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  1. USAFChief
    I also don't have a problem with Tonkin getting another opportunity over the available options. At risk of repeating myself...it's the available options that is the problem.
  2. USAFChief
    Given the options, this isn't surprising. What's disappointing is...these were the options. I realize there weren't too manyoung ways to fix the starting pitching this winter. They've only been on the job a couple months....etc etc etc. But I DID expect a stronger effort to improve the pen. And from the rule 5 draft to FA dabbling instead of investing, little to nothing.
  3. USAFChief
    Lots of volunteer opportunities remaining... Let's get at least April filled out. C'mon....you KNOW you want to a game thread or three. Take the plunge!
  4. USAFChief
    I was also at the game today and the Buxton double was pretty remarkable. It was a routine single to left...IMO the left fielder didn't even have to hustle over towards the line to field it. He took about 6 or 8 steps to his right, fielded the medium line drive on one hop, looked up to lob the ball in, because it was a SINGLE, and it was already too late. Remarkavle.
  5. USAFChief
    well played sir.
  6. USAFChief
    No.
  7. USAFChief
    I'd be pretty surprised if teams weren't "charting" managers like opposing players. As noted above, you'd also need to take into account the status of his bullpen.
  8. USAFChief
    Mauer will lead the league in fastballs taken down the middle for 0-1 counts, 3 hoppers to second, soft flares to left, excuses offered on TD, LH batters box smoothing out, and aggravating Chief. He'll put up less than 60 RBI, a lower SLG than every regular first baseman in MLB, and spend time on the DL with some non specific ailment or another. Sorry....the guy just annoys me.
  9. USAFChief
    WINNAH!! I expect to type that 87 times this season. You heard it here first.
  10. USAFChief
    At the game...freaking hot. Archer throws hard...Tepesch not so much. Buxton turned a routine line drive single to left into a stand up double.
  11. USAFChief
    There are none so blind as those who will not see.
  12. USAFChief
    the only thing I'd add to this excellent post is....I don't think valuing the bullpen is a "new" currency. I think smart teams have always recognized the importance of dominating the last 3 innings, and it's been mainly saber types pooh poohing the importance of bullpen.
  13. USAFChief
    I've got my heart set on "sequencing."
  14. USAFChief
    http://twinsdaily.com/topic/25007-berardino-sano-working-to-take-on-3b/ The reports this spring validate PAST concerns...as in, he probably wasn't in the best shape in 2016, at a minimum. Also, for my money, Reusse is a fantastic columnist who loves baseball and knows it very well. YMMV, of course.
  15. USAFChief
    I think we can have legitimate concerns about the K's, low batting average, and defensive shortcomings though. Those have been there all along. And for the record, there are reports out this spring that tend to validate past questions about weight.
  16. USAFChief
    Sano will be at third, and rightfully so. But if you're not concerned about him, you're not paying attention or don't want to. He declined last year from the previous year, and looks awful this spring.
  17. USAFChief
    Bullpen issues.
  18. USAFChief
    I'm with glunn. I want action from Democrats. Govern, or at least try. Let's get some ideas before the American public, and maybe we can elect more Democrats. Don't just celebrate R failure...give us alternatives.
  19. USAFChief
    this is a trick question, isn't ot?
  20. USAFChief
    Turns out there were seats available. It was SRO for TD moderators. They couldn't legally keep us out but "we damn sure don't have to sell you a seat!"
  21. USAFChief
    Fair enough, but on Brock's situation, there already was a pitcher in the game, who has now loaded the bases. You'd be bringing in someone mid-inning, so you need time for him to get ready.
  22. USAFChief
    You haven't answered the question. When do you start warming your best reliever? Do you use him if not needed?
  23. USAFChief
    When, in that situation, did you get your best reliever up and Warming? If you waited until it was high leverage to do so, it's too late. So you had to have had your best reliever warming to start the 6th. And you'll need to do the same for each of the next 2 innings too, at which point he's unusable tomorrow.
  24. USAFChief
    No.
  25. USAFChief
    Nice work, Tom.
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