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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    It’s fun watching Gordon go on this clutch streak.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Themselves. They just realized they all live in Cleveland.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    See, and I don’t think it matters. If he’s throwing 88mph, he probably won’t make it as a reliever either.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Whew, I was concerned Delmon may have become an upstanding citizen after retreating to obscurity. Good to know up is still up and the sun still rises in the east.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    It's kind of nice that I actually care about the performances of most Twins starters at this point, as opposed to how I felt about all of this two weeks ago when it was "watch Ober, then four days of high(low)lights".
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    By the way, it's pretty funny that I just named the guys in the order they came to me and the voting looks like this... I BIASED THE SURVEY.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Frankly, I think it's time to show Thorpe the door unless he walks into his next bullpen session and hits 92mph.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, I'm fine with using three of those guys but not four. And probably not Gant. I won't LIKE using three of those guys but I will be fine with it.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Detroit kept Baddoo on the roster because they had to keep him or literally pay the Twins to take him back. The good spring was just a bonus.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Say this louder for those not listening in the back, please. 2021 baseball is not 1983 baseball. For good or bad, the Twins aren't acting any differently than MLB at large.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    While I understand your point, I believe the Twins can still be fleeced because there was an opportunity cost in trading Cruz to the Rays. If the Twins receive no value from the Rays return, they lost out on the potential value they could have received from accepting another deal from a different team.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    I appreciate the ability to be awarded an F- in this grading. ”You were so bad, we created a new bottom rung for you to occupy.”
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Ignoring any free agent acquisitions this offseason - though feel free to discuss them below, obviously - which internal options do you believe will be in the 2022 Opening Day rotation for the Twins? While it's not a great solution, I personally think they'll be using at least three internal solutions for Opening Day 2022. And... go! Tell us your expectations as of today!
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    No other options is how it started. Why is it still happening? Not sure, but Gant hasn't been horrible so I guess that's okay.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    That's entirely possible, my main point is that he was jerked around enough that he deserves a real, healthy look before making any decisions.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    You know there's someone out there who has had Simmons as their pick to click for the past 137 games and for the first time...
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    The Twins pretty clearly fleeced Tampa in the Odorizzi trade. The Rays received nothing for a good pitcher who was probably the best starter on the division winning 2019 team. It's way too early to say much of anything about the Cruz trade, as it was six weeks ago. Cruz is doing moderately well - not "on fire" as you stated - with the Rays, posting an .800 OPS. But hey, maybe that's all the Rays need of him and there's a lot of season (postseason) to play. And neither Ryan nor Strotman could amount to anything in Minnesota. Maybe the Twins end up fleecing Tampa, maybe Tampa ends up fleecing the Twins. Who knows?
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    While I've been quite unimpressed with Rooker this season, he still has fewer than 200 MLB plate appearances with an overall 102 OPS+. My biggest issue with Rooker is this roster and his glove but Miranda doesn't really fix that problem, either, because Josh Donaldson and Luis Arraez are occupying third base and Jorge Polanco is occupying second. Before we christen Jose Miranda the second coming and Brent Rooker a waste of roster space, we should look at their numbers: Brent Rooker AAA: 541 PAs, .932 OPS Jose Miranda AAA: 285 PAs, .917 OPS Obviously, Miranda is younger and has a position (though it's blocked in Minnesota) while Rooker is older and positionless but we need to temper our expectations and valuations of players just because we're frustrated with a different player in the moment. But a blocked position doesn't really help Miranda that much in the here and now. He's not 35 year old Josh Donaldson at third base, much less 23 year old Josh Donaldson at third base. I expect Rooker will not be on the Twins 40-man next season and I'm pretty okay with that, though it's slightly risky. But I also understand why the front office is giving Rooker one more shot before kicking him (or another position player) off the 40-man roster to add Miranda for September. Personally, I thought the time to call up Miranda was when Arraez was banged up and Donaldson wasn't playing third base but that window has passed.
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    Thankfully the left field fence is very tall at Progressive.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Thielbar has an innate ability to slow down a baseball game.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Seriously, Donaldson. Wow.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    Except they didn't force him to overload on sliders, as he has thrown it slightly less this season than he did last season. He has actually returned to leaning more heavily on his sinker this season than he did last season, too. I think we can chalk up most of Randy's issues to injury and not having a defined role. I suspect being thrown into the bullpen in a rush set him back and by the time he would have normally recovered, he was injured. Season Team Level FB% SL% CT% CB% CH% SF% KN% XX% 2019 MIN MLB 59.3% (92.7) 27.9% (84.2) 12.9% (85.8) 2020 MIN MLB 48.4% (91.6) 35.3% (83.5) 16.3% (85.7) 2021 MIN MLB 59.5% (91.7) 33.2% (84.3) 7.3% (84.6) Total - - - MLB 55.2% (91.9) 32.8% (83.9) 12.0% (85.4)
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    With Pineda back, there's even less reason for it. I hope this is Gant's last start.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    As far as pitching matchups go, this one is about as uneven as they come.
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