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  1. USAFChief
    you never know how these things turn out. It might be that the player to be named later is David Arias, later named David Ortiz.
  2. USAFChief
    The Padres would have control of Syndergaard for 2 more seasons. Get an arm like that while you can.
  3. USAFChief
    I was disappointed to see the Twins playing the infield in, a sharp ground ball hit to Sano, who makes a nice diving stop...and then doesn't know what to do with the ball. The reason you were playing in, good sir, was to cut off the run at the plate. The decision was already made to forgo the DP. Plenty of time in this case, too, until he started to throw to second. That's the kind of mental error that bugs me. Physical errors happen, and can certainly be aggravating, but it's impossible to play without occasional errors. But...when you are specifically playing in, in the hopes of getting a ground ball and cutting off the run, and you get one, and still don't get the out...
  4. USAFChief
    "the Twins, who continue to be aggressive" HUH??
  5. USAFChief
    Weird play, agreed. I guess my only point was, it was, IMO sorta right on the border line of what should be, and shouldn't be, obstruction. I could see either side of the argument, and the ump has to call it in real time. And a tremendous, heads up base running play, by the way. What did he have to lose?
  6. USAFChief
    Can only speak for myself but I absolutely love 'em.
  7. USAFChief
    *obstruction call This is probably neither here nor there, but as a "ute" i was taught, when caught in a rundown, "run into someone if you get half a chance. You might get the call." It was close, but I think there's a reasonable argument to be made the call was technically correct. It's on Schoop to get out of the way, by rule. I thought the bigger mistake was to relax when the throw came into second, and assume the play was over. If he plays the play out, takes a quick step towards the baserunner--who had given up--he tags him and the play is over. EDIT: Also, these highlight packages are teh awesome!
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  9. USAFChief
    Concur, except the two I'd hate most to part with are Kirilloff and Larnach. But I'd do it in a heartbeat in the right deal.
  10. USAFChief
    Moral victory flags fly forever!
  11. USAFChief
    Well, like I said, I'm not sure who you recall, but acquiring and demoting someone else doesn't change the fact Smelzer is unusable until at least Sunday. I would rather have another arm available.
  12. USAFChief
    You are correct. I still send Smelzer down, he's probably unavailable until at least Sunday. He basically had a "start" yesterday. I have no idea who you call up, mind you.
  13. USAFChief
    you want to go into Chicago with a six man pen, one of which is Torres?? Let's hope the FO is smarter than that. Give him a weeks pay if it makes you feel better, but "great job, Smeltzee, your plane leaves at 11."
  14. USAFChief
    On July 24th, Parker was DFA’d.
  15. USAFChief
    when I was 18 I drove to South Dakota and back for fireworks. 15-20 miles an hour over the speed limit both ways. Didn't get a ticket. I should probably expect similar results every time, don't you think?
  16. USAFChief
    If there’s recency bias in looking at Parker, I’d contend it’s in thinking a couple scoreless outings are an indication of long term effectiveness. Parker doesn’t have the pitches to be successful on his own accord. On nights when he’s facing weaker hitters, can get a called strike to start the AB, and his split finger is some what controllable and deceptive, he can get some outs. Any professional pitcher can do that...sometimes get some outs. Hitting is hard. But he is never successful based on his own merits. He succeeds only when hitters fail. Good pitchers also get those outs, but sometimes add outs by actually beating hitters. Throwing fastballs by them, in fastball counts. Breaking off sliders that are darn near unhittabe, IN the strike zone. And still do some of that on nights when it’s NOT all working. Chapman had nothing last night, but still got out of bases loaded, no outs, allowing only a rather shallow sac fly. I rather doubt Parker would have allowed that little damage in a similar situation, We need s couple three of those guys. Like other good teams feature.
  17. USAFChief
    HIcks has played 51 games this year. Buxton 75 Not that I liked the Hicks trade--terrible from the moment it happened--but in this case, he's played less than Byron.
  18. USAFChief
    Heh. Do you think that's a fair and accurate depiction of people's positions?
  19. USAFChief
    If you advocate for avoiding every single possible trade, well sure, occasionaly you'll be "right," just like a broken clock.
  20. USAFChief
    For the record, I don't currently like Boyd or Stroman.
  21. USAFChief
    None of that has played out yet, and it's tough to argue the Twins would be worse off with Realmuto. There were people crowing about avoiding Verlander, too. Can you point me to your post where you predicted, at the time Realmuto was traded, that Garver would have better offensive stats in late July, 2019? Otherwise, crowing about it now is sort of...hindsight-ish, no? Or if we're going to do this, what was your opinion of the Pressly trade, at the time?
  22. USAFChief
    ftfy.
  23. USAFChief
    And I'll go out on a limb and guess you were opposed to a Verlander trade. Did I get that right? There are two sides to every coin. Besides, explain to me how the Twins would be worse off if they had traded for Realmuto. At the cost of, say, Lewis. And then traded Castro for whatever. Would the Twins be worse off?
  24. USAFChief
    And I haven't ever said "blow all their ammunition." I've said "don't hold on to any specific ammunition" if the return meets your current needs. I believe "X and Y and Z are off limits" is self limiting and ultimately you're better off if you make those players available...for the right return of course. It's impossible to "blow all their ammunition" anyway. They have, what...150 minor leaguers? I read all the time about how deep the system is. How could trading a half dozen of them "blow" all the ammo?
  25. USAFChief
    The Twins have had a bottom farm system since 1991? For the record, I'm reasonably confident I never specifically listed Lewis as tradeable for Realmuto. I don't think I've ever assigned specific names to specific trade proposals. I don't really follow the minor leagues closely enough to be able to reasonably assign specific names. Not that I would have been opposed, I guess.
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