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  1. HarmonK03
    Is Buxton going to play every day for the rest of the season, I doubt it. My guess at a minimum he will DH at least once a week. Sitting Larnach who has been struggling two games a week and Keaschall can move to second two games a week. There are 5 games a week to try and give your offense a jolt. The offense is struggling right and needs some life, there are never guarantees in life. But this is someone you can find playing time for and I don't think it is going to totally disrupt the team. If nothing else tell them to perform better and they wouldn't have had to make this move.
  2. HarmonK03
    Maybe not a fair comparison, you are correct but the point is still there, someone with Jenkins talent you can find at bats for.
  3. HarmonK03
    The Twins must be reading TD, they found a solution to get us to stop asking for Jenkins, he is sitting out the second game today. Can't force his way up here if he doesn't play.
  4. HarmonK03
    Lewis has earned the opportunity to lock 1B down next year. I am not sure what more you want from him since his call up. He has raised his average almost .100 points since he was demoted and it doesn't matter where you start from, that is tough to do this late in the season. He is showing signs that he could play a good 1B with time and more reps similar to Mauer.
  5. HarmonK03
    Using the word irreplaceable was not the right way to phrase it. I realize that Jenkins and ERod may not have the production of Bell next but quite honestly they could, we don't know. Even if it is a low probability. As I have tried to say some of Bell's RBI's are due to opportunity by hitting in the middle of the order, I would hope he would have 100 by the end of the year but I don't think he will make it. I would prefer to keep the DH spot open and not have a bat first guy in that position. It would be nice to have a rotating spot not just for the outfielders but for other players to have a half day off. If Clemens is going to be more of a utility guy, he could play in the field for Lee or Lewis and they could DH that day as an example. I like the name of Diaz but they haven't played him in the field at all this year and Arranda is not exactly a Gold Glove first baseman. I like Bell better than I sound, but that feels another stopgap. They have talked about using the DH as a rotating spot so commit to that.
  6. HarmonK03
    They had an opening on the 40 man roster but deemed a third string catcher who doesn't play more worthy of that spot. You don't make the moves they made at the deadline and then stop and that is exactly what they have done. Are they contenders or not, back it up with action.
  7. HarmonK03
    And where is Jenkins, he needs to be up here now but at the latest in the opening day lineup. This isn't about pecking order, he is there #1 prospect and shown he is ready. Everyone else takes a back seat.
  8. HarmonK03
    Bell is league average in most stats and is very streaky. We weren't having this conversation in July when he was struggling. I find it interesting that Lee has 10 fewer RBI's and one more HR, his OPS is a littler lower but not by a considerable amount, but yet I keep hearing he needs to hit better to stay at third. Bell has the majority at bats hitting the 3-5 spots in the lineup, while Lee has been mostly in the bottom 4 spots of the lineup. Some of Bell's RBI's are because of where he is hitting. Bell has done better than I expected this year, but I don't think he is irreplaceable, quite the opposite he should be replaced and give those at bats to others.
  9. HarmonK03
    And how can you operate down one in the bullpen.
  10. HarmonK03
    Shelton is willing to move players around just to get Caratini time at 1B, but he wouldn't do it for Jenkins. That is totally baffling to me. Philadelphia moved a gold glove second baseman to 3B to get Arraez 's bat into the lineup.
  11. HarmonK03
    Jackson is a good clubhouse guy and integral to their success. And you can pinch hit Jeffers now, going without a second catcher for two innings is just too big a gamble.
  12. HarmonK03
    You are correct any player can be upgraded. But I don't want to see it with one of their fringe veteran signings. If ERod or Jenkins pass him up, that is understandable or bring in a player with a proven track record who is not at the end of his career. Then I can understand replacing him.
  13. HarmonK03
    But he's not doing enough to earn a call up. Maybe he needs to hit a third bomb.
  14. HarmonK03
    Larnach-2 games, Buxton-1, Keaschall-1, Bell-1. There is your 5 games a week and he is a better option for a late inning outfield defensive replacement than Clemens. This is your top prospect showing he is ready, there are not three or four if you include Bell All-Stars in front of him. And you can always play Keaschall at 2B once or twice a week if you want to keep his bat in the lineup every day. When you look at who is on this roster and you aren't calling Jenkins up, I am not sure how Zoll can continue to justify him not being here.
