HarmonK03

There is tracking technology involved.

And this is a stadium used once or twice a year.

Veterans can choose not to go on a rehab, Kepler was the same way.

He still has to lock in and figure out what works in his first inning of work, whether it is the first or second inning.

At this point in the season, patience has to be at a minimum for a contending team. And Roden has done nothing to warrant them having patience with him. Again why are we so focused on this year's numbers, he has 200 AB's and has yet to grab hold of an opportunity and say give me more playing time. He has not had aggressive swings at the plate before yesterday and he looks tentative on defense. Not saying we get rid of him but he needs to come to spring training and earn a spot on the 26 man roster, his time is running out with all the younger outfielders coming up behind. As for stats, you have history and Gray's said that was not sustainable and it showed to be true. I want players in the lineup that will make at least a small contribution to a win, not someone who won't kill us. That is what gets you a sub .500 record.

A good break glass in case of emergency signing. It will be interesting to see if he has anything left in the tank, but veteran experience could be needed if we have any more injuries to a starter.

Weather will be fine tonight, the storms are well south of the field.

Falvey was given a budget and he signed the players within that budget, that he didn't identify the correct ones is on him and his staff, not ownership. I realize there are going to be misses, but I think there more misses than real impact signing.

I agree with this article 100%, don't just spend money for the sake of it. You have to work with the resources given. It felt like Falvey wanted to act like a larger market team when the resources weren't in line with that premise, he never fully adapted to the reality in front of him. The signing of Bell this offseason was a great example of spending money to spend money. That money could have been used for a weakness on the roster at the time, the bullpen. Instead it went to Bell to play 1B, when he is no longer playable at 1B, so it should have been obvious at that time that he was going to be the DH There was a lost opportunity cost with this of not giving Rodriquez or even at the time Roden an opportunity. Coming out of spring training if Bell is not on the roster, Rodriquez probably opens as the starting LF giving coverage for Buck in CF and Larnach would have been the DH still able to play the field more often than Bell. Bell has given some decent production, but he is at a replacement level, for that we gave up the opportunity cost to find out what some younger players can do and production wouldn't have been a huge dropoff from what Bell has provided IMO. This is why I hope Tom P. will hire an experienced baseball executive to lead the baseball operations, Zoll is not up to the task.

Yes Roden had a good game yesterday, so do many AAAA types which he is close to becoming. He has a good eye, but his swings have not been good at the plate and he has looked tentative in the field. Nothing says he should get a shot over Jenkins or Keaschall for more playing time.

If we were putting best possible roster together it would be Buxton and Jenkins for Jackson and Roden. That would give us the best 13 position players on the roster.

Roden has had 200 AB's in the major leagues. If you don't think that's enough to judge him, that's fair. But everyone keeps acting like this is his first time up here and it's not. Which in some ways makes his lack of production more concerning as he doesn't seem to be building off his prior stints.

The weather guy I follow says the storm should stay well south, just a few sprinkles at most. Play ball!

Looks like Jackson gets a reprieve for one more day

You seem to have a certain number in mind that is different than trying to minimize the number of innings by 10 or so for the year.

Is today the day Buxton comes back and Jackson removed from the roster. Perfect setting for it, the Field of Dreams game.

There is a weather guy for fantasy that is usually pretty accurate. Right now he is saying the storms are showing to be just south of Dyersville. But that any little change could put the game in jeopardy, he says we probably won't know more until closer to game time. My question is what kind of drainage do they have, Target Field is pretty good, but I would guess they don't have the same drainage system.

This situation has occurred due to Falvey's lack of smart roster management. At the time signing Bell to play 1B was a bad decision, he was going to be the DH, there was no way he was playing 1B. Everybody else in baseball knew this but not the Twins. If Bell is not here ERod probably opens the season as our LF and Larnach is the DH and you would have had coverage for Buxton in CF as well. Now would ERod have matched Bell's production, maybe not completely but I bet he would have had 10-15 HR's and around 50 RBI's. Bell has a WAR of .8 that is replaceable. And those dollars could've been used for a position of need, the bullpen. This team has always valued the fringe veterans over the younger players. And Zoll is just Falvey 2.0, there is no difference. They have rarely been aggressive in calling up younger players until they were forced to, even Keaschall who was probably rushed because they needed to. Sometimes you have to find a spot for a player like Jenkins. And sometimes you have to remember you have a minor league system to develop and backfill the major league roster. They have primarily used St. Paul to churn thru the 8th pitching spot and to demote underperforming players. Sometimes when there is a need you have to reach down and bring somebody up whether they are "completely ready" or not. Maybe they fail, maybe the learn for future call ups or they just might be productive. But they will try to fill the opening with fringe veterans and it has put this team in a pattern of mediocrity. A perfect example was when Buxton was first hurt and sat for 4 games. Fedko was on the roster, but he didn't play one game in CF, instead they forced Gray a fringe veteran into the lineup over Fedko. And this is not about Fedko it is about the process they follow and I see Zoll doing the same. So now they don't know what they have in ERod and will have to probably put him on the roster next year and hope he has figured it out. And I would guess that he will be the 14th player in September.

First why do you plan on filing a roster spot that you aren't going to use, that makes no sense. In the last week alone there were at least two games we needed a pinch hitter in the later innings and there was no one available except Jackson so no pinch hit and no hit. Would it have changed the game, there is no way to know, but they did not have a move to make because they continue to carry a 13th player they don't use. Jackson is just the latest example.

Have I missed something, did the Twins announce something. Their actions don't seem to be saying they are going to shut him down, they have reduced his pitch counts slightly and do skip a day when they can. But they don't seem to planning on shutting him down, this feels like a TD plan but not Twins plan.

Expansion of the rosters have no factor in this, the Twins in the last 3 years have never called up a catcher as their 14th position player. They are only going to call up one position player based on historical facts.

Then Jeffers or Caratini get dinged up in in game 1 of the playoffs and Banuelos has to fill in. This is the quote from the earlier post I was referring to. So before you accuse someone of lying, have your facts straight.

In the playoffs specifically as the scenario was laid, not during the season.

How often has that scenario happended and what are the odds, you can't plan for every contingency. What happens if Lee and Culpepper get hurt and Kreidler gets dinged up, what are you going to do. You have depth but you can't go 5 deep everywhere.

Gomez is the RH version of Eddie G.