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  1. yarnivek1972
    Rosario looked safe to me.
  2. yarnivek1972
    Good album...
  3. yarnivek1972
    I’ m calling a tater here.
  4. yarnivek1972
    Except that Grossman’s contract was guaranteed as soon as the Twins tendered him in like November.
  5. yarnivek1972
    The main thing we saw in 2017 from Rosario IMO was poor decisions. Throwing to the wrong base, not hitting cut off man. Things like that. If Buxton’s pressence explained the decline in Rosario’s fielding metrics, we would have expected to see the same from Kepler. Kepler’s got better. Rosario has plenty of ability. He needs to keep his head in the game better.
  6. yarnivek1972
    I’m sure someone knows the answer to this: What is the statistical probability of scoring 1 run with 0 on, 0 out? Now 2 runs. Now 3 runs. Those are Rodney’s games. As has been the trend in MLB for several years now your BEST relievers are used to get out of that bases loaded jam in the 7th or 8th. That’s Reed, Duke, Hildenberger, Rogers, etc. Could Rodney blow up? Yep. Control has always been a big problem with him. He has a career BB/9 of 4.4. That’s extremely high. However, closers usually get beat with the HR ball. That is not a Rodney issue. 61 allowed in over 800 career IP. A .7 per 9 rate. Suffice to say, 1-2-3 innings aren’t going to be the norm with Rodney, but he’ll probably seal the deal 80% of the time.
  7. yarnivek1972
    If Vargas cleared waivers, it’s pretty likely LaMarre will especially if he starts poorly (which would be why he would be sent down anyway).
  8. yarnivek1972
    Think you mean Addison Reed.
  9. yarnivek1972
    Realistically, in these days of 12 and 13 man pitching staffs, the days of platooning a player are probably over. There simply isn’t room on the roster when you already have only a 3 or 4 man bench. If Kepler can’t improve vs LHP he may see his career come to an abrupt halt. .650 OPS vs lhp would be a very big inprovement in one year. Frankly, that may be as good as he ever does. Which, if he posts .900 plus agsinst rhp (which he may someday), that would probably get the job done.
  10. yarnivek1972
    Yet, the Twins are stubbornly holding onto a guy that has been below 4.47 exactly once in 4 full seasons (145 + IP) and over 5 the last two. Indeed, an awful lot of posters on this board are placing a great deal of faith in this individual.
  11. yarnivek1972
    I thought I saw something here (like a Bernadino tweet or something) that said he was. Strained oblique.
  12. yarnivek1972
    fangraphs had the overall starting staff at 941 That’s about 5 2/3 per start. Probably about right. 56 from Hughes - as a starter - seems very high. Given that he is already heading to the DL, he’ll be lucky to get 20 as a starter.
  13. yarnivek1972
    Unless the Twins plan on having Vargas at the MLB level, he will have to be removed from the 40 man anyway.
  14. yarnivek1972
    Sub 150 for Odirizzi and Lynn? That’s a 30 plus day stint on the DL. Sure, it can happen. But to project it seems overly pessimistic. They are projecting them with fewer IP than Erv, who we know will be out until at least May. And projecting less than 170 from Berrios. Sure, it’s 20 more than what he had at the MLB level last year, but it is 15 less than he had overall. And Berrios has no substantial injury history.
  15. yarnivek1972
    Those fangraph IP projections seem awfully low. Other than maybe Erv’s.
  16. yarnivek1972
    If Rodney pitches poorly enough to be gone by the end of May, that would likely mean the Twins are buried in the standings. He’s only likely to pitch in games that are close. If he blows/loses enough to be released intwo months, that can’t be good for the Twins.
  17. yarnivek1972
    I don’g get the continued calls for Granite to go down because he needs to play “everyday”. He’s 25. He is OLDER than Max Kepler AND Byron Buxton and barely one year younger than Eddie Rosario. The only way he will ever be a regular starter for the Twins is if one of those 3 gets hurt or traded. And it is not at all certain that he would be next in line should that happen. So, what exactly is to be gained by having him play “everyday” when that is not likely to ever be his role as a Twin? I’m not advocating that he should for sure be on the 25 man roster. Really don’t have a horse in the race as far as who the reserve reserve OFer should be. Just not understanding why some think there is something to be gained by sending Granite down to play everyday.
  18. yarnivek1972
    Maybe they have been working him out at 3b or corner OF.
  19. yarnivek1972
    Yeah. The rotation at the start doesn’t mean much. Anyone remember who started game 2 for the Twins in 1991?
  20. yarnivek1972
    It’s simply a convenient platform to keep the issue relevant in the conciousness of people. There will be a large number of people and a relatively large media pressence.
  21. yarnivek1972
    It would be pretty unusual for a veteran (and Rogers would actually be the longest consecutively tenured member of the pen) to lose his job in spring training. The Twins know who he faced this spring. I would guess he faced a lot of right handed hitters. He likely won’t face many with the game on the line in games that matter. Spring training numbers mean even less for relievers than for other players. They are just getting their work in. No regard is given to who they are brought in to face in ST. That isn’t the case in regular season. When Rogers comes into a close game it will almost always be with a lefty coming up next.
  22. yarnivek1972
    Perhaps I should have clarified. I’m not expecting large scale protest. But a half dozen or so wouldn’t surprise me. And if there are, one can be certain the media will call attention to them, because that is what the media does. And I absolutely think he will “hear it” on the road. Because that is what some fans do. Do whatever they can to try to get under the skin of the opponent.
  23. yarnivek1972
    Not sure what more “developing” is left for Granite. He’s 25, which is older than 2 of the 3 projected starters. Granite hasn’t had a substantial lefty/ righty split for the last two years and actually hit LHP better in his SSS at the MLB level last year.
  24. yarnivek1972
    It’s not likely to be an issue that goes away, particularly in the current climate. Just about guarantee there will be protests at the Twins home opener and that Sano will hear all kinds of epitaphs thrown at him this year and beyond. It’s a distraction the team doesn’t need and one that Sano may or may not handle well. I think I would almost rather have seen a 10 game or so suspension. That may have done more to “put this to bed” so to speak. We’ll see how it plays out, but my guess this is far from the end of the story.
  25. yarnivek1972
    The last gasps of Paul Molitor were still pretty good. The rest, yeah well. Yeah. It’s even easy to forget that Chili Davis came to the Twins in 1991 because he was getting a reputation as injury prone and few teams wanted him.
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