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  1. IndianaTwin
    Concur. Yesterday's Alcala performance generally goes in the category of, "Stuff happens." If it requires a longer explanation, I'd suggest, "In spite of Alcala having a generally solid year, stuff sometimes happens."
  2. IndianaTwin
    Pretty sure I filled in the "You can put it on the board. Yesss" part for Hawk.
  3. IndianaTwin
    If Santana and Miranda are on the same team next year and playing every day at 1B and DH, Santana is the 1B.
  4. IndianaTwin
    Add me to those thinking they won't trade either. As others have noted, there's nothing in the mix in terms of backups and anything they trade for/sign is going to be a wash financially with trading one of these. Though it would be unpopular, I think it's much more likely they trade Castro than either catcher.
  5. IndianaTwin
    Can someone find the White Sox broadcast version of the Thome home run? It's some of the best commentary in the history of television, but I can't find it anywhere. Thome hits the homer and it's followed by 52 seconds of silence, ending with Hawk Harrelson mournfully saying, "And we'lllllll be back," as they head to commercial. Ah, 52 seconds of glorious, glorious silence.
  6. IndianaTwin
    To build on this, the most recent starters in St. Paul were Plutko (shelled), Henriquez (bullpen game), Boushley, Matthews, MacLeod and Morris (first start in AAA, after only 10 in AA), For the Twins, we have Lopez and Ober as "established" guys, followed by SWR and some combination of Festa/Varland/Matthews in the last two spots, plus Paddack on the IL. I've no problem with letting the young guys roll (and would like to see it), but we have more than 40 games remaining. The odds of any major league team making it through a 40-game stretch using only six starters are pretty slim. Add that it's the end of the season, amidst innings counts and a season's worth of fatigue, and they're even slimmer. Paddack has not returned to throwing yet, so the likelihood of him starting many games (and lasting long) is pretty small. If (when) it comes to that, I'd rather start Hill than one of the guys in the first paragraph.
  7. IndianaTwin
    After being there, I also realized I should have posted something to see if others were in attendance. I appreciated the sessions with the front office guys as well. Their comments would add some great nuance to conversations that often happen on TD -- being "data-informed, but not data-driven," for example. And the sessions with both the hitters and pitchers were wonderful, hearing their stories and perspectives of today's game. I'll never think of Jack Brohamer in the same way. I was there with IT Junior, who is a member. As he said, there was some great geeky research, but geeky researchers often aren't great presenters.
  8. IndianaTwin
    He could easily sign a minor league deal with opt out after a two weeks. That's what they did with Keuchel last year. He wouldn't need the 40-man spot until (if) he gets called up. I'm guessing that's how most teams would address it with him. I don't see a contender starting him without at least a couple tune-ups. If he's willing to go that route, I'm all on board. A minor league deal doesn't guarantee you use him. If he pitches well, but they don't need him, let him walk. If he pitches poorly, let him walk. But if he pitches well and Varland/Festa don't give what you want, he's an available body. Meanwhile, St. Paul gets an extra pitching coach. But I agree with Chief in thinking that if it was going to happen, it would have been done by now.
  9. IndianaTwin
    I didn’t check in. @ashbury, were you at SABR this past weekend? It was great.
  10. IndianaTwin
    Atteberry: “Lugo’s nose was bloodied early, and he never did find it.” Maybe check his face?
  11. IndianaTwin
    Check with Chief. He had a handle on that.
  12. IndianaTwin
    Hopefully.
  13. IndianaTwin
    I was laughing at that as well.
  14. IndianaTwin
    He has more than Correa this month!
  15. IndianaTwin
    Relegation isn’t a factor in MLB, but in this case, it probably should be.
  16. IndianaTwin
    Farmer planted that one!!!!!!!!
  17. IndianaTwin
    IT Jr. told me last night, and I forgot until now. After they snapped their losing streak, his comment was, “They are so bad they can’t even break the losing streak record.”
  18. IndianaTwin
    By the way, the White Sox were mathematically eliminated from the divisional race last night. If they win out, they get to 71 wins. Cleveland had 70 wins going into today, the Twins 66 and Kansas City 65, but they play enough games amongst themselves that at least one of them has get to 72 or more, even if all three teams lose all their other games. They’ve been eliminated from the wild card for a while, since so many teams are at least close to 72 wins already and they all play each other.
  19. IndianaTwin
    At least he referenced someone who played in this game. Surprised he didn’t call him Zeeby or something.
  20. IndianaTwin
    And he did…
  21. IndianaTwin
    Clase AGAIN. That’s four straight.
  22. IndianaTwin
    Now up to 270 of 268.
  23. IndianaTwin
    Yes. Beat you, Chief.
  24. IndianaTwin
    Phooey. Matthew Boyd 5.1 innings, 3 hits, 1 run, 0 walks, 6 strikeouts for Cleveland. Aren’t people supposed to be erratic in their return from Tommy John surgery? Cleveland 2-1 in the eighth.
  25. IndianaTwin
    Though he was honked off that they didn’t let him go the distance.
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