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    He's washed up. Pass.
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    You should never be sorry to make contact with the ball during a game.
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    Only baseball has players policing other players for no reason... A football team may put in the backup QB if it's a blow out. Baseball does that already by tossing out the mop up pitcher for an inning in a blow out.
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    That plate appearance counts just the same on his stat line than every other plate appearance. The goal is to make contact and improve on that. There isn't a separate category where we subtract plate appearances he wasn't supposed to try according to unwritten rules.
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    Imagine if these unwritten rules exist in other sports... In football if you're up by 2 TDs, the defense has to bat the ball in the air like a hot potato instead of intercepting the ball... Or if you have a clear path to sack a QB, you have to take a knee. In basketball if you're up by 10 points with 2 minutes left, you can't shoot the ball. Just dribble until the 24 second shot clock is up.
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    This may be the dumbest unwritten rule I've seen in a long time. Jake Cave, or any other player in baseball, shouldn't have to apologize for putting the ball in play. No matter the count, no matter the score. These are professional players fighting for playing time.
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    San Francisco continues to be your one stop shop for all Ex-Twins players... Today, Fernando Abad found his way on the team!
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    Butter Neither Cheese! Cheese whizz is gross! Coke... Pepsi is a sin in Texas.
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    He's still putting up good numbers... 2.8 fWAR, 2 bWAR. It's not like this move would be made in a vacuum without any corresponding moves. In this hypothetical where Harper is a Twin, they could trade Rosario, Kepler, Kirilloff, Larnach, etc. for pitching. They could also trade Harper a few years into the contract as well.
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    Concur. The Pohlads will fill our Christmas stocking with socks, not the hot new toy...
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    There's been examples of teams sending struggling pitchers to AA to get them away from the altered baseball... Teams probably like having that option. Justus Sheffield for example was sent to AA to reset after getting crushed in AAA.
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    Gonna be interesting over the next couple of years if a recession is on the way... After reading her explanation I can understand now why one is coming. Too many uncertainties with the upcoming election, tariff/trade wars with China, etc. But with every recession comes good buy low opportunities!
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    Using the MLB ball in AAA has certainly helped prospects get off to a hot start in their MLB careers.
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    I agree that QOs shouldn't be offered to Odorizzi or Gibson. Given how the last couple of winters have gone, they would be crazy not to accept it. Unless they want to wait around until June like Keuchel and Kimbrel did... The free agent starting pitchers are a little more attractive than the last couple of years. Gerrit Cole will be the prize everyone wants... I doubt the Twins will even get a return phone call. However, there's MadBum, Zach Wheeler, Ryu, Porcello... Maybe a couple of surprises like Archer, Kluber, and Teheran.
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    Good thread to read.
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    3 at least, probably 4... They'll need to outbid the usual suspects too.
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    You could argue Big Mike should be the game 1 starter... He's been the best in the rotation since June. He's my #1 priority to resign out of the 3 pending free agents in the rotation.
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    Can we make a vote to abolish the last 3 innings of a baseball game?
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    They're angling to be the same club they've always been... The cute small market story that aims for over .500 seasons, not championships. And a club that will always sell hope for the future because trading prospects is just too risky. Any year where there's a possibility to be a WS contender, like this year, excuses will be made why they couldn't make that move to put them on the map.
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    They've been playing with razor thin margins all season. If they don't expose a pitcher too much maybe they'll see some success (i.e. Mike Morin, Trevor May, the never ending AAA shuttle) Once they need a pitcher to do just a little bit more, they're exposed, and we see results like this.
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    5 blown saves in the month of August alone... It's all starting to snowball now.
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    How does one kick tires on a moving vehicle?
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    I was kind of intrigued with him in spring training. Then it was pretty much radio silence after his MLB debut... Good luck to him.
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