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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, same here. Duffey pitched well and as jorgen pointed out, his WPA was higher. But actually watching the game, it felt like Thorpe was the one who came in and pitched critical innings against a team that felt like it was unstoppable before he came to the mound. I was cheering Duffey but I was literally pounding the table when Thorpe started sitting down hitters through the seventh and eighth innings.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    MLB’s own site is slightly contradictory on this: “First, a starting pitcher must pitch at least five innings (in a traditional game of nine innings or longer) to qualify for the win. If he does not, the official scorer awards the win to the most effective relief pitcher. There is also a rarely used clause where an official scorer can deem a relief pitcher's appearance "brief and ineffective." My understanding has always been that the scorer can award the W to any relief pitcher if the starter fails to go five innings, they just usually default to the pitcher who followed the starter.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    As it should be. Good job to the scorer.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Sure. If they literally had another warm body that Baldelli has even an ounce of confidence in their ability to get outs, go ahead and put May on the IL.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    I hope the text to the front office isn't terribly polite. I think Rocco is a pretty mellow dude but this is the time to step up and be firm that help is needed and it was needed a month ago. That doesn't mean he needs to be an ass about it, but he should be pretty adamant about what he needs and when he needs it (yesterday).
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm all for fun, close games but I don't find a lot of enjoyment from watching the bullpen blow leads. For example, I thought the Mets game where they came *this close* to winning but failed to pull it off was fun. Watching a lead be chipped away for six innings until it requires last-minute heroics is not a fun time, particularly two nights in a row (minus the last-minute heroics last night). Fix it, Falvine.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Uh... not what I said. The starting pitching has been pretty mediocre over the past several weeks while the bullpen has been outstanding. I literally said I want more upside but I'm also giving credit to the bullpen for pitching some pretty amazing games. Why is it so hard to give credit to something we don't expect to do well but does anyway?
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    I agree but is it really possible for their bullpen to pitch better than it has for the past few weeks? While I want the postseason upside, I'm not sure we can get much more regular season upside than we've seen recently.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    He has been playing in almost every game since his recall so you're already getting that wish. Twins fans: Play Arraez more! Twins: *plays Arraez in 19 of 21 games, starting him in 17 of said games* Twins fans: Play Arraez more! Twins: Seriously, are you even watching the games?
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Don't think about it too hard, it's just something that generation finds funny.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    That's only because I routinely log in as users that like Chief's posts and unlike said posts. Damn it all, looks like I missed one in June.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    I trust neither the rotation nor the bullpen in the postseason but the bullpen is a lot easier to fix. One great arm and it's suddenly a lot better. One great arm and one competent lefty and it's suddenly a very good bullpen.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    A weird statement given how much better the bullpen has been than the rotation.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    You mean like how they tied the game with the bases loaded and no outs and then failed to score again? You mean like that? Cleveland tried to hand this game away and the Twins refused to take the W. It happens. Annoying, but it happens.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Fantastic. Well played, Bauer.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Ah, fair enough. If he was warming at 3-2, that's a different story. It took long enough for that inning to develop that he would have been completely warm by the time Cave doubled.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    I actually don’t mind that as a reason. It’s pretty valid. My biggest problem is why you’re calling upon your best reliever to warm up in a situation where literally all you need a guy to do is pitch to a It’s not a big ask. Save your best reliever for another day.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    They were also coming off a losing season where they finished third in the division. I remember being not happy about that but at least the team wasn't on a run of domination, as Cleveland was up until this year.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    While I would never say Sano refuses to listen to coaches or is some kind of stubborn malcontent, as a hitter his pure talent exceeds both Kepler and Rosario. And that's the problem. Rosario overcame his pinwheel nature a bit and became a very good hitter. He's also athletic enough that his pretty good hitting makes him a solid left fielder. Kepler is a pure athlete but not the pure hitter Sano was in the minors. He has rounded out his game to become a very good player overall. Then we loop back to Sano. A guy with an amazing eye at the plate, jaw-dropping strength, and underwhelming results at the MLB level compared to his MiLB numbers. Not only does he fail to match the defensive athleticism of Rosario and Kepler, but he's not even exceeding them in hitting. He absolutely mashed in the minors to a level neither Kepler nor Rosario could come close to doing. Yet both of those players have surpassed Sano as not only MLB players but as MLB hitters. To quote Letterkenny, Sano needs to "figure it out". And that's not me ripping the guy, it's just saying that he's underperforming his amazing talent and ability.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    A team should never give up trying to improve pretty much anywhere but on the 25-man roster, moving Polanco to second base probably doesn't rank higher than #23 on the list of priorities.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    The Twins never cut payroll in the middle of a period of contention. That's a pretty big difference right there.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    I agree in general but I don't see it as a pressing matter. The way Polanco has improved this season, he can probably stick at short for another year or two (unless someone in the org steps up and displaces Jorge, which is possible... though Lewis isn't exactly stellar at the position himself).
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep. And I don't think even the Pohlads forced the front office to do that during their 2000s run. Cleveland fans should be furious right now. They're piecing together a run now but could easily be right in the mix had they spent for a few more wins in the first half of the season.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    This kind of article is what makes me so proud to be a part of Twins Daily. It's the nuts-and-bolts of the site. Stellar article, Cody.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Unlikely, though I could see Cleveland within 2-3 games by the end of July, which would be a pretty tight race at that point with ~10 head-to-heads left in the season. Cleveland had to go 11-3 to gain ~6 games on the Twins. While it'd hurt pretty badly to be swept by Cleveland, it's also unlikely to happen. Cleveland isn't going to keep winning 80% of their games and these things have a tendency to ebb and flow through a season. I think it's just as likely the Twins are up by 7-8 games at the end of the month as it is they're up by just 2-3 games at the end of the month.
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