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  1. Nowhere in this thread has anyone suggested that Rogers is our #5 next year. I suggested that Duffey should be the #5 if Pelfrey isn't brought back and some other pitcher is traded, and another poster said that Duffey and maybe Rogers are better than our past 5's, as in, Taylor Rogers is maybe better than Yohan Pino, Kris Johnson, etc. If Taylor Rogers is our #5 starter next year, he either found a completely different gear, or a lot of things have gone terribly awry.
  2. I think Seth was saying a lot would have to happen to make Berrios the #5. For contractual reasons, Hughes, Santana, and Nolasco aren't going anywhere. Gibson and May have had success in the bigs. That's 5 right there, without even bringing up Milone. Furthermore, Berrios has 2 starts at the AAA level, and while I fully believe he'll be better long-term than Duffey, Duffey was solid in AAA last year, and even better this year--he's earned a shot, and should get that shot before Berrios at this point. If JO picks it up, and Duffey stumbles, switch that, but right now Duffey is ahead, IMO.
  3. Roger's .296/.352/.423 line against righties, combined with a sub 2/1 k/bb ratio suggests he's not exactly great at getting righties out. I'd leave him starting in AAA for now, and if ROR can't cut it, make him the LOOGY. Duffy should be kept in the AAA rotation, as he's probably #7 on the SP depth chart, now that Nolasco is getting surgery. When the Twins (hopefully) move on from Pelfrey after this year, and trade a starter, he's set to be our #5 in 2016.
  4. I have no doubt Oswaldo could do that, but his current career trajectory indicates the light bulb hasn't gone on yet.
  5. Aaron Hicks playing well bodes ill for Oswaldo's chance to wear a Twins uniform next year.
  6. I believe that had more to do with Trevor Plouffe's base on balls (he was literally walking the line).
  7. Dear Phil Hughes, Please stop giving up home runs. That is all. Thank you, A frustrated fan
  8. As far as I know, Ozzie has not been banned from Target Field, so worst case scenario, he can always buy a ticket.
  9. Sounds promising for burgeoning pull power hitter J.P. Mauer.
  10. That is eminently logical, thank you sir. That being said, under that definition, a sacrifice fly would be a sacrifice hit; Are we really saying Frank Thomas had 10,000+ AB's, and never hit a deep fly ball out with a runner on third and less than 2 outs?
  11. Isn't a sacrifice hit an oxymoron? I mean, in baseball terminology, a sacrifice implies you are out, but you advance/score a teammate. A hit implies you safely reach at least first base. So would a sacrifice hit be you get a single, and purposely try to advance to second, drawing a throw that you know will get you out, but also draws attention away from the runner rounding third and heading home?
  12. I'm gonna guess the Brewers wish a lot of things, primarily that they didn't have to be located in the state of Wisconsin. I know I would.
  13. I'm glad to see Slegers having success, but can we pump the brakes on the superlatives a little bit? Seven hits and two runs in seven innings is not phenomenal unless it's accompanied by double digit strikeouts. It's very good, no doubt, and I'll take it every day, but phenomenal is more like 3 hits or less, 1 run or less.
  14. Shouldn't that be less than no joy in Mudville? More than no joy implies there is some joy, however small.
  15. I like Meyer AND Achter as a call up better than just Achter.
  16. What's up with JO? His past few starts (iirc) have not been up to his established standard. I hope he's not battling an injury.
  17. How can there be a 3 strikeout differential between two accounts of the same game? Someone's got some 'splainin' to do...
  18. Escobar deserves more of a shot than he is getting. He hasn't been getting consistent playing time, and when he does, he's being bounced all across the diamond. I'd like to see what he could do if he got to play shortstop every day for 4 weeks, since he's way better than Santana on both sides of the ball right now. That would give the Twins their best defesnive alignment with Rosario, Hicks, and Hunter in the outfield. You can then go with the below line-up, which would be pretty solid. 1. Dozier 2. Mauer 3. Hunter 4. Plouffe 5. Rosario 6. Random DH guy pending Vargas' call-up 7. Suzuki 8. Escobar 9. Hicks
  19. Not happy at all with what's happening with Kohl Stewart. He's obviously young, and deserves more time to get things straight, but he is going in the wrong direction, which is alarming for an alleged top prospect pitching in a pitcher's park.
  20. We can quibble all day about whether it's likely to last, but if a 2.59 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, and 1.73 GO/AO isn't performing to you, I think you may need to recalibrate your expectations.
  21. Niko was a busy guy yesterday apparently, making appearances for the Miracle and the Kernels.
  22. On last weeks Gleeman and the Geek, Gleeman noted that no other affiliated player has more than 7 triples, making Buxton's 11 that much more ridiculous. I don't think it's going to happen, but I certainly think it's possible that Buck could get 30 in a season.
  23. I think it's pretty clear that Hildenberger should be on the move, as his numbers aren't even video game numbers, they're too good for that. I love seeing Zack Jones killing it too. The Twins bullpen might be...uneven shall we say, right now, but it looks like that could change in a hurry.
  24. And of course, a 9 to 3 ratio can be reduced to a 3 to 1 ratio, or the actual number of strikeouts and walks he had.
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