  15. HarmonK03
    Cody, thank you for the article. Zoll's word are just a bunch of corporate speak for I am too afraid to take a chance. A talent like Jenkins you find at bats for him. Larnach is scuffling and you had people in yesterday's game thread calling of Roden, there are AB's right there. Buxton is not going to play every day as they manage his hip injury, more AB's. They just need the will and they don't have it. Other teams make this kind of move but Zoll is either too scared or incompetent to do it. He is carrying two players on the roster that Shelty won't use. And if what Dan Hayes says is true the only reason Jackson is on the roster is because he is a good clubhouse guy. So does he lose at cards and that the puts the players in a good mood to go out and slay their opponent on the field. Jenkins needs to be in San Diego tomorrow, there really is no excuse. This is the only time I will ever advocate for Tom P. to be involved in personnel decisions, but he needs to go into Zoll's office and say do it now.
  16. HarmonK03
    I don't disagree, I just mentioned him and Adams as the only two with options that would be possibilities to be sent down. Probably didn't need to include him. I was more reacting to the Nance comment, we aren't getting rid of someone that we traded for to bolster the bullpen.
  17. HarmonK03
    With what he has done for nearly 3 months, in my opinion he needs to be part of the lineup next year and any moves made should not to be replace unless it is a clear major league proven player with production. He may slump just like Clemens has and Bell has or any other player will in the course of a season. That won't outweigh the fact that he has been our best hitter for nearly three months.
  18. HarmonK03
    It appears the ship has sailed on Bauer, I will be very surprised if he pitches in the major leagues again. There have been teams that have been woefully short on starting pitching and he has not received a call. He has apparently burned his bridges in the major leagues. To continue bringing up his name as an option is just an exercise of futility.
  19. HarmonK03
    Nance is not going anywhere, the only option to send anyone down out of the bullpen is Adams and possibly Funderburk even though he has pitched better of late.
  20. HarmonK03
    Rojas is very intriguing and he has done well in St. Paul and he did well in shorter outings up here other than the walks. But I find the comments interesting in that a lot of comments feel he can give us 5 innings while only giving up a couple of runs. First that is pure projection on the number of runs, because the success he is having in St Paul would have to translate up here. But we are currently getting that from Preilipp, Ober and Matthews so why would you move one of them from the rotation, they are giving us what we need right now. Especially Ober, how can you take a veteran pitcher out of the rotation and insert another young pitcher into the mix in the middle of a playoff push. Now if there is another injury, the first pitcher I want called up is Rojas, I would be excited to see what he can do. But I don't think he should replace anyone unless there is an injury.
  21. HarmonK03
    So by your logic, the plan wasn't for Lewis at 3B, Keaschall at 2B or Lee at SS until Culpepper was ready since that is not what they stuck with. You do know plans can change. You have to look at the time of the signing not at today. I am definitely glad Bell is not playing in the field currently but I do believe that was the plan. They had no identifiable replacement for France at the time. They had no way to know if Clemens would replicate 2025 or come close to it in December of 2025 not today. That is why I believe the signing was made and was a poor decision from that standpoint. You made a declarative statement that it clearly wasn't, do you have some quotes to show this. I feel pretty confident based on public reporting at the time but if there were direct quotes at the time contradicting this please let me know.
  22. HarmonK03
    This is why I wonder if we can count on him for a start in the playoffs. We need him but which Taj will show up.
  23. HarmonK03
    They are definitely fun to watch but can they take the next step to be a competitive team and take advantage of the work Shelty is doing in the dugout. I personally don't think Zoll is the one to do it, this team has been basically a .500 team with him being one of the key decision makers and advisor to Falvey.
  24. HarmonK03
    The defense that is borderline terrible was also constructed with the assistance of Zoll. He made some good deadline moves, but he has helped lead us to the roster construction that we currently have and wish was better.
  25. HarmonK03
    I agree especially considering they are now not using 2 roster spots. They don't even trust Roden who is an outfielder to come in for defensive purposes in the late innings. So there are no AB's available for these guys.
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