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  1. mikelink45
    Well having all those players missing time is negative. I am not a pollyanna - bad is bad and good is great.
  2. mikelink45
    Boushley shows their desperation. Varland not in the pen right now makes no sense. If he fails at least they have tried an arm that succeeded last year. I am amazed and disappointed that we do not think about RP in the minors - don't we have any that are successes?
  3. mikelink45
    Wow - three thumbs down - what is the record?
  4. mikelink45
    Ryan is not coming back. The other three keep teasing us, but at the end of August how much faith do we have in them returning and even more - performing?
  5. mikelink45
    Love to see Adams pitch longer in the game. He is doing great and stretching him out would be great for the future. Okay - serious question - what does Keirsey have to do to get called up?
  6. mikelink45
    What is our record versus good teams now? Buxton and Correa and Lee out - Lewis ice cold. Wallner is doing his share, Larnach too, but we need more than that. Now we have had Alcala, Ober, Duran blow up - we cannot afford this to continue.
  7. mikelink45
    One cheap desperate move after the other.
  8. mikelink45
    I am afraid the other teams had a better medical exam for Correa than us, but we do like to get injury prone pitchers so I guess it fits with position players too.
  9. mikelink45
    Another dumpster dive. Let's just hope he shines for a while. Obviously anyone is better than wild pitch. Richards.
  10. mikelink45
    We'll take them now, but if they do it to him in the playoffs we're going to have a real question on our hands and I would hope somebody on our team can study what he does. Patterns and body science and figure out what it is that might give away his pitches
  11. mikelink45
    This is another of those - let's get a reaction column. Otherwise the answer is NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Sam Mele, Gene Mauch, Tom Kelly, Paul Molitor (yes - he did a good job), Ron Gardenhire, Billy Martin, Frank Quilici. Give them the talent on this team and they win. And I am ignoring the Washington Senator managers. I am not against Rocco, but I am against recent bias and overstating current abilities.
  12. mikelink45
    I love the fast game - steals, hit and run, taking an extra base. As we struggle in this recent set of games against good teams we can see where a little pressure, a few extra bags might allow us to win a few more games. Guardians - 121 Royals - 108 Twins - 62 Could that be reflected in the standings????
  13. mikelink45
    Bring on the rookies and challenge them to get another inning in each start. What a let down. We continue to struggle against any team that is 500 or better and that is not the mark of a team that we can look to the playoffs and hope for any success. Thank goodness for wallner. And luckily we could get Richards in so he could throw another wild pitch. What in the world could they have seen in him that we would make a trade of more than a sack of balls to acquire him?
  14. mikelink45
    Hate to disappoint you but I can't do a thumbs down yet.
  15. mikelink45
    Boy do you miss the point. Louis was not the first pinch hitter. We have a number of people who can be pinch hit for. But Larnach and Wallner are not the two I would choose. Depending on what happened later, they are out of your lineup. Yes, Lewis succeeded and I'm glad and I think he would have succeeded no matter who pinch hit for
  16. mikelink45
    I would have thought. Lee would be the second baseman. But perhaps they think that Lewis is not as good in the field. Third base as the other options would be. Unfortunately. Julien has not lived up to this expectations. And they do need to get Miranda into the lineup.
  17. mikelink45
    As someone who posts - bring up Keirsey almost everyday - there is not one reason in the post that makes me change my mantra.
  18. mikelink45
    Richards, Festa, Matthews - all are doing great - the future of the staff looks really good, but the BP? Cleveland is first because it has baseballs best BP. We have Varland who should be in the pen, is there anyone else in the minors worth trying over our current 8,9 arms?
  19. mikelink45
    This says it all - PH Rocco strikes again. Arguably we replace our current best hitter with our worst hitter. Way to go Rocco. And I love Lewis as a PH, but for our other best hitter of this month - Larnach? Nice try, but Julien cost us one game in 162 - Gary blew a championship.
  20. mikelink45
    I love these retrospectives - so much to chew on. Why are we so protective of the 40 man when we need to be protective of the team's playoff potential. For example - I keep saying Keirsey who is have a wonderful season, but not in MLB but Margot is. I don't care about which league the player is in now if they can play an effective SS they should have taken the field for Correa. And why did it take so long to bring Wallner back up when he was trampling AAA pitchers. And could we take advantage of Eeles being locked in this year? Varland is being saved as a SP, but right now he should be in the pen. We seem to love DFA guys and no one else in the league that is hungry for RP does. What is going on? I know we made a "huge trade" for a RP (who should be DFA'd but that would look bad). I would let Paddock go - why do we love IL guys - Mahle, Pineda, Paddack, Topa????? Farmer has taken Margot's place as an ineffective PH, but we keep using him. Julien's career has spun out of control this year and when Lee comes back Julien should be gone, but probably Lee will be the SS. Winder is not the savior, not a SP, but better than the bottom of the list. Alcala has a live arm that has everyone excited, but he has 1.6 WAR in six years. 1.0 of that this year and he is progressively less reliable with 6 runs allowed in his last five games and 6 innings. He has not earned our trust at the top of the BP (I know few have).
  21. mikelink45
    I keep thinking about Billy Amick's name - Amik in Ojibwe is beaver swimming by. Is Billy part indigenous?
  22. mikelink45
    Thanks for the lists of youngest. I really enjoyed seeing this.
  23. mikelink45
    I am still a believer in pushing the innings. Raya was not sharp, but sometimes forcing your way through is the best learning experience. I am hoping that MLB develops the rule I read about on the Athletic that would force SP to go 5 innings (with some exceptions). Glad for Jenkins, but I am not the HR fan that most are. I like good contact and I loved the look of his swing. Dobnak gets his 10th, but not that he earned it since it took a 14 run game to give it to him, but he went six despite giving up six. I don't know his pitch count, but obviously the brakes are off for him - for good reasons.
  24. mikelink45
    Is that Tony Bennett I hear?
  25. mikelink45
    But we do not want ground balls, we want strikeouts - which take more pitches to achieve.
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