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  1. wsnydes
    Before the season, my biggest concern was the depth of the pitching and production of the younger players. And I believed that the season would go as the younger players did. The pitching blew through the depth that they did have, and then some as the injuries kept piling up. The younger players actually played pretty well, but then they fell to the same injury bug. I didn't expect this team to be all that competitive. I saw it as more of a bridge to next season while getting the next group of prospects MLB experience. I figured they'd end up with a win total in the upper 70s. That's probably about where they will end up, but in a much different manner of getting there. And they were more "competitive" much longer than I expected. With the lineups that they've had to trot out there, it's pretty obvious why they have faded away. The FO and coaching staff deserve some blame, but I don't know how anyone can reasonably expect them to be able to keep the ship upright with so much of the top end talent of the team on the IL. The medical staff and procedures do really need to get an full evaluation. Two years in a row with a squad decimated by injuries isn't a fluke anymore.
  2. wsnydes
    They may stack up fairly well in the rotation, but beyond that, I'm not as certain. Sure, shortening the bullpen down with an off day between each game helps considerably, but I'm not sold. And the bats, even if Polcano is healthy, Larnach and Buxton come back, can't produce runs consistently without the benefit of a home run. I'd absolutely love to be proven wrong, in fact I'd encourage it, but I'm not seeing any sort of October force to be worried about if I'm an opponent.
  3. wsnydes
    The frustrating part about this is how much the FO really needed guys like these to play a role in the big league clubs season. Perhaps not a large role, but at least be there for depth. Particularly in the pitching department. Having a healthy Canterino and/or Balazovic added to the rotation or bullpen could have been huge given all of the injuries to the staff. Hopefully they'll all rebound for next season. Martin might not be as important as the other two, but you can never have too much talent.
  4. wsnydes
    Awesome night for Gordon. Love seeing him play well after everything he endured on his way up. And he's playing well at the right time.
  5. wsnydes
    A sweep is always a good way to get "healthy", especially at this point in the season. Now they need to continue that though. They need a good series against Boston so they don't waste what they just accomplished.
  6. wsnydes
    Sure, but shutting him down just to shut him down for 2023 and shutting him down because he's truly going to do further injury are two different things.
  7. wsnydes
    It's not a strawman. It's not even an argument, it's a question. You stated in your own post that a hip strain or an aggregation of a sore hip kept him out 8 days in July. I simply asked how you, or anyone else at this point, know that this isn't the same thing. And the OPs point was to shut him down regardless. If he has a true hip strain, you stated that he'd be out longer than the 10 days anyway so everyone looking to have him shut down would likely get their wish. But, if he's not able to play due to injury, I simply stated that that isn't the same thing as just shutting him down regardless. It's shutting him down because he's unable to play. Two different things.
  8. wsnydes
    How do you know this isn't the same thing that kept him out for those 8 days in July? Shutting him down because he's unable to play is quite different than just shutting him down to save him for 2023.
  9. wsnydes
    That does matter, and this appears to be a separate issue from the lingering knee. The Guardians and Twins still play 8 games against each other the rest of the way. So, in order for them to be out of it in my mind, they'd have to be more than 8 games out. I don't see that happening. Not in this division.
  10. wsnydes
    Shutting Buxton down is folding the season. As abyssal as the offense has been with him, it doesn't take much imagination to see what it'll be without him. If they wouldn't shut him down earlier to deal with his lingering issues, doing it now doesn't make much sense if the goal is still a playoff push. And if the goal wasn't a playoff push in the first place, why wasn't he shut down earlier?
  11. wsnydes
    Really bad time for the bats to go silent for a series. And it ain't going to get any easier! They needed to make hay during this past week or so, and they didn't do it.
  12. wsnydes
    Context is needed here. As others have noted, the upper tier of the prospects are now producing with the big league club. That said, hopefully those prospects on the IL can return and produce that they can develop and back fill the roster next year.
  13. wsnydes
    Gardy looks good! Happy to see him recognized by the organization!
  14. wsnydes
    I think Buxton has to be on top of this list. An effective Buxton is such a game changer for this team. Even at DH, the lineup is much better with him than without. I probably put Correa at 2 given his experience and leadership role with Arraez right behind him. Those three are catalysts for the club. I'm basically just as worried about the bats as I am the pitching going down the stretch. This team would likely be in much better position if the bats were more consistent and/or able to tack on some insurance runs late in games.
  15. wsnydes
    I believe that is correct. Which only shows how little sense this all makes. Wouldn't it be mutually beneficial to include local broadcast rights? Blackouts are a separate issue, but I keep going back to the fact that MLB keeps making it harder to consume their product in a time when the fan base is eroding.
  16. wsnydes
    No, I don't consider Hulu to be cheap either. Which is why paying another $20/month is even more ridiculous. Netflix can be had for half the price of BSN+. The idea of cord cutting was to save some cash. If you keep subscribing to all of these different apps, it adds up. Obviously, the apps allow for flexibility to be able to pick and choose which is great. One has to stop at some point though. There's only so much TV a person can watch. And I've found other ways to follow that don't cost me anything. Less than ideal, but considerably cheaper.
  17. wsnydes
    I know. I know we've had this discussion before and you do make valid points. I'm still paying for it from when it was dropped from Hulu since that subscription didn't go down. I can't imagine I'm the only one in that boat. And really, I'd only be watching it for games. That's a lot of money each month for a lack of other interesting content. Plus, I have no interest in the Wolves, so if the Twins aren't on it then it's really not worth it. Obviously, there will be plenty of people that will subscribe. I just see it as another way for professional sports to make it harder and more expensive to consume their product.
  18. wsnydes
    Nope. Not for $20/month for just the local RSNs and basically only games. Even worse without the Twins. Honestly not sure how professional sports think this is tenable. They just keep pricing people out.
  19. wsnydes

