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  1. USAFChief
    By your own post above, these 2 are at best starter numbers 11 and 12. At best. Canterino hasn't thrown a pitch in the 5th inning yet. How is that supposed to encourage me?
  2. USAFChief
    I'm not disappointed in the "pitching pipeline" because I put little stock in it to start with. I'm not big on minor leaguers. I distrust most, particularly pitchers. I think Duran was a great bet to fill a bullpen spot because he has incredible stuff. Beyond that, Ryan has always been someone I think deserves being depended on. But the "pipeline?" Get back to me when it starts spewing good MLB pitchers.
  3. USAFChief
    It's June and people are desperate for bodies. How is that a pitching pipeline?
  4. USAFChief
    Bringing up bodies isn't what was meant by "pitching pipeline. "
  5. USAFChief
    To start with, Smeltzer isn't a rookie. None of the other three are currently active, although that doesn't really address your point. Winder has proven nothing. 2 pitchers doesn't a pipeline make. The point, of course, is that planning on the minor leagues to supply you with everything you need is pretty hopeful thinking. Even if I read a million times this winter it would.
  6. USAFChief
    He had one good game, let's not pick an endpoint that highlights the good part.
  7. USAFChief
    Well "we" wouldn't know, but presumably the medical staff would. And at least in this (3 week old) article, it's stated that it "doesn't appear to be something that will resolve itself in a matter of days with rest." That's a bit ambiguous, but enough for me to question whether an IL stint would actually help. Particularly since they haven't.
  8. USAFChief
    Do we know that an IL stint will fix the knee? If it will, then IL him immediately. He's not the same player. If it won't, and I don't think it will or they'd have done it already, then we're getting the 100 games of Buxton they told us we were getting, and we're not getting 100 games of a superstar.
  9. USAFChief
    I read something about a pitching pipeline somewhere.
  10. USAFChief
    . If we just forget about this year, AGAIN, well then next year the stars will align, all these prospects will be All Stars, starting pitchers will fall from the free agent candy tree like raindrops, and by gosh then we'll go for it! That'll be just the right time. It's the "carrot on a stick" strategy. We'll grab that carrot NEXT year.
  11. USAFChief
    Sell high on Lewis while you still can. If he nets Montas, do it.
  12. USAFChief
    1. There are no low-leverage-only spots in a modern bullpen. When the expectation is 3 or more relievers EVERY night, and many nights 4 or 5, every reliever is going to be pitching in high leverage situations. Often. It can't be avoided. 2. Duffey zoomed up out of nowhere in 2019, close to that in a short 2020. Went back to normal when "grip enhancers" became a thing in 2021. Perhaps unfairly, I'm suspicious. 3. Duffey is bad, but I don't think there are 7 or 8 consistently better options in the organization, 4. I keep asking for bullpen talent every winter, and I keep reading reasons why they don't need to add...well, this is what you get.
  13. USAFChief
    No, what catapulted Duffey to prominence was his K rate jumping astronomically in 2019 (and 2020). That Duffey wasn't around in 2021, and isn't in 2022. Duffey isn't the same guy. Personally, I wonder about grip enhancers, but that's just speculation. Whatever the reason, he's pretty hitable.
  14. USAFChief
    A plan that features 2 innings from your best reliever with a big lead is not "great."
  15. USAFChief
    I'm a "better to take the starter out too early than too late" guy, but...why didn't Smeltzer get at least a shot at the 5th inning? Also...Duffey. yeesh. That said, can't complain about getting 2 of 3 over the weekend in Tronno.
  16. USAFChief
    Heh.
  17. USAFChief
    I put the over/under on future Bundy starts at 2.5.
  18. USAFChief
    This is embarrassing.
  19. USAFChief
    If those two on Eye Ell, It's all gone to hell.
  20. USAFChief
    I'd be shocked if this was Bundy's last start. Who else?
  21. USAFChief
    Just let Bundy wear it for 110 pitches. Granted, that may not get him out of the 3rd, but still.
  22. USAFChief
    Heh
  23. USAFChief
    I said it before, say it again...I wish opposing pitchers had to throw within the strike zone to retire Twins hitters.
  24. USAFChief
    FFS Buxton.
  25. USAFChief
    Not much left in the tank for Bundy.
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