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  1. Yep. There are some really awful combos out there.
  2. The ump is giving Romero a really wide zone but holy ****, that guy's pitches are FILTHY.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Woof. That popup was a pitch he usually hits 400 ft.
  11. Still waiting to see an article on TD titled “The Eds Are Alright”.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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).
  18. Yeah, I don't get that. Starting some of those guys in Chattanooga to avoid weather issues in April was a savvy move. Keeping those guys in Chattanooga as the calendar flips to May is not.
  19. Something we've seen with alarming frequency this season (mainly the past two weeks).
  20. I agree, to an extent. The obvious long term plan here is Gordon. If the front office is confident Sano will be back, one week of Petit is no big deal. If a longer term solution is needed, Gordon should be ready to take that role.
  21. I think the takeaway here is that the team is confident Sano will be back in a week. I don’t like the idea of Petit being on this team but if you’re looking for a scrub to throw away in a week, whatever. He’s as good as the next guy.
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