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  1. USAFChief
    Could use a double here.
  2. USAFChief
    Arraez should run for mayor.
  3. USAFChief
    Man, Sano-zee had one to hit on that first pitch. Gotta take advantage of those. Edit: and watches a hanger for a K.
  4. USAFChief
    Polanco goes from 2-0 to a K in three pitches. Woof.
  5. USAFChief
    Would be nice to get some back here in the first. German can be tough.
  6. USAFChief
    http://giphygifs.s3.amazonaws.com/media/aTiZ1PZU92lyM/giphy.gif
  7. USAFChief
    Probably Smith and Giles. I don't know that there's a starter available that will make a big impact. But I think the Twins can massively impact their bullpen, which, IMO, is a big deal in today's baseball. Every team, in both leagues, uses multiple relievers pretty much every game. Win that battle most nights, and you win a lot of games. I don't see that changing in the post season. I'd bite off a decent size chunk of Greinke's contract if it came at little prospect cost. He's still a pretty dang reliable starter. I'd go hard after Bumgarner, if he's even available any more, but not at "whatever cost." A pretty steep cost, but I would have a stopping point.
  8. USAFChief
    Yeah, I don't think I'd spend much on Boyd.
  9. USAFChief
    Heh. Do you think that's a fair and accurate depiction of people's positions?
  10. USAFChief
    If you advocate for avoiding every single possible trade, well sure, occasionaly you'll be "right," just like a broken clock.
  11. USAFChief
    For the record, I don't currently like Boyd or Stroman.
  12. USAFChief
    None of that has played out yet, and it's tough to argue the Twins would be worse off with Realmuto. There were people crowing about avoiding Verlander, too. Can you point me to your post where you predicted, at the time Realmuto was traded, that Garver would have better offensive stats in late July, 2019? Otherwise, crowing about it now is sort of...hindsight-ish, no? Or if we're going to do this, what was your opinion of the Pressly trade, at the time?
  13. USAFChief
    ftfy.
  14. USAFChief
    And I'll go out on a limb and guess you were opposed to a Verlander trade. Did I get that right? There are two sides to every coin. Besides, explain to me how the Twins would be worse off if they had traded for Realmuto. At the cost of, say, Lewis. And then traded Castro for whatever. Would the Twins be worse off?
  15. USAFChief
    And I haven't ever said "blow all their ammunition." I've said "don't hold on to any specific ammunition" if the return meets your current needs. I believe "X and Y and Z are off limits" is self limiting and ultimately you're better off if you make those players available...for the right return of course. It's impossible to "blow all their ammunition" anyway. They have, what...150 minor leaguers? I read all the time about how deep the system is. How could trading a half dozen of them "blow" all the ammo?
  16. USAFChief
    The Twins have had a bottom farm system since 1991? For the record, I'm reasonably confident I never specifically listed Lewis as tradeable for Realmuto. I don't think I've ever assigned specific names to specific trade proposals. I don't really follow the minor leagues closely enough to be able to reasonably assign specific names. Not that I would have been opposed, I guess.
  17. USAFChief
    Perhaps you're right, extreme caution has worked so well for us. We're so fortunate we let Jason Tyner soak up postseason DH ABs instead of wasting minor leaguers on an improvement. Holding on to all those pitching prospects has produced how many CYA winners again? It's hard for me to keep track. Bottom line: We've collected one postseason series win since 1991. 6 postseason games won since 1991. Zero postseason games won since 2004. One postseason game played since 2010. I want more than that. YMMV.
  18. USAFChief
    In your first example, Pineda started and pitched 4 innings. By rule, can't get the win. Perez came in in the 5th, and pitched 3.2 innings. Hildenberger and Harper combined for 1.1 innings to close a 9-3 win. Pretty easy to say Perez should get the win, he pitched the bulk of the relief effort. In the second example, Gibson was removed with 2 outs in the 5th, with a 6-3 lead, but had just walked two hitters to load the bases. Hildenberger got the final out in the 5th, preserving the 6-3 lead. Nobody else pitched more than an inning in a game that went to the 9th with the Twins leading 14-4. I'd say Hildenberger probably was the "most effective," and certainly had the highest leverage. In your third example, the Twins were up 15-0 in the bottom of the5th, when Berrios gave up four runs, and left with 2 on and 2 out. Duffy came on, suffered through dropped foul pop that should have ended the inning, but got the K. He then pitched a scoreless 6th, again surviving an error, with 2 more K's. Harper later pitched an inning, and Adams the final two innings of a game that ended 18-4. Hard to argue that Duffey wasn't the "most effective."
  19. USAFChief
    I want to make the playoffs in 2019, and not doggedly hold on to players who will have no impact on 2019 on the premise they may someday help garner "numerous future playoff appearances." Pretty loaded language, IYYM. You can't guarantee those playoff appearances any more than I can guarantee a good 8th inning reliever will help get to a WS. But I'm pretty confident of this much: we will seldom be in a better position to make the playoffs than we are on 23 July 2019.
  20. USAFChief
    Interesting question. I guess I'd say, yes, because Harper wouldn't have changed Thorpe's effectiveness, just his final line.
  21. USAFChief
    I remember the Twins turning two in one game: One was with Brunansky at the plate, which I didn't remember. Sweet.
  22. USAFChief
    yeah, I don't understand that. Hold: A hold occurs when a relief pitcher enters the game in a save situation and maintains his team's lead for the next relief pitcher, while recording at least one out. One of two conditions must be met for a pitcher to record a hold: 1) He enters with a lead of three runs or less and maintains that lead while recording at least one out. 2) He enters the game with the tying run on-deck, at the plate or on the bases, and records an out. http://m.mlb.com/glossary/standard-stats/hold edit: I guess Brock nailed it...can't get a hold before the "W"?
  23. USAFChief
    If the starter doesn't go five, They often award the W to the pitcher who throws the most innings. In some cases, the pitcher who got the most critical out(s). A case could be made for either Duffey or Thorpe last night. Personally, I thought it should go to Thorpe.
  24. USAFChief
    I'm saying I disagree that any prospect in the Twins org should be "off limits." Be willing to trade any prospect, if the return has a chance to significantly help the 2019 team. If not now, why? What the heck are you waiting for? An even MORE historical start to the season? I'm saying the premise of this article is flawed...taking a trade that looks reasonably bad today, and holding that up as a reason why the Twins should be afraid to "go for it." There are many examples of trades that worked out, too. Sometimes for both teams. Sometimes for neither. But it's no reason to avoid the trade market. I'm saying prospects in general are wildly overrated. I'm saying flags fly forever, and I want another one over Target Field. That's worth more than a potential couple wins in 2023.
  25. USAFChief
    Did the Cubs fire their GM for trading Torrez for Chapman?
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