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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    It's way too early to throw away Lynn. He had one terrible month. We'll see how he looks in May.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    I suspect the reason Mauer hasn't been leading off is pretty simple: Brian Dozier. Dozier has said multiple times how much he likes leading off. Now, as a manager I would have pushed harder to convince Brian he's more productive further down the lineup but if a team leader and veteran is dead-set on doing something that doesn't really hurt the team that much (but isn't optimal), I don't know whether that's the hill you die upon as the skipper of an MLB club.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    No, 2020. If Romero is legit and the Twins get back a healthy May, this offseason should be very interesting. They'll have four pitchers with one remaining year of control: Gibson, Odorizzi, Santana, and May. None of them will bring back a king's ransom but we may be looking at the Twins dishing off some starting pitching this offseason, as weird as that is to say.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    If the movement and command we're seeing is legit, he doesn't need a third pitch right now. He'll get by on sheer power and movement at the MLB level. Of course, if he develops a more adequate third pitch, he could be an even better pitcher... but hopefully he can work on refining that change at the MLB level and during the offseason. I wonder what the Twins plan to do with him if he sticks at the MLB level, which is sure as hell looks like he's going to do. The guy doesn't have many MiLB innings and only logged 125 IP last season.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    Romero has pitched all of 324 MiLB innings. By comparison, Berrios pitched ~230 innings in AAA alone. It's pretty hard to make the argument the Twins waited too long on Romero.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Holy crap, it is. I... just... wow.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Well played.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep. There are some really awful combos out there.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    The ump is giving Romero a really wide zone but holy ****, that guy's pitches are FILTHY.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    The fielder screwed up by not even looking at Mauer but Joe put the third baseman in a really bad situation there. The fielder had two options: 1. Chase Joe and maybe get the out (we'll say a breakeven chance of that play going either way). 2. Go to first and allow the run to score. Obviously, the fielder needs to prevent the run in that situation but Joe was standing exactly where he needed to be to make a really difficult decision for the fielder. I don't know if Joe did it intentionally, but it gave the fielder some pretty lousy options in that situation.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    It's probably time to move on from Hughes but if he's stashed at the back of the bullpen as a long man, I'm not too worried about whether he's on the roster or not. A long man has such a small impact on wins/losses that I'm not sure it really matters... and I'm not ready (not yet, anyway) to waste a prospect in the role, giving him little work and accruing service time in the process. When May comes back, it'll probably force a decision. I don't see Trevor going back into the rotation this season, there simply isn't much room for him. I assume Lynn will normalize a bit. Odorizzi, Gibson, Berrios are close to locks. Romero looked good in his first start but Santana is going to bump somebody out of the rotation and once that happens, I don't see where May fits.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    It's definitely more of a concern with guys like Rosario but he showed improvement in discipline last season. Hopefully that will carry over when he cools off a bit.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't worry about guys taking walks when the baseball looks like a beachball to them at the plate. Even Mauer's walks take a nosedive when he goes on one of his patented .400 batting average months. The real test will be if he takes walks after he cools off a bit. That's when he'll need to step back, show more patience, and make the pitcher work to get him out.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    It seems to me that Lynn might be a good argument why you don't hold out through part of Spring Training to sign a contract, especially if you're around 30 and have another legit shot at a free agent contract. Come the first week of February, you take the best deal that's on the table and get your butt on the field. If Lynn manages to pitch to his ability for the rest of the season, this one truly awful month is going to make his overall line look pretty pedestrian. And that means millions of dollars left on the table next year when he tries to convince a team he's worth a 3-4 year contract.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    A couple of question marks going against a good team this series: Romero and Odorizzi. Take the split and get your asses back home, Twins.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep. You’re forfeiting potential gains in the here and now by holding on to a stock that may rebound in a year. Sometimes, you’re really concerned about that gain one year from now. Other times, you care more about the here and now. The Twins are the latter.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    Woof. That popup was a pitch he usually hits 400 ft.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Nice to see the offense coming around.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Still waiting to see an article on TD titled “The Eds Are Alright”.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    Like I say every spring, "too many pitchers" is a problem that usually sorts itself out before it actually becomes a problem. One injury and everything reorganizes itself.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    After that outing and coupled with the Twins' recent floundering, I believe there's something approaching a zero chance Romero gets fewer than 3-4 more starts before a decision is made either way.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    It's not that anything stands out as out of line with MiLB players, it's that the actual MLB results of rookies are all over the place and you may as well try to throw a dart at a board blindfolded as to accurately predict a rookie season. I'm not arguing that Steamer is wrong and I'm right, I'm saying that more often than not, everybody is wrong. See Sano, Berrios, and Buxton for examples. I'm almost certain Steamer didn't predict Sano's 149 wRC+ or Buxton/Berrios' epic meltdowns as rookies.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    That’s fair. I’m not saying they’re worthless but when I’ve tracked them, I haven’t felt comfortable relying on them at all.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    I don’t really see the point. The Twins already leapfrogged several guys to call up Romero. Next on the list is surely Gonsalves. And then we have the return of Santana and May. There’s simply no room for Hughes in the organization.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    I’m not saying the Twins should or should not promote Wade but are ZiPS/Steamer projections even remotely accurate for MiLB players? From what I’ve seen over the years, they’re rarely even close (but it’s not as if I diligently check the things).
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