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  1. mikelink45
    Not meaningless to many of us. MLB is now considering a six inning requirement for SP in the future (per the Athletic). I know there is a lot to work out, but I like the idea. 3 - 4 BP pitchers per game is not for me and I will celebrate a 20 game winner any time. I know you are new age and I am old age - too late for me to change over. Give me wins, ERAs, RBIs (yes they count - that is why we look at RISP each game).
  2. mikelink45
    This begs the question - Is Ober now the Ace? Ober 12 - 5 3.52 O,96 Whip 128 Innings Lopez 11 - 8 4.67 1.15 135 Both are 28. I like Ober's consistency. But then up and coming - Richards - age 23 3-3 3.76 1.18 Whip 102 Ryan is 7 - 7 3.60 0.98 135 innings Nice to have so many choices! Can Zebby, Festa or Varland compete with these stats? And if you are wondering Paddack had higher era and whip than any of the first four.
  3. mikelink45
    Keirsey is not a young AAA player - I suspect he would welcome a bench role - especially the Margot role where he has 104 games and 272 ABs so far,
  4. mikelink45
    I agree, but looking at Taylor's 200 average he was not worth the investment either. This was the place for another rookie to come in.
  5. mikelink45
    I will take Doncon, but otherwise I cannot think that Keisey would have been of lesser value and bringing up Julien for Buxton does not make sense.
  6. mikelink45
    I am embarrassed - I left Richardson off. Thanks for catching that. Maybe Zebby is six.
  7. mikelink45
    Interesting discussion. I expect our rotation next year should be Lopez, Ryan, Ober, Festa and Zebby (at least I hope so) and I would really like to see Varland go to the pen. So the AAA rotation has to be set to be the replacements that we know we will need. I see Lewis and Morris leading that rotation. I would also put Raya there - time to test him. I know I left off Paddack, but that is intentional. I would trade him.
  8. mikelink45
    I get concerned with the call up send down routine for players like Varland and Winder. I have no idea what it means psychologically. How does this affect service time? Nice to see Lewis coming around - AAA should be soon.
  9. mikelink45
    Interesting speculation, but I am not ready to ask for a move. He needs to be injury free for an extended period and then we can just his abilities. For now he needs no more changes.
  10. mikelink45
    He did okay, but lets not exaggerate
  11. mikelink45
    I am not sure Varland deserves the accolades that the posters have given him.. not a terrible start, but not sterling either. I want more and we need more. Interesting to see how the rotation pans out. I would go with a six man rotation now that we are so heavy in prospects.
  12. mikelink45
    I suspect this article is doing what you expected and getting tons of posts - I would add my NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo and suggest we go after Sandy Koufax - he is still alive and breathing.
  13. mikelink45
    I hope they keep challenging the young arms to see what we have.
  14. mikelink45
    Tough choice, but I think Rocco is pretty attached to Thielbar
  15. mikelink45
    He is the answer to who goes DFA from the 40 man next on my list.
  16. mikelink45
    I love it - his middle name I had to look it up today - his first name is Daniel. His middle name is Zebulon. Zebulon Pike was the first to come north and look for the source of the Mississippi - he chose Leech Lake. Then he returned south and took his next expedition to Pike's Peak. So we can use the peak as a talisman for Zebby's rise.
  17. mikelink45
    Morris has definitely moved up in the prospect rankings, but I suspect also in the pipeline - I expect him up if Varland fails in his starts. The lineup of prospects looks good, but it also looks like we are coming to the end of the line. Morris might be ready, who would be next? Camargo at first looked good in the field. Are they prepping him for Santana's place next year? I wondered who would be at first now that Kiriloff has lost his luster and seems to be almost an after thought. I still hope he does well, whether following the Rooker and Raley route with another team or finally getting healthy and producing in MN.
  18. mikelink45
    I am sold on Zebby. Keep them in the rotation and let him mature and succeed.
  19. mikelink45
    yup
  20. mikelink45
    I think the 40 man is a poor excuse, but you are right they will use it. They still have easy drops to get the best team on the field.
  21. mikelink45
    If Buxton is going to be out I want Keirsey to come up and give us a real CF
  22. mikelink45
    I join the others who could care less about "he is hitting better than the results show". It is only results that win games. No one posts FIP or WOBA to determine who wins a game! Larnach is a nice player but in the bottom three in any batting order I would construct. I also like the idea of good players playing against all pitchers and not the quick PH move that Rocco likes.
  23. mikelink45
    sometimes you let a SP figure things out. Look at the RP we got instead for that game. Yes it was a bad decision and I am okay with a thumbs down.
  24. mikelink45
    I will try to curb my enthusiasm, but it is hard. I really want to see him succeed.
  25. mikelink45
    I buy into Morris - still waiting on Soto. I feel like he has been over rated on our prospect lists so far. I hope he is as great as everyone thinks, but I need to see him in A and AA before getting on his bandwagon. Prielipp also needs to have some extended success before I accept the hype. Where do Ohl and Nowlin and Raya and Lewis fit in this conversation? Right now, Festa and Matthews are looking really good and Varland needs to be a RP.
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