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  1. Platoon
    a post like this needs a "I hate to agree" button! :(
  2. Platoon
    But will he make those trades? And is it the job of the FO to build a team, or to appease the fickle casual fan? A losing team that is building promise is one thing, a losing team that keeps providing farewell tours for fading veterans is another. If the Twins end up sub .500 in June, which is quite possible, who's going to turn out to watch Hunter, Nolasco, Stauffer, E. Santana, and Suzuki?
  3. Platoon
    She looks remarkably younger than you! :)
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  5. Platoon
    Bert Blyleven gets criticized, sometimes justly, for his commentary during games. But on one subject he is consistent and correct. Do not let undeveloped arms throw breaking pitches. This should be controlled by the youth leagues, it's the only way to enforce it during games. Fastballs, change ups, and location. That's it. And no splitters, those things are probably harder on your arm than a properly thrown curve ball.
  6. Platoon
    I like Rosario, and he definitely has a future here. But he has not really "forced" himself into the lead in CF. On this team at this time I would start Hicks in CF. Hicks has done the up and down thing often enough. He is old enough that it's time to finalize his standing and value. Whatever it may be. It also gives you a respectable, but not great defensive center fielder. Would Shafer be a little better? Maybe, but for him and Robinson there really is no upside. It is what it is. Hicks can go up, but not really down. This team is not contending, so take that chance, back him up with Shafer, and do whatever with Robinson. Rosario goes down for needed experience and waits for the corner OF to shake itself out.
  7. Platoon
    On a more serious side, what impact will it have on BD's value if his HR's drop to single digits? I don't see his HR production as sustainable, since almost all of them come from the same spot in the zone, up and in. I would think that is a relatively easy pitch to avoid throwing.
  8. Platoon
    One other similarity to "Justified" is that Raylan and Brian both have magnificent hair! And quick hands!
  9. Platoon
    "Reading is hard" might have been tongue in cheek, but still is right up there with things someone who writes for a living, should not write! :)
  10. Platoon
    Dozier's love of hitting high inside fastballs down the line could eventually be his undoing. I know taking two and hitting to right has become a Twins cliche, but in his case it might actually be true.
  11. Platoon
    The Twins had several "dependable" players last year. In no order of import, or with intent to demean, they had a dependable catcher, 2B, 3B, SS, 1B, and closer. And if one argues that Santana should stay in CF, you can add that position also. Dependably, they also lost 90+ games again! I am sure they are looking at Santana as having more upside than Escobar. Plus leaving Santana in CF is really a short term solution, with no upside. While I am definitely not a fan of the current pitching staff, they have suffered for several years from a lack of range in both the infield and outfield. If they hit, you can live with a young Arcia in one OF corner, and say a somewhat statuesque Plouffe on an IF corner, but you then have to make up for it in range at the postitions next to them. And I don't think "range" is a term often associated with the current defense.
  12. Platoon
    I am not sure. But I guess I am old school and never saw anything wrong with those rules. In this case something inside the batters box, and below the waist would seem appropriate. At the least make him move his feet, quickly, so he is more responsible with his bat.
  13. Platoon
    Per Jokin: This is usually something that a pitcher could address with (let's say) a fastball in the mouth; quite effective (and in case of Milone's 83 miler, not that bad) That was my first thought when I heard about this. But the Twins have never seemed to be much for protecting their players. Someone else wrote that Perkins was the next pitcher. Whether that affected a retaliatory fastball is open to debate. While I have no doubt Jones is not doing this on purpose, he still needs to be reminded of proper bat etiquette. As to Plouffie playing 1B. While I am not a huge Plouffe fan, if him not playing third means Nunez is going to, I will suddenly become a huge Plouffe fan! .
