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  1. yarnivek1972
    Mike Moustakas figures to be available as a free agent. Sure, it would be better if he hit right handed, but he hits LHP just fine.
  2. yarnivek1972
    Rogers had a rough night but he's been one of the best lefty relievers in MLB this year. He certainly does not deserve to be lumped in with the others you named.
  3. yarnivek1972
    Of course, 10 teams make the playoffs now. That is 1/3 of the league. Up until 1995, there were 4 playoff teams, 1/7 of the league until the Rockies and Marlins joined.
  4. yarnivek1972
    I don't think it is automatic that they would use 3 in LDS. In game 4, the game 1 starter would be on short rest. I really don't see any candidates to do that successfully.
  5. yarnivek1972
    Giminez?
  6. yarnivek1972
    No prob. Easy DP.
  7. yarnivek1972
    More like trampled by the horse.
  8. yarnivek1972
    Two extra base hits. Herrera is toast.
  9. yarnivek1972
    But isn't he still nominally the closer? Not sure it makes sense to use your closer down a run in the 8th.
  10. yarnivek1972
    NOW is when you bunt.
  11. yarnivek1972
    5 pitches
  12. yarnivek1972
    1) You don't ask your # 3 hitter to bunt. He's usually your BEST hitter. Right now, I'd say that is definitely what Polanco is. 2) You don't play for a tie on the road. You play for the win.
  13. yarnivek1972
    I'm really not a believer in the strategy of juggling the lineup based on who's hot. Streaks and slumps happen to everyone. Set your lineup and stick with it as much as possible. Just my philosophy.
  14. yarnivek1972
    It gets dicey with a 13 man pitching staff. Even with 12, you have just 4 bench players. If two of them are infielders, that leaves one outfielder and a back up catcher. Sure Escobar has gotten some key hits and some key homeruns, but let's not pretend that we aren't talking about a guy who has a .740 OPS and it is close to his career BEST. All the Twins regulars except their catchers are either already higher than that or likely will be by season's end. Meaning, that even at Escobar's BEST, he really isn't good enough to be in the lineup ahead of anyone. Sure, he is nice back up. But so is Adrianza. Adrianza lacks HR power, but he provides speed and contact. I guess I would prefer a HR threat on my bench to be a big time threat (you know, what a lot of us HOPE Vargas could be). There are also payroll considerations. Escobar isn't going to make a ton by any stretch, but it will likely be $ 3- $ 5 mil in 2018. If the Twins pay him, there is that much less available for pitching.
  15. yarnivek1972
    If this article had been titiled "...biggest asset" things might have gotten juvenile for a minute. Colon has done well, because he knows what he's doing. He is able to hit his spots. Consistently. Sure, because of the lack of stuff it is going to result in a lot of hard contact. That's why Abner Doubleday put 7 guys behind him.
  16. yarnivek1972
    Typically, guys that do well with runners on have a tendency to induce swings and misses. That's to some degree Pressly (moreso than say Rogers or Belisle certainly). But it hasn't worked out that way. Largely a command issue IMO. He just isn't hitting his spots like he should be. Some guys never do. Sure, a guy like Kintzler who has a tendency to induce ground balls can succeed coming in with runners on and induce a GDP. But, what if there are runners on second and third with no one out? Ground ball probably scores a run. If it sneaks through a drawn in infield, it probably scores two.
  17. yarnivek1972
    Gibson isn't the 5th starter. He would currently be slotted ahead of Slegers and eventually Mejia. Two things bother/concern me. Yeah, it's nice that Gibson has been pitching well the last few weeks. Better than him pitching poorly. But the teams he has faced of late are some of the worst offenses in baseball. Of course, he's been known to pitch poorly in those situations too. That he is not is a positive. The other is consistency. Or the lack thereof. One expects Mejia and Berrios to be inconsistent. That's part of being 23-24 with limited MLB experience. Gibson is neither young or inexperienced. At this point in his career he should be able to consistently hit his spots and have command of his pitches. But he doesn't. I just don't see him worthy of any kind of long term investment based on the results to date. As for 2018, I'll get back to you after the season.
  18. yarnivek1972
    We're seeing brilliant sunsets in Minnesota as a result of the fires. KC might be too far off the track. It's past the Rockies and south of the typical jet stream track.
  19. yarnivek1972
    I'm not willing to put that ALL on him. Some of it could be Molitor letting him face RHB with runners on. For a specialist like Boshers, the two most important numbers are how he does against LHB and how he does against the first batter he faces (which, in theory should almost always be a LHB). He gave up a homer to a leftie the other day. That's his failure all the way. But, it does happen. Even O'Rourke gave up the one to Granderson last year. I haven't been able to locate first batter faced data, but I know I have seen it before. It's a very key stat for a reliever. After all, you were brought in to get that guy. btw, looking at game logs on B-R, one can check monthly inherited runner data. For Boshers: April 1-0, May 0-0, June 7-3, July 2-2, August 6-0, September 4-3. So, he did fine in August. Other than that, not so much.
  20. yarnivek1972
    Or a giant rain barrel in the southeast. Then ship it out to the Pacific Northwest.
  21. yarnivek1972
    Castro and Gimenez may have reverse splits right now. But their careers suggest they are typical platoon tandem.
  22. yarnivek1972
    Perkins is left handed and breathing. All he has to do to get a job next year somewhere is say he wants one.
  23. yarnivek1972
    I guess I meant finding a guy this year. O'Rourke has a pretty small sample size to judge, but what he did vs LHB in 2016 certainly can't be ignored. One would think a guy in his role, who really wasn't a hard thrower to begin with, should be able to bounce back better than a hard thrower like Burdi, or a starter like May.
  24. yarnivek1972
    Is it his fault who Molitor lets him face?
  25. yarnivek1972
    Wait, you were near the Twins pen last night AND near other people?
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