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  1. USAFChief
    Yes.
  2. USAFChief
    He didn't opt out. He was released. The Twins made this decision, not Hendricks.
  3. USAFChief
    Short term results can appear finicky. A bad outing for a reliever will look bad, stats wise, for a long time. Small samples act that way. But a bad outing doesnt turn a good pitcher into a poor one. I'd want him to pitch tomorrow and the next days. Good pitchers don't change into poor ones willy nilly. Nor vice versa. There's nothing "finicky" about them, no more so than a good hitter having poor results on a day. And since good bullpens are by necessity deep bullpens--at least 6 or 7 deep, ideally 8 or 9--they are very difficult to build. There aren't a lot of good pitchers available. Why is relief pitching the universally sought after asset to add every trade deadline? By everyone?
  4. USAFChief
    Disagree, times three. Also, Fangraphs projections arent worth the electrons they're published with.
  5. USAFChief
    FWIW, current Fanduel Twins O/U is 72.5. -114 over, -106 under
  6. USAFChief
    Wanted to add my thanks to Nick Nelson for the series of position previews, including this one. Well done, well written, the kind of depth you don't get elsewhere. Everything that makes TD great. Hire more Nick Nelsons, please.
  7. USAFChief
    What's the big deal? I read here all the time how bullpens are the easiest thing to build. Nothing to it.
  8. USAFChief
    No. It's actually NOT okay.
  9. USAFChief
    Wut?
  10. USAFChief
    Arcia.
  11. USAFChief
    FTFY.
  12. USAFChief
    I can't see any way Jackson makes the team. Three catchers? You only have 13 roster spots.
  13. USAFChief
    Wallner wasnt "sent down" last year. He had a 6 game injury rehab in late May at ST Paul returning from about 5 weeks on the IL.
  14. USAFChief
    My personal favorite thing about Danny is his ability to ignore a question and provide an answer complete unrelated. In fairness, I've come to associate Dan with Twins baseball on the radio and just accept that I need to keep track of the little things like the score myself. Congrats, Mr Gladden.
  15. USAFChief
    HRs don't suck. Nice strawman. Nobody said they did. But HRs don't happen that often, and the problem with Wallner is what he is able to accomplish in those many, many ABs when he doesnt hit a home run. 826 career ABs...77 RBI that arent himself. Seventy seven. The man has three...THREE...career sac flies. ... 3. Baseball games arent won by adding up wRC+ or another made up metric. They're won by adding up runs. And runs dont happen by magic. They happen when someone knocks them in.
  16. USAFChief
    Barring injury, zero chance Lewis isn't the Twins 3rd baseman on opening day. Zee-row
  17. USAFChief
    I don't wanna hear any whining about Twins defense, then. "Anybody can play anywhere."
  18. USAFChief
  19. USAFChief
    If only they added up wRC+ at the end of 9 innings.
  20. USAFChief
    Well I certainly agree that dumping thr top 2/3rds of your bullpen isn't smart. I spent approximately 37000 words here complaining about it. Moronic decision with zero reasons forcing it. The pen wasn't even expensive. And now, having done so, I too would rather see them restock with great young arms rather than castoffs and cheap FAs. The problem, though, is NObody has enough great young arms to do that. Certainly not the Twins. Who are they not using? Despite what some fans write, a bullpen isn't "the easiest thing to build."
  21. USAFChief
    So...that's a "yes" then?
  22. USAFChief
    I've always understood control to mean the ability to throw strikes, command the ability to throw strikes where you want them. A fastball middle middle exhibits control. A fastball on the low outside corner exhibits command.
  23. USAFChief
    Well even with 4 LH relievers, that still leaves 4 RHers. As we should know, watching Rocco get outmanaged time after time, PHing for the platoon advantage in the 6th inning has a way of coming back to bite you in the, uh, upper backside of your pants. I'm not going to worry about too many lefties. However, I AM terrified of the Twins pen.
  24. USAFChief
    Pretty sure Gallo is available. Make the call, Jeremy.
  25. USAFChief
    Or pitch an inning here and there?
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