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  1. USAFChief
    A couple observations: 1. I doubt this was a one off disagreement between Donaldson and Arraez. I suspect there's some history between the two. I can't imagine it would have gotten heated if not for some previous ... ill will. 2. Arraez nonchalant baserunning is just another example of the poor quality baseball we're seeing under Baldelli. Not poor talent...poor baseball. I gotta believe that rubs Donaldson the wrong way. I know it does me, and I'm just watching from 2000 miles away.
  2. USAFChief
    The roster situation doesn't reflect well on Falvine, does it? What to do with Sano? Difficult to trade Happ--even if you could find a buyer--because there's literally so few options to pitch innings--even bad innings. Little of value to trade outside of a 40 year old DH, and the three players who you CAN'T trade if you hope to compete in 22. It's a mess.
  3. USAFChief
    So ... Houston was able to instantly fix Pressly, but wouldn't be able to fix Alcala?
  4. USAFChief
    In general I prefer major leaguers to prospects, but If the front office can get someone with Ynoa's arm for Pineda I'd be pretty impressed. It's also not really accurate to describe Ynoa as just another "rookie ball pitcher with a 5 ERA." The Twins had given Ynoa $800,000 to sign just a couple years earlier. He was a huge FA get out of the DR.
  5. USAFChief
    So the Twins get a pass because prospects take time, but don't take the blame when Ynoa goes the other way and is producing NOW in the big leagues? Get credit for how Alcala SHOULD be doing?
  6. USAFChief
    Which pedestrian players are in the HOF?
  7. USAFChief
    Per the Sox broadcast, Pineda's average FB velo has dropped about 1 MPH in each of the last 5 seasons.
  8. USAFChief
    Read through the comments. I bet I can find other examples, including at fangraphs. It's a new age baseball truism, Mike. Stated often. I don't agree.
  9. USAFChief
    RBI are "meaningless."
  10. USAFChief
    Pineda looked pretty bad to my eyes. Struggled to reach 90 on the FB, slider had very little tilt. He's still got pretty good command, but not much else.
  11. USAFChief
    Dunno. BTW, Who hates Berrios?
  12. USAFChief
    Certainly the defense that inning was a huge factor. As was walking the first 2 hitters of the inning. He pitched really well...but also had a hand in losing the game. As did the offense, yet again. But I'm not going to pretend there's not some blame to go around.
  13. USAFChief
    That second inning was a real gem. And Berríos played his role, walking 2 to start the inning.
  14. USAFChief
    Trade from excess, and/or trade guys who won't be under contract soon. Neither of those things describe Donaldson.
  15. USAFChief
    Really, really nice to hear Jim Kaat again. I wonder how many fans know Jim Kaat's MLB career spanned 25 years...and his broadcast career has lasted 35, including twice as an analyst for the ************** Yankees. Anywho, he's absolutely fantastic behind a mike.
  16. USAFChief
    So let me get this straight....there's a clock "somewhere in each stadium" that lets managers and umps know if they have time to challenge a call, and.... THE MANAGER OF THE MINNESOTA TWINS DOESNT KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHERE THAT CLOCK IS??!? That's either a bald faced lie, or an admission that Rocco and his staff are woefully unprepared to do their job. And further, don't take their job seriously. How is it possible he doesn't know that piece of "grounds rules" information? In ANY stadium, much less a division rival where the Twins play 8 or 9 times a year? Did KC recently move this clock? And if so, how is that any excuse? This may sound trivial to some of you, but I do not concur. If true--and why would he lie to us about it--it's an incredibly damning indication he doesn't give his job anywhere near the attention it deserves. What else isn't important enough for him to care about? For the record, it also seems impossible to believe that after Friday night's game, he doesn't know what the plan is for Saturdays pitching. No injury, nothing unusually short about Happ's start, no unusual reliever usage. Nothing. But he has no idea who's pitching THE NEXT DAY?
  17. USAFChief
    If Jonathan Swift is so hot, why hasn't any of HIS stuff been turned into a Broadway musical??
  18. USAFChief
    If I counted correctly, the Twins staff managed seven 1-2-3 innings in the three game Chicago series. Yeesh.
  19. USAFChief
    You have this backwards. When Buxton is on the field, he's a difference maker. When Berrios is on the field, he's a little above average starter.
  20. USAFChief
    Well that was pretty optimistic given there was no minor league season last year. If that was the plan, it was based on pure speculation, not any kind of knowledge.
  21. USAFChief
    Of those mentioned, only Donaldson and Kepler save any money. The rest aren't signed past this year.
  22. USAFChief
    I don't understand why Shoemaker wasn't DFA'd at least one start prior to losing his spot in the rotation. It has been obvious for quite some time he's not performing at a big league level. That said, I don't blame Rocco for putting him in last night, nor for leaving him out there to get shelled. If Shoemaker is on the team, he's going to pitch, and coming into a game in the 4th inning, already behind, is a pretty logical spot to use him. Rocco needs lots of innings from his pen, and that situation is only made worse by having Ober in the rotation, who they've decided is a 4-5 inning guy even on the rare occasions he pitches well.
  23. USAFChief
    Not in Tommy Herr territory, so no.
  24. USAFChief
    I'm about as anti-prospect as it gets. I put very little value on "prospects." Give me proven major league talent almost every time... And yet even I say "Sell!!!" They cant build a championship quality pitching staff in 2022 with what's currently in the organization.
  25. USAFChief
    The point of drilling solid fundamentals, proper positioning, smart play, etc etc etc into your team, and demanding it from them, is so that you routinely do them. Once a game, twice, a dozen, a hundred times. However many times necessary. Every game, almost every time. The Twins bad pitching is one reason it's important, not an excuse for it not happening. It's ok to recognize that coaching is one of this team's problems. Either Rocco needs to get better at it, or he needs to go. Sorry, that's not pleasant, but that's true.
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