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  1. USAFChief
    I'm in agreement with Mr Stengel: "Good pitching will always stop good hitting, and vice versa."
  2. USAFChief
    Your sarcasmeter needs adjustment.
  3. USAFChief
    Managerial malpractice.
  4. USAFChief
    Someone give me a reason Smeltzer was allowed to face those last 2 RH hitters. Managerial malpractice. When you try to get more outs from your starter than you should, you often not only don't get those outs, you give up runs in the process.
  5. USAFChief
    The Twins owe Sano money, not playing time or a roster spot. There is no union grievance unless they don't pay him.
  6. USAFChief
    Yes.
  7. USAFChief
    Runs batted in. They're important.
  8. USAFChief
    There’s no denying it, Byron Buxton has had a great season to date I'll certainly deny it.
  9. USAFChief
    "This board?" No. Some posters. Who, by the way, have as much right to question the manager as you do to support him. Attacking other posters, however, is out of bounds. And you're skirting the boundary of that. Let's all let others talk. Disagree with them? Fine. Please stick to why.
  10. USAFChief
    He did send Duran out for the 9th. Megill pitched the 8th.
  11. USAFChief
    First of all, there aren't any noncrucial innings. Or few enough to not matter. But assuming there WERE such innings, I don't see how that changes the way he pitches.
  12. USAFChief
    Quite the contrary. Gambling adds entertainment value!! Who doesn't love a good slap fight??
  13. USAFChief
    He pitched "really well" last year? He had a great K rate, but walked almost 6 per nine, had an ERA over 4, and a 1.44 WHIP. That doesn't sound appealing to me.
  14. USAFChief
    Interesting. I am of the opinion long term, Jeffers needs to be replaced. We're stuck with him for 2022, in what I believe has evolved into a backup role to Sanchez. What I'd most like to say is, I appreciate the thought and effort put into this post.
  15. USAFChief
    https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34202032/detroit-tigers-heard-eduardo-rodriguez-placing-lhp-restricted-list-3-weeks-ago Wow.
  16. USAFChief
    Not to mention the splitter is really only a weapon when he's ahead in the count. And when it gives some appearance of a strike out of his hand.
  17. USAFChief
    Concur on Larkin. Someone didn't do their homework. I'd add Gagne as well as Gladden and make it a Core 5.
  18. USAFChief
    For those hoping for bullpen answers in St Paul, We've been through the arms in St Paul. Most of them more than once. That's the Falvine game plan: assemble a conga line of waiver wire pickups, minor league free agents, and retreads and churn through them as the season goes. And I won't name names, but lots of posters cheered that approach last winter. "Relievers are fungible," "relievers are the easiest thing to find" "they had a good FIP last July," "just rotate these guys in until something sticks, it'll work itself out." I hope Falvine can fix the pen this year. I don't think answers are coming internally. They'll need external help. And It won't be cheap IF they can. I hope we all understand that. They're in a tough spot, needing at minimum 2 guys better than Jax. Where are they coming from? But most of all, I hope they take a better approach to building a bullpen in the future. The current model is just a recipe to get what we're getting.
  19. USAFChief
    I sure don't read much about the vaunted pitching pipeline(TM) anymore.
  20. USAFChief
    If he was available for 2 innings I'd assume that would have been the 8th and 9th. Since they went with Megill in the 8th, I assume Duran wasn't available for 2. Unless you think Rocco preferred Megill to Duran. As for the 10th, unless you think Rocco preferred Moran, I'd assume Duran wasn't available. Duran threw 16 innings last year. 16. They are going to be relatively cautious with him. I can understand that. I'd hate to even think about Duran getting inju...... ... Nope. Not going there. I have my problems with Rocco. I've been labeled a negative Nellie on Rocco by a certain Cadre here. But I do think we need to be fair. Rocco has **** to work with in the pen. I screamed into the void all winter about it. That's not on him.
  21. USAFChief
    He looked pretty bad again today.
  22. USAFChief
    Someone explain to me why -Correa needed a day off. Again. I absolutely hate the Twins player usage. Hate it. And don't even try to tell me it keeps players healthy. - Jeffers batted in the 10th. WHAT? -I'll give them the benefit of the doubt on not throwing Duran for a 2 inning save, but -why are we still struggling with the same names in the pen?
  23. USAFChief
    Cmon. Monday was in the 10th. The decision to pitch him was not made when they had a 4 run lead. I certainly agree the pen is weak. I was one of the few who was screaming for pen help all winter. But I don't think that's Rocco's fault, and I don't think today's bullpen follies are all on him either.
  24. USAFChief
    He threw 20 pitches Monday night. Again, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume he wasn't available for 2. I doubt Rocco purposely chose Megill over Duran. As I said earlier, if Duran came out for the 10th, I'd be pissed. But he didn't. Once again I doubt Rocco chose Moran over Duran if he didn't have to. Personally I have big problems with resting players all the GD time, like Correa today, and don't get me started on letting Jeffers bat in the 10th, but I can't blame Rocco for not.wanting to injure Duran.
  25. USAFChief
    They kind of backed themselves into a corner. Sanchez is pretty much the nr 1 catcher now, and after that, what? Godoy?
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