IndianaTwin

Not to mention, if you have someone as good as Buxton or Correa, you’re less likely to put them on the IL if there’s a possibility of them not needing 10 days. The replacement is not nearly as good, and you’re committing to not having them for 10 days. With Garlick, et. al, there’s less reason not to IL him, since you can bring up a replacement player that’s pretty much his equal. At its most basic level, however, I don’t know that it’s that helpful to look for trends. Every circumstance has more variables than any of us are ever going to know.

My first job was as a bank teller, but I got fired. Woman came in and asked me to check her balance. Was it my problem she fell over?

Too much salsa on Snotboogie's pulled pork tacos?

If she doesn't, I can fill in.

I think it's five, but I believe they also suspended that count with the adjustment to the 28-player adjustment. Not sure if it was also suspended when they pushed back the 13-pitcher limit.

I'm going to create about 17 different profiles, so I can keep clicking "like."

Being newly introduced to Betteridge a week or so ago, "No."

You weren't asking whether the Twins "won" or "lost" the trade, but that's often the discussion on TD. Rather than getting into that discussion, can we agree that both sides seem to have "won" so far? That's what good trades should be like.

Has there been on confirmation on Provus? Gladden hasn’t mentioned him in the several innings I’ve heard. Seems like if it was a routine vacation-type absence, it would be noted.

Jeffsauce!!!

I'd have to find it. The hazard of digital cameras is that I take WAY too many pictures and don't bother to categorize it.

My lasting memory of Lewis will always be sitting right behind the dugout in Clinton, when Royce was playing at Cedar Rapids. There were two bat boys switching back and forth over the course of the evening. One of whom appeared to have a mild developmental disability. Royce engaged with each of them, moreso than any other player did. He asked their names and greeted them by name each time he got to the on-deck circle. Total class on his part.

Speaking of Hamilton, a few years ago I went to a game at the Monument to Cement, home of the Team that Shall Not Be Named and managed to get a picture of Ian Hamilton and Aaron Burr sitting next to each in the bullpen, with names on the back of their jerseys. Apparently they'd patched up their differences.

Injured in spring training. Started a rehab at Class A the end of last week. Moves to AA tomorrow for a few days. Then on to AAA for what’s anticipated to be a brief stint before heading to AAAA, also known as Baltimore. I’m currently carrying him on my fantasy active roster I figure an empty spot doesn’t hurt me as much as most of the backup catchers available.

Let’s hope they don’t hit homers in moderation, Always.

Good choice. Anything you say could be held against you in a future Game Thread.

Doesn't Miranda play 1B as well? So we could see Arraez get lefty at bats there and Miranda Rights? (And when your catchers are both batting .200, it might make sense to lessen the DH role ABs for one of them.)

From what I understand in the Game Threads, you know shoes pretty well. Try taking those off.

Preacher this morning reminded us that being smart is when you know that a tomato is a fruit. Having wisdom is knowing not to put it on a fruit salad.

But you gotta admit, he sure spiced up the offense.

C’mon, Chief. Surely you can’t be serious in digging that deep for attempts at humor.

Pretty low of them.

With Mitch in Texas, can we be pumped about having Garl Sauce?

I was on the Winder to St. Paul bandwagon until considering how well he’s thrown and that he’s 25. Here’s my slight variation on the piggy back plan, at least as long as Gray, Bundy, Archer, Paddack, Ryan and Ober are healthy. Rather than tie Winder to a specific pitcher, tie him to a specific day. That has a couple advantages, in my mind. First, it seems likely that he’s going to be on some kind of innings limit. Pitching one game a week gives him essentially 26 games. If he averages 4.5 innings, that’s 119 innings. Second, virtually none of the starters is likely to go over 150 innings, for various reasons. In the past, it’s not been unusual to skip a start for someone. Tieing Winder to a day means that over time he’ll end up piggy backing different pitchers over time. What that does is give each starter that occasional game that is a very light game. One week it’s Archer, the next week it’s Bundy, Ober, etc. As a recovery tool, virtually all (maybe all!) would benefit from an occasional game where they go 45 pitches (three innings) and shower early and this gets them that. While Winder Wednesday has obvious marketing potential, I go with Saturday. A starter going three, followed by Winder going five nearly gives the bullpen a reset in the middle of what’s nearly always at least a three-game series. No other day gives that. Additionally, there are at least a couple Saturday doubleheaders, right? On those days, you give the regular starter game one (and don’t pull after three) and use Winder in game two. Plans like this always look good on paper, but never last long term, either because of injuries or ineffectiveness. If one of the other starters is out for either reason, you just switch to a five-man rotation, continuing to manage Winder this way. If a second is out, just slide Winder into what becomes a new five-man rotation.

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