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  1. Alex Schieferdecker
    Am I wrong to be worried when I hear about a prospect's sinker? Unless they are Brandon Webb incarnate, I thought sinkers were generally on the way out among pitchers?
  2. Alex Schieferdecker
    I'm definitely one of those people who is terrified at the prospect of his arm falling off. This course of action seems smart to me, both for the team and the player. Graterol is already an impact arm in the bullpen. He can get major-league innings, while working up his stamina by throwing multi-inning relief appearances. Every year, you reevaluate and see if he's ready to start. But if not, it's no sweat, he's already very useful to the team, and there's no shame in a career as an elite reliever.
  3. Alex Schieferdecker
    Remember that his stats are slightly skewed by that sacrificial outing against Tampa Bay, where he had to come in and eat up a ton of innings after Perez got hammered. That wasn't a traditional relief outing, and it's not the kind of outing the Twins will be looking to use him in. Stats that include that outing should include an asterisk.
  4. Alex Schieferdecker
    Only concern with Donaldson is age and injury history. The Twins' positional flexibility and Rocco's willingness to rotate and rest should allow them to keep Donaldson in good shape throughout the season. In certain pitching match-ups, he could play as DH or 1B or take the day off, with other players filling in.
  5. Alex Schieferdecker
    Impact pitching, baby.
  6. Alex Schieferdecker
    From the high center field angle we have on broadcasts, Dobnak's sinker looks like an absolutely garbage pitch, just a no-hope offering headed straight for the dirt. Yet hitters constantly swing and miss at it!
  7. Alex Schieferdecker
    I understand the interest in Bumgarner from a standpoint of age and playoff success. I understand the worry about Ryu's injury history. But over the past few years, Ryu has been one of the. most. effective. pitchers. in all of baseball. That's gotta count for something, right?
  8. Alex Schieferdecker
    I think the only real challenge for the Twins is to pick between Perez and Thorpe. I hope to see both get a start in this final set of games, and that may clarify the situation. Perez's success against lefties is notable, but you generally are going to want length from him, not usage as a LOOGY.
  9. Alex Schieferdecker
    That's why he's at the end of the list. Thirteen pitchers would be a little unusual, but it may be necessary when you only have two starters you can trust?
  10. Alex Schieferdecker
    Playoff pitchers? Starters: 1. Berrios 2. Odorizzi "Bullpen Game" Starters: 3. Dobnak 4. Smeltzer 5. Thorpe Bullpen: 6. Rogers 7. Romo 8. Duffey 9. May 10. Littell 11. Stashak 12. Graterol 13. Harper
  11. Alex Schieferdecker
    Can the Twins win by a lot for once?
  12. Alex Schieferdecker
    Pretty clear by now that he performs far better with extra rest.
  13. Alex Schieferdecker
    Maybe it would be best for both Gibson and the Twins if he didn't pitch again this year. It's clear he's not at his best as he battles his illness. At this point, the Twins might want to just bring two starting pitchers to the playoffs, and instead bring a whole crop of guys who will be expected to go three to four innings, nothing more than two trips around the order. Perez, Smeltzer, Thorpe, and Dobnak. Something like... Game One: Berrios Game Two: Bullpen (Dobnak/Thrope) Game Three: Odorizzi Game Four: Bullpen (Smeltzer/Perez)
  14. Alex Schieferdecker
    For the playoffs... 1. Rogers 2. Romo 3. Duffey 4. May 5. Littell 6. You need a lefty long-relief guy. Smeltzer has been better than Thorpe, but is maybe less able to be used as a true relief arm as well. Then again, should the Twins even use a traditional third and fourth starter? Maybe Perez can fill this role? 7. Dobnak has earned this spot. 8. Graterol, hell yeah.
  15. Alex Schieferdecker
    Poor FSN, they understandably figured the LaMarre at-bat was safe to interview Saunders. But no time is safe with this team.
  16. Alex Schieferdecker
    Love seeing that clean bullpen chart. Thanks to Berrios' excellent start and the insurance runs in the eighth, it feels good to only have to use two relievers and not have Taylor Rogers among them. I do wish we could have a more decisive win sooner or later, however, so that we can continue to audition some of these back-end guys for the postseason. Five spots are obviously spoken for, and Littell seems likely to get a sixth. One to two spots remain.
  17. Alex Schieferdecker
    What makes it even better is that he has a great name. Laweryson? Call him up immediately please.
  18. Alex Schieferdecker
    This is one of those times that I remind myself that the Twins weren't supposed to contend this year, that to some degree we're playing with house money, and the window really opens in the next couple years. Needless to say, it's not a great balm.
  19. Alex Schieferdecker
    Is Dyson available by now? Twins would love to be able to use him and Harper and as few other people as possible today.
  20. Alex Schieferdecker
    I think I missed something, what hasn't Ober pitched for Pensacola this series?
  21. Alex Schieferdecker
    It's refreshing to see Trevor May pitching with confidence and control.
  22. Alex Schieferdecker
    I'm not sure the Twins have a good bullpen, but they definitely have a decent bullpen. When you compare this with the rest of the league, the Twins look far better by comparison.
  23. Alex Schieferdecker
    Ober has to be a sleeper pick to make the Twins out of spring training next year, right? They'll have their eyes on him for sure after the numbers he's put up this year. What kind of pitcher is he?
  24. Alex Schieferdecker
    Lemme go back in time real quick.
  25. Alex Schieferdecker
    I'm a simple man. All I want in life is for the Twins to have a starting rotation with Cody Laweryson and Kody Funderburk. Now is that really too much to ask?
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