Squirrel
Community Leader
-
Joined
-
Last visited
Everything posted by Squirrel
-
-
-
Wish we had traded him back then. Too late now.
-
Because racist Republican pedophiles need to go to jail
-
Hmmm
-
How can i break this?
-
Turang WhootWilbur Bleahldhak;lChourio HeyaQuero SpazSpanky NoBill ChuckEdgar YepFrelick NoJohn Nancy
-
-
They didn't poll that many because most of the Sox fans I know here in Chicago didn't like him, at all
-
-
All I’m saying, if it’s about what they’ve contributed to a major league roster, ES hasn’t yet. Again why I said in a different post, let’s check back … too soon to call the trade a bust or a win, but I still think it was a good trade, and I’d do it aegain in a heartbeat. Pitching is costly no matter how you go about it. And good pitching is what everyone needs. The fact that Mahle had another year of control means the FO was hoping for future contributions and not just last year, which didn’t work out. Again, I’d still make that trade. And pulling the trigger on a trade for a position of need using prospects of depth is something all good teams do.
-
Wow. Okay. You aren’t following and keep changing the discussion so I’ll leave it there. And we’ve had a couple of very good threads this spring about building a rotation. Guess you missed those 🙂
-
Steer, imo, isn’t better than Lee or Julien. That’s my point. I don’t think either Steer or ES (who this thread is about, not Steer) would be next in line in depth with the Twins. Again, would you rather have an Archer-Bundy-line pitcher this year instead?
-
🙄 Not exactly sure your question. ES still would remain behind the 4 I listed. And are you saying that you would prefer a Bundy or Archer on the starting rotation this year instead of Mahle? For you and others who say Mahle has yet to give us anything, fine. But what would ES give us this year? Still 5th on the depth chart. That’s why I said let’s check back in 10-15 yrs from now
-
I could deal with that … 🙂😋
-
ES hasn’t either. So why the consternation?
-
Wasn't there a list somewhere, sometime of players saying who the worst fans were from their perspective? Wasn't Boston high up on that list, or maybe tops?
-
-
That is quite a bit overstated, imo. It already was a good trade. ES may become a solid MLBer with a good bat, but he would still be behind Lewis, Martin, Lee and Julien on our depth chart. Trading him for a solid pitcher was a good trade. Even if Mahle has a decent year, not necessarily Cy Young, but decent, giving the Twins more chances to win than lose, it was a good trade for the Twins, even if EC has an all-star caliber year. We got what we needed out of it. That’s all that matters. Many of you here are treating this as if ES is already a perennial all-star. Maybe revisit this in 10-15 years to see how things truly played out
-
Episode 2 is out … I just really can’t wait for the season to start!
-
-
I’m not talking about velocity in and of itself, that’s not my question, although some pitchers have stated it is their goal to gain velocity, my question/concern is about being at their top season form now, at the beginning of ST. Will they tire sooner, before the end of the season? Injuries for pushing themselves harder earlier? Can they sustain these levels through the whole season after reaching then so soon into ST? In past STs, we didn’t see these mid-season form velocities, sometimes not until April or May, and now we’ve hit them at the beginning of February.
-
We’ve heard/read reports from ST that pitching velocity is already high, at season levels and not early ST levels. So, I have a question I don’t have an answer for, and won’t, likely until September, or later into October, but will this be a detriment down the road of seeing tired or injured (knock on wood) arms? Some pitchers have ramped up early because of the WBC, but will it last through the season and into the post season? Or will we see regression? Thoughts?
-
I was being a bit funny. Have noticed game day sometimes freezes
-
It ended? Twins were up 6-2, no need to play the bottom of the 9th
