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  1. USAFChief
    If he's subbing for Kepler or Rosario against LH pitching, he's not DHing. If he's DHing, both Rosario and Kepler (and Mauer) are in the lineup against LHers. Or Santana, I guess, which doesn't thrill me. I don't see how that helps much. If they want to give him a try as the fourth OFer, I'm fine with that, even if I think he'll eventually fail. But he doesn't help at DH, They need a RH DH/1b...
  2. USAFChief
    I think most everyone here is overrating Grossman. He's not going to come close to matching last year. Low .700s OPS, tops. Park will be the regular DH, and soon. 775-800 OPS
  3. USAFChief
    I got the under.
  4. USAFChief
    We'll see.
  5. USAFChief
    So...it's the Democrats in congress intentionally keeping Trump in office? Holding off the powerless Republicans, who ate desperately trying to get the truth out, but can't overcome the minority party? No doubt the liberal media are actively helping by suppressing information unfavorable to Trump, too, amiright?
  6. USAFChief
    whoosh... That was the sound of Bird's comment about Twins pitching going over your head.
  7. USAFChief
    http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2012/3/27/2905234/do-spring-training-records-matter A weak correlation between spring and regular season records exists.
  8. USAFChief
    Who's in first (class).
  9. USAFChief
    I'm very optimistic about Buxton. I'm hoping for an OPS north of .750, heavy on the XBHs. I'd be OK with the occasional bunt for a hit...maybe 10-ish tries on the year. Just enough to keep the corners up.
  10. USAFChief
    Berrios' command/control issues rear their ugly heads. Walks Castro, can't finish the inning.
  11. USAFChief
    http://www.twinkietown.com/2017/3/31/15125998/bucking-convention-twins-head-north-with-25-pitchers Randball's Stu's take.
  12. USAFChief
    Most teams don't even carry 1 "long man" any more. And if there was EVER a time you don't need even one long man, much less two, it's the first week of the season. You've just spent 6+ weeks getting every pitcher on the roster ready for opening day. No starter is coming off a long outing, no reliever has even a hint of overwork. Nobody is injured. The ENTIRE bullpen is ready to go....primed for this exact week, and that doesn't even take into account April off days. Sheesh. This has nothing to do with "needing" two long men.
  13. USAFChief
    Park is already signed to a contract, so it's not an economic issue.
  14. USAFChief
    Monday will be day one. You need 31 before Sep 1, if I remember correctly. Not the way I envisioned the start of the season, I admit. Still, I'm told the opening day roster can change quickly, lets hope they're right.
  15. USAFChief
    Saw Haley throw 3? innings this week. 89-91, touched 92 I think (and supposedly the Hammond Stadium is "hot.") Nothing particularly noteworthy about off speed stuff. Decent command, I guess. *JAG, IMO. I don't get the entire Justin Haley thing...from why we somehow had the 1st pick in the rule 5 but ended up with the 8th pick--with no known benefit--to the seeming overwhelming need to keep him on the 25 man, so much so they apparently took an extra pitcher to cover for him. *Just A Guy
  16. USAFChief
    You didn't, and don't want a Tony Sipp because he would block guys who aren't here? And in his place Breslow and Haley and Belisle?
  17. USAFChief
    Gametime is 3:10 PM. Wouldn't that normally be about the time of the high temp for the day? Mid afternoon?
  18. USAFChief
    Keeping Danny Santana is not "preserving depth." Santana will need to be waived later, just as he would today. Keeping Santana is a choice made that he provides the best opportunity to win. 13 pitchers, Park to AAA, Haley kept simply because he's a rule 5 guy, Hughes ...these are not decisions made with an eye toward the future.
  19. USAFChief
    Front offices intentionally start out with a sub-optimal roster? Pray tell, why?
  20. USAFChief
    I keep reading this. In addition to questioning what that opinion is based on...I ask what about that opinion makes the opening day roster ok? Why is "it'll change fast" somehow an excuse for the roster? If that's true, why wouldn't you start the season with the changes already made? Except for DL'd players, what's the advantage of starting the season with a less than optimal roster?
  21. USAFChief
    Forgive me, but this is...questionable at best. You don't get to claim "value" for having a guy around who's only there because of the short bench, when it was your decision to have a short bench in the first place. Put players on the team who help you win games, not ones who are so bad they're one reason you're losing games, but who are bad in a whole bunch of different spots instead of bad in just one. I very much want to give the new front office the benefit of every doubt, and realize they can't fix every problem over one off season, but man...I'm not impressed so far. At all.
  22. USAFChief
    Hey Van...what would a popular hypothetical baseball related website--lets call it, uh, Blingz Baily--need to do to get people to sign up for game thread duty?
  23. USAFChief
    If there's a really good chance they won't be on the roster by the end of the year, there's no good reason for them to be there now. That they are is an indication the front office failed to replace them with someone who is an asset, and likely WILL be there come September. "Eh, he's cheap and easy to replace" isn't the front office I want. I don't actually think Tonkin is the same as Santana, by the way. I don't see the "tools" you mentioned above for Santana, while Tonkin at least throws hard and gets K's. Thats upside.
  24. USAFChief
    Yes.
  25. USAFChief
    My guess is, if you are worried, his K's have been noticed by MLB GMs.
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