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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.

And the team is 6-7 for the month thus far and seven games under .500 for the season. So all this chart shows is production by player and it is not translating to meaningful results. So let's start looking to see what we have going forward. Clemens very well could be on the team next year but if we are moving towards being a contender that should be as a utility player playing a few days a week. Not hitting 3rd every game. So rather than move Lewis around who has more upside, move Clemens around, he has and can play 3B. If Royce could lock down 1B, that would fill a huge hole in the organization.