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  1. yarnivek1972
    And don’t even get me started about the week in which Zach Duke had FOUR twenty plus pitch appearances. That is just plain dumb.
  2. yarnivek1972
    I don’t know what the exact date was, but it was well after May 24. It might have been late June, early July when Reed, Hildenberger and Pressly were all in the top 15 in the AL for appearances and relief IP (with Pressly at 1 or 2). Again, this is when the Twins had played 3 fewer games than every other team in the league. Edit - Here you go: On July 5, shortly before Reed went on the DL, he appeared in his 40th game in team game 84. On July 6, Pressly appeared in his 44th game in team game 86. In that same game, Hildenberger made appearance # 40. THREE relievers with over 40 games by team game 86. That is why they have struggled at times. They’ve been worked into the ground.
  3. yarnivek1972
    1) Isn’t that the point? No one knows how well or how poorly he would have pitched because he almost never did. Even in blowouts he was rarely used in the beginning. 2) At the end of the day, it’s his decision. He’s the one taking the ball from pitcher A and giving it to pitcher B. If he isn’t prepared to own his decisions, he needs the responsibility of making them removed.
  4. yarnivek1972
    Like I said, been awhile since I checked but once upon a time Pressly, Hildenberger and Reed were all top 15 in the AL for appearances and relief IP. Again, keeping in mind the Twins lagged behind in team games played by 3-4 until July. 3 guys in the top 15 is pretty clear evidence of overuse. No other team had more than two.
  5. yarnivek1972
    Not even close to accurate. Check out Matt Magill’s pitching log and ask yourself if Molitor was using him. There are plenty of examples of guys going days or a week without pitching while guys like Hildenberger, Reed and Pressly were being used 3-4 times a week. Are those pitchers inferior? Perhaps. But you still can’t overuse guys like Molitor has and expect them to hold up. I stopped tracking Pressly’s usage in early July, but at the time he ranked #1 or 2 in appearances despite the team still having played 3-4 fewer games than any other team.
  6. yarnivek1972
    Stewart, Odorizzi and Gonsalves next 3 games? Over/under for total IP between the 3. 13.5 is the number. Go.
  7. yarnivek1972
    When I am asked how a manager impacts the game, I like to say that a GOOD manager puts his players in position to succeed. He doesn’t, for example, continually use Taylor Rogers against RHB in winnable games. He also doesn’t do this: http://www.espn.com/mlb/game?gameId=380714109
  8. yarnivek1972
    I would be surprised, no stunned, if 90% of pro team owners didn’t have final say over head coach/manager. That’s literally the public face of the team. He’s the guy in front of the camera before and after almost every game. He is on the sidelines for every game. Do I have inside info that this is the case? Of course not. And I’ll bet you don’t either. But ask yourself which makes more sense and which is their greater evidence of?
  9. yarnivek1972
    Shouldn’t Molitor shoulder some of the responsibility for that total system failure? Were it not for Jim Pohlad publicly saying Molitor was safe, he probably would have been fired two years ago. More to the point, if it had been Derek Falvey’s decision, he probably would have been fired two years ago.
  10. yarnivek1972
    That works when you have probably a 9 or 10 man pitching staff and therefore 6 or 7 bench players. That becomes extremely difficult to do with a 3 man bench.
  11. yarnivek1972
    Overall, he’s 227-259.
  12. yarnivek1972
    Isn’t that what W/L record kinda does?
  13. yarnivek1972
    According to b-ref, attendance is down more than 1000 per game. That doesn’t factor in the two home games in Puerto Rico, from which the revenue was donated. And I would expect the per game averages to get worse as the team was in the race last year. I expect attendance to be off more than 100 K when the PR games are factored in.
  14. yarnivek1972
    I like Tom Prince. IMO he gets a MLB job offer somewhere this offseason. He spent 11 years managing in the minors and the last two years as bench coach at the MLB level. I don’t know how much longer Hurdle plans to stay a manager, but Prince isn’t that much younger. Perhaps he will need to leave his comfort zone (Pirate organization) to get a shot.
  15. yarnivek1972
    I note a couple of people in the round table seemed to imply that Molitor’s fate rests in the hands of Thad Levine and/or Derek Falvey. Jim Pohlad may be one of the most “hands off” owners in pro sports, but I think you are kidding yourselves if you believe he doesn’t ultimately decide who the manager is and when or if that individual is fired.
  16. yarnivek1972
    I think the upper echelon starters will always be. But, I think where openers are likely to stick is with a team’s 4th and 5th slots. Odorizzi types. Maybe not for every team, but “bullpen games” are not really a new concept either. Every team will look at their roster and do what they think best gives them a chance to win.
  17. yarnivek1972
    Would you expect Molitor to say he’s trying to not win games? With regard to piggybacking, if it is something Falvine wants to do and Molitor refuses, there is an easy solution.
  18. yarnivek1972
    fwiw, Gibson ranks 11th in the AL for pitchers in terms of bWAR. I know there have been plenty of discussions about what exactly it means to be an ace, or a # 2, etc. Just throwing it out there. btw, the Indians have 4 in the top 10. Which really tells you how bad their bullpen has been because their offense is also one of the league’s best.
  19. yarnivek1972
    I’m not so sure Gibson’s going to get a big payday after next year, even if he does well. It might serve him to take what he can get now. Ask yourself how he stacks up with Lance Lynn, prior to this year. IMO roughly the same. One could argue Lynn was better. Gibson will be 1 1/2 years older after the 2019 season than Lynn was after 2017.
  20. yarnivek1972
    5 years, $ 200 mil. He’s gunna hit .800 for the rest of the year and forever. Really.
  21. yarnivek1972
    In the two seaons before Soler’s 36 OPS+, he posted 99 and 103. Both higher than Buxton at his best. By the way, Buxton’s OPS+ is 5 this year. 5. They may settle somewhere, but I’d be surprised if the Twins submit a figure over $1 mil. He has been beyond terrible when he has played. He hasn’t played much. And his offense has been below league average - most of the time WAY below - his entire career. IMO, a good comp for Buxton right now is Peter Bourjos at the time of his first arb go around. Bourjos had one season with an oWAR of 3.9. Other than that, pretty bad, but always above zero (Buxton has had TWO negative oWAR seasons). However, Bourjos had 3 seasons with a dWAR of .9 or better. Buxton so far has had just one. Bourjos received $1.2 mil just 4 years ago. IMO just as elite a defender who was slightly better offensively.
  22. yarnivek1972
    Franco played 150 plus games and had 600 plus PA. Buxton is sitting under 30 games and 100 PA. In other words, he’s been hurt or in the minors all year. Trevor May got $650 K this year with over 3 years service time.
  23. yarnivek1972
    That seems extremely high to me. I’d be surprised if it was $1 mil.
  24. yarnivek1972
    Then he should probably be on the DL.
  25. yarnivek1972
    How does this explain Rosario in RF? Not opposed to it, but he’s generally only played LF or CF at the MLB level. Basically, what’s the (real or perceived) advantage of Cave in LF as opposed to RF?
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