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  1. TheLeviathan
    I'm fine with it, seems like a good position for him. It's just a bit hard to get excited about these things when the Neil Allens of the world are the exception. This team just gets too comfortable for my liking and this move is extremely comfortable. It's fine, I'm sure he'll do well, it'd just be nice to get out of our comfort zone a bit more often.
  2. TheLeviathan
    A foot lower and that's Sano's knee. Maybe less than a foot.
  3. TheLeviathan
    If this is a year of development, every inning Sano is in the field better be at the long term position. Whatever that is. If it switches in a year or two I'm going to really sharpen my pitchfork.
  4. TheLeviathan
    Highly doubt it, so is your contention he got hurt during his blown save? Or sitting around in the bullpen the last few days? Because I'd contend the far more likely scenario is that he's been hurt for awhile and the part he really has been making up is that he's "fine". His responses to legit concerns about his velocity were aggressive and now here we sit. Perhaps he should have been the one questioning it. Why does a gutcheck on his health/prep/fitness only have to come after he costs this team games?
  5. TheLeviathan
    Yeah, I think you said what I'm trying to say better than I'm saying it...or something. But what bugs me is that we keep going down the same road, with the same excuses, the same bristly responses, and the same over-confidence issues. I want Glen Perkins healthy and helping this team and it sometimes seems like the greatest enemy of that is Glen Perkins himself.
  6. TheLeviathan
    No, what makes him hard to cheer for is the end of last year when he's pitching terribly he's whining about his role. It bothers me to read quotes from him in response to his velocity that basically read as "the light switch will flip, you guys are idiots for even being worried" and then he makes all of one appearance before hitting the DL after blowing a save. And of course, an unreported or badly handled injury magically comes up again. Perkins seems to have an accountability problem, something you don't see when you are lights out for three years but as soon as the going gets tough the "Crocodile Tears" version comes roaring back.
  7. TheLeviathan
    It's Perkins attitude about things. It's how he gets offended when there are questions or concerns. I appreciate him battling, but at some point being dishonest or in denial about your health becomes a trait no longer commendable.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Perkins is getting less and less easy to root for these days.
  9. TheLeviathan
    I'd have felt better about the "do nothing in FA because we have young guys we like" thinking if any of the young guys had made the team. You don't have to just sign FAs to 3 year deals - you can always trade too.
  10. TheLeviathan
    Guess we could've settled for Kepler or Arcia then huh?
  11. TheLeviathan
    The rules also, so far as I know, do not state that Oswaldo Arcia is prohibited from hitting. So, you know, he could've hit instead. Or Kepler. Or freaking Brunansky for all I care.
  12. TheLeviathan
    Why is he batting at all?
  13. TheLeviathan
    Alex Gordon got moved, in part, because he wasn't hitting and demonstrably fielding poorly. I wouldn't compare his situation with Sano's.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Weight is only part of it. Santana's injury was on an awkward route/run that missed a ball and caused him to turn in a hurry on the run. In other words: an injury caused by someone who has not yet developed instincts or competency at a new position. On that, the injury is a warning on Sano. So is Schwarber who, despite his size, did nothing to prevent his knee from getting destroyed. A few weeks ago I insisted we not give the a Twins cover - good or bad - for their decisions this offseason. That needs to continue to be the case and so far the results haven't been worth all the defense they got.
  15. TheLeviathan
    No, I'm not Sano. But merely being athletic doesn't make one a competent OF. We are playing a team that just won the WS because they appreciated the opposite of two longstanding baseball memes: bullpens and outfield defense. Perhaps we should take notes.
  16. TheLeviathan
    RF defense absolutely matters, especially because bad defense spirals things out of control. Does RF matter as much as SS? No, but it sure as hell matters. I guarantee if you toss me a glove and go out there you're going to eat those words within days. It matters and the this little Sano experiment is going to prove that. Unfortunately, not in a way we as Twins fans will appreciate.
  17. TheLeviathan
    My god that was crushed.
  18. TheLeviathan
    We had a couple of torrid hitters carry us for stretches last year, this offense really worries me. I hope this doesn't become a trend. I feel confident we can get competent starting pitching, but I'm not nearly as confident in our ability to score runs. And if Sano has an adjustment period for any stretch of time that lack of confidence becomes full blown pessimism.
  19. TheLeviathan
    I thought it as it was happening. As Nunez is standing there ready to PR...all I could think is - why not just hit him? I'll always prefer Nunez to Suzuki in a tight situation, PH stats be damned.
  20. TheLeviathan
    I'm glad Mike pointed out the pinch hitting thing. If you're going to pinch run Nunez for Suzuki anyway....why the hell don't you let the better hitter swing in that situation? I can't make sense of that.
  21. TheLeviathan
    I pulled this thread up and all I read about is ABW. Looks like Garrett Jones is going to need to hand over that "Golden Calf" moniker.
  22. TheLeviathan
    Over, but it'll be close. I think they are probably an 80 win team this year as we fully transition.
  23. TheLeviathan
    Over, I think Moustakas or Hosmer takes another step forward as a hitter.
  24. TheLeviathan
    Over
  25. TheLeviathan
    Where's that Nolasco riot thread when ya need it?
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