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If Jake is willing to shave $12 million off his option for a new 2 year $20 million contract, I think we'll all welcome him back with open arms.

I think this might be our best year vs. the Twins since 2000.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 03:08 PM) He has plus control for someone his age. Nothing about him screams "thrower" to me. In fact, I think as he gains experience and the team gains further comfort of his use of off-speed stuff, you'll really see him develop. He has pretty clean mechanics and the makings of 2 good secondary pitches (slider & change). He has decent control on his fastball, that much is true. But he's thrown his fastball 78% this year. That just screams thrower (at least in my definition of what a thrower is). He needs more variety, that's all I was saying.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 03:04 PM) It's no Zune. Zune headphones were the s***. They had magnets on them and they sounded great for something that came with a media player.

QUOTE (scenario @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 03:04 PM) Reed is learning. He's pretty fearless. And I think the experience he's getting under pressure will page huge dividends later in the season. He needs to learn how to pitch. He's been a thrower this year and with the stuff he has that's understandable. But he's starting to use the changeup much more effectively and that's good to see. The reason he's been shaky lately is that he hasn't been able to use the slider effectively. He's pretty much been a one pitch pitcher for the last month. His slider's just not enticing for guys to chase now that there's a scouting report on him.

Reed just loves to build the suspense. Good road trip! Back to 10 games over.

Umpires decided to disappear in that PA.

Valencia always kills us. Come on Reed.

Damn it Rios.

2 down.

1 out.

I don't want Robin to play closer roulette like he did in Boston. If Reed screws up, he screws up. Don't put him in a crappy situation and expect him to come out of it without any issues.

QUOTE (kapzk @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 02:46 PM) Isn't Myers a s***box as a starter? http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playe...&position=P He wasn't awful last year and was very productive in 2010.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 02:43 PM) He owns Morneau. He also owned A-Gon. Look how that worked out. 2012 Matt Thornton is not 2008-2010 Matt Thornton.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 02:41 PM) Meyers isn't allowed to pitch the 9th unless Addy absolutely can't go. Don't want to pay that guy 10 million next year I'd be alright with the $10 million if we stretch him out to start.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 02:38 PM) Maybe Myers to face Willingham and Thornton to face Morneau and Doumit. You'd rather have Thornton finish the game than Reed?

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 02:28 PM) Right, that's what I was getting at. I'm still shocked they ever sold one of those things. It's portable and it's super cheap. It'd be nice if it supported Blutooth, but that's not the case. I can see an actual use for it if it supported wireless headphones. It'd be great to take running or when you're playing sports.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 02:35 PM) I'd almost rather let Jake try and finish then see Reed in the 9th. If he was at 100 pitches, I would have been okay with this. But he's at 114.

Phew! What a start by Jake!

Ugh...come on Youk.

Two quick outs.

We need to stop riding Jake so hard every time out. When's the last time he threw under 100 pitches in a start?

Fontenot would be nice.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 12:54 PM) Only they wouldn't actually release such a device, nor call it any of those things. To be fair, they do sell an iPod Shuffle.

Google Wallet now works for all major credit and debit cards. This makes it much more inviting IMO.