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  1. Doomtints
    Now that he tore his UCL he will have plenty of time to play video games.
  2. Doomtints
    Early season tickets that include a seat are as low as six bucks for some games, btw. It's worth pointing out that the primary market for standing room only access is last minute buyers. The Twins are eroding their own margins by advance selling 2 months worth of access at a deep discount. People who will buy this package would be buying tickets anyway -- more expensive ones -- and because of this there might be no standing room access tickets left to buy for last minute buyers who will pay more. This is a good deal for a fan who wants to go to a lot of early season games (and probably sneak to a seat when the coast is clear...). But this is a bad financial move by the Twins.
  3. Doomtints
    We would. One only needs to look back to a certain Vikings punter who started miffing punts while being outspoken online for a certain social cause.
  4. Doomtints
    Most people who get paid what athletes get paid work closer to 24x7 than most of us could handle. Baseball has a hell of a lot of down time associated with it. What he does outside of the clubhouse is his own deal. In the clubhouse there should be no gaming even if only to foster people talking to each other....
  5. Doomtints
    I think it's very possible.
  6. Doomtints
    I don't think they can evaluate just on ST as he is coming off the DL.
  7. Doomtints
    Also, I think this thread is just a lot of complaining. Consider this: "Jeez. The Twins moved Sano to the OF without ever having practicing there. Terrible mismanagement!" "Jeez. The Twins expected 2B to open and had Polanco get reps there so he would be ready to take over. Terrible mismanagement!" What were the Twins supposed to do other than what they did when it comes to Polanco when it came to giving him reps at 2B in the minors? I think the travesty with Polanco is that he is only now going to be a regular on the team. They wasted a year and half. He has been ready and the team performance at SS had not been good enough.
  8. Doomtints
    Molitor is partly to blame. Polanco spent a hell of a lot of time riding the pine during his first few call ups. That's Molitor.
  9. Doomtints
    This puts him as being a better option than most of the Twins pitchers.... The truth hurts, donut?
  10. Doomtints
    I agree 100% that Hughes is cooked. But he just had an expensive, invasive surgery to try to correct something. The Twins need to find out if that surgery was worth a darn otherwise they may find themselves having more pitchers that end up having it.
  11. Doomtints
    That's harsh, even by my standards!
  12. Doomtints
    I disagree. I think he has to be a starter just to see if that surgery he had was as pointless as I suspect it was. The Twins (and all of baseball) should figure out if they should be paying for this sort of thing in the future. Besides, there will be plenty of stories about how he kept the rib his doctors removed if he has a string of decent games. Maybe we will even get to see it. Maybe we would even get rib bobbleheads if Hughes regains his mojo.
  13. Doomtints
    And probably 5% in any year going forward. Vielma can't hit. If he is on the MLB roster it is because the team is having major depth problems. Again.
  14. Doomtints
    Very good analysis. I think Vogelsong is very much in the mix because it will be hard for the Twins to say with a straight face that the other guys are better. Who he would replace from your list I don't know. It will be a tough decision.
  15. Doomtints
    His memory isn't quite correct. He played SS in the minors both of those years almost exclusively.
  16. Doomtints
    I think the takeaway is this: The Twins wanted Polanco to play 2B after Dozier left. This is why there is a glut of SS players now and this is why Polanco was playing at 2B in the minors last year for the first time. This is probably still the plan. Dozier could be gone at any time. When that happens Polanco slides over. This might happen tomorrow, at the trade deadline, or next offseason. A lot of people who noticed Polanco playing 2B assumed it was because the Twins did not have faith in him at SS. This was an incorrect conclusion.
  17. Doomtints
    Yes. Clearly the plan was to trade Dozier and move Polanco to 2B. That's not a bad plan, and that is probably still the plan. This isn't a huge deal. In, 2016, Polanco got a lot of time in the majors at SS and a lot of time in AAA at 2B (something like 55% v 45% 2B v. SS). It's not like they moved him to DH or something, he is getting relevant middle infield experience.
  18. Doomtints
    Polanco has been mishandled for 3 years. Someone, somewhere, wanted him to fail. Many fans bought into the idea that Polanco isn't good, which is part of the travesty.
  19. Doomtints
    The Twins are not always interesting. Few people followed in them in the late 70s, fewer still in the early 80s. Later, the team almost folded because people were not interested in them yet again. Last year, after a surprisingly disappointing start, was the most predictable chain of events in history.
  20. Doomtints
    I don't disagree. All I'm saying is pump the brakes. Many people have decided in their minds that he can't do the job when there is evidence that he can.
  21. Doomtints
    He was good at SS with the MLB club in 2014 and 2015. But as you say, "small sample size." Just let the kid play, he'll be fine.
  22. Doomtints
    He has 129 more games and 1200 more innings in the minors at SS than at 2B.... At some point everyone has to stop reacting to what people write and start looking things up themselves.
  23. Doomtints
    By "reports" do you mean Keith Law? Usually when I read an idea that multiple people are convinced of being true but there is zero evidence to back up, Law has been writing about it. He is the godfather of baseball, some people will follow him anywhere. Polanco has a pretty big sample size at SS in the minors and I don't see any red flags in the data. I'll trust data over a writer getting paid to fill up space on every player in the universe any day of the week.
  24. Doomtints
    If Polanco doesn't stick in the lineup it will be because of his bat. No reasonable person thinks he won't be able to play decent defense at SS over the long haul. Adrianza is likely competing with Santana and Escobar for the backup spot, not Polanco for the starting spot.
  25. Doomtints
    Hopefully any infielder can handle ground balls. But sure, there's nothing wrong with this signing.
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