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  1. nicksaviking
    I'd love to see the GM who says in July, "We're four games out, time to sell."
  2. nicksaviking
    I'll bet the past probably almost perfectly predicts the future in this situation because I doubt anyone's ever seen a 33-year-old gain 6 MPH on their fastball unless they were doing something illegal. For this crew of soft-tossers, that would be the only change that would make Stauffer a useful member of this bullpen.
  3. nicksaviking
    The Twins may not be contenders, they also may be a team over .500, but I doubt both parts of that statement will be accurate. It seems to me that if you finish over .500 in this day with five playoff teams, you're probably contending.
  4. nicksaviking
    It shouldn't be, but it somehow is for Perkins. His strikeouts plummet and his walks rise in non-save situations. There may be some intangible variable that can't be calculated. I don't like it, and I think it's ridiculous, but some guys perform better when there is a catch-phrase x-factor involved like "pressure", "adrenaline" or its "crunch-time". I'd like to think professional ball players could perform the same under any circumstance, but I suppose it might not be much different then some of us being more productive at work an hour before a deadline than we are four days before a deadline.
  5. nicksaviking
    The Twins don't have 12 pitchers I want to see pitch three innings at a time. They have like three.
  6. nicksaviking
    I'd much rather see if Oliveros could work out better. He actually profiles as a back of the rotation guy. These guys both profile to be mop-up duty, kind of guys.
  7. nicksaviking
    It's probably just that theTwins have been conditioning fans for four years to think any thing that isn't terrible, is automatically a success.
  8. nicksaviking
    Unless Graham is the new Stauffer and Stauffer is the new Graham. If that's the case, I think the Twins should try to return Stauffer to the Braves. Maybe the Braves will be too polite to call the Twins back and tell them that they received the wrong reliever.
  9. nicksaviking
    Thanks for posting. I was going to do so but I'm glad I saw your post first, as five words and a link were about the best summary one could do with this article. I likely would have rambled on for paragraphs on end trying to do this peice justice. Commence rambling: McDaniel didn't explain it quite the way I now envision the theory, but it makes a lot of sense. There is always a bias against small right-handers, and the ones that are still considered top 20 talent or so are no doubt moved down the board a bit due to their size. However since these guys already have this preconcieved prejudice against them, it stands to reason that minus the prejudice, they are highly under-valued. For those that didn't read the article, the theory ended with discovery that recently the only right-handers 6' or less with no injury concerns AND with a predraft top 25 ranking were Marcus Stromen, Sunny Gray, Tim Lincicum, Mike Leake, Ian Kennedy, Trevor Bauer, Brad Lincoln and Aaron Nola. With Brad Lincoln being the worst of the bunch, and maybe the only true disappointment, that's a pretty astounding success rate. I'm starting to warm to Carson Fulmer, particularly with the success of non-top 25 prospect Jose Berrios doing so well.
  10. nicksaviking
    Good story, but it's smoke and mirrors. When he starts to get hit, it's going to be very bad. But to be fair, we have seen a smoke and mirror acts last for an entire season before. I wouldn't count on it, but I guess it could happen.
  11. nicksaviking
    Normally after 13 innings you'd think yes, but only Boyer and Graham (who never pitches anyway) got over-extended. The rest of the pen was depleted by using them to face only a batter or two. They should be good to go.
  12. nicksaviking
    The 12th featured the 8-9-1 batters. A utility infielder in Sean Rodriguez, Chris Stewart a back up catcher and Josh Harrison with a .289 OBP. I wouldn't have wasted Perkins on that group. There was hardly a more ideal time for Duensing to pitch, that is unless he was facing the 2013 Twins 8-9-1 batters.
