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  1. Platoon
    You realize you are then on the hook for next years results?
  2. Platoon
    Patrick's has some valid points. I normally am fairly on board with his takes, acerbic as they can be. But To touch on a couple I am not completely on board with: Sano and Buxton were not only appraised as true talents by the locals. It was a national perception. We weren't simply being schmucks. There are 40 man ad 25 man roster issues to deal with when moving players. It's not simply a wave of the hand. Sustainability can also be defined as NOT simply blowing things up. And they haven't. Also, as much as I hate to admit it, the fact that a Gonsalves was such a highly touted piece for the rotation, and at this point looks at best a LOOGY (SSS noted) does not reflect positively on the MiLB ready talent level. I will look for the FO to move in relievers for auditions this fall at a minimum. And I will then expect Molitor to pitch them, hell or high water. He won't of course. I could be completely wrong, I have been before, but I would bet that Reusse gives Molitor a full pass on this season, and on his managerial abilities. In that matter I totally disagree with the the Fulda Flash. All that said, I am sure most of this thread will turn into a Reusse diatribe by the 2nd page!
  3. Platoon
    I admit not having taken the control year into consideration. So inexplicable may have been an excessive comment. That said, he is of an age where it's time to settle the issue of his production. As for whether he can siphon time from Cave, if here? That uncertainty is inexplicable!
  4. Platoon
    Unless the FO, for some inexplicable reason, decides to keep Buxton down on the farm, the idea that he has to "siphon" playing time away from Cave is puzzling. While I realize Buxton has had ample auditions, he is one of the two Twins sink or swim players. Obviously Sano being the other. Jake Cave is on the other hand a nice OF option in the event someone else fails. Ergo, a 4th OF. While the Twins future goes through Buxton and Sano, I think it would be difficult to find anyone who thinks it goes through Jake Cave.
  5. Platoon
    Some random "they.thoughts". Thinking RG is a RF for two years means you have abdicated your authority to define defensive positions. Don't get me started on the Sano RF fiasco. But if Austin can continue to hit, he needs to get some time in the OF. Polanco as a SS is a little more iffy. The team has limited options, and the SS position requirements have changed with shifts. But do I think he is a MLB SS in the traditional sense of the word. Not really. Add to that the absence or limited use of Mauer next year at 1B and the IF defense will be severely exposed. Watching the ilk of Austin, Morrison, and even Sano at that position is almost depressing. EE or a clone thereof is a necessity next year. With Dozier gone, there is more need for an option in the IF. And finally, "they" need to figure out if something is amiss in the dugout. Nothing I saw of Astudillo indicated that he was more of a defensive hazard than Garver behind the plate. Garver has some offensive upside, but he is really going to have to hit to make up for his glove. We wasted half a season giving games to Wilson. Nothing was gained. No wins, no evaluation, and no player advancement. Actions like that make it very easy to wonder if "they" know what "they" are doing.
  6. Platoon
    Being perfect is extremely wearying! Anyway, I'll be right back, I need to take a nap!
  7. Platoon
    Cave will likely spend his entire MLB career looking in a mirror every morning wishing he had half the talent Joe Mauer still does. While Austin has tons of power, he will look in his mirror and wonder how it is Mauer doesn't miss so many pitches by such a wide margin as he (Ausin) does. And, how on earth does he catch all those baseballs at first, so easily?
  8. Platoon
    Hmmm If they had did it a third time would the players got away with throwing their hats on the field?
  9. Platoon
    And it's about, as an aside, pulling Stewart with two outs in the fifth the other night. That's a "message" that's normally reserved for a pitcher who displeases his manager for some reason or another. TK was quite fond of it as a disciplinary maneuver. In this case Stewart should have been given a chance to get that last out as a confidence booster. That is if he hadn't been pitching (unknowingly) in the 7th game of the WS!
  10. Platoon
    I am torn between a "why isn't Garver catching" post, or a "it's about time Austudillo gets to catch" post? I think I'll wait until I see how Austudillo does before I post.
