HarmonK03

With Culpepper hurt, they need some players in St. Paul. They have been filling in the roster with guys from Cedar Rapids and Fort Meyers. So for now I don't mind it, but agree don't want him taking AB's from the younger guys.

I think Sim had more duds than those two combined.

Dan Hayes is reporting that Arcia cleared waivers and is reporting to St. Paul today, so we keep some depth in the organization. It is interesting, there were posters that thought we could get something for him. It is just another example of how we overrate the players in our organization.

On the broadcasts, they have said Larnach has credited Sizemore with helping him improve in the outfield. I am basing it on those statements.

He has earned the right to have a say of where he wants to play. There is no guarantee anyone we would get in a trade would be productive or in the case of prospects even play for the Twins. This just feels like ripping on a player for the sake of ripping.

Any solution with Clemens as anything other than a utility player is not a solution. Let's see where he ends up at the end of the year.

Actually Paredes isn't even considered a starter. We have four starters currently with all our supposed depth.

I think some of the coaches he has brought in has really helped with this. I am glad we got some coaches with major league experience. The drills that Sizemore has put Larnach thru has made him into at least passable on defense.

You can't trade Buxton unless he wants to go and I am not seeing any indication that he is going to want to move on.

And for the month of April he was a candidate to be DFA'd again. I am enjoying his run that he is currently on, but let's see if he can sustain it and for how long.

Have some patience, first he wasn't hitting enough now it is his fielding. Players do not come up as finished products. They need to learn what it takes to be successful in the major leagues. Luke has started 161 games from college tot he pros at 2B, maybe he doesn't improve, but that is just a year of starts. Can he improve, I don't know but he is athletic and appears to have the work ethic. Give him some time, Koskie was a butcher at 3B when he first came up and he became a good third baseman. We always want immediate success but it doesn't always happen. As for hitting for power, sometimes that comes with experience, have heard many former major leaguers make this point. All this said if you have a better option, then move him or move on. But we don't have a better option and no Kriedler or Gray or other AAAA types are not the answer either. Either bring someone in that can, that actually has and can play the position and has shown they can be a starter at this level or stay with Luke. We have to start defining these positions and stop moving everyone around. Keep Clemens as the super utility player, he is one who is comfortable moving around and play passable defense at multiple positions. The team needs to decide what players they have that they can count on for roles going forward and where are the holes are and make the moves to fill them. Unfortunately with no real leadership in the front office, I don't know when this will happen. And we will just keep floundering around .500 and tease us enough to pull us in and then have a stretch of games where they look like little leaguers out there.

Can we watch the game, it would be nice.

You will never acknowledge that he has made improvements. Still a short sample size but he is looking much better at the plate overall with some bad AB's like everyone has. For this team to have success they need Royce to play up to what he has shown what he is capable of.

And he has to let every bad pitch go by, he is not allowed to swing at any bad pitches.

Let's hear from the Royce haters what he did wrong on that AB.

It's an indictment of their development of pitchers. They have to stop having everyone be a bulk pitcher, so they are prepared to give some length up here if needed. Only two pitchers are throwing more than 60 pitches a game in AAA.

You are lucky, you don't have to hear about nachos for a half inning while Buxton is hitting a home run.

Be nice if they would focus on the game at some point.

But now we get the bullpen to cover 4 innings, it would be nice if it was less.

This is the problem with their bulk pitching process, these guys are not being prepared to start up here. They are only being developed to be long relievers. I don't think Paredes ever faced the lineup a third time, so I was not surprised Rogers was in there, it was going to happen no matter the situation.

Thanks, that will be helpful when I play Strat-o-Matic.

How many games had he played at 1B or CF this year. If it's that big of a concern than I would put Lee in there. It does not help the team to keep playing spin the wheel with the defensive alignment. Make Gray and Clemens your utility players and keep everyone else at one position.

Arcia could sign a minor league contract this offseason, what has he done that would make a team really think he is now the answer two months later. Maybe the famous cash considerations could be obtained for him.

The available options tonight would be to play Lee and sit Clemens. I did not reference roster construction.

So who wanted to sign Correa and add to payroll if it wasn't Falvey. Did the Pohlads just say for no apparent reason, hey let's raise payroll by $20m. The biggest point that I disagree with you is on Falvey. He was the top baseball man in the organization for the last 9 years. As in any organization, he sets the direction of the organization on the baseball side, including payroll, just because the Pohlads approve it doesn't absolve him of any responsibility. I don't necessarily agree with the way the payroll was cut by Joe, he was in over his head. But Falvey was ultimately responsible for all facets of the baseball operations and he needed to operate within the parameters given to him by his bosses. Continuing the success of 23 would have been one way to convince them he deserved the higher payroll.