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  1. USAFChief
    Yeah...no. Martin is a marginal talent. Julien can hit.
  2. USAFChief
    He did not. A "swinging bunt," yes.
  3. USAFChief
    They wouldn't need to "hold Farmer back" to pull Julien late. Castro in for Julien, goes to 3rd, Farmer to 2nd. Not that I'm advocating this. Just saying.
  4. USAFChief
    I can sort of buy that for pitchers. Sort of. Pitchers were throwing with max effort 50 years ago too. They just didn't have the science, video, and coaching to increase velo like they do now. As for position players, nobody is giving more effort today, as far as I can see. And in both cases, players are asked to do less than they were 50 years ago. How many players today play 160 games? This is particularly true for pitchers, where IP are reduced by as much as a third, or more. And yet... Something isn't working.
  5. USAFChief
    I was pretty confident it'd be Miranda, but if he can't play 3rd, there's zero reason to bring him up. In that case it'll be Martin.
  6. USAFChief
    I think we need to be careful about drawing large conclusions based on Royce Lewis. I have no doubt Royce Lewis is putting in the work to prepare for the grind of MLB. That said, it's absolutely, positively, unequivocally true that the amount of time players are missing due to injury is on the climb. And it seems to get worse by the year. More players, more injuries, more time. Pitching injuries are at a ridiculous level. Something isn't working. And to bring this full circle, something isn't working with Lewis, either. If he ends up on the IL, it'll mark the 3rd time, I believe, with soft tissue injury. This quad, an oblique, and a hamstring . That seems like a lot in *13* months.
  7. USAFChief
    If the Twins end up platooning Castro and Farmer at 3rd, Castro will get the bulk of the playing time. But it'll be because he can bat left handed, not because of defense. BTW, he's not a better defender than Farmer.
  8. USAFChief
    This is nonsense.
  9. USAFChief
    False. Lewis's OPS is 3.500. It was dropping like a rock at the time of his injury ...
  10. USAFChief
    Kepler fouled a ball off his right leg. Finished the AB after a lengthy time out, then didn't take the field the bottom half of that inning.
  11. USAFChief
    Can't win the lotto if you don't buy a ticket.
  12. USAFChief
    Eddie Rosario opening day CFer. Yeeesh.
  13. USAFChief
    Personally, I think management sucks if Eddie Rosario is your opening day CFer
  14. USAFChief
    *have
  15. USAFChief
    And come Saturday night, he'll still be hanging around.
  16. USAFChief
    concur. THe only thing is, as pointed out above, it's possible his view of the ball was blocked.
  17. USAFChief
    winnah.
  18. USAFChief
    Let's hope for the "or so." If this season is over in 26 weeks, Ima be pissed.
  19. USAFChief
    It's a look made for radio.
  20. USAFChief
    All true. But the decision to run/not run when a ball gets past the catcher is on the runner.
  21. USAFChief
    nothing like a leadoff walk
  22. USAFChief
    Quite sure. I mean, I'm old. Not dead.
  23. USAFChief
    uffda, Santana.
  24. USAFChief
    That's entirely, 100 percent on the runner. Coach has no input on that decision to go home or not
  25. USAFChief
    And a LOVELY well struck 70 foot single!
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