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  1. yarnivek1972
    They are both more worthy than Hall of Famer Rick Ferrell.
  2. yarnivek1972
    13 appearances in April. Out of 24 games. 6 games already in May. Out of 11. Gee, wonder why he’s struggling.
  3. yarnivek1972
    Harper was the exact opposite of the “3 true outcome player”. He rarely hit homeruns either.
  4. yarnivek1972
    Retires after 16 years at the MLB level. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/kyle-lohse-announced-retirement-drinking-beer-baseball-game-183631210.html
  5. yarnivek1972
    The only thing wrong with Berrios is that he’s 23 with only a couple hundred MLB innings under his belt. It usually isn’t a linear progression for players. There are peaks and valleys. That’s simply reality.
  6. yarnivek1972
    I would be inclined to agree with this assessment. 100 pitches in 5 or 6 innings were almost certainly higher stress than 100 in 7 or 8 would be. As for the 6 man rotation idea, I guess that’s fine through the June doubleheader. But, realistically there is no way the Twins can carry 6 starters and 8 relievers (the number they have now). 7 would still mean a very short bench. Unless the starters consistently pitch 6-7 innings, 6 relievers wouldn’t likely be enough. I’m not too worried about it. They usually work themselves out.
  7. yarnivek1972
    What’s the difference between making an error or having range so poor that the ball gets past the player for a hit? Because that’s the difference between Escobar and Polanco. Escobar’s range isn’t going to get better. Polanco’s error rate might. Indeed, most players have their error rates go down as they gain experience. Additionally, a large chunk of them occurred during his truly horrendous midseason stretch. I can’t give you an exact number, but I distinctly remember looking up error totals last year by going through dozens of box scores and his error rate definitely spiked for 6 weeks or so following his grandfather’s death.
  8. yarnivek1972
    Is there some reason why second base couldn’t be manned by Alex Gordon or Jorge Polanco in 2019? Forget about those guys? IMO, Polanco is a key guy moving ahead, primarily because his contact approach contrasts with the rest of the core lineup. He would easily slot into any number of lineup positions.
  9. yarnivek1972
    But seriously, anyone have an opinion as to whether the MLB trend of Ks is permanent or just the current fad? In the late 60s, early 70s, it was an era of sluggers and strikeouts (Nolan Ryan, Sandy Koufax, Reggie Jackson) The late 70s, early 80s saw a shift to contact and the running game (Pete Rose, Vince Coleman, Rickey Henderson) and the beginning of the “closer” era (Gossage, Fingers, Sutter). The late 80s, early 90s shift was to “toolsy” players (Bonds, Canseco) and the top pitchers (Glavine, Maddux, Viola, Clemens) were guys who could get some Ks, but mostly induce weak contact and pitch deep into games. The steroid era saw a switch to power hitters again and to combat it, teams went after pitchers that kept the ball in the park or on the ground (Mike Hampton most notably). Etcetera, etcetera. So, what is the next adjustment? Two way players like Ohtani to combat roster limitations?
  10. yarnivek1972
    Strikeouts are fascist.
  11. yarnivek1972
    I have a hard time getting excited about starters going 5 innings. Sure, it’s better than not doing so. Let me know when the team rattles off 4 in a row (hell, 7 of 10 games) with 6 from the starter.
  12. yarnivek1972
    Meh, if he can get outs as a starter, he can likely do so as a reliever. Teams usually don’t put a guy in the pen until he proves he can’t get outs as a starter. Because once you make that switch, a guy rarely goes back the other way. Enns hasn’t reached that point yet I don’t think.
  13. yarnivek1972
    Hughes isn’t being stashed, he’s not being used. He certainly isn’t being used as a “long man”. That appears to be Magill’s role. Hughes has pitched one inning since his start 10 days ago. An inning that Magill could just as easily have pitched, because he was already going to be shut down a few days because of the pitches already thrown in his outing. IMO, that IS a problem. Because it is an extra pitcher on the roster that clearly is not needed, handcuffing bench strategy. Of course, all the position injuries make bench moves somewhat moot as no one on the “usual” bench is an upgrade to the starter. But the point still remains: you don’t need (and indeed can’t afford to have) two mop up relievers.
  14. yarnivek1972
    The Indians took off late in the year last season...
  15. yarnivek1972
    He didn’t really sustain long enough to presume the moniker of an ace IMO.
  16. yarnivek1972
    I’m at a loss as to how Johan Santana doesn’t meet that definition. Or are you saying the Twins didn’t acquire someone who was already an ace when they were acquired? Not sure MacPhail really did either. Sure, Jack Morris pitched like an ace in 1991, but he definitely did not in 1989 or 1990 which is a large part of the reason the Tigers showed little interest in keeping him. The prevailing wisdom was that he was washed up. Smiley maybe I suppose. But that was a salary dump out of Pittsburgh.
  17. yarnivek1972
    I keep seeing that as a post. Yet, I have yet to see anyone post even a single example. Miguel Sano did. Randy Rosario out of total desperation last year. He was not what I would consider a top prospect. That was an utter disaster. Last one before that I can think of off the top of my head is Eric Milton, and that was 20 years ago. Kepler didn’t. Buxton didn’t. Berrios didn’t. Also, there is zero evidence that the current decision makers follow that philiosophy as a general rule.
  18. yarnivek1972
    Just getting done with work. Of course James Shields is no hitting the Twins. Why wouldn’t he?
  19. yarnivek1972
    The difference being that bigger payroll teams (Red Sox and Angels in this case) can absorb a bad contract and not have it severely affect their roster. The Twins can’t. Hughes’ $ 13 mil is 10% of payroll.
  20. yarnivek1972
    Fantastic. Now how about an article detailing how likely it is that the pitching staff improves from being ranked 27th in MLB? Kinda more important IMO.
  21. yarnivek1972
    So much for Reed being dependable.
  22. yarnivek1972
    At least one hit in every game he played.
  23. yarnivek1972
    Narvarez already has 5 passed balls this season. Jason Castro had 5 all of last year.
  24. yarnivek1972
    The Wally Pipp rule.
  25. yarnivek1972
    That’s “past a diving” TONY Batista.
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