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  1. mnfireman
    That's more ridiculous than Urshela and Sanchez hitting 4 and 5.....
  2. mnfireman
    Maybe cancelling the 2020 minor league season hurt development more than fans think. The players all got a year older, but lost a year of development. Pitch counts, limiting times facing a line-up and 6 man rotations have had to also affect development, though I have no idea if there is data to substantiate this. Pitching philosophy also has to play into it, Johnson leaned heavily on slider usage and max effort velocity, if this was taught system wide it could very well be part of the reason for the seeming uptick in elbow and shoulder problems throughout both the minor and major league teams.
  3. mnfireman
    Fielding a AA/AAA line-up every night is bound to catch up with any team. Having to run Celestino, Cave, Contreras, Leon, Hamilton, Garlick, Palacios and Beckham out there almost every night is not playing without heart, its playing without MLB talent. Each of Buxton, Kepler, Larnach, Kirilloff, Jeffers, and Polanco tried to play through injury, and that is playing with heart. Gray, Mahle, Ober Coulombe, and a few others tried to pitch through injury, and, if what one TD poster says is true, Lopez has been dealing with personal issues but still wants the ball. That's heart. Yes, some players are having down years, but that happens every year, to every team. This team played with immense heart, everything just finally caught up to them about mid-August and has fallen off the rails in September.
  4. mnfireman
    Considering that the majority of the starting players are on the IL, I don't think that you can fairly judge them. The MLB talent they have been able to play has put up pretty decent numbers in general, but when you have to trot out AA/AAA level players every night it's pretty hard to compete, even with the KC Royals...
  5. mnfireman
    And Wallner picks up Celestino's slack....
  6. mnfireman
    IF everyone gets healthy over the off-season it will be a nice problem to figure out the rotation and the line-up. Rotation: Ryan, Ober, Winder, Varland, Mahle, Gray, Mazda, SWR, Paddock, and possibly Duran. Piggyback 'em, BP 'em, whatever is needed as we have seen that there is no such thing as too many SP's. Line-up: Arraez, Miranda, Polanco, Urshela, Larnach, Buxton, Kepler, Kirilloff, Wallner, Lewis, Gordon, Jeffers, and possibly Correa. Probably need to sign another C. Again, find a place to play 'em and there is no such thing as too many.
  7. mnfireman
    Urshela has been worth $12.8M this year, according to FanGraphs, while earing $6.55M. If his arbitration comes in at $8-10M, which I think I read somewhere that would be his projected salary, then bring him back. He has been productive and healthy, something that can't be said for everyone on this team the last 2 seasons. Pagan can be traded, if they can find a taker who thinks they can fix him, or non-tendered. Either option would be fine with me.
  8. mnfireman
    Yes, but the extra runner in the 15th got tagged out on a play at 3B.
  9. mnfireman
    Over......
  10. mnfireman
    The strike 2 call was absolutely horrible...
  11. mnfireman
    It gets a little skewed as almost every AB in extras is with RISP, but yes, they need to do better.
  12. mnfireman
    Or the tie. I think I would have walked both Rosario and Ramirez and take my chances with Naylor.
  13. mnfireman
    DRod to face 9, 1, & 2 for the W...
  14. mnfireman
    And three outs, just the one run on Little Flash's sac fly...
  15. mnfireman
    Bases loaded, one out.....
  16. mnfireman
    Bases loaded, zero outs....
  17. mnfireman
    Megill to Covid IL, Rodriguez promoted.
  18. mnfireman
    Gotta throw strikes....
  19. mnfireman
    Top of the order, again, for CLE....
  20. mnfireman
    Just ask on here, there are several posters who will tell you who's injured, as well as their feelings concerning the training staff, the manager, the FO, etc....
  21. mnfireman
    Assuming Arraez's hammy must still be acting up, Gordon to CF and Arraez to 2B would have been a better idea
  22. mnfireman
    Game Day was slow, Contreras to CF
  23. mnfireman
    Arraez in CF is a bad idea....
  24. mnfireman
    And Gordon teases us with a glimmer of hope...
  25. mnfireman
    Bases loaded with 1 out followed by 2 K's, sums up the team's season...
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