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ashbury GOAT

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1 hour ago, lecroy24fan said:

The Angles had 20 picks in the draft. Every pick was a pitcher.

Sounds like angle no one has tried before. :)

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33 minutes ago, lecroy24fan said:

Marlins did last year, but that was only 5 rounds so really not the same.

With only five bites at the apple, that is a strategy other teams might have embraced.  Miami was the only one?

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On 4/6/2021 at 9:30 AM, strumdatjaguar said:

With hitting stats like that, including that mammoth homer, it makes me wonder whether Miguel Sano should take up pitching.

Now that is an idea I like!  Thanks for the laugh.

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9 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Cubs tear down beginning?

Both the Cubs and Braves have similar records... but it seems Joc is taking Acuna's spot, and he wasn't hitting well enough for the Cubs to warrant keeping him around. 

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3 hours ago, ashbury said:

With only five bites at the apple, that is a strategy other teams might have embraced.  Miami was the only one?

Just going off the tweet I saw mentioning the Angels this year that also mentioned the Marlins last year. i did not confirm they were the only one.

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White Sox give Lance Lynn a $38M extension over 2 years... pricey, but he's played up to that tag so far. He has gotten paid well after failing to find a multi-year deal before getting a one year deal from the Twins.

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Dick Mountain and the Metropolitans:
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/07/rays-trade-rich-hill-mets.html

It seemed unusual at first look that the Rays were offloading Hill after loading up their offense with Cruz yesterday, but apparently he hasn't been pitching very well lately. The Mets need more help given all the injury woes on their starting staff, so maybe they see something in Hill's recent performance that they hope to fix.

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5 hours ago, whosafraidofluigirussolo said:

It seemed unusual at first look that the Rays were offloading Hill after loading up their offense with Cruz yesterday, but apparently he hasn't been pitching very well lately.

Hill's ERA in his past 7 starts is 5.40, built on a very representative OPS-against of .876 (with a perfectly normal BABIP of .300). Normally I would caution a team against basing decisions on Small Sample Size, but the Rays have a stellar reputation where it comes to analytics, and perhaps their book on Hill at age 41 is that SSS is all he has left. :)

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The Cubs had an unusual draft in 2016 without 1 & 2 round picks, and went exclusively for signable or 4th year college pitchers the first 16 rounds (with one catcher sprinkled in). None of them panned out. Their first position player was their 17th round pick and is now the starting shortstop for the Tigers :)

(Edit: yes I had to look all that up again, but I did have a recollection of a team drafting all pitchers previously)

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On 7/17/2021 at 6:19 PM, Danchat said:

White Sox give Lance Lynn a $38M extension over 2 years... pricey, but he's played up to that tag so far. He has gotten paid well after failing to find a multi-year deal before getting a one year deal from the Twins.

When we signed Lynn, I was happy about it ... I thought he would be the pitcher he turned out to be. But then he ended up being such an ass.

Monkeypaws FCL Twins

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I enjoy the randomness of MLB : tune in the Giants Dbacks on MLB. Sean Poppen is pitching. The DBacks intentionally walk someone so Tyler Rogers spot comes up and they pinch hit.

The Twins are a great proving ground of MLB players, not that Tyler has anything to do with the Twins. Just a twin.

BTW, Tyler has an ERA of 1.83

EDIT: Now Zach Littel is warming up for SF as McGee is melting down. And he shuts it down with a good K.

I guess when the bullpen has been a disaster, seeing these "minor" guys have success elsewhere gives pause.

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7 minutes ago, gunnarthor said:

JA Happ has had two pretty good starts for St. Louis.

Not sure what that means about the Twins, but it might mean something. Frankly, he was getting back on track when dealt, and I'd rather have Gant at this point, but still....wt?

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23 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Not sure what that means about the Twins, but it might mean something. Frankly, he was getting back on track when dealt, and I'd rather have Gant at this point, but still....wt?

He had an era over 11 in his last three starts for us so I don't think he was getting on track. Could be a number of things -

1) getting cut lit a fire in him, he's still a ML athlete and probably felt disrespected, regardless of how he performed. He's now in "I'll show them" mode.

2) NL is just a weaker league and Atlanta and Pitt aren't great offenses right now.

3) SSS

4) Maybe he abandoned what the Twins had him do, ala the Shoemaker complaint. I think this is the only one that I'd really care/worry about. But it might be worth monitoring the rest of the way.

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Two interesting pitching oddities last night.

Adam Wainwright tossed an 88 pitch, 2 hit, complete game shutout against the Pirates.  He also went 2 for 4 with an RBI at the plate!

Corbin Burnes had an okay night of his own, fanning 10 consecutive en route to an 8 inning, 0 R, 15 K night.  He tied the record for consecutive K's, joining Aaron Nola and Tom Seaver.

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Go back to the Squirrel's post, #2 in the thread, and listen to the sound of that home run. Rare and beautiful.

I was very lucky to have seen Ohtani rip one at Target Field in July.. 

This guy is baseball crack to us fans.

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11 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

Berrios hit hard, 6 ER in 4.1 innings.....

Did you have thoughts about his start tonight, or are you just chiming in because the Twins traded him and he finally had a bad outing for his new team? :) 

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12 hours ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Did you have thoughts about his start tonight, or are you just chiming in because the Twins traded him and he finally had a bad outing for his new team? :) 

No sir, just pointing out, to paraphrase Denny Green, that he is what we thought he is..... a #3 starter who shows flashes of dominance but can implode at any time. ;)

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Another data point for the volatility of relievers: the Blue Jays just DFA'd Brad Hand.

Hand wasn't without his concerns, but he got a nice one-year contract last winter and posted excellent numbers for the first 3 months of the season, and was still assumed to be a solid acquisition at the trade deadline just 1 month ago.

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