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  1. Adam: Lets say the Twins continue to really underperform .. With Jhoan Duran set to come back this week, is he a under the radar trade candidate ?? Would love the O’s to get a guy like that who is controllable. Mayo for Duran ? 2:28 Ben Clemens: I think the Twins would jump all over themselves to make that deal 2:28 Ben Clemens: I don’t think it’d necessarily be an awful deal for the O’s, they have the whole issue of too many players for the major league roster 2:29 Ben Clemens: but that’s a great prospect to get for a reliever 2:29 Ben Clemens: even a really good reliever
  2. Thanks for the information! As always, great to have you here.
  3. How many teams have good starters in AAA, not being down for no reason? I'd guess very few, if any. The Twins at least have SWR to try as a realistic option. This idea that they are failures for not having good starters in AAA does not reflect reality of the rest of the league at all.
  4. The Sox have been awful at their jobs, and have lots of injuries. It isn't, imo, an MLB issue like the A's....
  5. Golf team in Oregon. Assistant coach .We won without our best player, who's one of the three best in the state, give or take. Next week determines if we go to state, it need to go to regionals. I'd guess we're one of the five best teams in the state, but one the others in our league is also.
  6. Where's all the regular comments? Just got back from a remarkable win by the HS team I help coach, was excited to see this score also!
  7. Ya, also, as I sort of pointed out, they don't need another starter for five days
  8. Not Alcala? I really don't get this FO. Unless he hasn't been down long enough.... Otoh, SWR up in five days to pitch, so a RP goes down then...
  9. Don't spend money on backups. Start the youth. That's been my request for two years. Is rather they pocket money than sign zero upside veterans.
  10. Hoskins was about it, iirc, of what was really available. But that was when I thought they'd spend on a pitcher.... If they weren't doing that? I don't know. As you say, they weren't planning to bench any starter from last year.... And yes, Wallner deserved the chance, as did Julien and Lewis. For me, it was much more about just trusting the youth to be the backups..... I'd rather roll the dice on young upside, than have low ceiling veterans. It's hard to see any position other than first or DH being acquired. But I certainly didn't want Santana. As for your post, I don't get your point. I'm saying that the guys they brought in stink. You're not arguing that, so I'm not sure your point.
  11. I think they hoped he started ten or so games before someone in AAA was ready. Then they'd cut bait out he'd be hurt or moved to relief. I have no inside information, clearly...
  12. No one said it would, but those guys not producing doesn't change the reality that spending money on backups and not starters is bad strategy, for a team cutting payroll.
  13. Agreed. I didn't like this strategy then, and I hate it now. I hated it last year, but it worked. Why they refuse to trust the youth to be backups is beyond me. If they really don't trust their minor league system, they should resign. The system is their only hope for long term success. And, as predicted, they won't cut bait for months. At least Rocco has benched Santana. But spending this percent of a limited payroll on guys you want to be backups is awful resource allocation.
  14. I'm starting to lose confidence. But then, I didn't like nearly anything they did this off season, and so far, I'm disappointed to be right...
  15. Less than ten at bats and you've decided? I have no idea, but this seems premature. He's going down when Kepler comes back anyway
  16. Nothing on Jenkins either? I've been asking for three weeks....
  17. I mean, I'm not defending Rocco, but these are the players he was given....
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