Monkeypaws

Fortunately the Twins have their own 23 year old with pretty electric stuff.

It's always the best this time of year. My interest wanes by May-June, then picks up again in September. I hear ya though Kydoty, watched a bunch of Pirates-Tigers yesterday. Still watching 2 4 spots in the 9th, then Gardy getting tossed was fun. The next 3 scoreless innings, well, I turned it off.

Just an inning after Sanchez made the most perfect throw to nail Granderson at second. Betances has to be one of the worst I've ever seen at controlling the running game. He just gave up. Can't remember the last time I saw a clean steal of home either.

Won't show up in the boxscore, but Gardy just got tossed in his first game as Tigers' manager arguing a replay that overturned a 10th inning walkoff win. He was arguing with the guy that called him safe

Thanks Carole, Those signings were just an example - not worthy of a thread of its own, but of interest. The couple other sports forums I visit and post have such threads: a place to post general, non-team specific stuff not really thread-worthy but of temporary interest.

1 pitch - small sample size. Well if he fails, Reed steps right in, or even Hildenberger. Not worried about it ... at all.

Sorry I didn't wanna start a new thread, but I would like a general baseball thread, not just a forum. I wanted to post, watching MLB, that SF had signed Longoria AND McCutcheon. Missed that. Not thread worthy, but would like a low-impact thread to post such tidbits. Perhaps it exists already, but didn't see one in my initial look.

I actually though PH Grossman for Buxton was a good call. Was looking for the walk, but he even surpassed that. Don't want that play in August, but today, I thought it made sense with a wild pitcher on the mound.

Surprising for a guy from the Netherlands - those folks speak better English than we do.

Just heard the news - kinda liked the folksy cult element of it. Oh well. Corporate must not like it. Gotta say, I was worried Bert had gone down the Keillor Franken Gilliam route, so relieved to see it wasn't that.

That will be the next test of the current management; they have proven adept at addressing roster needs and the draft, in the current sample size. Extending and managing young potential stars will be their next challenge.

Long-term win-now mode.

If he could learn to bunt and take walks, 100 would be within reach.

Except he came off a decent season and was dropped for chump change monetary reasons for LeCroy. Ouch!

Hehe, here is Kennys' profile pic on MLB.com. Short lived. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/573627.jpg probably photoshopped. Reminds of of collecting baseball cards as a kid, and sometimes players would change teams too late to get a pic, so they would paint them:

Thanks - wow, not easy to find.

I was trying find his PH numbers on BaseballReference, but couldn't find an obvious answer. I seem to remember some PH thunder as a Twin - would like to see the numbers.

That is a good point - he might fit well in the Reds overall bench plan: relieve Votto on occasion, get those PH at bats. Not gonna be the 500 ABs people here think he needs, but useful, esp. for cheap.

So if I'm interpreting the schedule correctly, Gibby gets the home opener?

They waived Kennys!

I am somewhat surprised by the universal helium around Rooker. Where are the negative people? Have to say, with that swing generating that power, I'm on board. Oops forgot this wasn't the Star Trib.....

The whole situation is bass-ackwards. Minor leaguers need the union, not the Major leaguers, i.e. the country club, whose per diems exceed minor league pay, and earn in a year what most folks slave away for until they are 65. I'm gonna puke next time I hear a major leaguer go all Lech Walesa on us and talk about solidarity. The owners are yet more odious, and deserve to lose at every stage, but really, it's millionaires fighting over the crumbs, each of which is a fortune. I used to see ballgames at the Met for $2. Harmon Killebrew used to sell cars in the off-season. The money in MLB is ridiculous. They are a great depression away from irrelevance.

He could be the ace people have been wanting to overpay for after his best years for a long while. He's but a child, and damn good too.

Gordon is looking good so far - encouraging.

Another curiosity about Astudillo: In 8 minor league seasons, over 560 games and 1979 at bats, he has only struck out an astounding 67 times. He has only drawn 75 walks over the same period. The most times he's struck out in a season is 20, over 400+ at bats. Career .311 hitter in the minors. In spite of his cool pickoff, his catching skills must be marginal. http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=553902#/career/R/hitting/2017/ALL