Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

USAFChief

Twins Daily Contributor
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    35,928

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    578

 Content Type 

Profiles

News

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by USAFChief

  1. USAFChief
    Describe tonight's loss in one word. I'll go first: Lackluster.
  2. USAFChief
    To get this back on subject... I'm not ready yet to call for jettisoning Falvine, but my confidence level has certainly fallen way off. I felt, for example, they did a really poor job of assembling a pitching staff this past winter, and felt that way PRIOR to the season, particularly the pen. In retrospect, the "add 40 percent of a staff on 1 year, make good deals every winter" plan has been pretty risky, and likely not routinely possible. Maybe that was necessity rather than plan, but they've surely had enough time to get away from that. I think their actions over the next month or so will be incredibly important to their and the team's future. Mess it up, and this could be a long term fix, which they probably won't be around for. I have to believe the team will look a lot different come August, and next April. They deserve to make that happen.
  3. USAFChief
    Concur on all points.
  4. USAFChief
    My guess is Buxton gets more in free agency than Berrios, if they both end up there after the 2022 season. 12 pack of Grain Belt Premium?
  5. USAFChief
    Nobody, including Pohlad, had any doubt what he meant when he promised payrolls a little over 50% of revenue. Nobody but you. And for the record, he's more or less kept his word recently. Payroll hasn't been lower than needed or warranted. But he wasn't talking about payroll taxes or medicare.
  6. USAFChief
    The idea that you can predict Buxton's future health, or Berrios's for that matter, is iffy at best. A player like Donaldson, or Thome, with known chronic issues, can certainly be expected to miss time. Buxton's only similar issue is his history of concussion, and that hasn't been a problem for some time now. Getting hit in the hand with a pitch is a fluke, not a chronic issue. Given how often pitchers break down, I don't even think it's a good bet Berrios is healthier than Buxton going forward.
  7. USAFChief
    Interesting argument...Berrios will only play 20% of the games, at best.
  8. USAFChief
    This is easy...if they can sign Buxton, they should. Buxton is a game changer (when on the field). A player is "injury prone" until he isn't. If you can get Berrios under contract, great, but the priority should be Buxton. Buxton is an elite player, Berrios isn't. Pay for elite before you pay for pretty good. I'd wager a lot of money Buxton is worth more going forward than Berrios.
  9. USAFChief
    I'd say if more than one of those three are in the opening day rotation I'll be surprised, and that will be another bad offseason for the front office.
  10. USAFChief
    All fair points.
  11. USAFChief
    Possessive?
  12. USAFChief
    Not important, but he took a breaking ball for strike 3, not a fastball. I was also disappointed to see a hitter--any hitter--take strike 3 with the go ahead run on Second base. You're not up there to walk, you're up there to drive in that run. It's just another example of why I strongly disagree with those who downplay RBI these days. There were certainly other issues, both today and season long, but in a thread about today's game, I do think Luis's pinch hit AB is worthy of discussion.
  13. USAFChief
    Ditto
  14. USAFChief
    Ok boys, listen up. You won a game yesterday. You won a game today, that's two in a row. You win tomorrow...that's called a winning streak.
  15. USAFChief
    Your original post specifically mentioned "$12-15m AAV". And you said you doubted he'd find $17m AAV on the open market. Then you suggested 5/$80 from the Twins. Here's a direct quote from you: "Giving Jose Berrios something like $80M over the next five years isn’t going to stop any opportunity to engage those arms either" Hence the comment(s) about 5/$80
  16. USAFChief
    I think if 5/$80 would get it done, it would already be done.
  17. USAFChief
    Probably too late. Front office should have gotten it done while he was still cheap and farther from free agency.
  18. USAFChief
    I disagree that a thought process that devotes 40 percent of your rotation to Happ and Shoemaker is "sound " It's cheap, uncreative, and highly likely to fail.
  19. USAFChief
    I get that Jax "saved" the bullpen, but I'm not inclined to think there's much of anything praise worthy about 93 pitches over 4 innings, allowing 8 baserunners and 4 runs. He wasn't much different than Happ.
  20. USAFChief
    Personally, I ignore WPA. On the K/9, it's an example of why K % is the better measure.
  21. USAFChief
    Also, to be fair I guess, there's a few more rockets over Celestino's head playing behind this staff.
  22. USAFChief
    Not to step too deep into this argument, but I don't think there's a great deal of difference in playing CF in AA or the majors. Hitting major league pitching is obviously much harder. Running down fly balls isn't. I've heard the second and third decks behind home plate in the show takes a little getting used to, but other than that, what's the difference?
  23. USAFChief
    Chalk up yet another L for the pen. Jeez, they're bad.
  24. USAFChief
    You're very adept at changing the subject. This discussion has nothing to do with who they should have signed. It started with me saying Shoemaker should have been DFA'D 2 weeks ago, to which you said players rebound all the time, and besides, they don't have anyone else. BTW, I'm with Kirbydome...although I roll my eyes rather than laugh when someone attempts to defend the front office with "who else?" as a defense of the front office. If Shoemaker is the best you have, 2.5 months into the season, you've failed miserably. Epicly.
  25. USAFChief
    I'd argue putting your organization in the position of needing a pitcher with an ERA over 7.5 and a WHIP over 1.6 is "not a thoughtful process."
×
×
  • Create New...