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  1. Platoon
    may has been clear, srystal, that he wants to start. He was told there would be a competition for a rotation spot. His rude awakening that contracts carry more weight than talent might be affecting his concentration just slightly.
  2. Platoon
    They had choices! But they were made 3 months ago!
  3. Platoon
    There were curveballs, and then there was Berts curveball. Maybe as good as there was in the history of baseball.
  4. Platoon
    You could have safely predicted that in mid January, sans injuries. There really doesn't seem to be any other outcome.
  5. Platoon
    Ole: Whatcha doin? Brian: Hidin behint a tree. Ole: Whatsa tree? Brian: Vare squirrelsss lif! Ole: Vatsa squirrel?
  6. Platoon
    Would it be possible to preemptively delete him? It's almost supper time here, and I do not want my appetite ruined!
  7. Platoon
    I truly think Buxton will enetually hit. He always has, but it's after an acclimation time. And that might be enough to keep his seasonal average below award level. Plus players seldom get that kind of award based on OF defense. Berrios? Another possibility. And your comment on service time would be true in a different year. The fact is, regardless of service time there was absolutely no chance he was coming north this spring. The Twins have millstoned themselves with long term contracts to mid rotation pitchers, and they don't have room at the inn. Milone would be the only option, and he is also the only left hander. Add the fact that he is the poster child of a Twins pitcher. While as this is being typed, I can't say with a certainty what happens either tomorrow or soon, but I think Duffey will also find out that cold hard fact. Barring injury, Berrios will likely serve more time in NY than some expect. If TR follows past practice, the opening starters will get up to two months to pitch themselves out of a job. Not all these pitchers are created equal. Some have to pitch themselves into a job, some out of a job. The Twins have far more of the latter, than the former in the current rotation!
  8. Platoon
    Or that the manager (FO) is setting the table?
  9. Platoon
    This is obviously a doctored photo! There are not that many trees in ND!
  10. Platoon
    The Berrios/May situation was always about PR. Almost none of the SP are tradeable, so there was no room for either. And short of an injury, it seems that might be the case far longer than most will like. While an injury, or a completely non Twins Way trade could have altered it, common sense and arithmetic would tell you that the last spot on the rotation goes to Nolasco/Duffey. Nolascos Contract, er I mean Nolasco holds the upper hand in this one. I could see a slight chance of Duffey in the BP, but I doubt it. It's not uncommon, nor difficult to send a fall surprise pitcher back down to work on "something". The only real suspense left: Can TR avoid caving in to some mediocre veteran bench player? The temptation will be great!
  11. Platoon
    And if Park can't hit MLB pitching? That's going to take some time to determine also. Then the DH spot comes into play. One thing that bothers me. With the exception of Buxton, and possibly Rosario's arm, every player is considered an offense first, defense second player. Combine that with what is in effect one of the, if not the best pitch to contact pitching staffs in all of baseball, (insert sarcasm icon here) and you are left with the unsustainable! That being trying to pound everyone into submission. An awful lot of teams have tried that philosophy, and almost as many have failed.
  12. Platoon
    I don't know what good this does, and I don't have time to check, but the Trib sports says FSN is carrying it? Good luck.
  13. Platoon
    This is from a Bernadino discussion with E. Santana after today's game. They were discussing Sano's adventure in RF. There is no indication of whether the part about "even catching a fly ball" was a slip, or a dis, but I found it interesting nonetheless. "Asked if it will be easier to accept mistakes by Sano in the field than by someone playing their natural position, Santana said he wasn’t sure. “I don’t know. I think it would be the same,” Santana said. “I know he doesn’t have the experience for that and he’s just learning. It’s tough to make an adjustment that quick when you don’t know how to even catch a fly ball in the outfield.”
  14. Platoon
    Some guys just aren't built for small ball. or it could be said, "small ball is not built for some guys"
  15. Platoon
    My baseball career was ended by leaning over the recliner to pick up a newspaper! My Twins career was ended very prematurely by my baseball career!
  16. Platoon
    I really doubt that's true!
  17. Platoon
    An even bigger mistake than you imagined! You are more likely in the Yellowstone River in Billings! For you sake, I hope the Grizzlies aren't White Sox fans?
  18. Platoon
    I am not sure if what I am stating is obvious, or obvious only to me. But there never was a real competition here, short of an injury or an inexplicable failure by a veteran pitcher to look like a pitcher in ST. May was always going to the BP. Milone was set in the rotation. He has "Twins Pitcher" written all over him, and is LH. Nolasco has NO value in the BP, and would also be a major disruption, on a team that values at least the perception of cohesion above all else. And Duffey has options, and youth at his side. Despite his best efforts those two millstones remain around his neck! He is going to spend more of the year in Rochester than he thinks.
  19. Platoon
    Since it unlikely they ever eat any contract, and putting him the pen is the same as eating a contract, I role the dice one more time. Start him, hope for a glimmer and get what you can in a trade as soon as you can. He's meh in the BP, and he will be a pain. And you're going to do that for two years? No way! One thought on eating salary. Last year the team paid Hunter 10m, much of it to improve the "culture" of the clubhouse. Take $12m this year and next year, to do the same!
  20. Platoon
    You can! There is even a workout program for it! The Johnny Manziel. While the materials provided include the cigarettes and booze, you will have to find your own "personal trainer"!
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  22. Platoon
    They do when you traded your other two!
  23. Platoon
    Much of this conjecture is dependent on whether its ones opinion that the Twins are actually ready to "start winning" right now. Probably more important is the definition of the term "winning". I realize that 2011-2014 were disasters, but I hope using them as a comparative does not make .500 seem like "winning"?
  24. Platoon
    "If Nolasco makes the rotation I will........... NOT BE SURPRISED WHATSOEVER! !
  25. Platoon
    I don't know about bats, but we had a 25 yr old guy in town ball who was terrified of mice. We stuck a toy stuffed mouse in his glove while he was on base. When he got back to the dugout and grabbed his stuff, the screams could be heard in the next county! When I turned back to the field, my base runner that was on second was running across the infield? "Where you going"? I asked. Turns out he was watching the commotion and got picked off second base, flat footed!
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