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  1. USAFChief
    How many balls have the Twins gotten to the OF tonight? Four?
  2. USAFChief
    Lollygagging!!1!
  3. USAFChief
    Well I don't like it either, but they clearly feel it's better.
  4. USAFChief
    They clearly don't put a priority on stolen bases. Not sure how many times this has to be said. They never pitch out. They rarely throw over. They don't pay much attention to runners. Their pitchers dont vary their timing. Their catchers concentrate on setting up for framing, at the expense of throwing. That's a choice they have said they prefer. They have said they do not believe in a slide step for their pitchers. They prefer to concentrate on strike outs. This isn't me saying this, it's them. Might be good, might be bad, but the organization doesn't place any value on stopping a runner game.
  5. USAFChief
    Easy caught stealing if Alcala even bothers to look over. He took 3 steps before Alcala even started his motion.
  6. USAFChief
    Well then do it once. And they do it almost every GD game. Most Every team. If they're going to shift make them play without a SS.
  7. USAFChief
    It doesn't even have to be a good bunt. In fact, the harder the better. Arenado was giving some token respect with no strikes. At one strike, he's playing a deep shortstop. There's literally nobody there.
  8. USAFChief
    If you do it'll be two words, not one.
  9. USAFChief
    The refusal of LH hitters to accept a free base hit with a hard bunt toward the vacated left side is just maddening to me. I'm at the game. If Kepler gets any kind of bunt fair towards 3rd he could walk to first. But no.
  10. USAFChief
    Geez. RBI are like pulling teeth
  11. USAFChief
    Buxton on the IL for more than the 10 day minimum feels...ominous
  12. USAFChief
    I had the opposite experience. A good friend dared me to ride one of those spinning bullet rides that go around like a ferris wheel. Just two cars, one on each end of a long pole. Caged in. No way out. Round and round, spinning rapidly at the same time. My friend lost his cookies about half way through the first rotation. It all stayed in the car, in a space the size of the front seat of a prius. Buckled in. For about 2 minutes worth of ride. For some reason I've never forgotten that.
  13. USAFChief
    This just ****** me off to no end.
  14. USAFChief
    Your first post said it wasn't desperation, and wasn't optics. I disagree. It was made for optics. The alternative is to believe the FO thinks Richards is an upgrade. I don't believe that. I KNOW Rocco doesn't believe that, as evidenced by his usage. Just swapping out one arm you'd rather not use for another.
  15. USAFChief
    Any hint of a Buxton sighting?
  16. USAFChief
    "lmbo" is some pretty nifty writing. I did, BTW.
  17. USAFChief
    I'm not sure why you're arguing against "desperation." My post you quoted didn't mention desperation. I said it was a move made for optics. Hell I kind of wish they'd made a move out of desperation. Maybe that'd have some chance of helping, even if at a steep cost.
  18. USAFChief
    Confidence isn't really a thing anyway. There are no low leverage relievers. Have 8 good ones.
  19. USAFChief
    Cleveland traded for Lane Thomas and Alex Cobb THIS deadline.
  20. USAFChief
    He needs to be on the 40 man roster by Aug 31 to be eligible. Obviously he already is. There are even exceptions to that rule for injury. He doesn't need to be on the 26 man. Teams set their playoff roster from the 40 man prior to each postseason series. https://www.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/postseason-roster-rules-eligibility
  21. USAFChief
    Nonconcur.
  22. USAFChief
    It's a close call, but I think we're at the point in the season where it makes sense to see if Varland can help in a short relief role. That's not a guarantee, BTW. If (when, most likely) the Twins need a starter, the available options aren't significantly worse anyway.
  23. USAFChief
    They'll dabble at the margins with cheap reclamation project bullpen options, like they always do. But yeah, unless payroll goes up, there's not much money to play with. And if there IS more payroll, there will be better ways to spend it than 39 yo Santana.
  24. USAFChief
    Except we know that none of the teams that made deadline deals gave up highly rated prospects. I guess you could make the case Houston gave up a pitcher in a similar, but lower universe as Festa. So I don't think "too expensive in prospects" makes much sense, particularly for relief help. Arizona got AJ Puk (11 IP, 8 baserunners and 1 run allowed) for 2 guys not even in their OWN top 10.
  25. USAFChief
    You've been missing since Saturday. Interesting.
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