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  1. USAFChief
    Phil "exit velocity" Hughes is going tonight.
  2. USAFChief
    My guess is they won't add a starter until they need one...next weekend. I'd guess a bullpen arm.
  3. USAFChief
    that's debatable.
  4. USAFChief
    ironic.
  5. USAFChief
    I wonder if that's what it really means. Statcast is new, "exit velocity" is new, and I'm not sure we really understand what it all means yet. In Mauer's case, I wonder if it's more a lack of really softly hit balls. He rarely hits the ball real hard, but also gets a portion of the barrel on the ball a high percentage of the time, so he doesn't have many really softly hit balls to drag the average down. Few infield popups, few slow rollers. Lots of medium soft humpback liners to left, lots of fairly sharp 2 and 3 hoppers to 2nd. In bowling terms, he's the guy who averages 190 by almost always bowling somewhere between 180-200. He's not the guy who averages 190 by bowling 100, 190, 280. In any case, he's an argument that " average exit velocity" shouldn't be looked at in isolation as an indication of effectiveness. At a minimum launch angle plays a part, and I think eventually they'll be considering spin rate at well. In Mauer's case, the high average exit velocity has added up to .230/.295/.310. Woof. edit: or what taildragger said.
  6. USAFChief
    "I said you got my number? He said yeah, I got it when you walked in the door." Still one of the best lines ever.
  7. USAFChief
    I like this idea. Get another reliever up here until they need another starter, then pick from the bullpen to go down and bring Berrios up.
  8. USAFChief
    If they want to stick to 4 days rest, I think they won't need a 5th starter until the 13th.
  9. USAFChief
    Yes.
  10. USAFChief
    I DON'T WANT DUFFEY MOVED TO THE ROTATION!!1!
  11. USAFChief
    Except I don't understand, if you're gonna leave him in to get out of the bases loaded, 1 out jam, why doesn't he start the next inning?
  12. USAFChief
    No. And my mutton chops are not "fuzzy."
  13. USAFChief
    Don't care about the results. Leaving Gibson in with bases loaded, one out, is poor managing.
  14. USAFChief
    It's the ride I never want to get on, in the first place.
  15. USAFChief
    My totally unfounded, wild speculation is "they asked him not to pitch in the WBC but he did it anyway, and they're not happy."
  16. USAFChief
    yes.
  17. USAFChief
    Sticking with the amusement park theme... how about Kyle "merry-go-round" Gibson?
  18. USAFChief
    Awful.
  19. USAFChief
    Kyle Gibson, ladies and gentlemen.
  20. USAFChief
    I certainly agree the 14-11 start should make a difference, I was responding to your point about the quality of competition. And if the team believes he's going to post numbers that terrible, that's an entirely different discussion...one not made by anyone here, including you. The discussion has been about "tweaking" this or that, or stretching him out, or whatever...not about him not being good enough to pitch in the big leagues. To top it off...as mentioned above, Kyle Gibson's 2017 ERA is remarkably similar to Berrios' 2016.
  21. USAFChief
    I guess we can rule all those things out then, because if the quality of competition doesn't matter, there's no reason he couldn't be working on it in the big leagues.
  22. USAFChief
    "I'm frustrated, just like everyone else. I want to see Berrios pitch and I want to see him pitch badly." Then he should be up, no? But seriously: I, too, want to give the new front office every benefit of the doubt. But I've already had so many things to question...lack of action to address the pitching staff over the winter, Santana still one of the few reserves, neither Vargas/Park on the opening day roster all come to mind...that it makes it tougher. In this situation, it's giving starts to Gibson and Tepesch over Berrios that has me scratching my head. Gibson has options. Tepesch seems like the guy you turn to as a last resort, rather than the guy who gets promoted first.
  23. USAFChief
    mod note: thread moved to MLB Baseball. Hicks doesn't play for the Twins anymore. Sadly.
  24. USAFChief
    That has the ring of a nickname with some staying power.
  25. USAFChief
    Not trying to win, in ANY year, is a huge mistake. You're complaining about the team loosing 550 games over six years, while simultaneously arguing it doesn't matter if they lose games by bring up Mitch Garver's.
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