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  1. nicksaviking
    I trust Jepsen much less than Pressly and May. I know for some reason he was the 25th man on the roster and he was at one point a Rule 5 pick, but when healthy, Pressly has been the most consistent and reliable bullpen arm since the start of last year. I don't know why he isn't getting more trust. I'd put him in the 8th/9th until the real fireballers get called up.
  2. nicksaviking
    Jepsen looks like the Jepsen of last year. The TB version that is.
  3. nicksaviking
    Hmm, what does it say about me that I just assumed Park's translator was going to be a Korean guy?
  4. nicksaviking
    My money is on Escobar batting 1st or 2nd by the home opener.
  5. nicksaviking
    Plouffe?
  6. nicksaviking
    I think he meant the Twins would end up like the Donner party. My money's on Sano as the last one left and with a fork in his hand.
  7. nicksaviking
    It didn't say what to do with Canadian outlets. You guys still use those weird British ones right?
  8. nicksaviking
    I knew it. For those that don't want to take the time to read it, if you charge your phone too much the outlet will auto reverse the power intake and suck the power back out of your phone. To preserve battery life you should charge your battery to exactly 83% than quickly put it in a ziplock bag then wrap that in a piece if suede and stick it in the freezer until sunrise.
  9. nicksaviking
    There is some potential with the rotation, but the big club really, really needs one of Gonsalves, Jay or Stewart to figure it out and become a top of the rotation guy. I'd think currently all of them are looked at as having ceilings of a mid-rotation guy; someone has to over-achieve, the MLB rotation just cannot continue to operate with number 4-5 guys, maybe a 3, throughout.
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    I said in the Escobar thread that Zi thought he'd hit 40 doubles this year. I think I was way off, he's on pace for 324.
  11. nicksaviking
    The Twins are going to strike out a lot this year? If only there were any signs that indicated this, alas.
  12. nicksaviking
    Um, Janet Reno is hilarious. That Waco stuff was comedy gold.
  13. nicksaviking
    I don't think you're spending enough time at the liquor store. Mine has free samples so I browse for a couple hours.
  14. nicksaviking
    Stop trolling!
  15. nicksaviking
    They wanted to lock as many fans in the stadium as possible. If you've ever walked a Baltimore street, it's really for their own safety though, it's a total public service.
  16. nicksaviking
    I get that, and I'm sure it's the thought the front office is operating with. But it seems to me, with these guys on roster, there's a lid on the well. I understand that the counter option is to work with a very untested safety net, but I think having a roster where nearly every pitcher can only be DFA'd or rostered is asking for a long season of not seeing the young guys. Barring injury, there are not many guys the front office will replace, that's my inflexible angle. As to the last sentence, I think having a roster full of league average pitchers is probably the worst possible outcome. League average isn't good enough to win, but it's not bad enough for management to bring up the young guys. Having a staff full of 2015 Mike Pelfreys and Blaine Boyers is going to make for a bad year in terms of competing and developing.
  17. nicksaviking
    Yes. And what if the few cut-able guys aren't the problem? What if Tonkin and Abad are solid but Jepsen and Hughes are struggling? There is very little maneuverability with this pitching staff. Does anyone other than Pressly and May even have options left? I'm not saying they made the wrong decisions on the young players to start the season by sending them down, but I don't want to see them down longer than needed just because the decisions at the MLB level are too difficult. I understand why they didn't, but I wish the team would have just ripped the band-aid off of a couple of these painful decisions this spring and gotten it over with. I believe Pressly and May have one option each, if that's accurate and no one else has one remaining that would mean there are a total of two options remaining for 13 pitchers on a rebuilding team. I think this was a bit of a mis-step.
  18. nicksaviking
    My only real concern is that the rotation and the bullpen are made up almost entirely of guys the team can't send down. What happens if/when any of Berrios/Duffy/Burdi/Chargois/Meyer/Rogers/Melotakis et al., out pitch the guys in the majors? I'm not sure the team will feel comfortable DFA'ing anyone other than Abad or Tonkin. I don't like the corner they are painting themselves into, are we going to have to wait for injuries to see the young guys? We shouldn't assume an injury, and it would be even worse of us to wish for one.
  19. nicksaviking
    The Royals are releasing Brian Duensing. Small sample size obviously, but he did fairly well in his 9 innings this spring. I could see the front office tempted on this one.
  20. nicksaviking
    I agree, if the last move is the bullpen I think the team is waiting until the last minute to try to keep Tonkin. I still think he'll get claimed, but he hasn't pitched well, I'm less sure than I was before spring training.
  21. nicksaviking
    His second half OBP was .330. It could be an outlier, or it could be that once he was secure that he had the starting job he wasn't as aggressive trying to make an impact. I'm predicting an increased OBP due to seasoning and a less aggressive approach due to job security, but a decrease in slugging due reduced aggressiveness and the rigors of playing a full season. .265/.325/.420. Only 8 HR but 40 2B.
  22. nicksaviking
    I didn't realize he ditched the sinker and slider, did he do that last year, and was it common knowledge? If not, they could have perhaps kept that out of the scouting reports and let teams figure that out for themselves.
  23. nicksaviking
    Pressly earned a spot last year, he was the second best BP arm last year before he went down. If spots were guaranteed prior to spring training, he should have been a lock. I think we are too assumptive that Fein is a lock due to his veteran status.
  24. nicksaviking
    Polanco looks ready, but I do want to see him play every day. I also want to see Escobar and Dozier play every day. Nunez and Santana are fine utility guys, but the team is going to have to try and make a move if they want to give Polanco regular MLB at bats.
  25. nicksaviking
    You wouldn't get any complaints from me, and using the young hard throwers was something that Ryan mentioned many times this off season as a possibility. I want corner-picking, meatball-slinging, contact-making, 92 MPH relievers no more. These are relief pitchers, they need two pitches and velocity, they don't need to be finished products. Bring them up and let them work out their kinks if they have any. Even if they bomb, it's not like the other options don't have a high likelihood of disaster. At least there is potential here with the youth.
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