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  1. IndianaTwin
    Angels defense appears to have laid an egg.
  2. IndianaTwin
    So is Detmers, it appears.
  3. IndianaTwin
    True, but MLB execs value a healthy RP way more than an injured SP.
  4. IndianaTwin
    The more helpful question at this point is, “Which current relievers have options available?”
  5. IndianaTwin
    With Duran likely to be activated very soon, which pitchers have options available?
  6. IndianaTwin
    Nice. I just got a job offer to be wait staff at a local diner. They thought I’d bring a lot to the table.
  7. IndianaTwin
    Yeah, that was a decent set, and the last year that Topps had the monopoly. On Morales, also add in the one-side-of-the-collar-in and one-side-out look. Thanks for mentioning him. My primary memory of him is Gene Mauch rolling him out as a pinch hitter what seemed like every night. He had several years in a row of pinch hitting at least 50 times in the season. Back when teams carried only 10 or even nine pitchers, there were longer benches and you’d have guys who were basically full-time pinch hitters. I’m looking at you, Manny Mota. Which of course leads us to…
  8. IndianaTwin
    Twins offense: Chicago offense: We're crushing them!
  9. IndianaTwin
    Really? It looks like they haven't made any outs all season!
  10. IndianaTwin
    Oops. You are correct. Pitchers are 15 days, so we're talking early next week on Alcala (barring an IL-related move). For all the gory details: https://www.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/minor-league-options
  11. IndianaTwin
    Great minds thinking alike.
  12. IndianaTwin
    Alcala was optioned on the 14th, so barring injury, he can't be brought up until he's been there 10 days. EDIT: 15 days, see below.
  13. IndianaTwin
    I doubt that Henriquez is up to start in Varland's place. Rather, he's likely up to serve as an extra person in the bullpen for a few days. Barring injury to a pitcher, when they need another starter on Wednesday/Thursday/Friday*, Henriquez or another optionable reliever will be sent back down to bring up SWR. *Technically, they don't "need" a starter until Friday, which would be Varland's day. My personal preference is that they bring him up for either Wednesday or Thursday, so that he can be separated from Paddack in the rotation. SWR last pitched on Friday, so he could go as early as Wednesday.
  14. IndianaTwin
    EDIT to add, as of 12:30 p.m.: Duarte to the 60-day IL, freeing up a 40-man spot to add Ronny Henriquez, who is called up in favor of Varland. And Henriquez has options, correct? So he or another optionable pitcher can be sent down to bring up SWR for the start. Personally, I'd prefer that happen on Wednesday, so that SWR is not back-to-back with Paddack.
  15. IndianaTwin
    Baldelli after yesterday's game: “There is urgency here,” Baldelli said. “I mean, we can’t play like this, pitch and play like this, and think things are just going to be fine. And our guys know it’s not just going to be fine. We’re going to have to do things. We’re going to have to be open to making roster moves and finding new ways to use players and figure some things out.” Rocco doesn't tend to telegraph roster moves, so this sounds like a change. With the amount they used the bullpen yesterday, if the plan is to demote Varland, I suspect we will see it today in order to get another reliever up. They don't have to have another starter available until Friday, so they don't have to go with another transaction until then.
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    I'll take this a step further and say that the Twins don't really want him on the 40-man roster either until Jeffers or Vazquez is hurt. With the two of them healthy, there wasn't another catcher on the 40-man all of last season. I don't remember prior years, but I think the overall principle was the same. A catcher wasn't added to the 40-man until he was needed. But they had to add Camargo last winter or lose him, and I think they like him well enough that they decided to keep him on the 40-man as a known quantity with some level of potential vs. signing the second coming of Drew Butera to a minor league deal. Folks are right in naming that Vazquez has sucked. Another reality is that when you are not hitting, defense becomes even more of a premium, so I'm guessing there's reluctance to have even a perceived decline in the defense from Vazquez to Camargo, when every run allowed is so valuable. Yeah, giving him some defensive innings in the blowout with Baltimore made some sense, but not in the second game of the doubleheader. That was the game Jeffers actually caught.
  17. IndianaTwin
    As opposed to 41 pitches through the first four innings. And two of their best hitters were due up in the seventh.
  18. IndianaTwin
    I went to visit a psychic. I knocked on the door and he said, "Who's there?" I left.
  19. IndianaTwin
    Jeffers has seen 21 pitches in his three plate appearances.
  20. IndianaTwin
    When on the bump, Bailey is looking like a Natural. Let's hope he doesn't run into a wall.
  21. IndianaTwin
    When Bailey pitches like this it's a wonderful life.
  22. IndianaTwin
    His April OPS (.778) is just a smidge above his career OPS (.762)
  23. IndianaTwin
    I get the sense he got the message another way.
  24. IndianaTwin
    And is on pace to play in 162 games!
  25. IndianaTwin
    I do enjoy the part where Chicago appears to have started at about 0.5 percent and have trended downward. I was not expecting anything out of them, but woooow…
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