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  1. yarnivek1972
    That was a gift strike call on the previous batter.
  2. yarnivek1972
    Apparently he married Clark Griffith's daughter. Clark traded him that year... They make me long for Roy Smalley...
  3. yarnivek1972
    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
  4. yarnivek1972
    I think Belisle gets an inning tonight regardless of the score. He hasn't pitched in almost a week. Even 10 pitches. Even if they have to pull him mid inning. Right now, the lead looks safe. The Twins need him to stay sharp.
  5. yarnivek1972
    Does Molitor not look stats up? How does he not know Cabrera was 4 for 6 against Gee? Not saying I would have left Mejia in, but I'm using someone not named Dillon Gee.
  6. yarnivek1972
    Niiiiiiiiice.
  7. yarnivek1972
    A curious saying. My wife runs a daycare. Have you ever tried to take candy (or frankly anything that it REALLY wants) from a baby? When your eardrums rupture, you will understand the way babies CAN inflict pain.
  8. yarnivek1972
    Big inning for Mejia. Needs to hang a zero.
  9. yarnivek1972
    The Twins want Seattle and Oakland to win all their games down the stretch and split their head to head games.
  10. yarnivek1972
    I'm telling ya, the problem is that the Twins can't stop staring at the pin stripes.
  11. yarnivek1972
    I wouldn'tmind having Gee around. Problematically, he's going to want to go where he has a shot to start - that's where the money is. He would probably have a SHOT here. But that would mean Falvine accomplished little during the offseason pitching wise.
  12. yarnivek1972
    The Twins have them. They just aren't missing bats as well as their stuff suggests they should. In this group, would be Pressly, Busenitz (although his K rate has ticked up as he has gained experience: 4 K in first 10 IP, 16 K in 18 IP since), and even Tonkin. The problem for all 3 seems to be lack of command. All 3 have upper 90s gas and what, at times, can be a devastating breaking ball. But none of them can consistently place it. Busenitz is still young enough that one would expect improvement. Just about ready to cut bait with Pressly and Tonkin though. btw, on an elite bullpen, Hildenberger might be a long man. He hasn't been used that way recently at the MLB level, but he has been used in longer outings before.
  13. yarnivek1972
    Rogers would likely be a loogy on most elite teams' bullpens. I can't say who he would replace on another team because I'm not familiar enough with their relievers.
  14. yarnivek1972
    Rogers would be for sure. Hildenberger probably would be. His lack of experience would hurt his chances on other contenders.
  15. yarnivek1972
    He's even had a few chances since coming back and has not really done that well - in low leverage outings. Nothing really has changed. Good stuff. Lacks command. Much like Pressly, et al.
  16. yarnivek1972
    The real problem is the Twins putting too much trust in extremely inexperienced relievers. Because they have performed where the veterans failed. But, like all inexperienced players, there are going to be bumps in the road. The bottom line is that the Twins needed Pressly, Breslow, Tonkin and even Belisle and Boshers to be better than they have been. Some of that is on them, because they have not performed to their recent career norms. Some of that is on Molitor for using them in situations in which they are likely to fail (like using Boshers vs RHB). And some of that is on Falvine for not having better pitchers available. Yes, some of the vets are performing below expectations, but not really by that much. If Falvine was expecting them to be substantially better, then they are rightfully challenged on their ability to evaluate pitchers.
  17. yarnivek1972
    Yep. There's this giant conspiracy to have the Yankees win every year. Really? Unless you have EVIDENCE, keep your conspiracy theories to yourself. The Yankees have one title since 2000. Since then, the Red Sox and Giants have 3 each and the Cardinals have 2. Are those conspiracies too?
  18. yarnivek1972
    Unless your hitter's name is Ted Williams.
  19. yarnivek1972
    I don't happen to agree that pinch hitting for Adrianza is as automatic as hitting for Castro. Adrianza sports a .333 obp vs rhp this year and Betances is a walk machine.
  20. yarnivek1972
    Then put in a better hitter. Kepler and Vargas both hit RHP very well.
  21. yarnivek1972
    But they pinch hit for Castro. To bunt. That's ridiculous in a one run game. First of all, as a guy who isn't a good hitter, I would guess bunting is probably something he does pretty well. Second, you have Kepler and Vargas on the bench. Betances has allowed 9 extra base hits out of the 28 hits he has allowed this year- plus all the walks. An extra base hit ties the game for sure and potentially sets up taking a lead. Vargas and especially Kepler have done very well vs RHP. If you are going to hit for Castro, maybe use a guy that can, you know, actually hit.
  22. yarnivek1972
    The eyeball vs stats. Stats usually win. The stats say Dozier isn't significantly a different hitter with runners on as opposed to no one in terms of ops+. Both are right in line with his career norms. Which is what one would expect given a long enough career.
  23. yarnivek1972
    They can't stop staring at the pinstripes.
  24. yarnivek1972
    One has to wonder re: Ellsbury inducing a bunch of catcher's interference calls if he is outside the batter's box.
  25. yarnivek1972
    Umm, Bremer needs to retire. How does he forget that Dozier has 30 plus HR?
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