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  1. yarnivek1972
    Maybe he would have if he had had enough people telling him that it was time to hang em up. I’ll grant that it was a much different time and that the decisions aren’t comparable. The Twins in Killebrew’s era didn’t have roster constraints that would have prevented them from rostering Harmon. They did have a notoriously cheap owner though and Harmon’s status would have made him prohibitively expensive (in Calvin’s mind). It’s worth noting that the Twins let Harmon hang on for two seasons as a shell of his former self. I admired him a great deal, but to expect the Twins to do so for a third was a little selfish IMO.
  2. yarnivek1972
    I’ve heard lots of people say bring Mauer back in a “more limited role”. He’s going to play fewer than 90 games at first this year and he’s likely going to start fewer than 115 games total. So, my awkward questions for anyone who cares to answer are 1) How much more limited would you expect his role to be in 2019 (and beyond)? 2) How much do you think that amount of playing time coupled with his subpar offensive production is worth? 3) Perhaps most importantly (and an issue no one advocating for his return has bothered to address), how do you fit essentially a half time player who plays only first base onto a roster that has 3 position players per game that don’t start? Someone said in one of the Forsythe threads that a championship team doesn’t have Logan Forsythe on it. IMO, a championship team doesn’t have 36 year old Joe Mauer on it.
  3. yarnivek1972
    It was 2.0 last year. He’ll probably end up at 2.7 - 3. I’d say that’s solid improvement. Perhaps your expectations were unrealistic.
  4. yarnivek1972
    Since you mention having a 25 man roster, I think a definite thing to add to the not well category is not cutting bait on Hughes and Kinley fast enough so that there were 25 actual players on the roster. I get that cutting Hughes is likely a decision that Pohlad had to approve, but I doubt Kinley was. Kinley was only used 4 times but was on the roster all of April.
  5. yarnivek1972
    Kepler has 2.5 bWAR. Sano and Buxton are both in negative territory. The situations aren’t remotely comparable.
  6. yarnivek1972
    Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man.
  7. yarnivek1972
    Plutko has given up 12 HR in 53 IP this year...
  8. yarnivek1972
    At the end of the day 227-259 (as of today) is what Molitor will be evaluated by and I think it gets him fired. Expectations were higher. Perhaps they should not have been, but that is reality. I’m sure when I bring up W/L record, someone will bring up Tom Kelly’s. Let’s remember to add on Kelly’s 16-8 postseason record and two World Series rings. Molitor is 0-1 in the playoffs.
  9. yarnivek1972
    I just copied and pasted this from my post in the game thread. Prior to his final start in July, Kyle was one of the best pitchers in the AL. In 21 starts he had logged 129 IP, 106 H, 49 ER, 50 BB, 126 K, 13 HR. That’s 6.14 IP/GS, 1.21 WHIP, 3.42 ERA, .9 HR/9, 3.49 BB/9 and 8.79 K/9. In the 7 starts since if I did math correctly, 35 IP, 42 H, 20 ER, 18 BB, 27 K, 5 HR. That is 5 IP/GS, 1.71 WHIP, 5.14 ERA, 1.29 HR/9, 4.62 BB/9, 6.94 K/9. We’re talking 7 starts, that’s 1/4 of his season to date. We’re approaching the boundary of SSS and trend IMO.
  10. yarnivek1972
    Agree 130%.
  11. yarnivek1972
    I think it was 6 starts in August. Because I posted some numbers in the game thread about Gibson going back to his final start in July. This thread hadn’t been posted yet. Suffice to say, not good. 7 starts worth, 1/4 of his season to date. That’s getting close to the line between SSS and trend IMO.
  12. yarnivek1972
    Ran some numbers regarding Gibson. Concerning to say the least. I would say it definitely suggests that any guaranteed extension is a bad idea. Go to arb next year and IF he does well go QO route. As others have mentioned, let someone else be on the hook for his decline, if indeed it isn’t already happening. Prior to his final start in July, Kyle was one of the best pitchers in the AL. In 21 starts he had logged 129 IP, 106 H, 49 ER, 50 BB, 126 K, 13 HR. That’s 6.14 IP/GS, 1.21 WHIP, 3.42 ERA, .9 HR/9, 3.49 BB/9 and 8.79 K/9. In the 7 starts since if I did math correctly, 35 IP, 42 H, 20 ER, 18 BB, 27 K, 5 HR. That is 5 IP/GS, 1.71 WHIP, 5.14 ERA, 1.29 HR/9, 4.62 BB/9, 6.94 K/9. We’re talking 7 starts, that’s 1/4 of his season to date. We’re approaching the boundary of SSS and trend IMO. It shouldn’t be fatigue. He certainly has logged more innings than this in his career. It could very well be that the league has adjusted to whatever change he made roughly one year ago. Now the question is can he adjust again? His career is riding on it. It also definitely puts rotation upgrade on Falvine’s to do list this offseason. Counting on Kyle Gibson to be a upper echelon pitcher in 2019 might not be a good idea.
  13. yarnivek1972
    The guys in the FO sure better care. The “casual fans” are the ones who drive up attendance with single game ticket sales. They buy the merchandise and patronize the TV and radio broadcast sponsors.
  14. yarnivek1972
    Well, maybe Rick Wise...
  15. yarnivek1972
    To dream, the impossible dream...
  16. yarnivek1972
    My question is what possibly made Molitor think Austudillo could pitch?
  17. yarnivek1972
    Pressly was used 51 times in the Twins first 100 games. He’s been used 11 times in 24 Astro games. Which is pretty much exactly what a normal pace would be.
  18. yarnivek1972
    But no way is any team going to trade that kind of value right now.
  19. yarnivek1972
    Ruh-roh.
  20. yarnivek1972
    I don’t want to beat a dead horse, but there really is no reason why Sano shouldn’t have been a passable RFer. Coomer and Larkin were both serviceable there. At a considerably older age than Sano was when he was tried there. And I don’t think either was nearly the athlete Sano is either.
  21. yarnivek1972
    I think he didn’t catch before because he was the only reserve infielder on the roster.
  22. yarnivek1972
    His homerun last night is his only hit in his last 21 AB. 9 K, 2 BB in that span. Well, he looked like a MLB hitter for about 2 weeks anyway.
  23. yarnivek1972
    Maybe try someone else Paul?
  24. yarnivek1972
    And strike out 500 times between them.
  25. yarnivek1972
    I feel the need, the need for WEED.
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