Time to part ways with Crain and Rincon.

A couple years ago, I would have called you crazy. Not anymore...

You cant keep throwing these guys out there at the expense of the team. If you are gonna throw these guys out there day after day, you might as well just bring some young guys up and let them get experience while they are getting shelled.

I wish I managed the Twins...when baker comes back my rotation would look like this.

Livan
Baker
Blackburn
Slowey
Perkins

Boof Bonser to AAA.

Crain and Rincon released.

Bass= Long range reliever

Korecky= fill in

Guerrier= set up man/Reyes set up to lefties

Nathan= closer with more 8th inning action.




When Span gets healthy call him up and switch him out with Cuddyer every day, when Span isnt in the field, he can DH.

When Tolbert is healthy have him play permanent 2nd or short. Punto every day SS pr 2b.

Lamb 3b for now.

Everett= released

I agree with Bonser to AAA, he just hasn't got it done this year.

I also like the idea of getting rid of Everett. He is just plain TERRIBLE!

After releasing Crain and Rincon, who do we call up?? Really doesn't matter though, they will do better than those two!

Span is awesome in AAA, so that might work too! Would be tough to lose Cuddy's cannon in RF though...

Sled, you might wanna send in an application!

Boof might not be bad at taking Rincon or Crains spot.

Why? Boof always gets shelled in the first inning...imagine him coming out of the bullpen...ewwww

Gardy says that as soon as he gets a starter back, one of the current starters will have to go to the bullpen. Boof or Slowley???

Id keep slowey in the rotation. Boof hasnt done anything to prove he deserves to remain a starter. Time to give the other guys a longer shot.

Slowey for sure. Just look at what he did against Detroit (6IP, 4H, 0R, 0ER) compared to Boof (3IP, 7H, 9R, 8ER) the next night. I can't take Boof anymore, he has had plenty of chances...

I disagree with bringing in Nathan more in the 8th. His arm is trained for the ninth and I don't think it would help him to stretch that because of possible negative effects.

TTT

Another good game gets out of hand with Crain on the mound. 4 runs on 0.1IP. Typical.

Hard to believe Crain's ERA is still in the mid 3's... Must inherit a lot of runners and let them score!

This sums it up fairly well...
For the bullpen, with its 5.88 road ERA vs. a 2.00 ERA at home,

Good ole homecooking.

Man do you hate Yankee Stadium as much as Gardy and the twins...they can never win there.

Hopefully if we make the playoffs the yankees won't!

You have to wonder how long they are gonna let Crain keep Rinconing the games away before they dump him. We need to put him in a trade package in the offseason.

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