  14. Platoon
    Since you are new here, I will assume you dont know that it is not nice to refer to another member as "a dirty word" ! :)
  15. Platoon
    Hopefully like Trevor, Brian is working with his coaches to cut down on his errors. Brian's typing coach was quoted by Sid as saying Brian is very coachable and is one of the hardest workers he has ever had the privilege to be associated with. His coach went on to say that Brian has all the physical talent in the world, and all he needs is more experience. The orginisation holds out hope that he will be able to move up to Fargo soon. For his part, Brian says he will continue to work diligently, until he can consistently hit the keyboard with all ten fingers!
  16. Platoon
    Jokin writes: So what makes Lindgren a likely bullpen call-up in 2015 and Burdi not so much? The answer: Maybe it's the name? Oh, I didn't mean the name on the back of his uniform, I meant the name on the front!
  17. Platoon
    I think it should be May. He has the looks of a workhorse type pitcher, with some upside and stability. And hopefully he is part three of the next decent starting rotation. (The last one was a long time ago). Milone is what he is, a "crafty lefty". Crafty is good when your ball is darting just off the edge of the plate. Crafty turns to crappy when it's not! Even if he moderately succeeds as a starter he has no real value as trade bait. Now we turn to Pelfrey. I would put him in the bullpen. He throws hard, has not had a lot of success as a starter, I think is on his last contract year, and is owed a lot of money. I don't agree with the money issue as a determining facto but the FO does, and he is going to be somewhere. I just would not put Milone or May in the pen, and start him. I really think he has his future as a reliever.
  18. Platoon
    As to the non baseball topics in the first part of the article, thank you. You touched on a very important point that everyone should consider far more often. Life is short. It's an old bromide that gets easily ignored, but if one used it when making decisions, ones life would invariably improve over time. Enough of the philosophical, Randy Johnson at 6+ BB/9 at ages 27 and 28? Does anyone think the current Twins regime would allow that from a starter. They get apoplectic at the 4 level.
  19. Platoon
    I think it started out as a yuk! . And we may need allow the yuks we can get again this year!
  20. Platoon
    Your post popped up after my post (tirade) I really hope you are right, and I am wrong. No words would be more happily consumed. But I just don't know where the history is for this to happen. Even in the years we contended we never would pull the pin on a deal or acquisition that would put us over the top.
  21. Platoon
    One of the worst 3 teams in MLB 4 years running, and the only competition is for the #5 starter, the backup catcher, some fill in bullpen arms, the all important last spot on the bench, and while some say there is a fight for CF there will probably not be a winner, just a survivor based mostly on contractural issues. And oddly I could live with this, but only if there was some hope of a major overhaul this summer. I can live with the service time arguments if the plan was to accept sucking for half the year, and then blowing it up. But they will not. We still have no "true" number one, two or three hitter. IMHO. If we did, Molitor would not be jerking around with the order like he is. This is one of the oddest run operations I have seen. I am not sure if it makes me sad, or angry. I do know it makes me very frustrated.
  22. Platoon
    why should I have to be careful to diagnose myself, as I know exactly what I am thinking at all times, and might I add, what most others should be thinking. Not only that, but I cannot believe you would even hint to disagree with me! I find that extremely disrespectful of me! Being correct all the time, is a large burden to bear! But I do think I am comfortable with that responsibility!
  23. Platoon
    He was by default in 4th place. In no particular order above him: May. Some previous MLB experience, and more control. Milone. Same as May, with more experience and LH Pelfrey. Bigger contract, given a pass because of injuries, and the need to justify trading for him. He really did nothing to change the pecking order, and in essence remained in 4th place. I watched him yesterday, it was painful. It's hard to understand how you can miss the strike zone by that amount, with that much experience. I have been very critical of the Twins reticence to bring up players, but as far as I know the strike zone is more or less in the same place all over. You have to get close enough to it to make a batter make a choice.
  24. Platoon
    Luckily I do not have NPD. How do I know this? It should be obvious to everyone that I am smart enough to know if I had something that difficult to spell, I, above all others would recognize my disorder. If in fact, I had it, I would be the first to know, as I am a firm believer in self diagnosis!
  25. Platoon
    I agree, I like all my comments too. So far this might be the best one I have written!
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