Phil Riewer
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ORIGINAL: Brad H Major League Standings Batting Average: 1) Luis Arraez .335 Hits: 1) Luis Arraez, 87 On-Base %: 16) Luis Arraez, .372 OPS: 48) Luis Arraez .776 Arraez has struck out just 16 times in 260 at-bats. Julien struck out 66 times in 169 at-bats before being sent down to the minors. Anybody thinking that was what was best for the team needs a head examination. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Pablo Lopez is 5-6 with a 5.45 ERA. He's given up the second most home runs in the league (13). We don't need some Sabermetrics guy running the organization. All we need is a guy that understands baseball with a pair of good eyes. I do miss Arraez. We do seem to be in the minority though. Modern baseball has something against Arraez. Traded by 2 teams and really not giving the Padres a boost(wins) even with the good batting average. I'm guessing if he was batting 2nd in Yankees or Dodgers lineup, we would be hearing more about him. Pablo will come around. He might be tipping pitches. Would we be better with Louis Varland starting and Arraez?? We traded Arraez because we have Miranda, Lewis and Lee and we can't draft and develop pitchers. Bingo!!! Give that man a cigar. The Twins suck at scouting, drafting and developing pitchers. They wouldn't pay Berrios what he was worth and traded him away. They had nobody to front the rotation and nothing in the pipeline. They dealt from a position of depth and got Lopez, who effectively fronted the rotation and won them 2 playoff games. It's not a matter of the rest of us not missing Arraez. We just accept the concept that you have to give up something to get something. Don't forget that Brad H doesn't care about the playoffs, doesn't watch the Twins, and needs something to troll about on the Twins thread to boot.
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