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Game Thread: Twins @ Detroit, 12:10PM, 4/5/21

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Mill1634 Minnesota Twins

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That inning went from very good to very bad quickly. Rooker swings at a pitch never in the strike zone to K and Kepler is 35 feet to 2nd base on a ball 5 feet from the catcher. sigh.

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Looks like Kepler inherited Rosario's baserunning prowess 

If that is the case, hopefully he at least got some of the good too...

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If Rooker can't stop himself from doing things like that, he will not have a very long career.

 

Sano would like a word

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Robbie Grossman has an average of .000, but an OBP of .615.

 

That is insane.

Well, the old adage is that you want a high on base guy hitting leadoff...

 

...doesn't say anything about getting hits!

USAFChief GOAT

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Robbie Grossman has an average of .000, but an OBP of .615.

 

That is insane.

Not any more, he doesn't.

 

 

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Shoemaker: Great FA sign, or greatest of all time?

 

Discuss.

 

Right now he's the greatest of all time. However as soon as he gives up a hit I'm going to be lobbying for the Twins to trade him

USAFChief GOAT

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Right now he's the greatest of all time. However as soon as he gives up a hit I'm going to be lobbying for the Twins to trade him

See, there's the conundrum. Once he gives up a hit, he's untradeable.

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Right now he's the greatest of all time. However as soon as he gives up a hit I'm going to be lobbying for the Twins to trade him

You think we could get something for him if he gives up a hit? Gonna have to go the waiver route, I think.

 

Edit: *sigh* ninja'd by Chief

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Sano would like a word

 

Miguel Sano's career o-swing rate is right in line with league average over the last 3 years (around 30%).  His issue is not with plate discipline, it is with making contact (16.2% swinging strike rate, compared to the league average of 11-ish).  Rooker, in his extremely SSS career swings at 37% of pitches out of the zone, with a 13.7% swinging strike rate.

 

You can be an effective big leaguer with holes in your swing, or with bad plate discipline, but not both.

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You think we could get something for him if he gives up a hit? Gonna have to go the waiver route, I think.

Edit: *sigh* ninja'd by Chief

What if the team is running low on baseballs for BP? 

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early season Fun with Numbers--Brent Rooker's first pitch strike percentage is 150%.

It's good to pound the zone early in the count.

 

 

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What if the team is running low on baseballs for BP? 

Eh, not likely. The Twins ran up 37 K's on BP just over the weekend. 

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