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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    I appreciate how many times the announcers worked the word "nice" into commentary about Sands' 69th pitch.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    I has a lot more to do with Viola's demeanor than his actual age. He fits very neatly into the "old man yelling at clouds" segment of baseball analysis.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't know why that's terribly interesting. We all should listen to those with first-hand information over old men who are 1,500 miles away, yelling at clouds on Twitter.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    I disagree. It'd just be foolish to bring back Colome. Not because I don't expect him to be an adequate pitcher but because "why?" A guy with that skillset is eminently replaceable in free agency, go sign one of the many pitchers who aren't tainted in the eyes of the fanbase.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh, I agree, I'm speaking from the position of "every single person in the bullpen is in a key role" because the bullpen needs so many quality arms going into next season. I don't expect Moran to step into the eighth inning on Opening Day but given how shaky the bullpen has been this season, how few reliable arms are returning, and how many injuries we've seen in pitching, he could easily be thrust into a more important role within a few weeks of Opening Day. In my eyes, pretty much everyone who isn't literally the last guy in the pen is a key pitcher for 2022.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Not egregious, no, but I would have liked to see them move more quickly. Moran is likely a key component to the 2022 season. I can't say the same for a handful of other guys that have been on the roster in the past two months.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    I didn't forget Viola, I just don't care about his opinion for a couple of reasons: 1. He has been extremely vocal about his dislike of analytics and the trends of modern baseball 2. AFAIK, he has no working relationship with the Twins today and likely has little more actual, substantive information on the workings of the organization than we do While I think Shoemaker was speaking with a fair amount of sour grapes in his mouth, at least he was there and had actual, informed opinions about why things went wrong this season. And even if I give you Viola, you said "the number" but claimed you weren't talking about Shoemaker. Who else spoke up?
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    I know they've been good but I don't think a lot of that is sustainable, which is why I would have spent very little time worrying about dropping a guy and calling up Moran.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    What number? I know of Matt Shoemaker but don't remember anyone else speaking up.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Bailey Ober doesn’t look great today.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    Byron Buxton is really good at baseball.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    I see you say this often but your view of the Twins starter management isn't adjusting for the changes in the game. Despite fielding a terrible pitching staff, the Twins are currently 18th in starter innings pitched. In 2020, they were 17th in starter innings pitched. In 2019, they were 6th in starter innings pitched. They haven't been worse than mid-pack the past three seasons, one of them they were near the top of baseball in starter innings. But to the "boring baseball" part of your statement, I couldn't agree more. I strongly dislike five inning baseball but the Twins aren't sailing into uncharted waters in this regard, they're moving with the rest of baseball.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    We're actually pretty close in opinion on this, I suspect.... where you're slightly bearish on the front office, I'm slightly bullish but we agree there are problems that need to be resolved. But one thing I think everyone here should be able to agree on is that neither Falvey nor Levine are idiots. And if they're not idiots running a billion dollar organization, I'm able to infer that they do, in fact, have a larger plan they are orchestrating, even if I can't see it clearly from where I'm standing.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    Out of curiosity, how would you (or any others reading this) feel after 2022 if the Twins go 82-80 on the season? I don't know if I have an answer myself, I'm just curious what "success" in 2022 looks like to people.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    *pours a bag of salt on Matt* Yeah, as it turns out, he ****ing killed the Twins in his career. Ouch. Opponent I Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+ Minnesota Twins 73 73 321 283 43 94 23 0 21 58 0 1 37 44 .332 .408 .636 1.044 180 9 0 0 1 5 2 .333 123 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 9/12/2021.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    This season is terrible, no doubt, but the Twins were ranked 29th in pitching almost every year from 2011-2016, IIRC. Last year they were... fourth? Something like that. In 2019, they were around 10th. Is this year the aberration or were those two very good seasons the aberrations? I'm inclined to say this season is the outlier but we'll find out in 2022. But what we shouldn't do is assume this year is what will happen going forward. The Falvine track record has been better than that, much better than that.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    In 1990. rapper MC Hammer may not have been on the top of the world - yet - but he was close. While in the Twin Cities finishing up his soon-to-be 3x platinum 2 Legit 2 Quit album at Paisley Park, he dropped by the Metrodome to take batting practice with the 1990 Twins squad. While there are many familiar faces in the crowd, what stands out is the short conversation between Hammer and Twins great Tony Oliva. Keep an eye out for the other Twins players lurking in the background, such as Randy Bush and Kent Hrbek. View full video
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    In 1990. rapper MC Hammer may not have been on the top of the world - yet - but he was close. While in the Twin Cities finishing up his soon-to-be 3x platinum 2 Legit 2 Quit album at Paisley Park, he dropped by the Metrodome to take batting practice with the 1990 Twins squad. While there are many familiar faces in the crowd, what stands out is the short conversation between Hammer and Twins great Tony Oliva. Keep an eye out for the other Twins players lurking in the background, such as Randy Bush and Kent Hrbek.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Pitchers often carry a lot of weight because they generate so much power from their lower bodies. I don’t think it’s as easy as “lose weight” with many of these guys because with that weight comes necessary muscle. it’s not as if we can target every human body and say “lose ten pounds of fat here but gain three pounds of muscle there”.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    So Buxton seems to be coming around, a good thing for all involved.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    It’s a meme based on this video. I’m sure you can glean the sarcastic intent of the meme after watching the clip.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    About time. The bullpen has actually been kinda decent since the deadline but still, he could have replaced any number of guys several weeks ago.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    Pitching performances across the system, not only in Minnesota. For reasons you pointed out, that wouldn’t be a fair way to evaluate them next year. But 2022 will be their sixth draft and they need to start impressing us with the pipeline.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    First week of school, the eight year old has been a zombie every evening.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    I see I missed an uneventful game first inning while I put my kids to bed.
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