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  1. Nine of twelve
    You're leaving out the most important thing: his talent.
  2. Nine of twelve
    Look at it this way: He can more than hold his own at the plate and he is satisfactory or better at playing 6 positions. Additionally, he is approaching his prime in good health after having health-related challenges in the past that are now being optimally managed. Every team would be thrilled to have such a player. There is no question that he should be on the major league roster getting regular playing time (spread around at various positions). He is a very valuable player and should receive playing time as such and a contract as such.
  3. Nine of twelve
    Give him a chance to start in AAA. If there's no room in the St. Paul rotation start him in AA. He needs some time to see what's there. Then depending on how things go make any appropriate moves.
  4. Nine of twelve
    As is the case with every player in the organization, I hope he exceeds expectations. But his leash had better be fairly short.
  5. Nine of twelve
    The Twins' schedule does not have as many off days in April as is typical. I could accept a 6-man rotation until the end of the month at the very latest, but after that it should go down to 5.
  6. Nine of twelve
    Off topic, but I have to chime in with the best thing Jim Souhan ever said. He once described Matthew LeCroy as a baseball player trapped inside the body of a softball player.
  7. Nine of twelve
    Rally monkey is an Angels thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally_Monkey Do you remember 2002? Yes, you do!! This is Twins territory. We don't need no stinking rally monkey!!!
  8. Nine of twelve
    I want to emphasize that if he was in the right I am not blaming the victim. But sometimes even if you are in the right the best thing to do is just to get the hell out of there .
  9. Nine of twelve
    The computer doesn't dictate anything. The computer merely provides information for a manager to use when a decision is made.
  10. Nine of twelve
    The Twins were actually pretty close to the league average with RISP.
  11. Nine of twelve
    I don't believe any of Buck's injuries were the result of a chronic problem or "fragility". I think it's been mostly bad luck. That doesn't mean nothing can be done about it. As an example, last year's knee injury came as the result of a bad slide. The reason for that is there was going to be a close play at second and he wanted to arrive at the base at the earliest possible time. The reason the play was close is because he didn't hustle out of the box on a bloop hit. Had he done so he would not have incurred that injury.
  12. Nine of twelve
    McCarver also made an incorrect call in Game 2 when he said that Gant was safe at first base because Hrbek pulled him off the bag. Hrbek did lift Gant's leg up but Gant was already out at that point, having come off the base as a result of losing his balance.
  13. Nine of twelve
    I guess not everything is free. *sigh* But that's OK. You get what you pay for.
  14. Nine of twelve
    I don't know that stat, but we were 5-10 in extra inning games last year. So your memory probably does not exaggerate by much.
  15. Nine of twelve
    It bears repeating: There are two seasons to every year--baseball season and waiting for baseball season. Welcome to the former and goodbye to the latter.
  16. Nine of twelve
    If that's the case I'm fine with letting another team take that risk.
  17. Nine of twelve
    I don't like the Manfred Man rule but I agree with your thinking. Following that logic, they should load the bases. If the goal is to make it easier for the teams to score runs then don't be half-assed about it.
  18. Nine of twelve
    The one thing I can say in Hand's favor is that he's still only 32 -- 3 years younger than Caleb Thielbar. Don't know enough about his health history to comment whether his arm has enough left in it for him to become an effective major league pitcher. Maybe a minor league contract and let him prove himself in AAA. I wouldn't give him a roster spot unless a move to the majors is indicated.
  19. Nine of twelve
    Thanks for posting this. Saves a lot of people the trouble of finding it ourselves.
  20. Nine of twelve
    And if it's so rare, why have the rule in the first place?
  21. Nine of twelve
    It has already happened with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. And you did not address my first point that it gives teams with a two-way player an unfair advantage.
  22. Nine of twelve
    OK, but how is that equitable? Why should a team with a two-way player be given an advantage over a team without one? What's to prevent a team from pitching the same non-pitcher enough times to give him two-way status, thereby exempting him from this rule? What about a first-year player who is a two-way player? Would he have to pitch enough innings in his rookie season before he can be designated a two-way player? Or could he be designated as such right from the start? And, if so, wouldn't it be favorable for a team to do so for every player? Would those innings have to be in blowout situations only? What if there are not enough of those opportunities to enable the player to accrue enough innings? It sounds like it could be a Catch-22--you can't become a two-way player unless you have played two ways, and you can't play two ways unless you have become a two-way player. Too much confusion over a solution in search of a problem. I think it would have been much more fair and simple not to have instituted this rule. Just let managers manage.
  23. Nine of twelve
    I also dislike the ghost runner rule. But for the sake of argument let's accept the premise that it's desirable to shorten extra-inning games and that using this rule accomplishes that. If that's the case then putting only a runner at second base is a half-assed approach. Instead, go all-out and load the bases. That will make it even more unlikely that the teams will score an equal number of runs in an inning.
  24. Nine of twelve
    First, I don't see using a position player to pitch as a problem. What's wrong with doing it? Second, and I realize this is rare, but what about a player like Ohtani who is a legitimate pitcher and a legitimate position player? Let's say for the sake of argument that Ohtani were a closer instead of a starter. Does that mean he can't DH and then be moved to pitcher in the ninth inning? That seems unfair to me. Why should it be allowed for a pitcher to play a non-pitching position but not vice versa?
  25. Nine of twelve
    I believe there is a rule that only once per game can a pitcher be moved to another position then back to pitcher.
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