  11. Platoon
    The single act itself is not the problem. The problem is the timeline, 4th inning. The problem is it basically eliminated any chance of scoring a "crooked" number. The problem is to score around 5 runs per game, you would have needed to do this 4 out of the last 5 innings to get to that 5 run average. The problem is our pitching staff generally does not support low run outcomes. Speaking of problems, I would have not had a problem with the play if it had tied or given a lead in the bottom of the 8th. This didn't. This was a move that would have caused fans at a Legion game to question whether their coach knew what he was doing!
  12. Platoon
    Wonderful article. Thanks. If Mauer had played on a "coast" team his legacy and likely induction into the HOF would already be secure. Alas he didn't. And his quiet private personality, and a career long success in not drawing attention to his talent has at times almost made him seem invisible. But for years we were able to see someone play one of the most demanding defensive positions in baseball as good or better than anyone who preceded him in the history of the game. There were likely equals in certain aspects of that position, possibly a better arm? More power? Obviously not batting average. But there was no one who wrapped it all in one package, as he did when healthy. It's sad the the guardians of Jim Pohlads purse strings struggle with that fact. Lastly, while the concussions definitely affected Mauers offensive numbers for several years, his move to first cemented one indisputable fact. He wasn't simply a great catcher, he was a great baseball player. I would have enjoyed watching him move to third also. There are few players who have a set of hands like he does. That ability would have made him a fine defensive third baseman.
  13. Platoon
    If JP did not notice this, nor pays enough attention to detail to have a chance to, then perhaps he should let his baseball people make the managerial decisions, and he should concentrate on managing dads estate?
  14. Platoon
    Well at least we weren't shut out!
  15. Platoon
    Well at least we got that one run in the fourth...........
  16. Platoon
    There are a lot of things that Sano has come up short on this year, but his arm isn't one of them.
  17. Platoon
    Well at least we got that one run in the fourth.......
  18. Platoon
    MOY? Friday night. Man on second, down 1-0, no outs. Bunts his 4 hitter Polanco, and Sano hits the sac fly. They score a run, but effectively limit any damage to one run. In the fourth inning? I could see this late in a game, when one run does serious damage. I have said it before, and repeat. Being a MLB HOF member does not guarantee a feel for the game. He never seems to think any further than the inning right in front of him.
  19. Platoon
    I just tuned in game, what's up with the ugly ugly informs. Just because hitters swing like it's slow pitch softball, do they have to dress like it?
  20. Platoon
    Currently the difference is Tony hit a lot more of them, a lot harder.
  21. Platoon
    I hope we get thought the whole game without botching a rundown. .
  22. Platoon
    As for JP naming the manager? There's an old saying that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. An owner who is his own GM has a fool for a GM. I would think Falvey would be sending out his resume if he would want to remove Molitor and couldn't. If I was gonna sink or swim in a job, I would want my own guy.
  23. Platoon
    Grade D. The aforementioned BP issues, which include no semblance of anyone having a specific place with the exception of Rodney. Leaving Dozier seemingly dictate his batting position for way too long. Way too much Wilson and Grossman for the situation his team is in. If not an actual distrust of younger players, certainly the perception of one. And an inability to instill the need for fundamentals. The players have all been taught fundamentals from Jr. high up. They know them. It's up to Molitor to impress on them that not adhering to them costs playing time. And he hasn't done that at all. Lastly I just don't get the impression that him and Falvey have ever really been on the same page. It's sort of an arranged wedding, with JP being the "arranger"! N
  24. Platoon
    Tony Oliva with good knees was a very good MLB hitter. I like Rosario, but as of this writing he is not the level hitter Oliva was. They may have had similarities in the OF, both questionable glove men, with strong arms. While Wiki isn't exactly FanGraphs, this paragraph summarizes part of Olivas excellence. >>>>>"Oliva was the 1964 American League Rookie of the Year. He was an All-Star for eight seasons, an American League (AL) batting champion for three seasons, an AL hit leader five seasons, and a Gold Glove winner one season.[2] On a consensus Hall of Fame track his first eight years, his career was cut short in its prime by a series of severe knee injuries, forcing him to become a designated hitter during his final four years of baseball. He is widely regarded as one of the best players not inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.<<<<<<<<<< Rosario may have a ways to go to be favorably compared to TonyO
  25. Platoon
    KFC?
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