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  1. USAFChief
    Short starts and a 6 man rotation just means one less bullpen arm to cover those innings. A 6 man rotation puts stress ON the pen, rather than lessens it. Edit: already discussed. But "more long men" isn't realistic either. That just puts MORE stress on the pen. There are virtually zero Twins games that require fewer than 3 pitchers and generally 4 or more. That ain't changing. You can't do that with a 5 man pen.
  2. USAFChief
    Almost nobody across MLB goes on rehab following a short stay on the 10 day IL. Particularly established veterans.
  3. USAFChief
    Yeah, but that guy could HIT!
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  5. USAFChief
    "The bullpen is not a priority."
  6. USAFChief
    I agree the idea of Trading Kepler is unlikely at best. However, it's not because he's too streaky. He's maddeningly consistent. That's the issue. Entire seasons of "meh."
  7. USAFChief
    Both Pagan's and Cimber's use are just more proof there is no such thing as a "low leverage" reliever. They're all going to be in situations where the game is on the line, pitching in close games. Pretending "the bottom of the pen" is unimportant is folly.
  8. USAFChief
    I believe the article says more about fWAR than about Max Kepler.
  9. USAFChief
    No. Any decent GM should be able to find better use for that kind of cash over the next 2 seasons than the possibility of one season from Mahle. Fill some holes rather than pay for rehab. Start with next year's bullpen.
  10. USAFChief
    Had to feel good for everyone in the dugout. Good for CC. Hopefully a start.
  11. USAFChief
    If we win today, it's called "two in a row." And if we win again tomorrow, it's called "a winning streak."
  12. USAFChief
    Agreed, but 1. He has almost no control over how they hit. He has control over where, and whether they're asked to do something other than swing from the heels every time up. 2. I listed things he DOES have control over, and not just this week. Most of these are long term issues, IYAM. For the record, MLB is largely about nibbling at the edges. The best teams are best because they're a little bit better than the worst teams, they maintain that slight advantage, and over a long season that translates into 11 or 12 wins over 20 games. And you can absolutely overcome some of that small talent gap through playing the game better than your opponents. Throw to the right base. Move runners. Catch the balls you should catch and a few you shouldn't. Etc etc. We don't do much of that.
  13. USAFChief
    Stop scheduling needless days off. Stop pinch hitting for your best hitters in the 5th inning. Hit and run once in a while. Have your LH hitters drop a bunt down the LF line when there's no third baseman. Sac bunt when 1 run matters. Steal a base now and then. Don't write out the lineup card based on salary. Schedule BP and infield, every day, for everyone, no exceptions. Demand 100 percent effort on every play, 1st inning to 9th, every day from every player or sit that player, no matter who. That's just off the top of my head.
  14. USAFChief
    I didn't, and still don't, agree with the idea that strikeouts don't matter. The same people theorizing Ks don't matter for hitters turn around and tout Ks as desirable for pitchers. Which they are, of course. Both those things cannot be true.
  15. USAFChief
    Off topic, but Except for the David Arias part, this is complete myth. Not done anything? Hjs last 3 years with the Twins: 3 years, 340 plus games, almost 1300 PAs, OPS's of .810, .799, .839. Some injury issues, but obvious offensive skill and potential for more. He was only 26 his last season as a Twin. He was released because Terry Ryan wanted to save a couple hundred thousand dollars and gave the DH job to Matt LeCroy. Ortiz was a good hitter with the Twins. Not the great hitter he became, but good. "He did nothing with the Twins" is false.
  16. USAFChief
    I'm pretty sure Rocco gets tons of data, but he writes the lineup out. And makes pinch hitting, pinch running, and pitching change decisions. He's not getting a lineup handed to him. I'd wager a lot on that.
  17. USAFChief
    Besides the above, if I recall correctly, twice already this season the FO has made a DL decision so late they were unable to get a replacement for the 26 man to the team in time for that nights game. They played twice already with a 25 man roster. That's ridiculous.
  18. USAFChief
    Careful. Questioning Baldelli is out of bounds.
  19. USAFChief
    Sticking to just last night's game, a couple observations: - it's even worse...last night we faced the absolute dregs of the TB bullpen until the 9th. ,And we got shut down completely - I will give Kepler some slack on not stealing second on MAT's steal of 3rd, but he's not being held at first and should have made third on Lewis's single to left. It wasn't a potential line out so he didn't need to hold and the ball wasn't directly at the left fielder. - Jeffers was watching the play on his GIDP in the 9th instead of running hard. Then tried to kick it in gear when he was shocked to see the 2nd baseman make the turn. Then out on a bang bang play. INEXCUSABLE and just another example of the kind of baseball we see under Baldelli. Longer term comments: In most situations, management gets the workforce it manages to. I particularly like the comment above about getting injuries a lot if you treat everyone like they're injury prone. And I strongly believe you get ****** baseball when you don't believe playing the game properly is important. And Twins management clearly doesn't believe in playing baseball properly. Process is what matters, not Ws and Ls. Don't ever push anyone, or demand improvement. No infield or BP required. New age this, soft skills that. It's BS. Long past time for some accountability and change.
  20. USAFChief
    I don't see one of the best defenders in baseball, but even if he is, he's not an asset. You don't become better because the guy standing next to you is really good.
  21. USAFChief
    There is no world in which MAT is an asset as your full time center fielder.
  22. USAFChief
    Seriously? There wouldn't have been room?? Arraez wouldn't play 1st because of Kirilloff and Gallo? Kirilloff has proven nothing, and started the year on the DL. Gallo gets in nobody's way. How about RF for Gallo? Polanco started on the DL. Miranda stood in his way?? DH? Unless they had decided Buxton was the full time DH in January--meaning the Correa is the Buxton whisperer stories are BS--they had lots of DH ABs available. I mean, it's fair to justify the cost of acquiring Lopez. That's one thing. It's another to pretend the Twins dealt a spare part. They gave away somewhere between their best and third best hitter. He'd be in their lineup every day except for injury, and would have been from day one. Someone else would sit, not Arraez. I mean, in the same post you're arguing Arraez wasn't good enough to make the lineup AND he wouldn't help because the rest of the lineup is so bad. Doesnt compute.
  23. USAFChief
    I think the primary problem is there's not much in the way of hitters to search through. I mean, Wallner has his warts too. But given that, yeah, Garlick was an odd choice.
  24. USAFChief
    My point is maybe they should actually platoon. They called up Garlick because of "all the upcoming lefties" yet he started against RH Triston McKenzie Sunday. And AFAIK there's all of 1 more LH stater scheduled against the Twins this week. Meanwhile, every other starter is right handed. Why not have the platoon advantage with Wallner in 7 or 8 starts and lose it for 2, rather than the other way around? They seem to be doing the platoon advantage in a funny way. We had Donnie Barrels at DH batting 4th last night ferpetesakes.
  25. USAFChief
    One player is part of the answer though. A .450 OBP and .900 OPS would absolutely help ANY offense. "Arraez wouldn't do it by himself" is a nice strawman, though. It's ok to admit we miss Arraez. Even if we understand the trade, or even liked it. And OK to consider the possibility the Twins, to date, would be better had they not made the trade.
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