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  1. USAFChief
    Spot on, and don’t forget those September position players include such future all stars as Chris Gimenez, Logan Forsythe, and Gregorio Petit.
  2. USAFChief
    I’m confused by your last paragraph. How were the Twins hurt in any way by spending “too much” on Lynn? Why would the Twins be “devastated” had they signed a long term contract? Since you advocate never signing such deals, the money will simply stay with ownership. If the options are potentially waste money on a player, or absolutely spend less on payroll, I don’t see the benefit baseball-wise to lower payroll.
  3. USAFChief
    So, then, what...a 14 man staff??
  4. USAFChief
    In general, every team should be trying to improve every area over the winter. Standing still is how you get passed. In the case of the Twins, I don't agree the Twins "have the bump covered." None of Stewart/Gonsalves/Littell should be counted on for a single productive MLB inning. Same for Pineda. They'll all likely get a chance to prove themselves, because a team doesn't just use 5 starters, but they should all be fallback options, not primary ones. I hope the Twins are looking to add, at the TOP of the rotation, at least one starter.
  5. USAFChief
    Welcome. I saved you a seat. It’s getting crowded in here.
  6. USAFChief
    I could live with that. Morton over Keuchel. Big fan of signing Donaldson and crossing our fingers he turns up healthy. He could end up a bust, or the best signing of the winter. Might as well take a shot at greatness if you’re the Twins. A couple middling FAs won’t do it.
  7. USAFChief
    They need to add talent (not just potential, but actual MLB talent), lots of it, and get Sano and Buxton to magically turn into the 1.000 OPS beasts we were hoping for.
  8. USAFChief
    So then I would say the idea has nothing to do with “openers.” You could do that regardless. Or not do it.
  9. USAFChief
    Nobody can guarantee Trout would come up. But as a manager, I can guarantee Trout will get five PAs instead of four before other hitters do. Or vice versa, by moving him down in the lineup.
  10. USAFChief
    You could do the same no matter the opposing pitcher, no?
  11. USAFChief
    He WAS available. He already pitched.
  12. USAFChief
    I had the same theory when my kids reached 15 and wanted to start driving cars. I didn’t teach them, or have them practice. I was worried they’d over think it.
  13. USAFChief
    1. You’re completely missing the point in paragraph one. Of course Bobby Wilson might be the last out batting ninth, but there’s nothing you can do about that. He’s batting ninth because he has to bat somewhere, and the lineup is nine batters long. We’re talking about Bobby Wilson making the last out batting third, with your best hittergetting one less AB than him. 2. OK. Do Berrios and Gibson struggle as much, third time through the order? Is it perilous to try to get more than 15-18 outs from them? If so, maybe you do it then too.
  14. USAFChief
    “Playing hurt” is always a tough call. First off, few players are 100 percent physically during much of an MLB season. So most everyone plays at some level below 100 percent at points during a season. Then, It’s often really hard to know when someone is hurt, or just sore from the grind. If hurt, how hurt? Will they make it worse by playing? You might decide that 90 percent of a given player is better than 100 percent of his replacement. You might need that replacement player at another position anyway, because he’s subbing for someone in worse shape, so the guy at 90 percent HAS to play. It’s not as simple as “Don’t play Dozier with a sore knee.” Obviously there’s a point where you should DL him, but often these situations aren’t as black and white as we like to imagine them. Players have to play, or they’re worthless. And replacements don’t grow on trees, nor are they usually good as the player they are replacing.
  15. USAFChief
    Sano...woof. I know it’s the first game back, but sheesh. He looked awful, against a mediocre lefty to boot. And he had multiple pitches that were very hittable.
  16. USAFChief
    If the manager bats Mike Trout fifth, I’ve won. He might not come up to hit in a close game in the ninth. Can you imagine the firestorm from the press and fans if the last out is made in a one run game with Mike Trout in the dugout because he’s hitting fifth? I’d be willing to bet no manager is ever going to move any of his top hitters down out of the first inning. I guess I don’t understand the vitriol this idea is encountering. We asked for more forward thinking front office and manager. I certainly have issues with the front office, but i see no downside to trying this out, and it could potentially be a way to squeeze a few extra drops out of whatever pitching staff you have, good or bad.
  17. USAFChief
    Possibly, but their is little evidence to review on what the injury/fatigue impact would be of spreading 180 IP over 60 games instead of 30. I'm guessing teams would be reluctant to try it out simply for fear of the "unknown." In the case of the "opener/secondary" pitchers aren't really changing usage patterns.
  18. USAFChief
    Could be both.
  19. USAFChief
    Appreciate the recaps Tom. Seriously.
  20. USAFChief
    A win at Maryland would be huge.
  21. USAFChief
    It was on one of the BTN alternate channels.
  22. USAFChief
    Tom...don’t forget the routine DP ball to third, where nobody bothered to cover 2b. Instead of ending the inning, that left runners on 2nd and 3rd. And of course there was a 2 run double from Gordon that followed, but that’s not the point. This team is terrible at baseball. Has been in the entire Molitor era. Talent can’t be pulled from thin air, but it’s Molitor’s job to get his players to play the game well. And they do NOT play the game well. That was really awful last night. Worse than you should see in MLB, and it is commonplace for this team. Start the repairs with the manager.
  23. USAFChief
    The Twins started their dismantling of the roster with the Escobar trade on July 27th. After the games of July 27th, the Twins were 48-53. Cleveland, 56-46. At that point, Cleveland was on pace to win 89 games. The Twins would have need to make up 6 games in the win column over the final two months. The Twins were certainly not in good shape, but not out of it. And it's a bit convenient to use Cleveland's results now, which are known, to shape an argument about what should have been done then.
  24. USAFChief
    Please stop inventing exaggerated positions to me that I haven't taken. I haven't said the Twins "were good in July." We've been through this multiple times, but one more time... I have said i didn't think they deserved to have the season torpedo'd. They were playing better, got to within 5 games of the division, and could reasonably have expected to get Sano/Buxton/Santana back and producing. Add to that, by being a buyer instead of seller, and I still think they had a chance. Instead, the 40 man was gutted, and filled with mostly dreck. There is pretty much nothing left on the 40 man that can reasonably be expected to provide significant help in 2019, sans Buxton. They've taken a team that had snuck into the playoffs in 2017, was largely expected to be a contender this year by most here at TD, and turned it into a team that I'm hard pressed to describe as better than KC, Detroit, or certainly Chicago. You may disagree, and that's fine. But there's nothing inconsistent about my position. I have long held to the position that there is nothing more overrated than prospects. Particularly prospects in the low minors. I could care less. If one or two of them end up being a significant contributor somewhere down the road, great. But I'll give the front office little credit for that, either. They will have gotten lucky, as will pretty much any front office when they acquire low minors prospects not within the top 5 or 10 in multiple ratings, and even that is somewhat of a crapshoot, as certainly we Twins fans should know without a shadow of a doubt.
  25. USAFChief
    Where did I say I believed the team was bad in July? That's your position, not mine.
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