Celestino, Beckham Sent to Minor-League Camp

[dex8425]

On 3/31/2022 at 9:28 AM, chpettit19 said:

That's pretty much where I'm at other than Moran instead of Winder. Wonder if they'd like to get Winder regular starts in AAA (not to mention suppressing his service time) and have a 3rd lefty in the pen to start the year.

yeah tbh I like Coulombe in the 'pen and would rather have Winder starting in St. Paul. Bring him up if/when Bundy, Archer, Ober are ineffective. 

[dex8425]

1 hour ago, DJL44 said:

That's Miguel Sano. A bat who can't play defense worth a damn.

Replacing Sano at 1B with ANYONE ELSE (Arraez, Urshela, Kirilloff, Sanchez, etc) is like adding a gold glover to the defense. What's the point of having a platinum glove shortstop with Sir Clanks-A-Lot playing first base?

I was going to say Sano isn't THAT bad defensively but then I looked at his defensive metrics from last year. He is second to last in MLB in 2021 among first basemen with negative 6 outs above average. Max Muncy is at plus 7, so if you put Kiriloff at 1b every day, theoretically you're gaining about 10 runs over the course of the season. Kirilloff was at plus 2 but fewer opportunities obviously.  

[Mike Sixel]

They don't need three catchers. I bet they do that, but why? Unless they've given up on Sanchez at catcher completely.... In which case, just release him. 

[Squirrel]

2 hours ago, Riverbrian said:

Sure looks like 3 Catchers is the plan. 

Unless you have a Cruz type talent... I'd prefer the DH spot be spread around to get some AB's to the entire roster.

It sure looks like we will be disappointed because Garcia is most likely not Cruz and I worry that Godoy will be under utilized and therefore a waste of a spot.  

I'm with you when it comes to my level of disappointment.

My wife wanted to go out for dinner and I said "Sure... Wherever You'd like to go". I didn't really have a preference but I didn't feel like Chinese Food at that moment.  

She chose the China Garden... and that was a comparable disappointment.  I had the Cantonese Beef Chow Mein and now I'm getting 3 catchers. 

 

Okay ... first off ... Garcia? You mean Sanchez?

Second off, it is not a comparable disappointment at all. You had a say and you had a choice, you didn't speak up. We literally have no say in what the Twins FO does and the roster choices they make. None. We can express our thoughts here, we can be disappointed, irate even, or shrug and say 'Out of my control so whatever' ... our choice is whether or not we choose to continue watching or following ... but we have absolutely no control over whether or not there will be 3 catchers on the team. Where you go to dinner, you have a say, you have a choice. It's just not the same. Maybe it's still disappointment, but you could have altered that outcome, so it's not comparable. And now we are off the beaten trail again.

But, back to where this started ... I agree ... we don't need 3 catchers on the roster. Others have a different opinion on that assessment. But I'll sigh with resignation because it is what it is because I have absolutely no control over it.

[Riverbrian]

26 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Okay ... first off ... Garcia? You mean Sanchez?

Second off, it is not a comparable disappointment at all. You had a say and you had a choice, you didn't speak up. We literally have no say in what the Twins FO does and the roster choices they make. None. We can express our thoughts here, we can be disappointed, irate even, or shrug and say 'Out of my control so whatever' ... our choice is whether or not we choose to continue watching or following ... but we have absolutely no control over whether or not there will be 3 catchers on the team. Where you go to dinner, you have a say, you have a choice. It's just not the same. Maybe it's still disappointment, but you could have altered that outcome, so it's not comparable. And now we are off the beaten trail again.

But, back to where this started ... I agree ... we don't need 3 catchers on the roster. Others have a different opinion on that assessment. But I'll sigh with resignation because it is what it is because I have absolutely no control over it.

Kinda surprised that it would be necessary to be this specific to try express my level of my disappointment... but OK. 

Since November, I've got a plastic bag that has gotten stuck very high up in a tree in my yard. When it's windy... it's makes this flapping sound that makes me look up at the bag and it disappointments me. I have no control over the wind that put it there  and or the wind that makes it rustle. And there isn't really anything I can do to get it down. 

I'm going to continue watching the Twins and I'm not going to sell my house.  

