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  1. KirbyDome89
    Completely agree. That was the point I was driving at.
  2. KirbyDome89
    So if we're blaming the catchers for Pressly does that mean they're also responsible for Gibson, Hughes, Belisle, ect?
  3. KirbyDome89
    So we're blaming the catching now?
  4. KirbyDome89
    "It might even be possible that this incompetence is the signal that the club can't be competitive for the long run." We didn't need to see historic ineptitude to realize the bullpen/starting pitching will hold this team back.
  5. KirbyDome89
    Rzepczynski, Holland, Uehara, Storen.....or......Tepesch, Vogelsong, Breslow, Belisle. If we were placing bets on which group would have a better year before the season started I think the favorite would've been clear. They're all on 1-2 year deals as well. Nobody is saying the Twins should drop $80 million on a relief pitcher (they shouldn't) but the idea that relief pitchers on the market are created equally and therefore signings are a total crapshoot just isn't true. Of course the market for those pitchers is volatile but the goal is to make signings that have the best chance of success.
  6. KirbyDome89
    If there is one thing this team could use right now it's a starting pitcher. It's hard for me to proclaim this a win for the Twins after De Leon throws 3 innings and we're looking at Hughes/Gibson/Tepesch as the 5th starter.
  7. KirbyDome89
    Its like clockwork....the Sano removal for a pinch run is due any moment...
  8. KirbyDome89
    Agree. They don't all have to be stud arms, just use the pen as ladder for young pitchers to work their way either into the rotation or higher leverage situations. The shoulder sure, the elbow no. Yeah I get that, but they were all drafted after 3 years of college baseball, and they're all on track to spend at least 4-5 years pitching in minor league baseball. IMO that is a lot of time for more mature arms, even with injuries. Ha yeah the bar is set pretty low.
  9. KirbyDome89
    I would say it was the plan, not a suggestion. is there a faster route to reaching the big league team than a upperclass college arm breaking into the bullpen? Personally I would love to see a fluid bullpen that is stocked with young arms. A guy like Chargois shouldn't be getting injured at AAA during his age 26 season. Citing lack of performance in the minors is accurate in some cases, but isn't that an indictment on the draft/development staff? I also agree, injuries have cost some development time, but l can't get over the ages of some of these relief pitchers drafted out of college. Melotakis turns 26 in a couple weeks, Chargois is already 26, barring a 40 man addition and early call up Jake Reed will be 25 when we see him again in September, and depending on recovery time Burdi might not make an appearance until he turns 26 as well. I have a hard time buying that it's just s**t luck for the Charlie Brown Twins which has caused the relief turmoil.
  10. KirbyDome89
    So they can get some MLB time before they become a question mark at 26
  11. KirbyDome89
    You realize I'm not saying his performance has been good, or that it will be better right? Like I said, he could make that decision, but you're advocating for the most extreme scenario. IMO the chances of that happening are slim to none.
  12. KirbyDome89
    We've gone from a 10 day DL stint for shoulder stiffness to a necessary retirement because his quality of life is jeopardized. There isn't any denying the Twins have a checkered past when it comes to dealing with injuries, so who really knows what is going on with Hughes. Yes, he could retire, but the chances of him giving up 26.5 million and not attempting a comeback (if necessary) because this injury is threatening his quality of life are so remote.
  13. KirbyDome89
    MN nice?
  14. KirbyDome89
    That was more in response to the "He should," crowd. Sure, it's possible, and don't get me wrong, if he approaches the Twins about it they should take the money and run. That said, I have a hard time seeing a guy who isn't even 31 yet walking away from 26.5 million. Regardless of how much money he has made in his career that is a ton of money to walk away from.
  15. KirbyDome89
    Why the **** would he retire and give up the remaining years on his contract? I take it we don't have a lot of financial advisors on this board.
  16. KirbyDome89
    He has played 10 games since missing a month. Probably too soon to bury the guy.
  17. KirbyDome89
    I'm just not putting that much stock into a couple weeks in ST. Like I said above I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that the 5th spot didn't come down to a couple weeks and a handful of innings of exhibition baseball. Based on other decisions they made during ST I would say it didn't. It isn't just that Berrios didn't start the year with the Twins. I disagree with him not starting the season in MN but I can at least understand it. Going to a 4 man rotation and giving Tepesch a start to keep him down was inexplicable.
  18. KirbyDome89
    Anybody else just see those "fans of the game," grabbing their stuff and leaving?....Too funny
  19. KirbyDome89
    He has been teetering all year, but lately it looks like he's falling off that ledge...
  20. KirbyDome89
    He has had more time with those coaches than Mejia at every level of the organization . If Mejia wasn't option A then he likely was option B. I'll give the FO the benefit of the doubt and say that decision wasn't made based on 14 innings pitched in ST.
  21. KirbyDome89
    Unfortunately that possibility seems to be a pretty strong point of disagreement. I get that, but the people who have the most intimate knowledge of Berrios, the coaching and development staff, are all still in place. Falvey isn't "flying blind," for lack of a better term. To me the WBC/ST thing was an easier sell than simply saying "we want him to spend more time in AAA." The roster decisions during ST suggest they knew who was making the 25 man before the games started. That isn't an indictment or endorsement of the strategy. It's hard for me to imagine that if Berrios had thrown another 10 innings to match Mejia's total for the spring the decision would have been different.
  22. KirbyDome89
    There was no twist, I was simply following the reasoning you laid out. Hmmm, maybe the incompetent one isn't me.... He becomes disgruntled, looses focus and his performance slips. He is bitter and holds the demotion against the Twins and they subsequently have no shot to keep him after his rookie deal expires.... That sounds like ridiculous speculation right? Well so does "he has to start on the road to avoid home boos," "he would lose all confidence," "he couldn't get comfortable with the MLB baseball,"....
  23. KirbyDome89
    Dude, the point was they threw the same number of innings so "getting stretched out," to start the season was clearly possible...
  24. KirbyDome89
    So by disagreeing with the move I'm calling the FO evil? Seems extreme... The whole pitching staff was garbage. They were looking to bring back in it's entirety what was one of the worst starting rotations in baseball. Included in that staff was a guy coming off major surgery who looked like a shell of himself and a rookie who had thrown all of 2 innings at the major league level. You don't have to dig too hard to see why it might make sense to give your top prospect, who also happens to be a pitcher and was absolutely dominant for over 200 innings in AAA a shot at the 5 spot. There was no risk involved. They cut bait on Mejia after 3 games. There were a lot of players that are still on this team who were bad last year. If the performance of the previous year was grounds for removal they wouldn't have been able to field a 25 man.
  25. KirbyDome89
    I haven't seen a single post calling the team insane, evil, or incompetent. I wanted Berrios sooner, and I wish Mejia would've been given a longer leash. Isn't that having it both ways? Can't I want a top pitching prospect up and also want to see him given every opportunity to perform well? Why throw him back out there to fail again? I'll say it again, every argument for this being the "right," or "responsible," handling seems to come from the above belief. His last few starts don't validate that view anymore than they support him starting the season in the rotation. However, they're conveniently being used as affirmation that the repeat of AAA was necessary. That has been my argument the whole time. They couldn't know how he was going to fare until they let him throw against MLB hitters. I wish they would've done it sooner. Who knows how it would've turned out, but just as I can't proclaim he would've pitched like this in April, nobody else can say he's doing this because he wasn't up at that time.
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