Twins Closer Jhoan Durán Activated From Injured List, Matt Bowman Designated For Assignment

[h2oface]

And Funderburk immediately acknowledges the confidence in him with a 2 run dinger. Yikes. 

I just think he is too wild and out of control to be "part of the future". My bet is with Topa in, he is optioned, especially after tonight. And Topa is no sure thing once he is here, that is for sure. I'm smelling a Jorge Lopez odor.

As for Bowman, I think it is too early in the season to cast off pitchers that have performed well so far for ones that still have options, at least for a month.

[Doctor Wu]

Sorry, I know this is nitpicking, but my old editor habits call this one to attention:

He’ll join Griffin Jax and Blake Stewart as high-leverage arms in the club’s relief corps.

Obviously, you were referring to Brock Stewart.!

[Hawkeye Bean Counter]

Never mind after watching the White Sox bullpen  somebody is going to pick him up . . .    White Sox anybody  LOL.  

[ashbury]

At the moment, the only pitchers on the 26-man roster whose numbers look worse than league-average are Thielbar, who got rocked early but may have sorted himself out, Paddack who is a starter, and Okert who is also a lefty.  When the righty Topa is done with his rehab stint, the pitcher who at the moment I would see as the best choice for assignment to St Paul is ... Justin Topa himself.  FangRaphs' roster display surprisingly shows him as still having minor-league options.  The only question is whether the FO would do that, after having traded for him, and the other major-league piece in that trade having already proven to be a bust.  But I'd let Topa prove himself at AAA until a roster opening occurs, which it inevitably will.

[LonelyseatinMOA]

13 hours ago, CCHOF5yearstoolate said:

Advanced stats love groundballs because OPS is like .400 on grounders

I was mostly refering to stats like FIP, xFIP, and xERA 

[CCHOF5yearstoolate]

29 minutes ago, LonelyseatinMOA said:

I was mostly refering to stats like FIP, xFIP, and xERA 

Yup, those stats love grounders - just not as much as strikeouts.

FIP only cares about HR/K/BB (GB can't be HR & GB pitchers generally have lower walk rates), xFIP corrects FIP to have a league average HR/FB%, xERA is just xwOBA scaled to ERA and the xwOBA of all grounders is .263 (2.66 xERA) while line drives are .712 (~40 xERA) and flyballs are .429 (8.13 xERA)