Jump to content
If free agency is too rich for your blood, click here for the 35 players most likely to be traded this offseason. ×
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

USAFChief

Twins Daily Contributor
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    36,746

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    580

 Content Type 

Profiles

Minnesota Twins News, Rumors & Analysis

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Minnesota Twins Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Minnesota Twins Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by USAFChief

  1. USAFChief
    So...why did we pinch run again?
  2. USAFChief
    I wouldn't do that.
  3. USAFChief
    Pagan for the 9th? //ducks
  4. USAFChief
    Send Gordon and try to steal a run.
  5. USAFChief
    Probably not good, but this most recent in the 8th wasn't a sac fly situation. 1st and 2nd.
  6. USAFChief
    That last pitch was nasty.
  7. USAFChief
    Heh. Awful.
  8. USAFChief
    Eh, if I'm managing, we put the contact play on almost every time with 1 out. With Celestino due up, EVERY time.
  9. USAFChief
    Such awful baseball. A fricken flyball from Gordon or Sanchez is all that's needed.
  10. USAFChief
    Run the catcher over.
  11. USAFChief
    Baseball IQ in general, to me, is knowing the correct play. Some is instinctual, some is learned. Which base to throw to. Knowing when you can stretch for an extra base. Understanding when a ball is hit, where you'll end up being needed for a cutoff and where the play is going to likely occur. When is it likely the other team will have a play on, and what to do about it. Reading opposing hitters' swings to position yourself a little better. Anticipating various possibilities so you're not surprised when they occur. These things make a difference. But they're like porn....hard to codify, easier to recognize when seen.
  12. USAFChief
    Disagree. First, the decision to try to stretch a double into a triple is 100 percent on the player. The third base coach has zero input into that. Second, "showboating" isn't related to baseball IQ. Baseball IQ lets a player instinctively know whether or not he's likely to make 3rd safely as he approaches 2nd, and further, whether that gamble makes sense.
  13. USAFChief
    It was borderline malpractice to activate him in the first place. Twins medical staff not distinguishing themselves. At all.
  14. USAFChief
  15. USAFChief
    Gold gloves are awarded based on: - 75%. Voting by managers and coaches in each appropriate league. Managers and coaches cannot vote for their own players. - 25% SDI
  16. USAFChief
    So I come here for satire, and I get straight reporting??
  17. USAFChief
    No. I don't think that's "fair." I think that's quite the stretch, actually. We can be pleased with Miranda without inventing comparisons.
  18. USAFChief
    Luis Robert to paternity list today. Let's hope Mrs Robert any new Roberts's all do well and Luis, just take the whole weekend off.
  19. USAFChief
    Isn't this Moran's 5th callup? If so, I don't think he can be sent back down.
  20. USAFChief
    Give him the entire string, please.
  21. USAFChief
    While I despise sac bunting most of the time, there are specific situations where I would call for it. I would have asked Arraez to bunt in the 9th last night. But I don't think it's clearcut, letting him hit away is defensible too. If he HAD successfully busted, I doubt Correa gets to hit. The Gordon double irks me to no end. Just cannot get thrown out at third there. That IS clear cut, incontrovertible, indefensible. I will be in the minority here, but I don't trust Moran. He doesn't look ready to me to pitch in the big leagues.
  22. USAFChief
    Ouch.
  23. USAFChief
    This is where the stolen base would be handy.
  24. USAFChief
    It's not 100 percent, incontrovertibly wrong to get thrown out at 3rd? Ending the inning. As the tying run, no less? D'okay.
  25. USAFChief
    Am I wrong?
×
×
  • Create New...