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  1. Cap'n Piranha
    You know you're in trouble as a Twins player when Cory Provus and Kris Atterbury (sp?) are ragging on you. Sorry Eric Fryer.
  2. Cap'n Piranha
    I'd edit to say you'd only have to throw pitches in the general vicinity of home plate, and let Ozzie do the work of making them strikes for you, all while providing you with a nice cooling breeze.
  3. Cap'n Piranha
    Definitely Shane Robinson. But in the context of the original post, which bemoaned the lack of "terrifying" options behind Sano to keep opposing pitchers honest; number one, Robinson isn't hitting behind Sano, and number two, Arcia isn't terrifying hitting anywhere right now.
  4. Cap'n Piranha
    You're right, I'm sure pitchers would be terrified of Ozzie and his 25% k rate and .779 OPS--against righties. And let's just pretend he's not slashing .138/.231/.224 in 16 games since the all-star break, with 19 k's in 58 AB's.
  5. Cap'n Piranha
    But your point, or rather Judd's point that you agreed with, was that TR is wrong to say he would trade Ramos for Capps again, because it didn't work out, and he needs to learn from that. You're saying that TR should ignore any indicators on whether it would have worked or not, and simply accept that it didn't. I agree that you should never trade a top prospect for a reliever, and I'd be horrified if the Twins traded Kepler for Papelbon, or something like that. But it wouldn't be because one trade didn't work out in our favor 5 years ago. That kind of thinking means that the Twins shouldn't ever sign another player from Japan, because Nishi was such a disaster.
  6. Cap'n Piranha
    Again, do you have concrete proof that Terry Ryan has been watching Golden Girls re-runs while letting phone calls go to a full voicemail? If not, you can't with any authority say that TR has done nothing, this year or any other. Absence of proof (i.e., results) is not proof of absence. And sure, we've won 6 games against our wild card opponents. But we've also lost 4 against those teams. Furthermore, 2 of those wins against the Jays came in May, when we were on fire and they didn't have Tulo and Price. One was against the Angels when Santana shut them down, but we won't have him in the postseason. The other three were against Baltimore during our most recent hot streak when they were stone-cold (lost 5 of their past 7).
  7. Cap'n Piranha
    I don't know, his accessories line was pretty good. http://www.nysportsjournalism.com/storage/BurgerKestrad.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1252422437538
  8. Cap'n Piranha
    If the process says you should, then you should. As in, if Robinson slashes .300/.400/.500 against lefties, and Sano slashes .200/.225/.250 against lefties, you probably should keep PH'ing Robinson for Sano against lefties, even if he does strike out 10 times in a row.
  9. Cap'n Piranha
    Here's my two thoughts on this subject; 1--anyone saying TR did nothing at the trade deadline that wasn't embedded with him for the week or so prior to the deadline, needs to stop. How do you know he did nothing? Maybe he was all in on Tulo, but the Rockies insisted on Gibson/Berrios, Sano, and Kepler? We know San Diego did nothing because, reportedly, Preller thought they could still make the playoffs, so there was no chance to make a deal there without giving up too much. Sometimes the best trade is the one you don't make. 2--why are we so interested in the wild card game? Does anyone think this team can win 1 game against Houston/LAA/Toronto/Baltimore? If not, what's the point? Shouldn't the goal be to win the world series, not just play a couple games before being sent home? If so, this team is so far away from realistically winning the WS that they would have needed to give up so much to get there, the future would absolutely have been mortgaged.
  10. Cap'n Piranha
    Ok, but you can't just judge based purely on results when trying to determine if you should emulate a past action in the future. For example, if Capps had been lights out in 2010, and Ramos had flamed out and turned into a 4A player, would you say the Twins should always trade top 100 catching prospects for "proven" closers? If Shane Robinson pinch-hits for Miguel Sano in the 9th inning, and hits a go-ahead homer, should he always pinch-hit for Sano in the 9th? If the results aren't matching what your process says they should be, then go ahead and evaluate the process.
  11. Cap'n Piranha
    Pictured: Terry Ryan's philosophy on making trades. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sp2zyhIG2FE/UvicC6x3HdI/AAAAAAAADEU/i1s9T0nq0mY/s1600/homer_simpson_quotes.jpg
  12. Cap'n Piranha
    Pictured: Terry Ryan delivers a tasty treat to his bullpen.
  13. Cap'n Piranha
    Pictured: Terry Ryan, while hooked up to a lie detector, claims he understands and uses advanced metrics. http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls8eegL4vE1qc9f5v.jpg
  14. Cap'n Piranha
    The Twins coaching staff seems to maniacally adhere to the 100 pitch limit for their own pitchers, while steadfastly refusing to consider other teams might do the same, and have the hitters take a few more pitches.
  15. Cap'n Piranha
    Oh goody, Blaine Boyer to face Tulo, Donaldson, and Bautista. What could possibly go wrong?
  16. Cap'n Piranha
    And that may as well be ballgame.
  17. Cap'n Piranha
    At current rates, Santana will be lucky to complete 6. Looks like we'll need at least 3 innings from our pen to get a win, and May has yet to pitch on back-to-back days...
  18. Cap'n Piranha
    That was the Twins-iest inning there ever was.
  19. Cap'n Piranha
    Miguel Sano took 18 walks in his first 100 plate appearances. Danny Santana has taken 24 walks in 693 career plate appearances.
  20. Cap'n Piranha
    a 4 pitch walk to Ben freakin' Revere? Dammit Ervin.
  21. Cap'n Piranha
    Who had money on the Twins hitting a dinger before the Jays?
  22. Cap'n Piranha
    Given our (lack of a) bullpen, I'm not happy Santana needed 27 pitches in that inning.
  23. Cap'n Piranha
    Because no city sells out like Chicago sells out. For awhile, the official name for Chicago's NFL team was...The Chicago Bears presented by Bank One.
  24. Cap'n Piranha
    Pictured: Terry Ryan with a chart of his top trade targets. http://www.hardballtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Burns-Roster-annotated.png
  25. Cap'n Piranha
    Pictured: Oswaldo Arcia, on his new, healthy, eating habits.
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