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  1. Platoon
    When you stack your roster with hit first/field second corner players, it is a conscious decision. It's not bad luck, or unavoidable. My basic philosophy of baseball for years has been: You can't beat teams to death with your bats. Hitting comes and goes, often, and quickly. Pitching first, defense second, hitting third! The Twins are set up completely backwards.
  2. Platoon
    "What would "The Maestro" have had to do to survive camp? 4 spots! He ain't a catcher, or an IF'er, he isn't a big stick, nor is he a utility guy like Santana. And who would really move Arcia to keep him? There are certainly years where there is legitimate competitions for spots in ST. But with the exception of the lower half of the BP, I don't think anyone can seriously think any others existed this year!
  3. Platoon
    By the time Gardy was let go, it was time. That said, Gardy didn't (always) get what he wanted. He was quoted numerous times about his wish to have certain players stay on the roster who were shipped out. I don't know how much influence a manager has in this era, but there is no doubt that the GM makes the final call. The field roster could have been announced in January. Any doubts about Buxtons position were erased when they put Sano in RF. The only mini surprise was that we did not have the annual " reunion tour" with Benson or Mastro being this years guest. But the option issue on Santana and Arcia likely settled that. I am pretty sure the rotation will turn out the same way. One guy is a big buck vet, who has to avoid pitching himself off the rotation, the other guy is a rookie, with options, who has to pitch himself on. Spending too much time analyzing performances can sometimes be fruitless. Some time has to be spent viewing the history of the guy making the decisions, his past is your prologue!
  4. Platoon
    "Ryan dispelled the notion that the two are competing head-to-head" >>>>>>>. Meaning either Milone is still on the bubble? Or Ryan is moving May back to the rotation? Or he felt a need to test either our sense of humor, or our intelligence? Personally I'm going with intelligence!
  5. Platoon
    I missed that. It does explain the perplexing get.
  6. Platoon
    2)? Where did you read/hear Molitor say that? It's not that I doubt it, because it's always been my conjecture that it's not the Twins Way to go high enough to get a sought after FA style player. Ergo, they did, and now what the bleep do we do with him? Of course that's just me thinking from moms basement!
  7. Platoon
    very consistent!
  8. Platoon
    Let's see? If Arcia gets enough AB's he hits 20-30 HR's? And if you set the O/U for Park at 19.5 "I'd probably take the over"? An interesting, but not very glowing analysis of Park. The Twins would have the possibility of a pretty good DH platoon, if they wanted to. But they haven't been much for that concept in the past. He also says Arcia will hit 20 or 30 HR's for someone if given enough plate appearances. Sadly that likely won't be here. I do think he goes north, but I don't think he will excel in a situation with scattered AB's.
  9. Platoon
    But what if you weren't around lately, like on the space shuttle? Or worse, if your mom didn't have internet in her basement. Remember, there are almost a billion Chinese who do not know how to spell Plouffe!
  10. Platoon
    Whether Ryan was being intentional or obtuse, discussing SO rates for the Twins, and ignoring their historical levels is similar to blaming a specific iceberg for the demise of the Titanic! Actually both problems have been around long before the incident in question!
  11. Platoon
    Terry Ryan is quick to point out that his team's last-place ranking is “a little deceiving” since they received only partial seasons from May and Kevin Jepsen, and Glen Perkins was not himself after the All-Star break.>>>>> Did Ryan say who was injured all the other years the Twins were ranked that low? It must have been an unfortunate set of circumstances for it to be an annual event? The May situation is inevitable and unfortunate.the inevitable is that he is the logical talent to slot into the pen. But it's logical because of the unfortunate. That being that the Twins won't eat had contracts, meaning the SP roster is stuffed, won't bring up young SO type pitchers, and weren't honest with him last winter, that barring an injury or uninitiated trade, he was BP bound. A FO blows smoke all the time, but this one was transparent and ham handed!
  12. 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.
  13. Platoon
    They had choices! But they were made 3 months ago!
  14. Platoon
    There were curveballs, and then there was Berts curveball. Maybe as good as there was in the history of baseball.
  15. Platoon
    You could have safely predicted that in mid January, sans injuries. There really doesn't seem to be any other outcome.
  16. 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!
  17. Platoon
    Or that the manager (FO) is setting the table?
  18. 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!
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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!
  22. 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"?
  23. Platoon
    Ergo, selling high. In a different time and space, if the Twins were of serious contender quality, I would keep Dozier. He is a better ball player than Polanco right now, I don't think for the Twins, this is "right now". Same thing for Sano, Sano will never ever be a better third baseman than Plouffe! At least standing in RF! . Do so few remember how bad Plouffe and Dozier actually were 2-3 years ago? I am not necessarily correct, nor are others. It's solely based on what you want going forward.
  24. Platoon
    Polanco suffers from the Perfect Storm. He doesn't play OF, and isn't going to get enough AB's with 2B and 3B positions entrenched. IMHO he is not an upgrade defensively from EE, and this is from someone not on the EE bandwagon. EE would have to totally flame out for Polanco to get a trial, and while I like Polanco's bat, I don't think he is the answer at SS. Barring injury, his path to MLB is most likely a trade. Personally, in this period of the Twins rebuild, I would have explored selling high on Dozier, and going with Polanco. But that's just me.
  25. Platoon
    Not at all surprised by any name so far. The offensive roster might contain one surprise? Quentin? The SP drama only surrounds Nolasco, with Milone to the pen if he loses, and Duffey to Rochester if he draws the short straw. While the names aren't all filled in yet, the BP, will be the standard Twins BP woth May forced to the pen by the SP glut! It will still be below league average in SO's and walks, and above average in WHIP.
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