Better? 

Yeah I meant Sanchez.  

 

[Squirrel]

11 minutes ago, Riverbrian said:

Kinda surprised that it would be necessary to be this specific to try express my level of my disappointment... but OK. 

Since November, I've got a plastic bag that has gotten stuck very high up in a tree in my yard. When it's windy... it's makes this flapping sound that makes me look up at the bag and it disappointments me. I have no control over the wind that put it there  and or the wind that makes it rustle. And there isn't really anything I can do to get it down. 

I'm going to continue watching the Twins and I'm not going to sell my house.  

Better? 

Yeah I meant Sanchez.  

 

Heh ... not really ... I still don't get the comparison other than there was disappointment involved, but we'll leave it at that and just say 'No' to 3 catchers

[Riverbrian]

19 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Heh ... not really ... I still don't get the comparison other than there was disappointment involved, but we'll leave it at that and just say 'No' to 3 catchers

There are degrees to how disappointed a given individual is over individual circumstances. The degree of disappointment can be similiar regardless of having control or no control over the circumstance.   

On a scale of 1 to 10

Having Chinese Food when I didn't feel like it... is about a 2,

The plastic bag in my tree... is about a 2

The Twins carrying three catchers... is about a 2. 

I'll sleep OK tonight but I am open to suggestion on how I can get that plastic bag down. 

Players will be called up and players will be sent down. Come May things will be different. This is how the season begins with an opening day roster.  

[USAFChief]

33 minutes ago, Riverbrian said:

I'll sleep OK tonight but I am open to suggestion on how I can get that plastic bag down. 

 

1. Drive to Ace Hardware, Home Depot, Husqvarna Outlet Store, or similar establishment. 

 

2. Purchase appropriately sized chain saw.

 

3. Drive home.

 

4. NOW THIS PART IS VERY IMPORTANT...read instruction manual cover to cover. Maybe read safety parts a second time.

 

5. Cut down tree. Avoid standing on the downwind side as you're doing this.

 

6. Remove plastic bag.

 

7. Recycle said bag.

 

You're welcome. 

[Riverbrian]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

1. Drive to Ace Hardware, Home Depot, Husqvarna Outlet Store, or similar establishment. 

 

2. Purchase appropriately sized chain saw.

 

3. Drive home.

 

4. NOW THIS PART IS VERY IMPORTANT...read instruction manual cover to cover. Maybe read safety parts a second time.

 

5. Cut down tree. Avoid standing on the downwind side as you're doing this.

 

6. Remove plastic bag.

 

7. Recycle said bag.

 

You're welcome. 

This is the type of solid practical advice that can only be found on Twinsdaily.  

How many pages is the instruction manual? 

[MN_ExPat]

1 hour ago, USAFChief said:

1. Drive to Ace Hardware, Home Depot, Husqvarna Outlet Store, or similar establishment. 

 

2. Purchase appropriately sized chain saw.

 

3. Drive home.

 

4. NOW THIS PART IS VERY IMPORTANT...read instruction manual cover to cover. Maybe read safety parts a second time.

 

5. Cut down tree. Avoid standing on the downwind side as you're doing this.

 

6. Remove plastic bag.

 

7. Recycle said bag.

 

You're welcome. 

Chief, now you know full well as a man and veteran you cannot openly tell someone to actually read the directions. 

I feel like I don't even know you anymore. ?

[USAFChief]

1 hour ago, Riverbrian said:

 

How many pages is the instruction manual? 

No frigging idea. Mine is in the junk drawer, still in the little protective plastic bag. 

That's why I said that part was very important.

[stringer bell]

Brian is right about one thing for sure, who is on the Opening Day roster or lineup isn’t really that important in the larger scheme of things. 
 

Quickly now (no cheating!), who was the Opening Day left fielder last year? Who remembers that Ryan LaMarre was on the Opening Day roster in 2019 or Aaron Whitefield in 2020? 
 

For those of you who have forgotten, Luis Arraez was the starting left fielder, although he didn’t play left a single inning in that game. 

[tony&rodney]

I miss the antics of Eddie Rosario.

[RpR]

12 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

I miss the antics of Eddie Rosario.

I miss the arm of Eddie Rosario.