You set your spreadsheets down.  I'll set mine down.  Then, let's take this outside.

2 hours ago, MMMordabito said:

You set your spreadsheets down.  I'll set mine down.  Then, let's take this outside.

I dunno.  Pivot Tables at 20 paces sounds like a fair fight to me.

Baldelli's macro probably has 100 go-to statements in it, and one of them is pointing to the wrong label. Messes with his results, but the macro doesn't actually hit a run time error so it's assumed to be working.

Ah…I miss Dick Martin!

The two switch hitters on this team, Santana and Castro, are the two hitters who lead the team in plate appearances. 

In other words, they always have the platoon split advantage. 

They also both typically bat at the bottom of the order. (Castro gets moved up sometimes.) 

They are also both better as right handed batters versus lefties. 

Most bullpen pitchers are righties. 

I’m guessing the current Twins brain trust gets the Microsoft error thud sound effect quite frequently when writing out their lineups, but charges right through it 

I recall a story shared somewhere on this website, when Jack Goin spoke of a time when he told Ron Gardenhire that Justin Morneau (a left handed hitter) should really be batting closer to the bottom of the order against left-handed pitchers, on account of Morneau’s poor platoon disadvantage. (Something like that.)

Gardy said back to him, something like: “I can’t move him down any lower than fifth, or I lose him as a three hitter too.” In other words, Gardy wanted to show confidence in Justin by leaving him at the top of the order even when the matchup was suboptimal.  

what a privilege to hear stories like that, by the way

It’s a people game and I suspect something like what Gardy was talking about would be good for someone like Larnach or Kirilloff right now—let them play full time and become every day contributors, even though the lefty-lefty matchups might be suboptimal. 

What the heck? I didn't anyone that anyone else besides me used the term "bippy". I am going to keep an eye on you Ashbury. Have a good day.

I think the Twins should do a covert platoon with Wallner and Larnach. They are basically the same player. Just allow them to share one uniform number. When one is going hot, they wear the jersey and play, when the other one is hot, they play.  They look alike, they swing alike - no one would ever notice.

4 hours ago, DEVA said:

I think the Twins should do a covert platoon with Wallner and Larnach. They are basically the same player. Just allow them to share one uniform number. When one is going hot, they wear the jersey and play, when the other one is hot, they play.  They look alike, they swing alike - no one would ever notice.

Not sure why you feel they're similar as they have almost nothing in common except they're both left handed, white and tall, LOL