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  1. Vanimal46
    *Lays back on old rocking chair* *Takes a long, drawn out hit from a tobacco pipe* Sonny, back in my day those were called long relievers. They've always held a role in baseball. Are we just rebranding the name to make the role more exciting and appealing?
  2. Vanimal46
    Alright let's go down this rabbit hole. Houston had 5 good starters all last year. So many good starters that McCullers pitched out of the bullpen in the playoffs! All of them were acquired in a variety of ways. Chicago Cubs in 2016 had 5 good starters. All acquired in a variety of ways. Both teams in this particular world series had a great starting pitching staff. Did I miss a recent WS winner that opened up a game with Ken Giles? Did Aroldis Chapman start game 3 of the 2016 WS?
  3. Vanimal46
    I guess I draw the line on tossing starter and reliever roles out the window. I believe there's a different mentality and preparation between starting a game and coming in relief. Otherwise why haven't teams dismissed roles years ago? Now because someone out there was experimenting with data this is now the latest and greatest idea. Also, over the years I thought higher leverage situations happen at the end of games, not the beginning. But now teams are supposed to pitch their shut down reliever in the 1st, when historically it's not crucial to a game.
  4. Vanimal46
    Rotating through what they have and seeing what sticks. Make trades, sign free agents. Oakland for example is shuffling through minor league options and waiver wire pickups. They're still keeping binary roles and winning games. This idea to me feels like a cop out for teams with crappy pitching. Don't give up on a strategy that's proven to work in baseball for hundreds of years. Find real starting pitching that can give your team 6-7 innings each outing.
  5. Vanimal46
    Good teams still use the binary approach and it seems to be working out very well for them. Houston has 5 good starters and a defined bullpen. Every team bound to make the playoffs still uses a binary approach for their pitching staff.
  6. Vanimal46
    2 is enough. Though the hot taeks are going to be fun to read when it works one time. "SEE! I knew it would work. Great job Falvine!"
  7. Vanimal46
    If May is pitching the first 2 innings who's pitching the 8th? What's a higher leverage, top of the 1st or top of the 8th? Because I want someone like May to come in at crucial points in the game. IMO if they feel a lesser SP needs an opener before they come into the game, he's not a SP. Jake Odorizzi for example is a long reliever disguised for years as a SP. Instead of creating an opener strategy for someone like him, why don't they put him in the bullpen and try someone else who can pitch 6 innings?
  8. Vanimal46
    The Twins don't have relievers on roster to make this idea work. I guess they're going to have to find a starting reliever through trade or FA. I think this idea is a gimmick and a joke that only bad teams should utilize. Good baseball teams develop starting pitching or acquire good starting pitching. Bad teams that can't develop or acquire good starting pitching will try masking it with this gimmick idea. Maybe they'll lose 85 games instead of 90 with this concept. Oh boy.
  9. Vanimal46
    I disagree. In my experience I watch games specifically for the starting pitcher. Jose Berrios is appointment TV for me. When I lived in Minnesota I'd look to see who was pitching that day and buy cheap tickets if Chris Sale was on the mound.
  10. Vanimal46
    There's plenty of reason to give up on the opener this season. The Twins don't have good enough pitchers to make it work. While the Twins are putzing around with this gimmick, good teams like the Astros rely on work horse SPs to get the job done.
  11. Vanimal46
    Nope. If service time wasn't on their mind this season they would have let him finish the last 6 days of his rehab instead of optioning him outright to AAA. They also would have called him up now if service time wasn't a factor since they called up literally everyone else that played out in the field for them at some point in the season.
  12. Vanimal46
    That's good for him! I'm not sure what we're supposed to call him now is the problem... Primary pitcher? Secondary pitcher? The ol' #2?
  13. Vanimal46
    Can you head up the Twins analytics team?
  14. Vanimal46
    Pathetic. This opener needs to die a quick death like the wild cat in football.
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    It is about the future. Those 3 won't be a part of it very soon.
  17. Vanimal46
    Great read. Thanks for sharing. Hopefully it's a hard lesson learned for the front office.
  18. Vanimal46
    Ah, thanks for clearing up the situations. I forgot what Perk's grievance was about exactly. I also don't fault Buxton for feeling misled this season. Every decision the FO made with him was systematically calculated to keep his service time below 3 years. It will take a sign of good faith (maybe raising his salary for 2019?) To get the relationship back on track. I doubt we'll see Buxton at any Twins related events over the offseason.
  19. Vanimal46
    Do analysts need to have a connection to the team previously? I'd like to hear an opinion outside of the Twins country club.
  20. Vanimal46
    It's possible to 'make amends' with a player they manipulated their service time... I mean, Glen Perkins spent his career with the Twins. It's going to take a lot of money to resurrect the relationship. If not, they gained that year of control for another team to use when they trade him.
  21. Vanimal46
    I'm still quite concerned about the paper thin depth specifically at tackle. Now that Mack is in the division I'm envisioning other teams lining up their studs across from Rashod Hill and making him look silly.
  22. Vanimal46
    I don't understand letting Quigley go. I was very comfortable with his ability to pin a team inside the 10 yard line.
  23. Vanimal46
    They did let him go. The Cincinnati Reds were going to remove him from the 40 and keep him on their AAA roster all year. So they picked him back up.
  24. Vanimal46
    Thank you to all of the contributors for another season of minor league reports. This season was fun reading about Kiriloff making a mockery of single A baseball. Looking forward to reading about him, Lewis, and Graterol in Chattanooga at some point next season.
  25. Vanimal46
    On an unrelated note, I hope this "opener" idea is a fad that goes away quickly... I believe developing good SP is one of the most important things a baseball organization should do. This "opener" idea feels like a cop out for failing to develop SP.
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