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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    Baldelli made the right move, it’s not his fault he doesn’t have a better lefty to use in that situation.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    My interest in ever seeing a game at Tropicana Field is basically zero.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Except... I also called them all... terrible...
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    @cHawk Fair enough, I hadn't checked his Baseball Savant page.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    I mean, they kinda obviously misidentified their pitching choices because they were all terrible, excepting Robles, who was just mediocre. I also believe there was a fair amount of bad luck as almost every pitching addition pitched to their floor. The chances of 4-5 guys doing that at once is pretty low.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Okay. So the Andrew Albers experiment was fun and everything but now it’s time to call up Stroman or Balazovic.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    This team sure isn’t good.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Nailed it, this world is all about verticality and it's not good for consumers because we're ultimately left with 1-3 choices and none of them fit our particular preference.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    One start does not define him, particularly his first MLB start in about three months. Maybe he’ll never come within 100 miles of his initial success but I’ll give him more time, there’s no reason not to given this pitching staff.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    I consider having 3-4 left-handed corner outfielders on the same roster a larger problem, though. The complete lack of good right-handed OF options has been a problem for half a decade now.
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    It's easy, just name a good player from the late 90s or early 2000s. Chances are their kid is on the current Jays team.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    I was hoping Berríos would dominate for the Jays, as they're one of the most fun teams in baseball and easy to cheer for in the postseason.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    It's becoming more likely by that day that zero pitchers will win 20 games this season. Basically, the only one with a shot is Urias and it's going to require perfection through five starts to accomplish the feat, as I doubt he'll get a sixth start (currently at 15 wins).
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    I tend to agree, though signing a 2/3 might be too tall an order for this team, in which case I'd settle for a 3/4 in their place. Someone similar to Pineda a couple of years ago. Which means getting the trade right for a good 2/3 becomes of the utmost importance. While we've only seen one start, I'm close to pencilling in Joe Ryan to start 2022. Not because I have so much faith in him but because the Twins need competent pitching at the league minimum and that won't happen if these guys aren't given a shot to pitch in Minnesota.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Likely nothing, as he imploded for the Cards in his sixth start, looking almost exactly like the starter we saw in Minnesota after five starts. 1.0 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 0 K Look familiar?
  17. Brock Beauchamp

    It shows how far this team slid when I find myself saying "thank god, Randy Dobnak is back, I think I'll watch tonight".

    1. Squirrel

      Squirrel

      And how'd that go?

    2. Brock Beauchamp

      Brock Beauchamp

      @Squirrel Eh, fine, I wasn't able to catch most of the game but while Dobnak sucked at times, bad defense hurt him a bunch and he still went seven innings. It's something to keep watching instead of being disgusted by it all, at the very least. I cannot say the same about a John Gant start.

  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Finally finishing Schitt's Creek is what prompted me to cancel Netflix, actually.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    My belief is that the front office has assembled a roster with far too many "non-positional" players, or guys who all play at the corners, often not very well. I believe they need to move at least two of these players and replace them with better up-the-middle solutions, or at least more versatile solutions: - Sanó - Kepler - Larnach - Arraez - Kirilloff Five guys to play essentially three positions (LF, RF, 1B). That's not great because I didn't even mention the guy who will likely soak up a bunch of DH time next season, Donaldson, or the guy everyone is waiting to see replace Donaldson, Miranda. That's too many players who contribute offensively and do damage defensively (to varying degrees, obviously... Kirilloff is likely a good 1B, Kepler is a good RF). And these are the guys who just need to go already: - Rooker (I'm least confident in releasing him but god, he's a butcher in the field) - Refsnyder - Cave - Astudillo I just listed nine effing guys, not a single one of which that can play outside of a corner position and most of them are bad at the corners, too. No wonder this team is a trash fire.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    Donaldson likely still have negative value simply because he's so old at this point and decline is inevitable. There's no reason for another team to take a risk on him because of the dollars involved. Sanó's contract is reasonable, dropping down to just $9.25m next season. His OPS+ is back up to 110 and overall, he's posting another "league average starter" season. How valuable is that? Not a ton but he could return *something* for a team that needs big RH power, maybe a team that plays in a stadium where RH power plays up. I don't think you're entirely wrong about Rosario v. Kepler, but Max can still play center (I wish the Twins would do so) while Eddie can barely be an effective corner OFer. It's interesting, though, as Kepler's defensive metrics have declined quite a bit this season. He's at the age where that will happen but it's hard to tell whether that's a statistical anomaly or real decline. Either is very possible. None of those players will bring back huge hauls but they're competent enough, young enough, and paid the right dollars to make them worth something to the right team.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm not really sure how you reached that conclusion. The value of Polanco is through the roof. Arraez has four seasons of control remaining and is posting another incredible season. Kepler still has significant value because of that contract. Hell, even Sanó looks like he might have a little value again. Of course, Buxton is still here. Cleaning house on this team and trading anyone with value would return an enormous prospect haul. And if a team has that much quality to trade, they probably shouldn't need to tear it down and rebuild. All of those players, excluding Buxton, have 2+ seasons of remaining control.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    I never thought I'd cancel Netflix but over the past year, I'm on/off with it pretty regularly. We haven't had it for a couple of months now after having it for three-ish months.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    If he didn't pitch to a 10+ ERA between those good stints, that'd be pretty good. Except he did pitch to a 10+ ERA between those good starts.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    I finally started watching Mythic Quest. It's quite good... until you get to episode 5, "A Dark Quiet Death", which slaps you upside the head in a way you will not see coming. Stellar episode and very good show overall.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Maybe, but Maeda wasn't the reason the Twins lost and Graterol wasn't the reason the Dodgers won.
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