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  1. USAFChief
    How many scotches in are we?
  2. USAFChief
    Somewhere, Jake Cave is smiling.
  3. USAFChief
    Yes.
  4. USAFChief
    Not to mention the K rate wouldn't be too shabby either!!
  5. USAFChief
    Oh FFS.
  6. USAFChief
    If we're doing weather reports, currently 77 and sunny, light breeze in Tucson. ?
  7. USAFChief
    Fair enough. Nothing about the 1st week of the season changed my opinion, formed prior to opening day: the Twins aren't built to contend in 2022.
  8. USAFChief
    Players with at least 5 years of MLB service time cannot be optioned to the minor leagues without their consent. Sano has just over 6 years service time. https://www.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/minor-league-options Edit: that's from the previous CBA but I'm reasonably certain this restriction remains in effect.
  9. USAFChief
    Spring training was the same for every team, and has zero to do with team strengths and weaknesses. Weather conditions have zero to do with strengths and weaknesses. However...if you are depending on Alex Kirilloff to be your 5 hole hitter...that speaks directly to team strengths and weaknesses. And not in a good way. If losing one RH reliever with somewhat modest history is "crippling," then your bullpen probably wasn't very strong to start with. Which, by the way, it wasn't. And BTW, was damaged way more by trading Rogers.
  10. USAFChief
    I'm pretty sure he gets 15 days of MLB minimum pay, too.
  11. USAFChief
    What do miserable conditions have to do with anything? Playing teams expected to be competitive isn't a good way to judge whether or not YOUR team is competitive?? Losing 249 career PA with a 679 OPS Alex Kirilloff is "crippling?" I'd say DEPENDING on Alex Kirilloff might have been the more crippling part.
  12. USAFChief
    You won't have to wait long. Four pitches should do it. Fouled back, ball one, called strike, swinging strike. Done and done.
  13. USAFChief
    It's worse than you think. The Twins didn't trade Ortiz to Boston.
  14. USAFChief
    I'm told in a capitalist economic system one is paid what one is worth.
  15. USAFChief
    Even the other way is roughly a dollar an hour. Nope.
  16. USAFChief
    Nick Gordon? As an every day left fielder?? Yeesh.
  17. USAFChief
    It seems inconceivable to me, if Kirilloff was having wrist issues, that Twins management could watch him through a month of spring training...thousands of swings...and just now learn his wrist wasn't fully healed. Have him IN THE ORIGINAL LINEUP THE DAY HE HITS THE IL. That's either BS, or we have issues with the major league coaching staff. A hitting coach that can watch a hitter in the cage and in games for over a month and not notice...yeesh.
  18. USAFChief
    On my list: -Root canal sans novocaine -any NBA game -walking barefoot through the Sonoran Desert in July, blindfolded -hanging decor on the walls for Mrs Chief -doing my tax returns -repainting the already repainted guest bathroom yet again
  19. USAFChief
    They have Larnach and Celestino. Neither Martin or Lewis are realistic options now or any time soon, and I'm pretty sure Miranda hasn't played an inning of outfield in his MiLB career.
  20. USAFChief
    Valid. The question in my mind is, "why would Correa need a day off 6 days into the season?" I would suspect there's a minor injury there. Hope not.
  21. USAFChief
    False.
  22. USAFChief
    Can we please stop saying this?? It's not accurate.
  23. USAFChief
    Pray tell what does any of this have to do with math or science?
  24. USAFChief
    If anyone is still trying to fool themselves into believing the Twins can contend this season, a RH hitting OFer is a no brainer. Whether Upton is that OFer isn't easily answered, but it's worth a shot. The better question is why this FO didn't try to address this question previously.
  25. USAFChief
    Why would a team do something like that? Make that kind of decision 5 days in advance. It's arrogance or ignorance to believe this "piggyback" idea has any chance of working out over the course of once through the rotation, much less a month or a season. It's managing by spreadsheet. I hate the idea.
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