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  1. Vanimal46
    Your move, Minnesota.
  2. Vanimal46
    Well, it's self serving for ownership and the cable networks that spent $100 million to broadcast the games. It would be nice to set a limit on commercial break time before they get to NFL levels. Since they'll never go away, I wouldn't mind split screen commercials or product placement like "Snapper Mow' em down" innings.
  3. Vanimal46
    Exactly. Seems like they're grasping at straws claiming that fans think this will ruin the game. They're still doing the same thing for the last 100+ years. The only thing different is asking them to do it in a very reasonable amount of time. I'd be curious to read Hildenberger, Buesenitz, and other recent call ups who's worked under these constraints.
  4. Vanimal46
    Hmm, I don't know how long commercial breaks go for currently... Good point though. If they're eliminating 5 seconds that's not enough to make a difference. If anything it will end up being 5 less seconds of highlights before the inning begins.
  5. Vanimal46
    SCORCHING Hawt Taek: The pace of play MLB is focusing on now is a distraction for the impending money s***-storm coming up in 2021. Jeff Passan wrote a detailed article about this topic too and mentioned they were proposing cutting half inning commercial breaks to 2 min 20 seconds for local games, 2:40 for national games. https://sports.yahoo.com/mlbs-plan-can-make-baseball-games-least-10-minutes-shorter-224752035.html
  6. Vanimal46
    There's a fine line with pitching mound visits. I agree that fielders running over to the pitcher has been a part of the game forever. However, there should be a limit because some players take advantage of it. I remember in game 163 Gary Sanchez could have created a dirt path walking back and forth from the plate to the mound.
  7. Vanimal46
    I'm all for these changes and more. The pitch clock isn't going to be a factor except with notoriously slow pitchers. Fans won't even notice the clocks and will enjoy pace keeping up throughout the game.
  8. Vanimal46
    That sounds right. Rodney starts the year as the closer, and Reed is the fireman coming in at any high leverage situation. Hildenberger/Rogers are the other 7th/8th inning guys, and the rest will fill in at other times.
  9. Vanimal46
    Agreed. It probably helps that it wasn't Falvine who signed Hughes to an extension in the first place. They won't feel obligated to get any value out of him if he's not fully recovered. It would be quite the surprise if he came back throwing 91 or better! I'm not expecting it, but hey, why not hope?
  10. Vanimal46
    Gordon really needs to produce against lefties... Otherwise he'll be unplayable if/when he is called up. I'm in no rush calling him up to the majors until he can improve in that skill. And really, I wouldn't be comfortable with it until he is moderately successful (.650+ OPS) after ~400 PAs. I still think it makes sense to dangle him in a package trade for a top of the rotation arm.
  11. Vanimal46
    My thoughts haven't changed... Darvish just isn't that interested in the Twins. Maybe I'd change my mind if they ever got their schedules to match up for a face to face meeting. I'm so freaking bored of this off-season talking about the same players who still haven't signed.
  12. Vanimal46
    There's plenty of examples throughout baseball where starters convert to relief without any health issues. I agree prior to the last 2 seasons he was durable and healthy. I still consider him injury prone missing 3 months and pitching ineffectively for 3 months in 2016. Plus all of 2017/part of 2018. We can disagree and move on.
  13. Vanimal46
    Did Will Smith erase your memories of 2016 like "Men in Black"? He missed most of May, then was shut down for the season on August 6th because of his back issues.
  14. Vanimal46
    I'll be following LaMonte Wade per usual... I'm a big fan of his plate discipline and hope he makes it to AAA. Akil Baddoo as well. I think he'll be a top 100 prospect by midseason, and everyone will be jumping on the bandwagon soon.
  15. Vanimal46
    About to get on a plane and downloaded this... Looking forward to watching the episodes!
  16. Vanimal46
    That Wipeout curveball. When it was on last year, it was deadly. He seemed to always get the Sunday afternoon starts last season. So I was fortunate to watch a vast majority of his starts.
  17. Vanimal46
    Good list overall. I agree with the top 5 as Nick sees it. I'm also surprised Mauer didn't make the cut as others are. In my personal rankings, I would leave Duffey and May off the list. Low leverage middle relievers are a dime a dozen, and May is too injury prone. I'd put Mauer, and probably Baddoo on the list in their place. Baddoo is a borderline top 100 prospect this winter. Another positive season from him and he'll be the talk of this website.
  18. Vanimal46
    In an ideal world he could have used more time in AAA learning this against better competition than AA. This is a result of relying on prospects to fill MLB jobs. Granted he's had moderate success so far. I don't envy him learning something critical for his long term career at the highest level.
  19. Vanimal46
    Erv Santana: Beat father time for another season.
  20. Vanimal46
    I felt Bryan Shaw was a good bet considering his track record, durability, and live arm. Unless bullpenning in the playoffs fades away, the years and salary rate is only going to increase.
  21. Vanimal46
    Like Chief said, these kind of signings are fine, even great if you're filling out the 6th/7th option in a bullpen. Is it too much to ask to have one proven, great reliever or starter? Because as it stands right now the back end of the bullpen looks like Duke/Hildenberger in the 8th, and Rodney closing it out. There's not a lot of room for error...
  22. Vanimal46
    I've heard you should never meet your sports/entertainment heroes because you'll come out of it disappointed. As a young kid I idolized Ken Griffey Jr. and Pedro Martinez. It was fortunate that they both appeared to play the game honestly. But I don't know a thing about them outside of the playing field. As an adult, my heroes changed to real people in my life. My parents, mentors in the industry I work in, others that have helped me along the way.
  23. Vanimal46
    Unless I'm reading the account on her Twitter wrong, all 4 were outside. Then she asked her boss where the restroom was, she pointed to the door they just went through, and then Sano tried to pull her through the door they just exited for a solid 10 minutes. That's where at least I need some clarity what happened to the 2 other guys outside?
  24. Vanimal46
    That too. But him tipping his pitches was a real thing. It's easier to hit a breaking pitch that missed the spot when you know it's coming... https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.mlb.com/245190368-yu-darvish-finds-pitch-tipping-flaw-on-video.amp.html https://deadspin.com/report-yu-darvish-tipped-his-pitches-in-the-world-seri-1821216289
  25. Vanimal46
    Also, rumor has it Darvish was tipping his pitches in the world series that the Astros picked up on. I value his overall numbers over the recency bias of his last 2 starts.
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