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  1. Squirrel
    This. There were a few times I thought the pitchers were pulled too soon. I get limiting pitchers early on but into May and June they absolutely need to be left in longer. Gray made a similar comment last year, then the following week, had a bad outing and then did a mea culpa and said that he needed to do better. That is the crux … do better to earn more innings. I think we have a rotation that can do that. And we have a BP, imo, where the starters need to.
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    FYI - there is an equivalent thread in the minor league forum for posting minor league transactions
  3. Squirrel
    The old adage comes to mind … you have to spend money to make money. (And before some posters take offense, I’m not suggesting spending wildly just to spend, but you still need a quality product to keep fans in the stands.)
  4. Squirrel
    That was some of the best, most exciting baseball I’ve watched in a very, very long time. I equated the Mexico v Japan game to game 7 of the 1991 WS. I was an initial ‘poo-pooer’ of this, worried about the affect on players at the start of the season, but have since changed my mind 180 degrees. I hope it’s bigger in 2026, and maybe do the semis and finals instead of all-star week.
  5. Squirrel
    Better the snow than more injuries
  6. Squirrel
    Geeeez, Brian … you’d better be doing some kind of a counter jinx with that statement. I hope you are prepared to offer yourself up as a sacrifice to Jontu and Cnathol.
  7. Squirrel
    Duran is fine. He will be pitching in the next game. I’m sure more than a few players have bumps and bruises.
  8. Squirrel
    I look at it as covering themselves just in case because of what we went through last year. I'll admit to having been 'WTH?' with both the Gallo and Solano signings, but I think they were good coverage, trying to add yet more depth. And with Solano, they could release him mid-season when/if we get consistent contributions from Julien, Lewis or Lee at some point.
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    Gordon has already played in 2 games, at 2nd, since the sprain, so, I'd say he's pretty good to go. He could have a setback, but, he was cleared for all activity almost a week ago. Same with Miranda. As for Kirilloff, yeah, don't know where they've been having him play most, but I think he's been in some AAA games on the backfields at first, but haven't heard anything about the outfield. If he's on the opening day roster, it will be interesting to see where he plays; but, if Polo really starts the season on the IL and Kirilloff doesn't and goes north with the team, that means Larnach is on the team, so, I'd say then that Kirilloff will be seen primarily at first? Good questions ... guess we will know more on Mar. 30.
  10. Squirrel
    I’d say a casual fan isn’t someone who participates on a baseball website and doesn’t really pay attention to who’s injured and who’s not, maybe knows a few of the players’ names and likes to go to a few games a year. And yeah, will get hyped because ‘their team’ is in a playoff run or in the playoffs but doesn’t really pay attention overly much to the getting there. They might check the standings but really don’t understand what they mean other than which team is currently on top.
  11. Squirrel
    Better that than the Jim Jones way some posters want to make it for the rest of us. Kool-Aid for the optimists, Jim Jones for the cynics and pessimists, Bacardi for the rest of us! 🙂
  12. Squirrel
    Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. It’s the only approach i live by when it comes to baseball. And I disagree about optimism this time of year. This is the time of year I think we should hope and be optimistic because it’s the only time of year anything is possible before any games are played after which possibilities either wane or remain. (I said possibilities, not probabilities.) We have 162 games of the regular season to let the air out of tires, and I’d still rather start with them full, and not slashed because full tires gets you somewhere and slashed tires get you nowhere. Some of the doom and gloom pessimistic posters want to just slash tires, (not pointing any fingers at you here), it just gets old and makes it impossible to actually have a decent baseball discussion. So, Polanco isn’t looking good and will start the year on the DL, most likely. It’s the way it goes in sports. Good thing we have Farmer, Solano and Gordon to fill in, with Julien getting more time in AAA and getting ready for a call up when we need him, with hopefully Lee and Lewis later in the season. We were all ‘woe is me’ about Buxton and Kirilloff and it looks good that Buxton is/will be ready and maybe even Kirilloff as latest reports are better than they were a week ago. I will continue to be hopeful for now because it’s not the season yet and my Kool-Aid still tastes good. Let’s maybe put off some of the doom until Mar. 30 to see what we actually have. Yes, be concerned, I am, but I’ll remain with hoping for the best.
  13. Squirrel
    Next year I'm going to try and take off the month of March ... we'll see how that works
  14. Squirrel
    When I was there, I saw Polanco taking some fielding practice on the TK field
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    Lol … good one
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    I’m not sure why this suggestion keeps popping up. He is never going to make the team out of ST. There is zero chance. We have better options already on the roster. If he gets a call up it means something has gone terribly wrong not just with Kirilloff but also with about 4-5 players who are way better options.
  17. Squirrel
    Which is why he's doing what he's doing. Because it works best for him in getting ready.
  18. Squirrel
    He was never going to make the team, better to move him down now. I know you are big on playing youth, but I think it would be pushing it to have him make the 26-man. Better to keep him playing and ready for a call up sometime. John, why were people booing Hicks? And I agree about Pagan, but I’m not a fan of Megill, either. Any chance he’s left off the 26-man?
  19. Squirrel
    Keep this to topic please.
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    Watching, too … just posted a thread in the ‘Other’ forum
  21. Squirrel
    Yeah, there’d be lots of screaming, and probably loudest from those who wanted them. All I can say is ‘whew, glad we passed.’ And yeah, I was on the Rodon bandwagon, but not so much Montas
  22. Squirrel
    That sounds about right. So looks like either Larnach or Wallner head north with the team
  23. Squirrel
    I’d say zero chance. Miranda has now been cleared for all activities and is starting to throw. Gordon has been cleared for all activities. Polanco is on track. If Kirilloff isn’t ready for opening day, and that looks very iffy, Larnach or Wallner will. We have Solano, Miranda, Gallo and Farmer who can play first. Then the question of who comes off the 40-man to make room? Yeah, zero chance.
  24. Squirrel
    @KirbyDome89 and @chpettit19- Thank you for the debate! But, for the sake of the thread, I think you both have reached the end of your arguments. Let's move on now.
  25. Squirrel
    https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/twins-alex-kirilloff-making-progress-with-wrist/ Maybe this started after you left? Then again, this report didn’t give much detail so …
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