  13. nicksaviking
    I think it was the right call, but probably not for the right reasons. As Perk is clearly the team's best reliever, I probably would have wanted to save him for the heart of the lineup, Walker, McCutchen, Marte and then the lefty Alverez. I don't think I would have wanted to waste Perkins in the 9th for the very soft bottom of the Pittsburgh lineup. The only good hitters didn't come up until the 10th, however since the bullpen had already been pretty depleted (due to silly 1/3 and 2/3 of an inning pitching changes earlier) I wouldn't have wanted to yank Graham if he was able to go multiple innings. The heart of the order came up in the 13th, just in time for Perkins. It worked out the way I would have preferred, however I'd guess Molitor managed the bullpen using the "one true closer" method.
  14. nicksaviking
    You can cut him if he's still standing in Round 12, but only if Creed swells both of his eyes up. I wouldn't recommend it unless he's got a real shot at the title though.
  15. nicksaviking
    I think we have a real shot here. This one has the potential to be the longest running non-stickied non-draft thread in TD history. Keep up the good work guys!
  16. nicksaviking
    Yeah but to be fair, Souhan wasn't exactly alone in those positions. The fanbase has been off and on the bandwagon as much as the media. Personally, I've been off the bandwagon most of this time. I now see he's a solid player, and the Twins are lucky to have him. I've only recently come to accept that in today's game, a 3B isn't always, or often an .800 OPS guy. I'm hoping Sano one day makes me change my opinion back though.
  17. nicksaviking
    Milone's K rate at Rochester is almost exactly 2x that of his MLB average of 6.4 K/9. He's pitching great now, and that's fantastic. But upon a call up, he's going to have to get 6 additional outs now where the ball is put into play. Even if contact is weakly induced, it's not going to stop Texas Leaguers, seeing-eye-singles, errors, sac flies, hitting behind the runners, fielder's choices or whatever kind of bizare fielding play Oswaldo Arcia might come up with next. 87-MPH fastballs are just so rarely sustainable at the MLB level.
  18. nicksaviking
    So in other words, camping out on either side of the extreme is a bad thing and this team just has a hard time finding guys who can sit right in the middle.
  19. nicksaviking
    The Twins have so many Of and corner If options at AA and beyond, I actually think it would be wise not to have a full-time DH. They probably think so too. Still, he doesn't appear to be demoted for a Of or corner IF prospect but a utility infielder, and if getting rid of a full-time DH was always going to be the plan, Vargas probably shouldn't have been part of the equation for a month and a half simply to demote him when things got sticky. With all those guys at AA, AAA and the youngsters at the MLB level, I think we're going to see a lot of frustrating decisions like this. I know the front office wants to open all of their presents, even if they'll hardly ever play with some, but I think it would be wise to start looking for some trade opportunities or this team is going to have a ton of young guys who may not get a fair look at MLB playing time. Those guys turn into a wasted asset.
  20. nicksaviking
    Looks like the pitch count and the walks weren't an issue until sometime after the fourth?
  21. nicksaviking
    Except that Ortiz seemed to get the exact opposite message. I guess since it was pretty unanimous that they gave Ortiz the wrong message, this is progress?
  22. nicksaviking
    I think the grave mistake would be not letting him play 3B at the MLB level. This doesn't feel like a situation where he could DH for three years while plouffe plays 3B than go right back to the hot corner and pick it back up. I'm certainly willing to sacrafice some defense in the short term in an attempt to reach the optimal outcome in the long term.
  23. nicksaviking
    Right, I was referrencing the speculation that Corey Koskie and Justin Morneau owed their concussion susceptibility from playing hockey as youths.
  24. nicksaviking
    This isn't his first injury, and maybe it's just me, but Arcia has seemed slow to re-adjust. I'm a believer in him and want him starting, but I wouldn't be opposed to a rehab assignment to help him shake the rust off.
  25. nicksaviking
    Ryan is a pretty straight forward guy. Has anyone actually asked him if there is a plan for keeping both Plouffe and Sano on the same team? He may give a vauge answer like, "Things will work themselves out." but sometimes the context can help us fans infer if there has been legit discussion and action taken or if they're just going to wing it.
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