Hosken Bombo Disco

No. Just, no.

Ugh

I’ve never seen a non-pitcher try so hard to bunt since, oh, 1985.

Wade got hit, then almost got a hit

Ugh so close

Don’t any of the White Sox infielders throw right handed? Maybe that infielder could switch with the pitcher next time Sano comes up

UPDATE: Now 8-0 top of the third

The other side of the coin is for the list makers to not stay married to their picks if those picks aren’t working out. You guys do great work. I value your opinions infinitely more than any of the national list makers. I tried making my own prospect list this spring, but it was too difficult. I only got to about 6 or 7 before realizing I didn’t know what the hell I was doing and could only go off of highlight clips, reading between the lines, and second hand reports. However, there have been some very good first-hand reports on Gordon that talk about more than just the results of his plate appearances. We’ve all seen Arraez if even for a brief period now, and it looks like he belongs. Arraez looks like he will be better than Gordon, if not necessarily better than what we want Gordon to become (if that makes sense). True true true true true (if you are doing it right)

I would think most people would have Arraez over Gordon?

Per the Tampa Bay beat writer and MLBTR https://mobile.twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/1144433880419753990

The Rays are promoting McKay to start Saturday.

Following it on social media, and to put it in college football terms, but the score sounds something like Harris 56, everyone else 0

Why are they crashing down the gates to get here? Because they love the idea of America. America is worth risking their own lives for. Most Americans can’t even say that about themselves anymore.

Fortunately for the front office, the season ends before the trade deadline, on or around July 27th every year

surprised... skeptical? ...unprepared?

Fare thee well, and see ya here, Craig https://m.facebook.com/thedodosite/

There’s like four good websites left on the Internet (five if you count Twins Daily)

First paragraph: I agree completely. Good defense at first base is not missed until it’s gone. That’s why I think the talk of Sano moving to first is misguided. For how much Rocco moves players around the field to different positions, notice that Sano has not played a single inning at first base yet during Rocco’s tenure. Second & third paragraphs: You are not responding to what the original poster wrote. It’s possible you didn’t even read the post. But at least you are not being smug and condescending about it.

I agree about the hands. Looks like his habit of recocking the hands after the pitch has been thrown isn’t helping him. I don’t know if Sano has good pitch recognition anyway. Isn’t there a vision test that teams can ask players to take? Just so many check swings tells me he doesn’t interpret the spin on breaking pitches until too late. Or it could just be lack of mental focus. I do think there’s more to it than that noisy swing. I still think he can be a streaky but decent player and hitter. Clean up his swing, preparation, focus, maturity, all the things we constantly talk about, just kind of comes and goes with him.

I think this particular story was about cancelling senate, not so much the militia showing up, despite the photo—more on that in a minute. As far as that goes, i can’t really find much fault with the story. It appears the Senate was advised of a credible threat against them, and they chose to cancel. Here is the passage I think supports my take on it: Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward (D-Portland) posted on social media a text message from Senate leadership, stating that the Saturday session was cancelled. "The State Police Superintendent just informed the Senate President of a credible threat from militia groups coming to the Capitol tomorrow," the message says. "The Superintendent strongly recommends that no one come to the Capitol and President [Peter] Courtney heeded that advice minutes ago." Republicans in Oregon should have simply stayed in town and voted. In my opinion, this is a business regulation bill, not a climate bill, and therefore it can be reversed in future sessions. At risk of losing some of my liberal cred, I doubt very much a state level cap and trade bill will help reverse 12,000 years of melting glaciers, no matter how good Oregon Dems feel about the bill. Likewise, when Wisconsin Democrats were faced with those anti-union bills when Walker was elected, they were best advised to simply vote their vote. Instead they attempted to undo the entire election with that recall. We see how that has turned out. The Texas example of Democrats fleeing the state, in your earlier post, I do understand that, however. That was a redistricting issue and more akin to killing off their political existence. But anyway. The misleading photo is a symptom of how corrupt the media has become. I prefer tame profile or stock photos, to marketing photos as you see here. I should get into it more or go find some good writing on it but whatever, (spent too much time on this post already). Here’s the typical thinking: Good news story for Bush/Obama/Trump? Quick, find a photo of them preening and smiling wide! Bad news for the president? Run the photo of them frowning and looking downcast! (even though it’s probably just a photo of them reading the paper, cropped for effect). This manipulation of photography is not something many people notice but that has an insidious effect on how we perceive etc etc yada yada. All news orgs seem to do this now. Instead of just reporting to you, they want to elicit an emotion too. So I’m really glad you pointed out that was a misleading photo not from the event, because I wouldn’t have noticed otherwise. In defense of the news reporter, the choice of photo was probably not made by her, but a manager or IT person. Ok, my rambling is done.

Cheaper than the 2/20 I was calling for!!

Of course they are. Maybe the OP come back and explain further.

i think they can “go for it” and acquire some players who can help in the postseason and beyond, but also maybe part with some players who won’t be around in 2020. I think that’s what the poster was going for.

Good post and interesting idea, if a little contrarian—can’t have any of that now, can we? I’d keep Gibson—assuming this team is going to the postseason, I’d want him to make a start. Pineda and Perez wouldn’t have much value and maybe not Odorizzi either, so you are talking about getting minor leaguers in return, or other reclamation projects. The position players are locked in and doing fine. We could live without Sano, but no one is going to offer much. The Twins should be already thinking about picking up the option year on Cruz. But sure, I wouldn’t put the odds too low that someone on the current 25-man is included in a trade.