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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    I largely agree. Seeing teams coast into the WC spot was aggravating because there was so little downside to taking the division over the WC (it seemed that often, the team above the WC team wasn't vying for home field past the first series anyway). And it eliminates truly crap situations like what the Yankees pulled on the Twins in 2009, where they were allowed to opt for the first game of the postseason, knowing the Twins had to play a grueling game 163 the night before. Unsurprisingly, the Twins came out flat in that first game and the series was all but won after that point. Adding that extra WC game and punishing WC teams with a playoff is a good way to fix several problems.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Sitting in the Delta Club with a perfect sight line for that Sano grab and holy ****. That was phenomenal.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    The main guy I'm keeping an eye on is Hildenberger. If he's a legit arm and you add another, your late inning relief is in pretty good shape. You can shuffle pieces around and field a solid bullpen around a core like that (provided the other guys don't collapse either).
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    I might be okay with Glynn but would prefer an outside candidate.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    ...but that's not what I said. If Hildenberger, Pressly, Rogers, and Duffey close out the season strong (not to mention someone like Curtiss), how many arms do you need? And those are only the guys who can/should pitch this season. I'm not even including the guys in the minors.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    They need one legit bullpen arm. Not a recovery project, a legit reliable arm. Whether they need two arms depends how the existing bullpen performs from now until the end of the season.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Pretty much all of this. I don't know what Molitor does in the clubhouse but it has led to surprising results two out of three times. But his on-field stuff is aggravating in very specific, obvious, and correctable ways.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    I can't give Molitor much of the blame for that stuff. He was certainly a willing participant in the Sano fiasco but he doesn't build the 25 man roster. He was given a bunch of bad defensive players and while he didn't exactly make the most of it, his options were limited.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    I was ready to move on from Molitor last season. This season, it's not so clear. Two out of three seasons, the team has overperformed. I'd still probably move on from him but it's not the easy decision it once was.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Quite possibly my favorite baseball quote of all time.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    Okay, listen. There are some interesting things being said here and we all applaud Lewis for the promotion and good game but WE NEED A CLARIFICATION ON WHAT "HIGH MINORS" REALLY MEANS
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    As I understand it, everything from A+ upward is the high minors. If I'm wrong, I retract the statement. He won't make it higher than A+.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    HOLY CRAP. Seriously. That's amazing to see a prep player jump to A ball the year he's drafted. At this rate, he could spend a significant portion of 2018 in the high minors.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    I've basically given up hope on Gibson. If he can flail around on the mound like he did last night for the rest of the season and the Twins prop up his starts with run support, I'd be thrilled with a .500 record with him on the mound. But what I'd really prefer to see is Mejia get healthy and Enns to have a promising start or two. Get Gibson out of the rotation entirely and see what you have in Enns through the end of the season. Hell, you don't even have to make it that long. Rosters expand in less than 20 days, at which point you can fill the fifth rotation spot with bullpen games.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Pretty sure Ted was the only guy who knew about it.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, not the vast majority of the time, as Williams had a career OBP of .482. Bonkers.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    So now we get to cheer on the Angels tonight.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    He can't pull every pitcher who struggles before the end of the fifth because, in case you haven't noticed, the Twins rotation is more than a little bit sketchy.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Gibson sure is fun to watch.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    True, but we're talking about a doubleheader game, which makes it likely he would be sent down.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, I never really fully bought into the idea, only accepted that it was possible because the thinking makes some sense.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    I think it's entirely reasonable to be more excited now. Entering this past series, the Brewers had a better record than the Twins. It was reasonable to expect nothing better than a split, maybe a 3-1 series if things bounce the Twins' way. But now they enter a reasonably easy stretch of play with a five game winning streak and poised to snatch one of the Wild Card spots. That's reason to be excited... I expected the Twins to tread water and finish in the 78-83 win range but now they have a legit shot at being a game or two better than that, which puts them in Wild Card territory. Which means that the games will actually matter and we won't only be watching young player development for the rest of the season. That's reason to be a little excited.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    The only reference I've heard to some pitchers struggling with extra rest are guys who rely on sink. Which makes sense, as if you overthrow a pitch that is supposed to sink, it... doesn't. And that means it sails right through the batter's wheelhouse. And that means the ball lands somewhere very far away from the batter's box. But I've never heard of command guys struggling with extra rest.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    Yes, all of this. I do not expect the Twins to make the postseason. But unless they tank the final 50 games, it should be fun to watch.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Eh, I still believe it's an aberration. Dozier has an OPS of .820 with RISP this season. He has an OPS of .660 with men on base. So is he only good with men on second or third base but terrible if there's a runner standing on first? I think we can all agree that makes no sense whatsoever. It's not unusual for these numbers to move up and down season over season. Dozier's RISP OPS in 2016 was .030 lower than his regular OPS. In 2015, his RISP OPS was .020 higher than his regular OPS. There's a weird narrative on this board that constantly tries to tell us Dozier is terrible in RISP situations but here are his career numbers: Career: .767 OPS RISP: .769 OPS Um. So yeah.
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