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  1. Platoon
    Or you could do what St. Louis has done successfully and broke some of these guys in on relief duty.
  2. Platoon
    From Nicks Post: >>>>>>"People seem way overly worked up about Rosario. Outside of the shiny ERA he hasn't been good for the Cubs this year. Rodriguez is a great story but does anyone really think he'd have even gotten a shot here? Chargois is the loss that bums me out, but it's not a given that he's gonna have more success than Drake".............. My question is why wouldn't Rodriguez have gotten a shot here? Because our pitching staffs have been so overloaded with talent we haven't room? I am not nit picking the Rodriguez issue, but I am nitpicking the Matt Belisle type wasted roster spots. What is the difference if you send. Belisle clone out there in a 5 run game, or a Rodriguez. It can't be about Rodriguez's clock ticking, since you got rid of him anyway. That is the part about FO decisions that mKe me crazy.
  3. Platoon
    Cave would definitely be an upgrade as a 4th OF over Grossman, but that's about it. If we aim higher than that, we do have problems. And Austin sort of fits that category. RH platoon bat, but that's sort of limiting with the short benches. Drake? 31 yrs old. Funky RH arm? 5th team this year? Hmmmmmm, what could go wrong. If your claim to fame as a FO is thinking that you alone can find something in a player with that resume, then you are like that blind squirrel they talk about. Yes, he will find an acorn. But he also will likely starve, since one acorn does not take you through either a winter, or a season!
  4. Platoon
    You failed to allow for the fact that the Twins would be one of those terrible teams also.
  5. Platoon
    Gonsalves looked like a crafty lefty, who isn't yet crafty enough for the MLB level. Those kind of pitchers take time if they indeed ever do make it.
  6. Platoon
    If they can win those games AND evaluate some youth at the same time, go for it. If it requires MOY to continue to manage all games in SGWS (seventh game of WS) mode, and favoring aged vets over evaluation, then no!
  7. Platoon
    Since that was a definitive post, I assume it happened. From what has been insinuated by some of the press, breaking that news to him never goes well!
  8. Platoon
    Concur. But on this team, at this time, he has to catch. He does have flexible wrists though. That one slider he turned his wrist completely around and shoved the ball 4" off the plate. That's not easy to do. Nor will any umpire call it a strike after a contortion like that.
  9. Platoon
    Catching up on TiVo. Is it just me, or does Polanco consistently struggle catching the ball on tag plays at second?
  10. Platoon
    Whoops, you are in the parade. I drive in one every year while the kids throw out candy for the locals.... One year I followed about ten Shriners in their midget cars. That was a full time job. Those guys are crazy!
  11. Platoon
    I quit wearing any support while I watched the games, not to speak of full support. Not only didn't the level of exertion require any, but I found that after the third or fourth inning it got to be binding and sweaty!
  12. Platoon
    Can you post a pic of the convertible with the the State Farm stickers on the doors? It's not a parade without one!
  13. Platoon
    I woke up considering making a post of exactly this. What good was done taking him out in the third inning. There were two outs, a base open, and all we are playing for is a draft slot. A Matt Belisle type you take out, there is no evaluation of a long term prospect there. I don't know if Stewart will make a MLB pitcher, but this is the time when we find out. As for nerves? There is the natural inclination to nerves in this situation. Then add the fact that he is pitching in front of a manager who by now has to be known through the the teams MiLB affiliates as not willing to waste time on rookies, especially rookie pitchers. In the words of the great Alfred E. Neumann, "what, me worry"?
  14. Platoon
    The point isn't really if May can go out there two or three days yet, time will do that. The question is can he mentally handle the closer role. And there is something to that concern for any pitcher. The closer role may become passe, but there is a different stigma to giving up a walk off win in the ninth, than giving up the lead in the seventh or eighth. And some guys can't handle that. You dont have to pitch 3 days in a row to find that out.
  15. Platoon
    I would concur with the the idea of giving other pitchers a shot at the job, regardless of whether a Hildenberger had two games back to back or not. But does anyone really think the reigning MOY would do that? He is still in 7th game of the WS mode, managing for wins, not development.
  16. Platoon
    I understand the flexibility concept. I also understand how hard it is to explain it using specific players without getting it picked apart. LaMarre being Exhibit One. The secret is having better ball players. But you can't have, as an example two Doziers on the same roster. Only one can play second, the other would have to sit. To me flexibility would be a second catcher who can PH and fill in at 1B. A MI who can legitimately play the OF. This doesn't mean that every game I am running guys all over the field, it means I can expand my pinch hitting options, and that I can keep a roster happier with equitable playing time. It also means that when someone needs a day off or is dinged up, you have an option better than LaMarre or Grossman to fill in. Filling the 25th spot with a "Right Handed OF with Some Power" doesn't leave you much room to maneuver.
  17. Platoon
    IF I had a closer it would be May, no contest.
  18. Platoon
    Yes
  19. Platoon
    I would try it also. Kepler certainly isn't any worse than Cave and Rosarios arm plays better in RF, IMHO. (I cannot believe I am agreeing with the reigning MOY)
  20. Platoon
    "It would take a Manager who can manage this roster. We may not have that at the moment."And herein lies the problem. I just get the feeling the FO is now ready to put their own imprint on this team. (For better or worse). And I doubt it will be standard Twins operating fare. They were forced to keep Molitor, making any change in their operating philosophy moot. The idiotic MOY award complicated things. Sometimes the only way to make a change work is to allow the existing structure to fail, thus freeing you to make your move. I know that I am reading a lot into this from the outside, but this trading deadline wasn't the work of a stand pat FO. I just get the feeling that there was no way the current roster could be tweaked into a winner.
  21. Platoon
    Valid point. Not an excuse but I wonder how many games Andrainza has at third. Yes, he should have tagged the base. I should clarify one thing. When I said focus in regards to Sano, I refer to dropped pop ups, and kicked two hop GB's. And then a great dive and throw on the next play.
  22. Platoon
    I don't know if the FO will bring some of these guys up? Would it do any good. Paul (it's always the 7th game of WS) Molitor likely wouldn't play them anyway. Not when you have Garver handy!
  23. Platoon
    I don't know if it's Forsythe, EE, Adrianza, or Nunez, but I do know I would have my rear end covered in regards to Sano. He hasn't proven a thing to me so far. And sooner than later someone will have to play third, he doesn't seem to have the focus for it.
  24. Platoon
    If internally they believe he won't ever get serious about his career, I could see this happening. But if they think he wil, and while they have a period of control over him, they will keep him. If they end up thinking he won't work his craft, I would concur with trading him over the winter. Btw, I understand launch angle, but Sano's recent uppercuts seem to be pretty steep. His launch angle is currently about 155 degrees.
  25. Platoon
    Hopefully the message it sends to the clubhouse, and to the fans, is that they are now rebuilding the roster their own way. I know they spent more of Jims money than usual last spring, but the consistent reliance on aged veterans resembled a Ryan Roster. Or worse a Molitor one. Otherwise all that comes to mind is a paraphrase of Colonel Jessup, 'Is that all, tell me you have something more Danny'. It could be an unsettling off season?
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