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  1. USAFChief
    I had a doctor appointment today at the VA, and he told me I really need to stretch more. So I made an appointment with a workout guru here in town, and sat down to talk to him. "Listen," I said, "can you teach me to do the splits?" "Well, how flexible are you" he asked. So I told him. "I can't do mornings on Wednesdays."
  2. USAFChief
    Maybe Joe, who can afford it, should buy Polanco a steak dinner and speak to him about his throws.
  3. USAFChief
    Two K's and a harmless fly ball, natch.
  4. USAFChief
    Buxton!!
  5. USAFChief
    That's a GIDP if the Twins are playing normally, instead of "double play depth" with the SS pinched up the middle.
  6. USAFChief
    It's good to care about the result of a Twins game in mid August, no? Hope to keep that up.
  7. USAFChief
    I think it's pretty much guaranteed that Mauer managing Mauer will result in uncomfortable situations for both of them, and be a subject of constant discussion. Not my team, but I wouldn't do that. Too much potential for trouble, inside and outside the organization.
  8. USAFChief
    But that's my point...When May, Burdi, and Chargois are "3 of the top 5" you're in trouble before the season even starts. May had trouble the previous season, and it borders on malpractice to count on two guys with both little-to-no MLB experience and injury histories. I've been hearing about how Burdi et al are the bullpen fix since the day they were drafted. Build a pen, and let minor leaguers like that force their way in, or at worst, be among those considered for the inevitable injuries and/or ineffectiveness in the big league pen. Nobody ever suffered from having too many good options.
  9. USAFChief
    concur. The argument "don't sign these guys because they might not be good, or might get injured. Let's instead hope these other guys become good, and don't get injured" doesn't make much sense to me.
  10. USAFChief
    "I would again advocate in the upcoming offseason that they not go crazy on bullpen arms in free agency. Maybe one veteran on a one-year, low cost, low risk deal, and a couple more minor league signings. That’s it." That sounds to me like a recipe for another weak bullpen in 2018. I hope that's not the off season plan.
  11. USAFChief
    4000+ IP, pitched into his 40s. I'd say his arm rusted out.
  12. USAFChief
    Runs please...dont think 5 wins this
  13. USAFChief
    This POST is a winner!
  14. USAFChief
    I didn't "bring it up." I responded to another poster. In a relevant way, in a relevant thread. For the first time, BTW.
  15. USAFChief
    Interesting. Perhaps you're right.
  16. USAFChief
    There is no trick to getting guys to the big leagues. Every team has 25 players on its roster. Nobody plays with 22, or 23, or 24. Every team adds minor leaguers every year. It's basically meaningless. The trick is to add minor leaguers who help win more games than the other teams.
  17. USAFChief
    They could have Gee AND Kintzler.
  18. USAFChief
    Yeah, I put this more on the pitcher than the shift, or even credit to Rosario. He's not stealing home if the pitcher is in the stretch.
  19. USAFChief
    The position players everyone has been raving about for several years now are pretty much all in place. That sounds like a team ready to make a significant leap forward. If not, then they likely never will.
  20. USAFChief
    Also same conversations about Luis Rivas, Danny Santana, etc etc. Guys who "just need time" to become quality major leaguers, and who got way too many opportunities here, and then faded from baseball.
  21. USAFChief
    Eh...thats how you end up with Danny Santana, hoping he can someday become "league average." I think you need to aim higher than that, at every position, so that if some players DON'T reach their potential, you DO end up with league average as a fall back. What happens when you hope for league average and they don't develop? Or even if all your players do reach their potential of league average? That doesn't get you very far.
  22. USAFChief
    concur. He's never been a difference maker as a hitter, I see no reason to believe he'll become one.
  23. USAFChief
    thank you. The steadfast need to defend Mauer at all costs is nauseating to me. He should have been on the field yesterday, and he shares blame with Molitor And the FO for yesterday's lineup.
  24. USAFChief
    Mauer' absence was "100 percent understandable?" No. Not even 10 percent. And this coming from someone who wants less Mauer. But when Gimenez is hitting 4th, and Adrianza manning first? He needs to be on the field.
  25. USAFChief
    What would be the issue with just admitting Mauer isn't a middle of the order hitter, but letting him lead off would be the best use of what skill(s) he still has?
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