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  1. yarnivek1972
    There was no way of knowing that Romero was going to be out of the game early enough for Rodney to get in at all. As for Romero’s warm up procedure, have him do it as normal as if he was starting. The extra wait would be the same as having a long first inning on the road. Not that complicated.
  2. yarnivek1972
    If Rodney had to leave early, I probably would have had him pitch the first inning and brought Romero in to start the second.
  3. yarnivek1972
    One wonders how the game would have gone if Magill had come in after Rodney to start the 6th instead of Ryan Pressly. Alas, we’ll never know. We may also never know how good or how bad Matt Magill is if he never gets into a game.
  4. yarnivek1972
    Maybe Chief didn’t specifically mention 12 or 13 man pitching staffs, but I did. And the post you quoted was him replying to that. You completely handcuff your manager if you plan on keeping a part time first baseman.
  5. yarnivek1972
    Yeah, so Duke has had FOUR (not 1, not 2, not 3, count them FOUR - 4) 20 plus pitch outings THIS WEEK. But he is the MOY.
  6. yarnivek1972
    The Twins are just as likely to get outbid for Realmuto as for a FA because they lack high end prospects that they can afford to lose.
  7. yarnivek1972
    This exactly. Mauer isn’t going to HELP the Twins win in 2019 or thereafter. Indeed, it would be pretty safe to bet that his pressence on the roster would be a hinderence to winning. He knows he simply isn’t capable of playing even 130 games anymore. And I am sure he is well aware of the level of productivity he provides when he IS on the field. Quite frankly, if he chooses to hold “legacy” or whatever over the Twins heads I think that would be pretty selfish. What possible reason does he have to keep playing? Put it one more way: How will fans look at Joe Mauer 10-20 years from now if this core gets oh so close, but maybe one big bat in the middle would have put them over the top. But, the Twins couldn’t get that bat onto the team because he was blocked by Joe Mauer. The Twins wasted the prime years of Mauer, Morneau and Santana by not putting enough around them. Will fans really accept this team making that same mistake again?
  8. yarnivek1972
    And how has that worked out? Maybe I should rephrase: you can’t do that and expect to be a good team. And no, the Twins were not good in 2017. They were merely less bad than some teams.
  9. yarnivek1972
    It makes more sense to me to pay that than pay $6 mil and $10 mil the next two years to Realmuto in arbitration AND lose top prospects. This organization needs more prospects, not fewer. Their core is always going to be built around homegrown talent. Frankly, that’s the case for most teams.
  10. yarnivek1972
    I’ll keep saying this because no one seems to agree, you just CAN’T do that in this era of 13 man pitching staffs. It simply isn’t workable to have a guy who you know won’t be available (but still be on your active roster) for upwards of 1/3 of the games. Especially when that player’s production is FAR lower than average for his position. Even Joe Mauer at his best over the last 5 years (2017) was a below average first baseman offensively. He posted a 116 wRC+ last year which was 19th of 28 qualified first basemen. And that is the BEST he has been in 5 years. Keeping him would be foolish IMO. I would seriously rather roll with Cave at DH until Rooker is ready.
  11. yarnivek1972
    That was my point. Such a player does not exist. That’s another reason why I think Sano plays either 1B or DH the overwhelming majority of the time going forward meaning the Twins pretty much have to keep Escobar to play 3B.
  12. yarnivek1972
    Duda and Adams are both lefty hitters. Both have rather pronounced lefty righty splits, especially Duda. It seems to me the Twins would want to be pursuing a guy that can do damage against LHP.
  13. yarnivek1972
    Here’s the FA for 1b/dh. https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/free-agents/1st-base/ Let us know which one you want to go after.
  14. yarnivek1972
    Still trying to figure out how Pressly on 0 rest over Hildenberger on 2 days rest made sense to MOY.
  15. yarnivek1972
    It would help Escobar’s case if he was actually good defensively anywhere. Of course, Dozier is not a gold glove second baseman anymore either. The answer is Sano sticking at third base for the next 4-5 years, but the chances of that are 0% IMO. Then the Twins could figure out who between Polanco and Gordon they want at SS until Lewis is ready in 4-5 years. That would “solve” the problem. Let them both walk and roll with Adrianza as your reserve. That would be fine IF Sano stayed healthy, played serviceably at third AND Gordon was ready by 2019 AND Polanco stays about at his career norm. But, how likely is that. If “ands” and “buts” were candy and nuts...
  16. yarnivek1972
    The sooner this organization comes to the realization that Miguel Sano has no business playing third base, the better off it will be. Over the last two years, he’s literally been one of the worst defensively. True enough that Escobar has technically been slightly worse. However, Escobar has been hitting while Sano has not. And, Escobar makes up for astoundingly poor range by being pretty sure handed with the balls he gets to. Sano has better range than Escobar (but still very bad) and then compounds it with way too many errors. In an era where errors are barely called, that Sano makes so many is clearly concerning.
  17. yarnivek1972
    Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn’t that a past in which he was throwing a lot more sinkers than he is now? Right now Gibson has the lowest GB/FB ratio of his career and the lowest GO/AO since his rookie year. Unless he can flip the switch back, he doesn’t seem primed for success in Coor’s.
  18. yarnivek1972
    Do you really think it is likely Pohlad approves adding payroll?
  19. yarnivek1972
    I would be extremely wary of giving Hildenberger the closer’s job. At the end of the day, we’re still talking about a guy with a gimmicky delivery that is capable of fooling hitters. His K rate is already down a tick from last year and his UIBB rate is up slightly. His numbers certainly aren’t so dominant that they scream “closer” to me. Doesn’t mean he can’t have a long, successful career. Pat Neshek is still going strong after missing the first three months this year. He’s got 12 years in at the MLB level
  20. yarnivek1972
    ???? I don’t see either team as a contender. St. Louis maybe as a long shot. I would also say in a general sense that it looks like Cleveleland isn’t “running away” with the division because three teams in the AL are winning 65% of their games right now. And another at 62.4%. Last year, the Cleveland led AL with 63%. Cleveland’s current 54.9% would have been better than every second place team last year except the Yankees. My point being is there are 4 teams way better than the rest of the AL. The only remaining spot is the AL Central. Could Cleveland collapse and the Twins get lucky? Sure. That’s where the 2% or whatever it is now odds come in to play. But I think it is pretty clear that the Twins have no chance beating any of the 4 great teams in the AL in a playoff series. The talent simply isn’t there.
  21. yarnivek1972
    I think you are overstating and misreading usage. Pressly pitched the 6th inning yesterday. I don’t think it is at all in question that the outcome of the game was more on the line in the 6th than the 8th yesterday. Basically, Pressly has become what we expected from Addison Reed.
  22. yarnivek1972
    Reed was placed on the DL today.
  23. yarnivek1972
    A nice quick inning would be good. So he could get the next inning and we could avoid FRE.
  24. yarnivek1972
    He’s probably a better bet as a long man than Belisle.
  25. yarnivek1972
    That might be a valid point if this team was in contention and winning games was the goal unto itself. However, the priority seems to have shifted (or at least it should) to evaluation and development. In that instance, I might be more inclined to give a pitcher I want to evaluate a catcher he feels more comfortable with at the expense of developing someone who pretty much every baseball mind has said is a career backup.
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