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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    For the record, I don’t disagree with either of you.
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    This time I think we can say “yes, they were one player away.” A starting pitcher. Not that that excuses the other players who haven’t showed up yet this series.
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    Sounds to me like there is a “Twins never had a chance” strain of revisionist thinking going on—that I strongly disagree with. If the Yankees were that superior to the 101-win Twins this year, then how many wins should the Twins shoot for next season to be on their level? No way the Twins should have been swept this year. No way. By the way, I went back to 2002 and calculated the Yankees postseason Win-Loss record and Win% since then. Anyone care to guess what that is?
  4. Hosken Bombo Disco
    And then when the Twins get back to NY for game five, we turn to... Dobnak? It unfortunately looks like the Twins out-thought themselves this series, or were way too overconfident behind the scenes. Or something. They were certainly “out-analyticed” up in the front office.
  5. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Against a tough Toronto lineup, Cleveland started Ryan Merritt in game five of the 2016 ALCS. Four plus shutout innings. Cleveland is where Falvey came from. I thought he or someone in the Twins front office might have an idea or something up their sleeve for this one. With Dobnak, I assumed the Twins had a plan. How to pitch to the Yankees with the stuff Dobnak has. “Once through the order” or something, then someone else. The process they used during the season of following one pitcher with another type of pitcher. Or that Dobnak had the best chance out of their six-plus other guys like Smeltzer, Perez, Graterol, Thorpe, whoever.
  6. Hosken Bombo Disco
    In hindsight, I don’t know what they were thinking with Dobnak. I don’t blame Dobnak. I like Dobnak a lot as a good person and am happy for him. I just assumed the team had a plan with his start tonight. They didn’t. Dobnak wasn’t good enough, and when he got into trouble in the third, they shrugged their shoulders and pulled him from the game as if he was just a guy making a spot start in June.
  7. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Agree, the Yankees best reliever in 2017 was arguably Chad Green, and they brought him in in the first inning in the Wild Card game that year.
  8. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Would have been better if the Twins could have magnified LeMahieu’s dropped pop up. But yeah.
  9. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Sure he is. I would probably use Astudillo as a pinch hitter ahead of Adrianza. We’re only talking about bench guys, here. Adrianza is a better bet for a middle infield replacement, but with Astudillo active, you have the elite contact skill, a tiny bit of corner position flexibility, and that third catcher you can use to buy time if Castro or Garver were to tweak something or get a bad foul tip and you wish to sit Castro or Garver for a game or two instead of placing them on the injured list and losing them completely. Add to that, Adrianza hasn’t played for a few weeks. I mean, the Twins said it was a very, very difficult decision. So there was probably some internal disagreement and some who were arguing for Astudillo.
  10. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Love it! You might issue some free passes, but I think you’ll escape in good shape.
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I think some people are being too hard on Berrios. It’s true he wasn’t locating his breaking ball, but he should have gotten some plays made behind him, and been given a chance to pitch deeper into the game. People shouldn’t expect that lineups like the Yankees and Astros will be mowed down 1-2-3, inning after inning, game after game. Maybe a guy like Dobnak can do it for a few innings tonight. The Yankees probably don’t have “a book” on him like they do Berrios or Odorizzi.
  12. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Although the poster you both are responding said Astudillo can hit, the poster was mostly building up Astudillo’s intangibles. So with all due respect, I will say “all of you are right.” And surely you can think of situations where Astudillo should pinch hit for Castro.
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Adrianza, Smeltzer, or Gibson.
  14. Hosken Bombo Disco
    If Wade is fast, I will take your word for it. I haven’t seen sprint speeds for these guys. I would sure question using Adrianza as a pinch runner, and hoping that’s not why they activated him.
  15. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I also assumed Adrianza would not be healthy. Congrats to them all!
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    I dropped a post here on players playing through mild sprained ankles: http://twinsdaily.com/topic/35124-playing-on-a-mild-ankle-sprain/ To sum it up in a word, I’m optimistic we see Arraez this weekend. I’d also hate to be the one to get everyone’s hopes up, and then find out his ankle is not as ready as what we think. But I did the work and wanted to share it either way.
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    You could even go one further, and say the center fielder had the best look at it, and should have called it for the infielders. But who was in center? Did he have the pipes to be heard?
  19. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I’d rather have Arraez and hope he heals up quickly, but Schoop has power and probably provides better defense.
  20. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Looks more like Playoff Pizza
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I’m still not sold Rogers will be that guy, but you could certainly be right. It will be interesting to watch if the Twins ever call for the Rogers back foot slider to the righty for three, four pitches in a row. Especially after the batter has laid off it, to call for it one more time. I don’t know who those batters would be but this is definitely going to be fun!
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Good point. Then you wonder if Rogers will be used to get the final outs, as he usually is.
  23. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I agree, there was probably a gut check in the clubhouse of some sort. I posted that I felt Sano always hustles; that wasn’t meant as a rebuttal to your observation. It’s good to see hustle at this point from everyone.
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Sano has always hustled.
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    The radio guys said Wade had a great secondary lead, and broke for third instantly. Great hustle, great play. What more could you ask for.
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