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  1. yarnivek1972
    I’m guessing very few of you are old enough to have heard Bill Cosby’s take on dogs and cats.
  2. yarnivek1972
    There once was a woman from Venus, whose body was shaped... Oh wait. This is a family friendly site.
  3. yarnivek1972
    And he may never stay in the lineup for enough games to do so. I’m not sure he’ll ever even hit 30.
  4. yarnivek1972
    Actually everyday when they aren’t offering him the sun, moon, venus, mars and half of jupiter to be a lifelong Twin. I think the Twins are waiting to see uranus shrink first.
  5. yarnivek1972
    “In the long run, we’re all dead.” John Maynard Keynes
  6. yarnivek1972
    Are we certain Carter doesn’t represent the Ghost of Christmas Present with regards to Sano?
  7. yarnivek1972
    Wins and losses are not what the focus of minor league baseball should be. The minor leagues exist to develop players, period. On a typical low A team there might be as many as 5 legitimate MLB prospects. The rest of the team is there to surround the legit prospects with capable professionals.
  8. yarnivek1972
    Neither Jorge or Mejia are currently healthy. Indeed, Jorge has yet to appear in a game in 2018 and it’s been almost a month for Mejia. Slegers kinda strikes me as smoke and mirrors. It plays in AAA, not sure it will at the MLB level. So far, it has not. He’s made 4 MLB appearances. The first was pretty good. The other 3 were mediocre to poor. The Twins won’t know how May will perform as a starter at the MLB level unless or until they let him start. I think the pen will be okay as long as they don’t get overworked. More effective starting pitching would go a long way to helping that. Of the top 10 teams in MLB in IP from starting pitchers, 7 are within 2 games of a playoff spot. Washington is 3 games out in the East and Texas and Kansas City are obviously bottom feeders. It’s not a perfect measure, obviously not all teams have played the same number of games. And the Twins are still below almost every team in games played. But they are still about 1/3 of an inning BELOW the AL avg start of 5.6 IP per start. If the Twins want to be a contender, I think they need to be ABOVE average in this category. Will May help do that? There’s only one way to find out.
  9. yarnivek1972
    Lynn could give up 4 runs in 5 innings and lower his era. That would actually be his third best start if he did that.
  10. yarnivek1972
    Eddie Roasario, he doesn’t always make good decisions, but he always makes the game exciting. Stay thirsty, my friends
  11. yarnivek1972
    64 pitches. 43 strikes. 3 hits, 1 walk in 5 IP. The Twins need more of their starters to struggle like this.
  12. yarnivek1972
    Probably just a coincidence that former Tiger Frank Cattalanotto seemed to always be the guy that got the key hit against the Twins back in the day.
  13. yarnivek1972
    Tom Kelly had what, 9?
  14. yarnivek1972
    Does your happiness with the pitching extend to Phil Hughes?
  15. yarnivek1972
    I think you let May try to have success as a starter before trying him in the pen. Starters are far more valuable and it is a lot easier to go from being a starter to a reliever than vice versa during the season. As for “no open spot”, maybe talk to Lance Lynn about that. I keep seeing “he will normalize”. Based on what evidence? He’s not throwing strikes. It’s been a problem since day 1. Whatever adjustments he is trying to make or whatever fixes the coaching staff has tried obviously aren’t helping. At what point is it time to acknowledge that maybe this is who he is now?
  16. yarnivek1972
    I’m sure it won’t. But IMO it will be more likely veteran players LEAVING than arriving.
  17. yarnivek1972
    You can’t contend for a World Series if you can’t a) get to the playoffs, which the Twins are at less than 25% to do b )win if you do get in, which the Twins haven’t done in 16 years. They are also ill equipped to do so this year. Teams that win in the playoffs have multiple consistent HR threats, a legitimate ace starter, a lockdown bullpen. The Twins have all but three of those.
  18. yarnivek1972
    Lynn’s career walk rate is 3.5 per 9. Is that somehow less of a concern than May’s 3.6? If Lynn is still throwing walking practice when May is ready, Trevor should absolutely replace him. I don’t have any data, but I’ll bet someone a lot smarter than me can look it up. How likelly is it that Lynn’s approach was getting National League hitters to swing at pitches that AL hitters, more patient by virtue of the DH, aren’t? It certainly shouldn’t account for a doubling of his walk rate, but I bet it’s a factor. The Twins need to find out if Trevor May is part of this team’s future. And if so, in what role. As far as I am concerned, this is a lost season. Too many players underperforming or (like Sano, Polanco, et al) not performing at all. Time to move on IMO. Yes, I am aware if the standings. I’m also aware that third place in a division where the leader is sub .500 means your team is bad and your division stinks.
  19. yarnivek1972
    I think you (and others) need to stop acting like this is a team that can contend for a title. Sure, they can probably stay within spitting distance of the lead in the pathetic AL Central, but they are completely overmatched against the elite teams in the league. Point being, sending Buxton down isn’t going to help the Twins win in 2018 and likely won’t help them beyond that. If he can’t figure it out with the MLB staff the Twins either need to get different MLB staff or cut bait with Byron Buxton.
  20. yarnivek1972
    Lynn’s 7.0 BB per 9 IP is less than ideal for the rotation as well. Only 8 starts? That’s 1/4 of the season. A lot of people like to use the NFL season analogy. If your QB had 3 interceptions per game for the first 4 weeks, he would no longer be your QB. If the Twins had put a league average starter in those turns, they would probably have a couple more wins. Of course, there is no evidence such a starter was available, but that is on Falvine.
  21. yarnivek1972
    Buxton is beyond AAA. He either has to sink or swim at the MLB level. It’s all on him and whether or not he is actually good enough to consistently hit MLB pitching.
  22. yarnivek1972
    I don’t know how wise it would be to DFA Petit. No idea if he is optionable, but it certainly makes good sense to have an injury replacement for the infield already on the 40 man, besides Gordon, who the FO obviously feels is not close.
  23. yarnivek1972
    The problem with a “pretend” injury is that the player has to sign off on it too, if I am not mistaken. What’s the upside of going on the DL for Lynn? His only chance at cashing in this offseason is taking his turn every 5 days and doing well at the MLB level. Going on the DL and “rehabbing” isn’t going to help at all, even if he does well down there.
  24. yarnivek1972
    Hughes out. Lynn out. Ervin and someone else in. May perhaps. Perhaps a rotating AAA reliever. Unless Lynn starts throwing strikes I would say his spot on the team is very much in jeopardy. Let’s put it this way. It isn’t a decision most contending teams would think twice about. If the Twins think twice, it will show that Jim Pohlad is more in control than we perhaps thought.
  25. yarnivek1972
    File this away for tomorrow’s game: Angel Hernandez is at first base tonight. That means he’ll be behind the plate tomorrow. Yippe!
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