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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    right or wrong, the Twins have had a practice to not play that guy the day he's called up for his debut to give him a day to acclimate. Not sure how other teams handle it, but not playing Wheeler is defensible. I kind of go with the flip side in that I'd have brought in Rucinski for the 8th and possibly 9th... that wouldn't have worked out well. I think the bigger mistake was alluded to by LA Vikes Fan... You cannot abuse a pen/relievers for too long before it comes back to bite you. We saw that with some of Gardy's pens too. Gardy didn't have reliever issues when he had 4 lights out guys he could call on... when that disappeared, he started relying on people who invariably got hurt or had the occasional blow out like yesterday. I can live with a yesterday if the key players stay healthy. That's my bigger concern.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    That's what the view of the last two games from the dugout will do.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    Why? It's not like they can trade down with the Padres and still get their guy plus some picks...
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    So... ummm... the bull pen. Watching it implode is like the stomach flu. You've known for a while that it had gotten you, but you're holding out hope that the feeling you feel in your stomach is nothing... and then it happens
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    I think we need him to gut through 5... He's a rookie, and while he has decent stuff, he doesn't have killer stuff.... that means we are probably going to sit through some clunkers from time to time, but my expectation would be that he's getting better as the season progresses. I'm fine with that for 2017 and Mejia. That takes away one question mark for 2018... Now Gibson... man... no words.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    I think they need to start a minor league carousel sooner than later in my opinion. I'd probably start with guys on the 40 man (Randy Rosario, Chargois if he's close to getting healthy, etc.) but I'd have no problems with a DFA at some point to start working in guys like Bard and Hildenberger to at least give them a shot... one guy from the minors to see if he sticks... one guy... that's not an unreasonable request. If he sticks, grab a second.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm going to go with the bright side being that they might actually start thinking of making some call ups from the minors... Just checked in to see how the game went, and I'm checking out now...
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    If this is Red Lobster, it's the cheddar baked biscuits... not sure about the tasteless sugar cookie.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    You do realize this is pretty normal, and not just for us? You'll see a bunch as we get beyond the draft. Every promotion requires a release above and a promotion below. It's not as simple as "put Burdi in AAA".
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    You cannot add a guy in the minors to the 60 day... and as Chief pointed out, you cannot add a guy to the DL in the offseason.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    that does seem like an odd loophole.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    That nd by calling them up before they are ready, you get Chargois like results while using those bullets. Burdi was hurt (and not very good) for most of the last two seasons. It's sad in that he seemed to have figured out AA this season before this.... Cannot really say that the problem is holding him back.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Catered meals are for the game... that's one meal. Still need the others. and $25/day is ridiculously low for per deim I might add too.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    My guess would be Adam Brett Walker IV And to answer the question, I don't think Walker and Davis are the same kind of player...
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    It's even worse for the guys who didn't get the nice bonus. I'm glad to see some effort here. I would think this would be in the team's best interest to do it.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd argue that this is an option to see if Duffey can succeed as a starter. He can go back to being a reliever if he fails, and I'm fine with that... I just think it would be silly not to reconsider here. Our next options right now are Wheeler and Sleegers... Neither really excite me and both require 40 man adds.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    I've always preferred i. Imaginary numbers are cool and irrational. Edit: I see I'm a bit late to that show.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    honestly, 2001 might be an apt comparison to this team, especially given our pitching situation.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    Not terribly surprised on Rortvedt's struggles... second rounder picks out of HS don't typically get pushed to low A in their first full season. I wouldn't be surprised if he got demoted to E-town if the bat doesn't pick up. Even if he did, that is not necessarily a bad thing.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    I'll pin this for now.... If I'm in town, the Rochester game would be interesting. South Bend is on a weekend, so I might be able to convince my wife to let me come up.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Gibson is at 25... that seems high.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    Kind of hoping Vargas turns into that guy... or Park or Palka for that matter.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    Romero is going to depend more on where you get him in my opinion and the exact issues behind all of this. Not sure I'd waste a slot 35/37 on him with the info we have available... too much risk. Problem with him going further down though is that he's a Junior, so he can go back to school as long as he can get a transfer to some place that will play him, so he has enough leverage to force a second chance.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    I must have missed him then... you're right, if he's top 10, he won't fall that far.... if he was in the 10-25 or so range, you might be able to pull it off. I'm not sure I want an HS talent though at 1 over all. We need pitching that's closer to the majors. I don't mind getting a high ceiling HS type at 35/37, someone should be there, but I'm still pretty firmly in the McKay/Wright camp... leaning towards Wright presently.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    wait, they will send Mejia down? He did better than Gibson. I'd argue he deserves to stay up, not Kyle.
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