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  1. Heinie Manush
    Call up Gaspar. He's hitting a ton. Place Tonkin on the 60 day and give McCusker a shot.
  2. Heinie Manush
    I presume you call up Gaspar. Martin is hurt. Julien is a mess. Rodriguez is young and has been playing half way decently. Miranda is Miranda. So, how about moving Tonkin to the 60-day and giving McCusker a shot?
  3. Heinie Manush
    More disheartening to me was the news that Canterino has a sore arm. I figured that DeSclafani was a long shot. Was hoping that Canterino would be a nice guy to have waiting in the wings. No problem at all with subbing Varland for DeSclafani. Just don't know who the "next man up" is.
  4. Heinie Manush
    One more move, please. Larnarch/Miranda plus any prospect except Lee or Jenkins for a decent middle of the rotation starter. Hate to give up prospects but I think we're really close.
  5. Heinie Manush
    Having a plan at the plate… The Braves had one against Joe Ryan. Contrast that with Burton’s AB in the top half of the first. 2nd and 3rd with one out. Need to get at least one home. He goes 0-2 seemingly with his by now familiar boom or bust approach. No indication of any adjustment based on game situation. Now he did get the run home but that’s not the point.
  6. Heinie Manush
    Tough to blame the fans when the team, for whatever reason, is being opaque about the matter. It is the nature of fans, and humans in general, to try to make sense of things they care about. As a fan I would like some straight talk about the situation.
  7. Heinie Manush
    Kiriloff not added to the roster. Wonder what that means?
  8. Heinie Manush
    Celestino is a roster management tactic. Delay having to make a 40 man move until things shake out. He needs to be in AAA, not because he can't play a useful role here, but because I believe that he could become an everyday player with development I'd prefer Garlick to Upton. Burning two of Celestino's five annual call-ups is pretty close to a non-issue for me.
  9. Heinie Manush
    I'm wondering whether we had to take on Sanchez in order to make the Donaldson deal happen. As I understand it, he was offered arbitration before the lockout so we or the Yanks couldn't just withdraw the offer. In any case, his salary isn't overly burdensome. he just isn't a good fit for our team.
  10. Heinie Manush
    I know that I sound like the kid who got the fancy new bike for Christmas but didn't like the streamers on his handlebars, but let me at least throw this out there. Donaldson 21M, Kiner-Falafa 5M, Rortvedt 1M, Random DH/Bench Bat 2M, Stud pitcher(s) $20M= $49M Correa $35M, Urshela 6M, Godoy 1M, Sanchez 7M, = $49M I only pose this question because I really like Kiner-Falafa. I'm not ungrateful, mind you, just too much time on my hands I guess.
  11. Heinie Manush
    I was really excited with the first two moves. Gray and Kiner-Falafa plugged two holes at minimal dollar cost. Then the Donaldson debacle. Essentially Garver, Donaldson, Rortvedt and taking on about 14M for two useful but not particularly needed players in order to dump 7M, 21M and 8M over the next three years. I hope like hell that this doesn't signal a retrenchment and Pohlad getting cold feet about the aggressive foray into the free agent market with Donaldson. Trevor Story? Not a big fan. Damn, Kiner-Falafa was exactly the kind of shortstop we needed.
  12. Heinie Manush
    About the Astros missing on Brady Aiken, remember that they used that pick to draft Bregman the next year, then choosing Kyle Tucker with their own pick. For high draft picks they get Correa, Bregman and Tucker. We get Buxton and a utility player. Bigger difference than it may originally seem.
  13. Heinie Manush
    I remember when they drafted Kohl Stewart I thought: ""right-handed high school pitcher, he must have a power arm." Not the case.
  14. Heinie Manush
    Rule geeks out there. Why wasn’t Donaldsons AB foul ball/dead ball. Ball hits batter/runner in foul territory ball us dead. Strike on JD Polanco returns to first.
  15. Heinie Manush
    I want him to be an ace so it’s easy to overlook a really decent start. Credit where credit is due.
  16. Heinie Manush
    Any thoughts about catchers going away from the low squat to better block balls in the dirt with a guy on third.
  17. Heinie Manush
    CBA experts. Sano has 5.06 years service time. I believe that he can be sent to the minors. He’d have to pass through waivers which he would. Am I correct? Seems as if it would be the last chance.
  18. Heinie Manush
    Such a small difference between winning and losing close games. No player can be laser-focused for every minute of every game over a long season. The damn thing with this beautiful game is that those moments of inattention will often find you. Example: La Tortuga rounds second widely and can't score on a double with one out. We fail to pick him up. That run likely changes the game. Somehow teams playing well have fewer of these lapses than teams playing poorly. I believe that this ebbs and flows over the course of a season so there's hope.
  19. Heinie Manush
    I'm going to side with the FO on this issue. I firmly believe that this service time "loophole" will go away fn the coming CBA and i believe that Fal/vine knows this.
  20. Heinie Manush
    I, too, believe that the FO was sincere in leaving Kiriloff off the opening day roster. Cave/Garlick/Arraez rather than an inexperienced Kiriloff coming off a poor spring made sense. Remember the rushing of Aaron Hicks and Buxton. The biggest reason I don't think that service time was a key consideration is that I believe that it is almost certain that this loophole will be closed in the coming CBA.
  21. Heinie Manush
    Argggggh. I'm so happy to be beyond the Terry Ryan anti-analytics reign but Rocco seems to be a slave to them. I'll give him credit for being consistent, but pulling in the infield: in the sixth inning, with a one run lead, with no outs, with a runner on second as well as third... for Trout makes no sense.
  22. Heinie Manush
    Cave, Ehrie, Marwin. The plan to go with them to weather the injury storm was not without merit as each has shown that they can be valuable fill-in players. Sadly, none has given us even decent production. Add to this that none of Kepler, Eddie, Luis or Jorge has stepped it up and we've got real problems. The opener/bullpen games have taxed our relievers. Trade deadline has passed. Starling Marte would have helped at a price that didn't seem very high. Gotta jump start this thing. Call up La Tortuga and one of the corner guys. DFA Ehire or Vargas. Send Wade down. Cave becomes a back up. And use a #5 starter.
  23. Heinie Manush
    Any idea why we pinch hit for Avila to lead off the 7th. Sitting your best defensive catcher with a two run lead with no 3rd catcher to back up seemed odd. Avila injury?
  24. Heinie Manush
    A newly released novel by Emily Nemens, Cactus League, is, in my opinion, a gem.
  25. Heinie Manush
    I'm here to stick up for Ehire. When healthy we have 11 starters to rotate through 9 positions (counting Garver and Gonzalez). 6 or 7 days a week the starting nine comes from these eleven. The other two guys provide bench bats. For the twelfth guy, I want a fielder that I can count on to make the plays. Adrianza is that. The alternative is Austidillo which allows both Garver and Castro to be in the lineup. Arraez, while perhaps the better player, just doesn't fit the vacancy that we expect to have.
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