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  1. AceWrigley
    If Lewis doesn't hit 3B is going to be a mess.
  2. AceWrigley
    Brooks Lee leading off, eh? Hmmm . . . maybe. Just think of the number of commercials you could get in before he reaches the next base,
  3. AceWrigley
    I double down on your "Yeesh" and say "Yowza".
  4. AceWrigley
    From the month of May until the end of the season Funderburk improved steadily each month. So he trended in the right direction to project as a useful reliever this year. With his long arms and good extension his fastball plays up, he added a gyro slider to his pitch arsenal that helps keep hitters off balance, and now has a good mentor in Taylor Rogers (he did say Tonkin and Sands helped him last year when he was trying to reduce the walks).
  5. AceWrigley
    I thought Ryan Fitzgerald did a decent job last year when called up, held is own with both the glove and bat and could run pretty good. Not sure why we cast him off. Heck he even pitched in 2 games without allowing a run.
  6. AceWrigley
    If Kreidler makes the team I think it shows how unbalanced MLB rosters are in general with half the active players being pitchers. Really?
  7. AceWrigley
    Yeah, and so far it doesn't look good. I don't even see him as a possible star player anymore. Can he play well enough to keep a major league job?
  8. AceWrigley
    Might as well list Royce Lewis as a possible reserve shortstop because he sure hasn't looked like a starting third baseman. I know he still has this toolsy-star tag attached to him, and I want him to succeed, but I don't think he's going to turn into a good MLB hitter. His at-bats aren't really good, and haven't been for awhile.
  9. AceWrigley
    Our 3rd base coach should have been on top of it too. A Gardy meltdown could have ensued. Watching that replay STILL pisses me off!
  10. AceWrigley
    This more than anything, probably. Clears the track for more running room.
  11. AceWrigley
    What was that, 32 pitches for Zebby in the 1st? Ouch.
  12. AceWrigley
    Ancient Alien Theorists say . . . yes.
  13. AceWrigley
    I had to look up whether or not Colabello was in the starting lineup for opening day 2014. Here is the opening day lineup: Brian Dozier - 2B Kurt Suzuki - C Joe Mauer - 1B Josh Willingham - LF Chris Colabello - DH Trevor Plouffe - 3B Oswaldo Arcia - RF Aaron Hicks - CF Pedro Florimon - SS and Rickey Nolasco on the mound. Twins lost 5-3 in Chicago. I think the Seinfeld image from above applies.
  14. AceWrigley
    Opposite field too, WTH.
  15. AceWrigley
    His name is Topa Topa Relevah Threw a pitch that landed in Bolivia . . .
  16. AceWrigley
    Agreed. Mick Abel starting is becoming must-watch tv.
  17. AceWrigley
    I think Joe Ryan striking out 230 batters has the best chance of occurring. The others, not so much.
  18. AceWrigley
    It's been the Dodger's strategy for a few years now, pay em to keep em. Backfires occasionally, but not a bad strategy. Now watch, when the Twin's want to pass him through waivers, some team will get a catcher injury and scoop him up. Who is the Twins 4th catcher, Noah Cardenas?
  19. AceWrigley
    I thought the Twins have been developing 3-4 innings guys for years.
  20. AceWrigley
    If you're thinking one inning at a time after your starter then sure, but not if your "next up" guys can give you 3-4 innings.
  21. AceWrigley
    Over the years I've considered various "pitching schemes" for managing innings and workloads, etc. The wild card in these constructs is always the "super ace" like Skubal and Skenes who you want on the mound as much as possible short of their arms falling off, hello Sandy Koufax. But over the years your SuperAce workload expectation has gone from 300 innings, to 250 innings to 200 innings in our current environment. Over the last 3 years only 12 pitchers have reached the 200 inning plateau. So which is more impactful to team wins, a Skubal who starts 33-34 times in a 5-man rotation and pitches 200 innings, or a Skubal who starts 40-41 games in a 4-man rotation and pitches 200 innings? If you don't have a SuperAce (or 2) then you worry less about maximizing your main guys. It's a good discussion and timely especially today with some teams talking a 6-man rotation. I think the 4-man rotation deserves some serious consideration.
  22. AceWrigley
    You're probably right. You could expand the roster to 30 and they would add all pitchers.
  23. AceWrigley
    And that. You think teams would be more likely to carry another pitcher rather than a position player if rosters were expanded to 27?
  24. AceWrigley
    Every team has decisions to make as they construct their roster for opening day and plan for the season. It just seems the Twins have unnecessarily boxed themselves in this winter with the current roster construction. Used to be that teams carried 10 pitchers, now they carry 13. MLB expanded the roster from 25 to 26 but that still leaves teams crunched for positional players. I think they should have expanded the rosters to 27 and hope they do unless starting pitchers go back to throwing more complete games, which I don't see happening. The fact that we're considering roster contortions to fit in a 30 year old backup catcher with a career OPS+ of 46 when even playing .500 ball seems like a small miracle just blows my mind.
  25. AceWrigley
    Kent has one option remaining.
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