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  1. USAFChief
    WTF is Nate Colbert?
  2. USAFChief
    Perkins looked worse than Fien tonight. Topped out at 92, dropped down to as low as 89. Slider was rolling up there. No command. Lets hope it was an aberration, because he won't be successful bringing that to the table.
  3. USAFChief
    I suspect your sarcasm-meter may need a tune up?
  4. USAFChief
    Odd. Nunez now the only spare infielder. No reason to have Kepler up to sit on the bench, and you're not sitting Sano, Buxton or Mauer. So... Grab some bench, Rosario. Might as well send him to AAA and call up someone who can sit on the bench and play SS and 2b.
  5. USAFChief
    I'm shocked, SHOCKED to learn of cheating in this establishment.
  6. USAFChief
    Incorrect Ash. Also probably better'n mine, but still incorrect. We prolly need Spinowner. He "thinks" like me.
  7. USAFChief
    Quite possibly better than the answer I had in mind, but not the answer I had in mind.
  8. USAFChief
    Won't make much, if any of tonight's thread. I know you are all HUGE fans of my, uh, "jokes." So as not to let you down...What would you call Batman skipping Church?
  9. USAFChief
    Fair points. Also, I'm quite possibly just a bit peeved over another slow start.
  10. USAFChief
    Nice job, SwainZag!
  11. USAFChief
    I think you're grossly understating the bullpen uncertainties. Good bullpens don't depend on just a couple guys, for at least two reasons. One, most games are close enough that bullpen performance often determines the outcome, so having multiple good options is a huge advantage over having only a couple. Second, guys get hurt, so the guys you're counting on might not always be there. In the Twins case, Its not just Fien. Abad is a wing and a prayer, and that's the BEST lefty option. Pressly is intriguing but unproven. Tonkin is barely even intriguing, he's only there because in typical Twins fashion he's out of options and they're both afraid to give him a prominent role yet terrified of losing him. Perkins has back to back poor second halves. Jensen is unlikely to be as good as his two months last season. May might be the best reliever, and most people here don't even want him in the pen. There might be help on the way, but if the Twins get one dominant partial season from their minor leagues this year, that would be a bonus, not something to be counted on. "Fien" is only the tip of the iceberg, IMO.
  12. USAFChief
    I agree with John...RF defense (actually corner OF) just isn't very important. Most plays are incredibly routine.
  13. USAFChief
    All of which points to the manager, IMO, which is sorta what this thread is about. Roster construction is on Ryan. Roster usage is on the manager, and Mollie is off to a bad start IMO. He got schooled by Showalter, big time. 4 games into the season, he has pinch ran for Dozier, Danny Santana in the 2 hole, he finds himself with both Mauer and Sano not in the game, Rosario up in a crucial spot whiffing on 4 pitches, May not available, and Arcia yet to get a PA. Awful.
  14. USAFChief
    I can't fully express how much I hope that's not the case.
  15. USAFChief
    Recommend you secure a big retainer. Cash.
  16. USAFChief
    1. If Sano is going to play RF, then let him play RF. No pinch running, no "defensive replacements," no taking him out of the game unless it's been decided. If he's that bad, he can't play RF for the first 8 innings, if he's ok for the first 8 innings because we need his bat, we need his bat at the end of the game too. 2. There's not a lot of options on the bench. I get that. Somehow, the Twins were petrified of losing Santana--a guy who put up a .530 OPS last year without a position--and he's on the team, so he's on the team. But for petesakes...batting second? 4 games into the season? What's Arcia's role again? 3. I said it last night in the game thread, will say it again...when Trevor May is your best pullpen arm, you don't use him for 2 innings, especially when you're trailing, because there's a very good chance you'll need him again, the next night. Who here wouldn't have rather seen May come on for the 8th tonight over Jepsen? Maybe May doesn't hold the lead, but I'd sure rather go at it with him. The pen is bad enough without misusing what you do have. 4. Santana looked pretty good tonight. So there's that. //rant
  17. USAFChief
    g'night all. I'll have better jokes next time, I promise. I'm off to an 0-4 start.
  18. USAFChief
    We picked up our K pace, for those keeping score at home.
  19. USAFChief
    LOL, Dick. "I wonder with a new runner on second base if they changed their signs." It would seem to me, Dick, that with a NEW runner on second base, who hasn't been standing there observing, that the need to change signs, if there was one, would be gone.
  20. USAFChief
    I wonder if Dozier runs into Escobar at the end of that play, if there was a chance for an obstruction call.
  21. USAFChief
    I see what you did there.
  22. USAFChief
    Who?
  23. USAFChief
    Just off the top of your head, how many MLB teams, do you figure, have a guy batting second who put up a .215/.241/.291 line last year?
  24. USAFChief
    Who's blaming Rosario in left? Nobody? If that was Sano, there'd be multiple threads up about it before the top of the ninth.
  25. USAFChief
    So, overall, the ERA must be miniscule, then, no?
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