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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    Is it just me or is it really weird that four east coast teams have a regular 7pm start on Labor Day? No other teams are starting at the usual weekday 7pm.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Fun fact: Escobar has a career MLB OPS (.690) that is only marginally lower than Goodrum's MiLB OPS (.712). Goodrum is 25 years old and getting a September cup of coffee. Escobar was in the majors at age 22 or 23. Goodrum is not better in every way. Maybe you think the $4.5m-ish saved by replacing Escobar is more valuable than the gap of play between the two players but Goodrum is not the offensive equal of Escobar, much less superior.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    He's been over .300 since then but never for long and obviously never this late in the season.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, there was really no reason to keep him out there with an expanded roster. Kyle threw a good game, let the bullpen finish it out.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    The Twins can't win every game for the rest of the season. They're 6-4 over their last ten games and two nights ago, had a dramatic walk-off win. Over the past two weeks, they've outplayed every postseason rival with the exception of the Orioles. They have gained position on both the Yankees and the teams trailing them during that time. Sometimes, you walk off those games with a win. Sometimes, you don't. Sleep on it and move on to the next game.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    I hadn't given up on him - not even close - though where I once expected him to peak as an .850 OPS player, I was concerned he'd peak at .750-.775 OPS. Still a valuable player with that defense but no longer a franchise cornerstone.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    It's something I've noticed, though I'm reluctant to give Colon credit for the improvement. Then again, I'm not ruling it out entirely, either.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Both Santana and Berrios qualify under those circumstances. Will either of them beat Kershaw? No, probably not, but that's an unreasonable standard to hold a human being. But both of them can give you a 3 ER, 6 IP game against the best teams.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    But honestly, we should feel that way about 60% of the rotation.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    While I agree that it appears he's been pitching differently - I haven't thrown up my hands in frustration watching 1-1 counts turn to 3-1 counts in two pitches - his most recent and pronounced success has come against two of the worst offenses in the league. I'm going to need more data to show me whether Gibson is actually better or the offenses he's facing are worse.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm not willing to say the Twins should bring back Gibson yet but I'm trying to keep an open mind.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    He was historically bad and changed his swing multiple times. I'm one of the more patient posters on this board when it comes to prospects and even I was really concerned about Buxton.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    See, I would have targeted Sano first because he had a higher floor. Had Buxton started out his career with a .700 OPS, then maybe I would have gone after Buxton first.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    The problem with those contracts is that they're a massive risk if the guy washes out of baseball or vastly underperforms. Buxton looked close to broken for awhile there and even a "cheap" eight year deal would end up paying him $15-25m per season at the end of the deal. The days of the Longoria contract are over, I think. You can get a guy on the cheap right off the bat but you can't get him that cheap anymore.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    The way this is playing out for the Royals is pretty much perfect for the rest of the ALC. They held on to their expiring assets as they made a run at the deadline but are now steadily drifting out of the race. They're not going to be very good for quite some time.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    It's hard to call the pitching staff worse. Runs per game are up .2 this season and that brings the number will into the margin of error for FIP (which isn't to be relied upon as a direct translation of ERA anyway). The pitching staff is close to the same as last year, IMO.
  17. 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.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Sitting in the Delta Club with a perfect sight line for that Sano grab and holy ****. That was phenomenal.
  19. 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).
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    I might be okay with Glynn but would prefer an outside candidate.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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