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  1. Vanimal46
    MLB.com has a new section on their website where you have access to over 3 million MLB videos going back to 1929. Looks like a pretty incredible resource! https://www.mlb.com/video?utm=mlbfilmroom-redirect
  2. Vanimal46
    Phew! You had me worried for a second. The way he's been playing the last 2 seasons with the Twins I hope they back up the Brinks trucks and give him whatever he feels he's worth to stay another year.
  3. Vanimal46
    Wait.... What? Has he specifically discussed retiring at the end of this season?
  4. Vanimal46
    That’s quite the getaway lineup. Wade leading off... Yikes.
  5. Vanimal46
    Interesting. I don’t know why he hasn’t been there the whole season to get development time. Regardless, glad to see he’s up there now.
  6. Vanimal46
    Thank goodness we have Duffey and Rogers available for game 2. Oh wait.
  7. Vanimal46
    Duffey was on today but I disagree very much with taking out Dobnak after 61 pitches. We talk about the fickleness of relievers, and I would rather continue using a pitcher who's in a groove instead of trusting a reliever who may or may not have it that day. 7 games in 5 days before their next off day. The bullpen may be rested today but they won't be after the 2nd game and following couple of days.
  8. Vanimal46
    Depending on the year that could be a compliment or an insult...
  9. Vanimal46
    Out of curiosity I looked up what Miggy could be playing for, besides the boat load of cash due to him. He's 155 hits away from 3,000, and 18 HRs away from 500. He's been a replacement level player or worse for the last 4 years, and still has a career batting average of .314!
  10. Vanimal46
    ick.
  11. Vanimal46
    Potentially. There's not a ton of dead weight on the 40 man anymore. So unless Garver/Littell move to the 45 day IL, the options are limited to Wade, Cave, Adrianza, or Gonzales IMO. Adrianza has a little more flexibility than Gonzales since he can adequately play SS. And it may not be the best use of 40 man flexibility to DFA Cave or Wade while they have multiple option years remaining.
  12. Vanimal46
    Maybe I'm crazy to suggest this, but Marwin Gonzales might be an option to DFA if they need to make a move right now. The odds of him being on the 2021 Twins is very low. He has no pop to his bat this year, and he's the slowest player on the team.
  13. Vanimal46
    Hopefully Garver doesn’t have to be moved to the 45 day IL. I don’t consider Astudillo a viable catcher by any stretch of the imagination.
  14. Vanimal46
    It will be interesting to see if Rooker can be the 4th/5th OF next year over Cave and Wade. Good luck to him!
  15. Vanimal46
    I understand that sentiment. Relievers are the kings of SSS so the shut down heroes can come from unlikely sources. Such as Daniel Hudson for Washington last year. Left for dead in 2016-2018, then a magical run in 2019 for Washington. Now he’s back to being a dud. Similarly, Joe Kelly and Nathan Eovaldi were heroes during Boston’s run to the WS in 2018. Now Joe Kelly can’t hit a 25 foot net in his backyard without breaking a window
  16. Vanimal46
    I used to have strong takes about relievers and spending top dollar to get the top free agents. This regime’s ability to develop relievers has shut me up about that. They don’t hit on a signing every single time, but they’ve shown they have the ability to cobble together a pretty decent bullpen with spare parts. Next December when they pick up a guy and on the surface looks terrible, I’ll hesitate to assume it’s a wasted signing.
  17. Vanimal46
    I’m happy to see Reiff back. Average OL talent is still valuable in today’s NFL, and shaking things up this close to the season starting isn’t ideal. I don’t think it’s a secret he was going to be a cut candidate after the 2020 season. The good thing now is another unproven OL doesn’t need to be starting out of necessity.
  18. Vanimal46
    Poor guy
  19. Vanimal46
    Marwin is in the 4th percentile of sprint speed in all of baseball. 4th. Alex Avila is faster than him. And he’s batting cleanup tonight. Strange times we live in.
  20. Vanimal46
    Time to warm up the bus and pick up some reinforcements in St. Paul. Maybe they’ll be excited to play Major League Baseball. I’ve seen enough of Cave this year. Rich Hill should think about writing a heartfelt Instagram message thanking all of the fans over the years because he’s cooked.
  21. Vanimal46
    Will we actually see Rich Hill pitch more than 60-70 pitches? He’s being nurtured more than my 5 month old niece.
  22. Vanimal46
    Agreed, and I would add one more player in Starling Marte who would have been nice to have, but not a true need. Perhaps it's time to finally dip their toes into the taxi squad, and bring up Rooker to be the RH hitting OF like you mentioned. The dude is going to be 26 in November. He's getting close to non-prospect age.
  23. Vanimal46
    Jonathan Villar traded to the Blue Jays, and Starling Marte traded to the Marlins
  24. Vanimal46
    Jonathan Villar to the Blue Jays, and Starling Marte to the Marlins.
  25. Vanimal46
    The timing of this is odd... less than 2 weeks from opening weekend. Reiff is nothing more than an average OL and won’t be confused as anything more than that. Still, it’s better to know what you’re getting when your interior OL is suspect at best. And it wasn’t too long ago when we had to deal with below average to bad OTs like TJ Clemmings...
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