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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    I agree with most of this but also wouldn't cry if they held on to Farrell. He's definitely in the "keep him or don't keep him, whatever" area to me.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    I mean they don't have room for several non-position players, of which they already have too many. So someone would probably have to go.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm beginning to suspect that this team might be quite bad at baseball.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Gant isn't stretched out to go more than 70-ish pitches.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    Seriously, Astudillo. Does *everything* you do have to be as ridiculous as possible?
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Wow. Just wow.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    I agree but I don't think I'd hesitate to drop Law and Thorpe (I'm convinced he's cooked) and would strongly consider dropping Smeltzer, though it's always dicey to drop multiple lefties at the same time.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep. This is his audition with the Twins. If he can't hit, they have no space for him on the 2022 roster. Hell, I'd argue they have no space for him on the 2022 roster even if he hits.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Wow, current pitchers on the IL. This is ugly. Jorge Alcala Edwar Colina Randy Dobnak Luke Farrell Derek Law Kenta Maeda Michael Pineda Taylor Rogers Devin Smeltzer Cody Stashak Lewis Thorpe Yikes. Still, I wouldn't hesitate to drop at least a couple of those names without worrying about it much.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't think they're worried about the pitchers currently on the roster, it's all those pitchers sitting on the IL they care about.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    There was one "miss", I guess, at least what I've seen of the game. But really, it would have been almost impossible for Simmons to get the ball to first quickly enough to get two.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh look, a leadoff double.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Maybe some teams don't like the idea of punting on an entire season just because the stars aren't perfectly aligned. It's a bit of a stretch to malign them for trying instead of giving up, especially when both pitchers had 1.5 years of remaining control so they weren't pushing their chips all in on a single hope on a prayer, but increased competitiveness for two seasons. It's something I wish the Twins would try once every blue moon, as I've seen them do it literally zero times.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    I just don't get it. I'd literally try almost anyone before Gant, as I think Gant can be a pretty good bullpen piece but is a trainwreck as a starter. If you're going to field a trainwreck at starter either way, may as well have a decent bullpen piece to back it up.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    So can the Twins finally admit that John Gant is not a starting ****ing pitcher? I mean, I didn't think anyone needed more evidence but apparently they did.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, can't say I'm surprised.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    Hard to say until both teams get a look at the other bullpen. I'm putting the over/under on runs in innings 6-9 at 14.5.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Meh, looked like they might run up Sale's pitch count there for a minute.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Take this tidbit of information and store it in some back closet of your mind, ready to come out whenever anyone implies that 1980s (and earlier) baseball was anything other than incredibly, incredibly stupid. Yes, it was more fun but it was also incredibly, incredibly stupid.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    But if a guy is struggling in AAA to the point he's not even a consideration for the MLB squad, what good will come of cramming him in there anyway? To get his face punched in even harder than in St Paul? Look at Celestino. He was a trainwreck in Minnesota because he simply wasn't ready. He *finally and mercifully* was demoted and is now torching the competition in a lower-intensity environment. It's not as if St Paul is far away or backwater Northwoods league competition. If the Twins don't trust their Saints coaches to work through development issues in that lower stress league, they need to fire all their coaches and possibly themselves because that's literally the point of having the team.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Good point about the MiLB season. I knew it was extended but didn't realize it extended into October. I thought it was over the second week of September.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh yeah definitely, that's why I specifically called out rebuilding teams, who can definitely use the extra slots for non-reliever tryouts.
  23. Brock Beauchamp

    I *hate* the fact we are watching Gant start another game and are going to see Albers again soon. Gross. 

    1. Squirrel

      Squirrel

      Don't look now, but he's on the schedule for tomorrow vs the Cubs ... 

  24. Brock Beauchamp
    I started with his ability to miss bats and then mentioned a bunch of other stuff. C'mon, man. And you responded before I finished my edit. To reiterate: SWR is pitching against AA competition in his age 20 season, literally one jump away from the majors in many cases. Joe Ryan's age 20 season was as a *sophomore* at Cal State Northridge.* And that's WHY we don't evaluate prospects without accounting for age. It's a huge factor when speaking about two players who are five years apart in age but facing very similar competition today. *For clarity, Ryan wasn't even very good during his age 20 season in college, which makes this comparison even funnier... because 20 year olds aren't even close to being finished products as baseball players. But 25 year olds? Yeah, they're a lot closer to being a finished product. Joe Ryan *should* be outperforming SWR because if he wasn't, Joe Ryan wouldn't be much of a prospect at this point.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    I agree as of right now, which is why I literally created a "FREE JOE RYAN" thread like two hours ago, but until recently, the team simply didn't have options if you break each player down piece by piece. Ryan was in Tokyo. Strotman hasn't been good. Woods-Richardson was in Toyko and still hasn't made a start with the Twins organization. Balazovic is likely on a strict innings limit after 2020 and isn't on the 40-man, which becomes a gamble to add him. But as of *this moment*, Ryan should be considered available. On September 1st, I wouldn't hesitate to add Strotman to the roster whether he's good or not, as he's on the 40-man right now. His season is going to wind down in St Paul anyway. Balazovic... well, that's still quite a gamble. The team only has five rotation spots and I'd be pretty satisfied with Ober, Jax, Ryan, and Strotman in the rotation to fill out the month. The Twins need to find out and make a decision on some of these guys in order, there simply isn't enough room to carry them all on the 40-man at once and sign free agents through the offseason. It'd be too easy to drop the wrong guy by adding Balazovic and then fans are screaming in 2022 about the next Wade or Baddoo.
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