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  1. yarnivek1972
    And that was a "hit" by Mauer. In little league maybe.
  2. yarnivek1972
    Hughes is going to give up a lot of hits. Even at his best. He's a poor man's Brad Radke. Except that he makes more than Radke ever made.
  3. yarnivek1972
    Umm. No. Escobar should not under any circumstances be starting the game as the designated hitter. That would be like having Jason Tyner DH. Oh wait... If Escobar is starting he needs to play a position. If for no other reason than he is the back up to at least 3 positions.
  4. yarnivek1972
    I just hope he learned his lesson about what it means to be a professional. Frankly, I think this is a great way to stop that nonsense by the umpires. They are pro athletes. Not in junior high school.
  5. yarnivek1972
    He's appealing. Boyd fined. Nothing for McCann hitting Sano in the face. Is Torre blind?
  6. yarnivek1972
    How would Plouffe's 3 errors look?
  7. yarnivek1972
    Gibson has posted an ERA well north of 5 since the 2015 All Star break. That's over 40% of his career. Do you really need another month to accept that that is simply what he is?
  8. yarnivek1972
    Kepler didn't start on April 11th against LHP Matt Boyd. He pinch hit for Buxton. 2 non starts in 18 games works out to about 15 or 16 in a season. I guess that's about right.
  9. yarnivek1972
    So, no Kepler tonight vs LHP Perez. Does Molitor not understand that Kepler isn't going to improve vs LHP if he doesn't play against LHP? Polanco hitting 5th between Grossman and Vargas? Am I the only one who thinks Polanco should hit second everyday?
  10. yarnivek1972
    What decision is there to be made with Hughes? Do you really seeing the Pohlads eating the $38 million or so he has remaining on his contract?
  11. yarnivek1972
    As was I. The problem is the only "youngsters" from the pitching side are Berrios and Mejia. Unless you include Haley in that group, I guess - but he's only 6 months younger than Tyler Duffey. I'd like to say that Haley couldn't be worse than Gibson, but yeah, he could be. He has had 3 extended outings in which he's faced 14 batters or more. He needed an average of more than 60 pitches to get 10-11 outs. At his pace, he would have a hard time getting 5 innings in fewer than 100 pitches consistently, let alone more than 5.
  12. yarnivek1972
    IMO the bigger problem is his short starts are costing the team a chance to compete on the days he DOESN'T start because the pen is overworked. We saw what happened last year when guys were overworked. Pressly, Tonkin, May. All broke down last year.
  13. yarnivek1972
    I guess I'd have to know what you would call "imploding" by Hughes. I personally think he can still be a 6-7 IP guy with an ERA in the high 4 range. He did basically miss all of last year. It's going to take some time to get back into a rhythm. Is he overpaid for that level of production? Immensely. Is there thing one that can be done about it? No. So, smile, grit your teeth when he starts and hope for a 6-7 IP guy with an ERA in the high 4 range. I think the mistake in his last start was Molitor believing the Twins still had a chance to win the game when they were down 5-2. Made sense. Tomlin's been terrible. Realistically Hughes could have gone another couple innings and saved the pen a little.
  14. yarnivek1972
    That would seem to suggest that the Twins player development staff isn't following a program that will lead to producing successful MLB players. It's definitely a problem area that Falvey and Levine need to address. If you can't develop the majority of your core players, you have the results that we have seen the last half decade.
  15. yarnivek1972
    I actually think you have to go further back. It started to turn to the crapper in the second half of 2015. 5.22 ERA in that half season. 5.07 last year. 9 so far this year. That's 40 plus starts with an ERA well over 5. That's approaching half of his career.
  16. yarnivek1972
    Well, Gibson isn't likely to post an ERA of 9 all season. I'll concede that point. But a career BABIP of .306 for a guy that gets 6 K per 9 is going to give up a ton of baserunners. And a 12% HR/FB rate seems concerningly high to me. Especially given that his GB/FB ratio has been trending the wrong way for the last two years. He actually allowed more fly balls than ground balls last year, which was a first for him, most likely at any level. Want to have some fun with sample size? Take away Gibson's first half of 2015. He posted a 2.85 ERA in 113 2/3 IP and everything was right with the world. Other than that 3 month stretch, he has posted a 5.17 ERA in 475 2/3 IP. So, ask yourself, which is the "real" Gibson and which is the fluke? My take is that the real Gibson is a guy with an ERA north of 5.
  17. yarnivek1972
    Why are people suggesting putting Gibson on the DL? Contrary to popular belief, teams can and do get punished by the league for faking injuries. Besides, Gibson has at least one option left.
  18. yarnivek1972
    That is an extremely contradictory statement. With a sinkerball pitcher going, the prevailing logic would be that you CAN sacrifice OUTFIELD defense for offense as long as you have good defenders in the INFIELD. Which, they did. As for the second piece, he's been terrible for a season and a half. How much more patience does he deserve?
  19. yarnivek1972
    That'd be fine except that Granite is hurt and has not played all season.
  20. yarnivek1972
    Berrios last started on the 19th. So, theoretically he would be in line to pitch today. But, the Red Wings were rained out yesterday and are off today. So, it could be David Hurlbut, who was slated to start yesterday. I guess we find out tomorrow if Berrios is coming up Friday. Obviously he wouldn't pitch tomorrow if he is coming up Friday. But he might start tomorrow to stay on normal rest.
  21. yarnivek1972
    I believe you heard wrong. It's just over .200 with a .574 OPS THIS year. For his career, it is .268 with a .719 OPS. It's higher than that the second time around (.296, .827), but .268 isn't really that impressive IMO.
  22. yarnivek1972
    He would be slated to start Friday.
  23. yarnivek1972
    Of course if you put Sano at first, you again lack a third baseman. And as far as I know, there is nothing at that position down the line. Maybe Nick Gordon could swing over to third. Because Jermaine Palacios might be nipping at his heals at SS. Not sure Gordon will hit enough to play third. A Polanco, Palacios, Gordon infield would be a lot of slap and giggle hitters. So that means the Twins will need to get power everywhere else. The only guy that looks like a legit 25 + HR guy is Sano. The only other player who might be north of 15 consistently is Kepler. Slap and giggle might work in the regular season, but it won't in the playoffs. You need quick strike ability because the pitchers are better. In the playoffs, you rarely see an inning with 4 or 5 singles leading to two runs.
  24. yarnivek1972
    Especially given the fact that the decision is made by an employee of the home team which makes the decision arbitrary, at best (think Cal Ripken and his 3 error season - he made at least two that weren't called against the Twins that year).
  25. yarnivek1972
    Santana starts tomorrow.
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