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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    Don't overlook Odorizzi. Since he spectacularly imploded against the Yankees, in six games he is 5-1 with a 2.65 ERA and good peripherals. I'm not knocking Pineda, he's been great, but Odorizzi has quietly been very good again since that implosion.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    I go with Smeltzer because I think Thorpe potentially becomes a second lefty in the postseason. Spend the next month figuring out if that is the case.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    I understand rolling with five starters through the Cleveland series but if the Twins can stretch out their lead to 5+ games after that’s done, I’d like to see Smeltzer plugged into the rotation and both Berrios and Gibson to start a few bullpen games. Basically, keep their arms fresh but pull them after 60 or so pitches a few times.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    All they need to do is add Graterol to the 40-man roster by September to make him eligible for the postseason.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    They can't call him up in September unless he's added to the 40-man, which qualifies him to pitch in the postseason (Aug 31 deadline for the 40-man addition, I think?). If they're going to promote him at all, that's the only way that makes sense. Otherwise, why bother?
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    It’s good the Twins picked up Dyson and some of their internal options are working out. If things hold as they are now, the Twins can largely ignore the bullpen this offseason and focus on the rotation, which is a hot mess going into the 2020 season.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    What makes you think that? According to Gleeman and his interview from last week, Levine all but said Graterol will get a September call-up.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    So then what stater that was traded would actually have done that? Because now we’re dealing in pitchers who weren’t actually traded, which makes even less sense than the pitchers who were traded and you didn’t like.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Or, "I don't currently like Stroman". http://twinsdaily.com/topic/34065-article-buyer-beware-avoiding-a-chris-archer-trade/page-6?do=findComment&comment=883029
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Literally, what you said on May 7th is: "The Jays can have Gonsalves for Stroman." So now their "lowball offer" is an affront to the organization and its fans? http://twinsdaily.com/topic/33021-trade-target-marcus-stroman/page-2?do=findComment&comment=843430
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    I mean, maybe, but you didn't like the guy anyway so why do you care?
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    I agree they probably should have landed Stroman but this is a human effort. They're allowed to be frustrated when a team pulls the trigger unexpectedly, as the entire Mets/Stroman deal went down. Do you think the Twins were the only "frustrated" team after that deal? It was almost nonsensical. I guarantee there are a half dozen GMs shaking their heads, thinking "****, we could have done better than that had they given us the chance". It may not be "your job" to name a good trade but you named a starter you didn't like and now you complain that the team didn't get him.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Yet Minor went untraded when in EVERY DEADLINE several teams need starters. Occam's Razor. You're viewing it in a personal vacuum. You don't think a single other team than the Twins needed a starter? So why did no one land Minor?
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    So which player did you want to get that wasn't actually traded? I get the Stroman thing but you actually said you didn't like Stroman just a few weeks ago. Also, it was reported that Falvine was frustrated that the Jays didn't give the Twins a chance to counter-offer for Stroman before he was traded. So where exactly do you land in all of this?
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    This is one of the things that irritates the hell out of me. If a player was traded, all hands on deck. Why didn't the Twins front office make a better offer? If a player wasn't traded, what exactly are we complaining about? That roughly 12 other teams didn't make an offer good enough to take a player away from their original team? That tells you something rather important about that player and the team in question.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    The front office needs to get to September and find a way to start using bullpen games with Littell, Thorpe, Smeltzer, et al, and give the core four starters a break. In a vacuum, I'd prefer not to see Berrios pitch for two weeks. Gibson, maybe 7-8 days. These starters need a break. Find a way to make it happen. The organization is deep with fourth-fifth starters, use them extensively.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    "Embarrassing" doesn't convey the severity of the emotion those 25 players should be feeling right now. They have to win out this series just to clear a 3-3 homestand against the White Sox (kinda bad but not terrible) and Tigers (awful, truly awful team).
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep, look at Abreu. It's easier to pitch around a mediocre lineup with one superstar "greatest of all time" type of player in it than it is to pitch around a good lineup with that same amazing player anchoring it. Imagine putting Trout between Kepler and Cruz or Gregorius and Judge. The dude might OPS 1.400 on the year. A sample photo of Mike Trout hitting second in the Twins lineup:
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    It depends how you view the question: contextual to the player's time or pure athleticism. Contextual to his time? Ruth, and it's not close. Best overall athlete? Trout, and it's not close. There is no wrong answer, only how you view the question.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    We're all impressed with Pineda, right? His ERA since the AS break is 3.07. Very good. But that's just five starts. Odorizzi has posted a 1.96 ERA over his past four starts since that Yankee implosion. I'm not knocking Pineda, thank god he's been good lately, but people are also bashing Odorizzi at the same time. I still want Odorizzi starting a game more than I want any other Twins starter not named Berrios (and he's on thin ice right now).
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    While I appreciate the very well thought out and intelligent post, your point basically boils down to: Nelson Cruz has a lower wRC+ than Mike Trout, except Trout also plays one of the most important positions on the diamond very well.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh, so I have to do this *again*. BEHOLD MY POWER
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    Oy. Mauer was close to the leader in WAR that season and probably got a bump because he's a catcher and catchers aren't supposed to do what he did that season. Joe was within a single win of being the league leader, while also catching most of his games (pretty hard to complain about a catcher worth eight wins taking the MVP award). Meanwhile, Trout is on his merry way to a 10 win season (again) and we're talking about Cruz maybe crossing four wins. Totally the same argument. I do not understand why people refuse to accept that Mike Trout should win every MVP award until he stops being Mike Trout at the plate and on the field. He's literally the best baseball player that has ever stepped onto a diamond. Appreciate greatness when you see it, folks. It doesn't come along that often.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    Um, no. https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=10155&position=OF
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    I'll take Gibson's reliable mediocrity over Pineda not pitching for 1/3rd or more of a season.
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