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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    And Rosario was going to try for an extra 180 feet on that hit. Sigh.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep, and I typed that post before the hit. He laid off two bad pitches to start the at-bat. Also, Escobar!
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Day game tomorrow. It's Wilson either tonight or tomorrow, pick your poison.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    I really like this new (old) version of Rosario that doesn't swing at garbage pitches.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    It shouldn’t be that surprising, really. Buxton was out and Escobar played short for awhile. It’s hurt the team defensively to lose Polanco and then Buxton.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    I liked the attempted steal. It was a breaking ball in the dirt. Dozier saw it going into the dirt and challenged the catcher. It took a good throw to beat him. That’s a risk I want to see a baserunner take every time, it just didn’t work out.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    I mean, I'm not bashing Richards. He has velocity and could be a decent pitcher... but he's no ace. Never has been considered one, never will be unless he magically turns the corner at age 30. Kyle Gibson ranked higher on top 100 prospect lists if you need a frame of reference for Richards.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    And now Garrett Richards "is finally becoming the ace they wanted him to be." ... Garrett Richards? Ace? *turns on oven*
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    The FS1 pregame crew makes me want to stick my head in the oven. "He's swinging at 35% of pitches outside the zone, which means he's swinging at 65% of pitches in the zone." No, that's not what that means. Not even a little bit.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Fangraphs had Polanco’s defense around average last year while Escobar was below average. As for offense, it’s not really fair to compare them but they were pretty close last season... but Escobar didn’t have a death in the family that skewered his numbers for a couple of months. On the other hand, Escobar is a beast this season and we have no idea how Polanco would be hitting if he was on the field.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    I think the Ks are here to stay in some capacity, though almost certainly not to the extent we see now. Sabrmetrics have done a lot of cool things for baseball but they've also made the game less watchable. We have pretty concrete proof that launch angle, swinging out of your shoes with two strikes, and working counts lead to more wins. Those will almost certainly stay, though maybe not at the levels we see today. Because at some point, guys who don't do those things will become undervalued. Some team will build a roster that looks like the mid-80s Cardinals and will beat the snot out of the rest of baseball for a few years, probably with a payroll in the bottom third of MLB. And like the lemmings front offices have shown themselves to be over the past century, half of baseball will chase that idea and drive up prices on those players. Cue the never-ending cycle.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    I'd love to know his spin rates in MiLB. Seeing a guy come up and make MLB hitters look this foolish makes me wonder if some guys see a MLB baseball and its different stitching and say "ugh..." (Berrios) while others look at the stitching and say "SPIN SPIN SPIN" (Romero). It's pretty idiotic they use different balls between the minors and majors. Romero always had pretty good scouting reports but what we've seen thus far is above and beyond anything I read about him. If he was pitching like this in Rochester, he literally should not have given up even one hit and should have had an 18.00 K/9 ratio.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Half a game out on May 8th. We all called this a week ago, right?
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, then I guess it's a good thing the front office that earned that reputation is no longer in charge. Falvine has been moving people through the system at an acceptable pace and promoting people pretty logically, give or take a few bizarre moves that are likely weird from a spectator perspective because we're missing information, not because the front office is being stubborn for no reason.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh, my mistake. For some reason, I thought he was in his final two seasons.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh, damn. Yeah, completely forgot about him.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    I agree but Arrieta is actually doing pretty well for himself. Lynn, Cobb, and Morrison? Maybe not so much. (but I made a similar point the other night... guys need to pay attention to what's happening to these players and reconsider if they want to postpone into late February before signing a contract that may very well hinder future seasons and long-term contracts)
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep, the depth will likely be the key to this season if the Twins end up making the postseason. I'm hoping the team starts liberally using off-days to let Romero pitch every 6-8 days through July and August if he's showing signs of wear. Well, assuming he has been effective and the team is eyeing October, that is. Add a couple of days between starts and the team can shave off ~20 IP on the season pretty easily.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    I generally agree and I think the front office is smart enough to ignore the Verducci Effect... but that doesn't mean young pitchers without a lot of miles can jump straight into a full MLB season. There's a pretty good chance he wears down under the stress of a 200 IP pace as a 23 year old who has pitched only 215 innings over the past two seasons combined. I hope it doesn't happen but there's a solid chance it does.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    Actually, Berrios is a really good comp. They were roughly the same age, same handedness, and Jose was actually a much more highly regarded prospect, climbing all the way to the top 20 on a few lists. Berrios also climbed through the minors without a single injury or stumble along the way. The same can't be said for Romero. But Romero literally couldn't have been promoted more quickly without the team looking desperate and irrational. 2015: Didn't pitch. 2016: 90 IP. 2017: 125 IP. 2018: The mighty snow-filled April of 2018 meant the Twins didn't need a fifth starter until April 22nd. Romero made his first start on May 2nd.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    It's way too early to throw away Lynn. He had one terrible month. We'll see how he looks in May.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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