Brock Beauchamp
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It's Official Now! Twins Invite Affiliates
Brock Beauchamp replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
This is exciting. I will be watching more live baseball when it becomes possible again, as I don’t fret as much taking two baseball unaware children to a game at Saints prices. -
Yeah, I was just eyeing up Delta and Boeing as potential candidates for me to jump back into the market. Another stock to keep an eye on is Intel. They're going to get ****ing clobbered for the next 12-24 months by Apple and AMD but Intel has unrivaled manufacturing might and engineering prowess. Expect their stock to take a drubbing and then come back strong.
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For those of you implying Maeda couldn’t go six, do you believe he asked Baldelli to leave after 90 pitches? I’m sure Kenta would have been just fine with the idea of trotting back out in the sixth. But out of Baldelli’s decisions today, that one doesn’t even crack the top five of things that annoyed me.
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I can’t blame a lick of this on the pitchers. Maeda, May, Duffey, Rogers pitched 8.0 IP, 1 ER. Romo pitched an ugly ninth but got three outs before a run crossed the plate. It’s everyone else I’m mad at, with Polanco holding a special place in hell.
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Contemplating the Twins Catching Conundrum
Brock Beauchamp replied to Patrick Wozniak's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Garver’s value is down considerably this year and Jeffers needs more seasoning. Keep them both and reevaluate 13 months from now. -
Jeffers is viewed as the best defensive catcher in the entire organization so your untrained eye is mostly correct. As for who catches the bulk of the remaining games, I believe Garver needs the reps the most. He has the most immediate upside at the plate and needs to be as comfortable as possible heading into the postseason. I'd use Jeffers as the backup and probably bench Avila for the rest of the season and use only in a "break glass in case of emergency" situation. As nice as it'd be to win out every game in the regular season, having a healthy, good, and in-the-groove roster in the postseason means a lot more.
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Yeah, that B-Ref percentage seems way too high. FG is pretty close to where I'd expect it to be, though I expected more in the 6-8% range eyeballing it.
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I agree, to an extent. But where I find a lot of national coverage superficial, I often find ESPN’s commentary just plain dumb.
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To be completely clear, I don't really care whether the Twins get national TV time, especially on ESPN. I've come to dislike pretty much everything about ESPN over the years. While I can't speak definitively on their coverage of other sports, their baseball commentary is almost 100% cheap, lazy, bad takes that barely skim the surface of the sport.
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Eh, it's still an oversight. In 2015, the Twins were in the WC race until the final weekend. In 2017, they won the second WC spot. You'd think that would have gotten them at least one game on ESPN.
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Almost impossible. The Twins tie the first tiebreaker with the Sox and lose the second, so the Twins have to win the division outright. Laying an egg in that final Sox game really hurt, as they'd be in a good position to win the division (one game back and the tie would go to the Twins).
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It doesn't even matter if teams are disqualified or not, which is why they picked TEX/HOU for the NL (both home stadiums of AL teams) and SDP/LAD for the AL (both home stadiums of NL teams). In either case, MLB could choose the alternate stadium to host the World Series should one of those home teams make it the Championship Series round. One thing I haven't seen discussed much is that SoCal is NOT an optimal location for the Twins to play. The two stadiums they've designated are cavernous, which plays against the Twins' offensive strengths.
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Three reasons: 1. Weather, obviously. 2. Proximity of pairs of stadiums. Outside of the coasts, it's hard to find two pairs of stadiums within driving distance of one another. 3. The pairs of stadiums need to be of the opposing league. Places like New York don't work because of the AL/NL split. New York and Philly would work for the AL (except for weather) but where do you put the NL games at that point?
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I think it's far more likely Rosario walks than is traded. And I really think the Twins are going to let him walk this offseason. With Rooker, Larnach, and Kirilloff sitting in the high minors, there just isn't much reason to keep Rosario when that money could easily be spent elsewhere. One of the minor leaguers should be able to step in and give a reasonable facsimile of Eddie's numbers, probably giving something away on offense and getting it back on defense.
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AL Playoff Matchups a Little Clearer
Brock Beauchamp replied to John Bonnes's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
For the past several weeks, I've had this nagging feeling the White Sox are playing worse than their record so I looked it up. They've played just four teams that are decent or better: MIN, CLE, STL, CHC. They are only 7-11 in those games and have a losing record against all of those teams except the Cubs. The Sox have beaten the snot out of bad teams - as a good team should - but have shown they cannot play and win against teams with similar skill levels. Compare that to the Twins, who are 14-6 against CLE, STL, and CHW (they have yet to play the Cubs). The Twins have inexplicably scuffled against some bad teams but seem to step it up when the competition is legitimate. I will be disappointed if the Twins don't put the Sox in their place this week. -
FTR, I have no issues with the suspension. It’s a slap on the wrist, which is probably appropriate. Following someone down the line while chirping is a bit much.
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Bummer. I really enjoyed watching him hit. See ya next year, I guess.
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What you call poor sportsmanship, I call having a good time. It’s only showing up the opponent if everyone takes it too seriously. Every other major sport has more exuberant celebrations than baseball and no one has a problem with it. Only baseball has a stick up its ass about this kind of thing.
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Personally, I think baseball needs a lot more Romo, Lindor, Tatis Jr, etc. to just pop off and do their thing. This is a sport that has so suppressed its competitiveness that literally every aggression is taken as some affront to the sport itself. I say, **** all of this, let the players show their mettle, talk their ****, flaunt their ability, and make baseball something that is FUN again. I WANT Romo to talk **** to the batter he struck out. I WANT Sano to gaze and then drop his bat after humiliating the pitcher as he rounds the bases. I WANT Buxton to throw down his mitt and scream after taking away a hit. I WANT baseball to be fun again and I WANT players to have fun playing this game.
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How to stop a fight: put Miguel Sano between the two red asses.
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It makes a fair amount of sense to carry three catchers given the makeup of each catcher. Garver is a given. Avila bats left-handed. Astudillo is "break glass in case of emergency" behind the plate but is very useful as an extreme contact hitter during those situations you just need someone to put wood on the ball. The odd man out here, as far as I see it, is Jeffers... which is too bad because damn he's smooth behind the plate and has done just fine stepping into the role with zero MLB experience before a few weeks ago.
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Twins Notebook 9/5: Return to the Top?
Brock Beauchamp replied to Tom Froemming's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Astudillo has replaced Avila, almost sure of it. -
A big reason the bullpen has been so effective is *because* Baldelli hasn’t been a slave to dedicating relievers based on the inning (which doesn’t make sense when you think about it) but instead using relievers based on favorable matchup. If it’s the 8th inning and three lefties are coming up, using Romo is a good way to lose baseball games. If it’s the 9th inning and three righties are coming up, Rogers is not your best pitcher in that situation. What Baldelli is doing makes a ton of sense and the bullpen performs better because of it.
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Pineda is signed through 2021. It's part of the deal the team received by signing someone who was suspended.
