Comments on: Questions, answers, wisdom from Section 220

By: T

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:05:30 +0000

Is Cuddyer honestly going to be back from his foot injury with enough time to prove he’s ready to take over starting…in the PLAYOFFS no less?

By: JimCrikket

JimCrikket — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:36:49 +0000

Spring Training is going to be interestng in 2009. I still think that between 3 OF position and the DH, there’s room for Young, Span, Gomez, Cuddyer and Kubel to get a lot of ABs… and cover the inevitable injuries that will occur over a season.

By: T-Mouse

T-Mouse — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:01:53 +0000

Howard, Carlos Gomez is more likely to be the odd man out next year than is Cuddyer. Gardy has already given you this notice — in a pregame interview two weeks back he said, “Yes, Go-Go may need some games back in the minors to fix his game for the long term.” (paraphrased)

Next year’s starting outfield — Young, Span, Cuddyer. I would not at all be surprised to see that as our starting outfield in the playoffs too.

T Mouse

By: JustnCB

JustnCB — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:33:37 +0000

JustinCB says:

August 28th, 2008 at 9:51 am

Sweetytone,

I believe he was just referring to the fact that the ERA implies he is a dominant pitcher, which he is, but that his dominance has been established in situations where he isn’t inheriting any runners. I’m sure Howard has enough baseball-watching years under his belt to understand the concept of the earned run.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:00:22 +0000

“OK, big fella, let’s see how that 1.11 ERA holds up with runners on second and third and one out.”

Not to split hairs but inheriting runners on base doesn’t affect a reliever’s ERA regardless of whether they score or not.

Although you certainly could argue that in some cases it should.

By: Call Me Stupid

Call Me Stupid — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:58 +0000

Twins did have good Clutch players for both WS. Kirby was the best on the Twins at coming through in the clutch In my opinion