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  1. USAFChief
    Dang it. 12 minutes. The over under was 10, and I took the under. For a hefty sum.
  2. USAFChief
    Call me crazy, but I think every team needs a first baseman, or a lot of throws will end up in the stands.
  3. USAFChief
    I'm not sure either. It's very close if they didn't. In the above pic, it's crystal clear Betts' left shoulder is some distance (a foot?) from the fence. While his arm is angled from his shoulder toward the wall, I think it's a reasonable to conclude the hand(s) in question are in the field of play, since reasonable to assume Betts' glove isn't at the wall yet. It's also reasonable to be wary of a single screen shot as evidence, since it's at a poor angle, and leaves out everything that happens before and after that particular moment. Either way, it's a very close call, and sans clear evidence one way or the other, entirely reasonable to defer to the judgement of the umpire who made the call, IMO.
  4. USAFChief
    I thought it was a correct call. It looked to me like the fans were reaching over the fence. Look at the one fan's hand, resting on top of the fence, and compare it to the hand(s) that contacted Betts' glove...pretty clear to me the interfering hands are farther toward the field than the hand on the fence...which means those hands are on the field side of the fence. Also, Betts floats through the air toward the fence another half second or so after the hand contacts his glove, meaning he wasn't yet at the fence when the "fan interference" happened. That tells me it's pretty likely the hand(s) are on the field side of the fence. And the rule is pretty clear...a fan who interferes with a player on the field of play commits fan interference.
  5. USAFChief
    Correct. False...way too early for Chief.
  6. USAFChief
    That's how I feel...surely they had at least the framework of a vision for their way forward when they interviewed, right? Wouldn't that have been part of the reason they got hired in the first place? I'm sure not everyone has accepted job offers, but still. "It's only been two years" sounds more like an excuse than a reasonable explanation for what appears to be little progress, anywhere, except perhaps depth at the lower minor league level.
  7. USAFChief
    It should also be pointed out one of the primary things Pressly is doing differently is throwing a slider, primarily to LH hitters. That seems to me much more important than a relatively minor tweak in FB/CB percentage. Unless of course the speculation about the Astros having their pitchers use pine tar to increase spin rates is true.
  8. USAFChief
    33. A "double switch" can best be described as _______________________________. a. Adrian Peterson's preferred parenting device. b. A railroad construction design allowing two trains travelling in opposite directions to safely pass each other. c. A substitution method often used in the National League of American Baseball whereby the manager simultaneously swaps out both the pitcher and a position player, with the goal of putting the incoming pitcher into the batting order position that made the last out in the previous half inning. d. RALLY MONKEY!!
  9. USAFChief
    _____ Yes _____ No
  10. USAFChief
    If you're consistent, shouldn't you be using Dozier's AB to continue your campaign for robot umpires?
  11. USAFChief
    Can we at least acknowledge the Pressly trade wasn't like the others? Pressly was performing at a high level, and had a full year of control left. A prime candidate for a three year deal, as well. They'll spend more this winter trying to replace him, on someone less talented. And if we're speaking of crowing, you get to crow when/if the two prospects acquired amount to anything remotely close to Pressly's value. For the record, they weren't even valuable to their respective minor league teams this year.
  12. USAFChief
    I'm pretty sure age was part of the equation as well. It's not hard to imagine they thought, coming into his age 26 season, he had room to improve.
  13. USAFChief
    Really? Based on you saying so? Besides the questions surrounding EVERY minor league player, these two aren't really that special. Celestino just made it to rookie ball, for Pete's sake.
  14. USAFChief
    I don't really care much about the usage. I want the Twins to be adding this kind of talent, not shedding it. That's why that trade was bad. Similar to the Hicks/Murphy trade...why let that kind of natural ability leave the organization when not forced?
  15. USAFChief
    Regardless what you think of the mid-season dump, the Pressly trade was always a head-scratcher. Why?
  16. USAFChief
    "Supplementing amateurs with prospects acquired through trades this season, identifying talent genuinely seems like something they've excelled at. At this point in the game, you need to come to the table with something better than stathead or moniker driven detractions for the Twins front office." I think you have that backwards. At this point in the game, you need to come to the table with something better than empty claims about minor league "talent" in defense of the front office. None of that "talent" has delivered a single solitary major league victory.
  17. USAFChief
    Non concur. Relievers with great stuff aren't a crap shoot. Quite the contrary. The crap shoot comes in when you think relievers are a crap shoot, so you spend no resources or make no effort to get good ones.
  18. USAFChief
    How should the Twins approach their pitching depth? They should develop some.
  19. USAFChief
    I agree Twins ownership has been cheap in recent decades. But that has zero to do with my point.
  20. USAFChief
    There is zero benefit to bringing up players before they are ready. In addition to the obvious possible stunting of development and losing baseball, you dont even save money. Player X’s salary structure is pretty much the same whether their rookie season is at 19 or 24. There are three years of serfdom, followed by three years of arbitration. The only question is, when do you start the clock? And by pushing off their rookie season, you actually stand a chance of getting them cheaply through their prime, rather than paying them to learn, and then watching them hit free agency at 27 or 28. Minor leaguers should always have to force their way into a big league lineup. Always.
  21. USAFChief
    I know I don't want a .750 corner outfielder as the primary option. That's how you end up watching the playoffs. In any case, if we're giving up on Kepler, moving Polanco isn't the answer. Go find a bat. BTW, there were 23 such players in 2017, including 8 OFers. Two more OFers if we take it down to .885. It's not like .900 OPS players are unicorns. Those are the guys we should be looking to find a position for.
  22. USAFChief
    Polanco's bat plays in the middle infield. I have zero interest in moving it to a corner OF slot. If they're going to replace Kepler, find the .900+ OPS bat they need, not a .750 guy learning the position.
  23. USAFChief
    Goldschmidt is likely available too. Package deal? Take on the entire Greinke salary, in return for a lesser price on Goldschmidt. I think AZ is going to have trouble finding a taker for Greinke unless they eat some salary.
  24. USAFChief
    "Super/Man"
  25. USAFChief
    Thinking Molitor wasn't a good manager is completely unrelated to having a better candidate in mind. Finding a better one is Falvey/Levine's job. As was firing Molitor. Personally, I'll reserve my judgement on the new person until he/she has had a half season of performance to judge from.
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