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  1. USAFChief
    The problem isn't so much choosing Duensing, IMO. The problem is the lack of palatable choices. And that's on the GM, and has been all. friggin. season. For the record, if you were happy TR didn't "trade away the farm" at the deadline, you probably shouldn't be complaining about the bullpen today.
  2. USAFChief
    I think McCann has thown out more runners tonight than Suzuki has thrown out all year. I'm only half kidding.
  3. USAFChief
    Why would anyone care about losing Robinson? What would the Twins "need" him for? He is not a player you build a team around, worry about losing, or give playing time to, except as a AAAA call up if forced because of injury. He is available every winter, for free. He will kill you if you play him much.
  4. USAFChief
    Well, what's been reported is that Toronto tried for months to get Colorado to TAKE Reyes, and Colorado finally relented. We also know, if MLBTR can be trusted, that no team put in a claim on Reyes when he went on waivers this month, apparently fearing Colorado would dump him on them for nothing. So yeah, as much as we can know anything about MLB trades, we know Tulo went pretty cheaply, and we know Colorado took back a lot of salary on a player no other team wants.
  5. USAFChief
    We also know how much Toronto ended up spending to get Tulowitski. And we know Colorado ended up taking back Reyes, who they didn't want, and who has, according to MLBTraderumors, sailed through waivers without a single team willing to risk getting stuck with him. So yeah...Gibson plus a couple minor leaguers, not including Sano, and not having to take back salary, seems like it would've been in Colorado's zone of expected return.
  6. USAFChief
    His OPS is within .006 of Mauer, despite the past month. He has an UZR around 3, so a fair appraisal, if one is going to use metrics, would include both. He is certainly struggling, and likely wont be needed in 2016, but he has almost certainly given the Twins more than they would have gotten had they not signed an outfielder.
  7. USAFChief
    Thanks JB!
  8. USAFChief
    If he had been pitching in the minor leagues, I'd agree.
  9. USAFChief
    Rookie??
  10. USAFChief
    Well, tonight went well. Duffey on short rest Saturday sounds promising, too.
  11. USAFChief
    It was all too predictable, too. Nothing like a GUARANTEED short start, with a bad bullpen, to set up a weekend series. Just so we all know ahead of time, Duffey is on short rest tomorrow, too. Well played, Mr Ryan.
  12. USAFChief
    One, by my count, if Perkins still qualifies.
  13. USAFChief
    no.
  14. USAFChief
    I The proof is in the pudding. ..who wasn't absolutely thrilled with having Robinson lead off the 9th today, down a run? Honestly, if this was 1968, and teams carried 5 outfielders, this might be explained away. But it isn't.
  15. USAFChief
    Well, it seemed to take a while, but that's pretty much exactly how May had been used recently. He pitched in the blowout last Sunday in Cleveland, but after that debacle of a series a 9 man bullpen wasn't even enough, so that's understandable. Before that was Friday night, enters and pitches the 8th in a tie game, Twins win in the 9th. Threw an inning in Toronto, but again...there weren't enough arms to get through that series as it was. Before that, pitched the 10th in an eventual 11 inning loss to Seattle. His previous 4 outings before that, all in the 8th inning or later, all in high or relatively high leverage situations. He had already become the most trusted RHer in the pen, IMO.
  16. USAFChief
    Well, I disagree on May. 2016? Perhaps a return to the rotation makes sense, particularly if the Twins make an actual attempt at assembling a BP over the winter. But for THIS team? Right now? May needs to be in the pen, pitching one high leverage inning in every game needed. If you need a starter...well, by gosh, there just happens to be one--a sort of highly rated one at that!--just sitting there in AAA. On regular rest. An open spot on the 40 man roster. It's almost like the baseball gods took pity on the Twins and lined up events so as to minimize the damage from the Hughes DL stint. And the Twins declined their help.
  17. USAFChief
    All those in favor of May returning to the rotation, are also, by default, in favor of Fien/Boyer/Jepsen in that situation. That's just the reality of it. Hell, Fien's probably the best choice of those three.
  18. USAFChief
    big boned-est
  19. USAFChief
    It took until today for this bungling to hurt the Twins...Fien is the first RHer out of the pen late in a tie game instead of May, and to nobody's great surprise, the game is no longer tied. Duffey, by the way, pitched Tuesday, so he'll be on short rest Saturday. Goodee! Pretty much guarantees a short start, even if he pitches well. Berrios, by the way, last pitched on Saturday. He'd be available on normal rest Friday, or on extra rest Saturday. But no. Bullpen game Friday, using up your most reliable RH bullpen arm in the process, followed by a guaranteed short start Saturday, followed up by a likely short start Sunday.
  20. USAFChief
    I can't even begin to express how happy I am they're going to get ~50 pitches out of Trevor May tomorrow so that Fien can pitch in a tie game today.
  21. USAFChief
    You say that like it's a good thing.
  22. USAFChief
    I absolutely love the idea that Boyer will return to his proper role of best RH relief option. Just leave May in the pen, ferpetesakes. This plan gives me an upset stomach.
  23. USAFChief
    Thanks Shane!
  24. USAFChief
    It seems rather ironic to me to argue that Republican candidates should avoid saying the right thing about marriage equality, in an effort to get elected, while in the same post claim "the other side" panders to its base to get elected.
  25. USAFChief
    If forced to chose between someone who has changed their opinion for the better, and someone who has not changed their opinion for the better, I prefer the former.
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