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  1. Jham
    Cruz hitting 3rd and dhing
  2. Jham
    My hypothesis is that the added muscle mass puts additional strain on ligaments, joints, and bones. Pro athletes bulk up for the power and explosion. At the same time, it's pretty well accepted that as you build muscle mass you start to lose flexibility and ROM. Muscles firing more suddenly with more force plus less flexibility probably means more injuries. In the case of slingshotting a baseball over your shoulder at 95+ mph, the weak link is almost always the ucl at the elbow.
  3. Jham
    Astudillo? Close call. It's Awesome to have depth and flexibility. I think it's going to b resolve. Someone's going to get traded...
  4. Jham
    A defense first 2nd baseman with the arm to play on the left side and power top hit 25hr is pretty valuable. I remember our first game in Baltimore this year after he was traded to the brewers last year. The fans gave him a standing ovation. Figured he must be well liked and respected. Not so much here. Our fans hate making hard contact resulting in double plays. Shame. The guys the type of good natured pros pro that help keep losing steaks short. 2 games to be exact....
  5. Jham
    Free Duran! The big club needs your fastball! He threw 62 innings in 2017. 100 last season. He's got 62 innings this year. He should be in line for 120 innings. He has to be added to the 40 after this season. I get not wanting to make a 40 man addition until the trade deadline. But he's a likely target of a trade and I'd like to see if he's useable before being traded. I also think it maximizes his value as an asset. He'd certainly generate some buzz. If he doesn't perform, he can be part of the Rochester shuttle.
  6. Jham
    Odo to the DL. Once again, these things sort of have a way of working themselves out. Short term, happy to have the depth and he pitched pretty well! Life has a funny way of helping you out when you think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up in your face.
  7. Jham
    So... Mejia pitches well but note won't be available for the next couple days. Normally this would be a shuttle situation. Let's say we have a short start tomorrow. Do we risk overusing our go to guys?
  8. Jham
    So this is exactly my point, and something the old Regime did frequently. We're so worried about losing fringe guys that we make stupid rostering errors. Keeping Mejia because he's out of options over a better or fresher pitcher isn't smart. We eventually run into games where he can't be used and the rest of the pen suffers. If he was a pinch hitter or utility guy, it makes sense to keep the depth. But keeping a fringe arm with no options in the pen actually limits your depth and ability to shuttle, a technique we've used with great success this year. We've wondered how this hodge podge mix of average arms has held it together so well this year. I believe a lot of credit goes to having fresh arms available. The shuttle sure helps. Its almost like having additional roster spots.
  9. Jham
    If the ALCS was tomorrow and you had to bring Mejia or Thorpe to Yankee stadium, who do you bring? If you could only make 1 trade to help the pen, lefty or righty? Is Mejia better than Morin or Magill? I doubt it. Most likely he'll be cut as soon as we trade for an arm or two anyway. I don't mind if we bring him up to audition as long as we play him and waive him the same as if he had options.
  10. Jham
    I hate the idea of Mejia. Exactly the type of guy the last regime would be worried about losing. I love the way we've used the final 25 man spot as a revolving long man. Of course, this requires depth and options. having Mejia go 2 1/3 some blow out is fine. Having to keep him in the pen unused for the ready of the series regardless of what happens in those games while gues like Thorpe or Stewart or Littel can be shuttled up fresh and exchanged makes no sense.
  11. Jham
    Probably easier to just taste in your twins gear and cheer for the Mets... Any team with degrom, thor, and wheeler has a chance if they get can get in. And if not, that's not a tear-down. That's a keep adding scenario. Only way to get Degrom or Thor is to offer multiple prospects who figure to be at least that good in the next couple years. I don't think we have any players like that. Not even Lewis.
  12. Jham
    Duran is likely a bullpen arm. I want him with the big club this season. Righties like Stanton, Judge, Springer and Altuve await. Our best reliever is a lefty. We need the level of dominance he may have.
  13. Jham
    Hopefully, a Pavano like career earnings as well for the Thorpe family's sake!
  14. Jham
    I'm sure some have commented about how much Thorpe looks like a left-handed Carl Pavano. But it's worth reiterating, and for that reason alone, I'm dubious about his prospect status.
  15. Jham
    Are his bags packed?
  16. Jham
    Congrats JoPo!
  17. Jham
    Who catches if Castro gets hurt/old?
  18. Jham
    I was worried the game would go into extra innings and I'd hit rush hour...
  19. Jham
    Sano about to leave the game with hungry.
  20. Jham
    Can't spell can o corn without cron!
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  23. Jham
    He appears to be on his 2nd phone.
  24. Jham
    Dude in front of me had been filming every Twins at bat trying to catch the walk off...
  25. Jham
    Wade with the team even?
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