitcher who thinks the strike zone stretches to Minnetonka.
  3. Tonight's disclaimer: Upon your request, results may vary.....
  4. Cory was having a conversation with Molly earlier in the game about this. Cory couldn't figure out how the math worked. Apparently, Cory never listened to Blyleven at all. This was all Blyleven would say in the 9th inning of games where the Twins needed to close the game out.
  5. I was hoping it was the police coming to arrest this defense (Clemens gets off on a technicality).
  6. I agree. I'm not sure anybody that has actually been fooled by the drop. I'm not sure I want MLB to do anything about it. I would like if coaches would just discourage its usage. Other than being bush league, it seems to be too much risk for the reward.
  7. No love for Caratini willing that ball to say fair? New game!
  8. 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
  9. 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."
  10. 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.
  11. Still too many pitches for Paredes if he plans to get 4 innings in, but still effective. We are still in the game!
  12. 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.
  13. And Morris should try not to pitch to Paul Bunyan's strike zone.
  14. 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.
  15. Molly says that Lugo is looking for weak contact. Buxton didn't want to accommodate Molly's thought process.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. He certainly didn't come under a false flag. We got who we traded for.
  20. "Cash considerations" can mean lots of things. Maybe only a couple of Pieces of Eight.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
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