    75 RBI or 75 RBIs?

    wsnydes commented on Greglw3's blog entry in Greg Allen

    RBIs seems redundant to me.
  20. wsnydes

    75 RBI or 75 RBIs?

    wsnydes commented on Greglw3's blog entry in Greg Allen

    Big hitter, the Llama. Rob Deer wasn't bad either.
  21. wsnydes
    Given the injury history of all of the starters, plus the current usage of them, coupled with the fact that even before the injury bug really bit the rotation, they were already scrambling at times to fill a starting slot. That's not going to be fixed in one offseason. Realistically anyway. And as the last two seasons should have taught all of us, you can NEVER have too much depth. And even if everything played out perfectly and you can't get everyone enough innings, that allows you to trade from that depth to acquire something else of need. There simply isn't a thing called "too many starting pitchers".
  22. wsnydes
    No. Such. Thing. As. Too. Much. Pitching.
  23. wsnydes
    Given his interest in what happened and communication with the front office at the trade deadline makes for an interesting prospect of him returning. He acted as though he had a vested interest, not just for this year, but also for the future with his comments regarding Miranda. I'd like him to stay, if for no other reason than there isn't another answer at SS right now.
  24. wsnydes
    I agree with @Vanimal46, I think it has to be Maeda. Especially given the injuries to the rotation. The injury may have forced their hand to go out and get Mahle, but there's no reason that wouldn't have happened anyway considering the injuries the staff has suffered. On the offensive side, I think Lewis' injury was pretty deflating. It was a short stint, but it was quite a good one. If we're talking about expected Opening Day roster guys though, I think it has to be Kirilloff. Between filling in at LF, a very good defensive 1B is missing from this team. That's not a shot at Arraez or Miranda, but neither have the glove Kirilloff does there. The silver lining of AK's injury is that it allowed Miranda to come up and stay up. That's been a big plus for a lagging lineup.
  25. wsnydes
    What does the root beer guy have to do with any of this?
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