Brock Beauchamp

Would it matter?

Exactly!

I clarified the question.

Remember when it used to be terrifying to the opposing pitcher when he'd come to the plate with the bases juiced?

Consider your options carefully.

It might even have been 90%. It was almost every game. Just mind-blowing.

Loaded for Sano. Oh, great.

I did the math on it awhile back and the Twins held a lead in over 80% of those postseason games, IIRC. Just brutal.

Except last season, they went out and got some good pitching, which performed well in the postseason, while the offense laid down and died. There isn't a silver bullet out there to fix the Twins' postseason woes. Over the course of almost two decades, they have found every way to lose imaginable.

With an eight run lead, it's called "fielder's indifference", Chief.

Put Tiny Tim's cane in his hands, push him to the batter's box, and I think there's a 40% chance he rips a ground rule double against this pitching staff*. *let's be real, we all know there's no way Tiny Tim legs out a double with the ball in play

Yep. The sloppiness from this collection of solid defensive veterans is rather unbelievable. And then there's the pitching staff:

I really expected so much more from him this season. I thought he was a good breakout candidate.

Ugh, this team.

Zero MLB front offices prioritize RBI when evaluating players.

I see you left out the part where Larnach's OPS is literally 102 points higher than Rosario's.

He wasn't really clutch, though. He was pretty close to the same guy all the time, which was fine, he was a pretty good player some years. Clutch Stats 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+ 2 outs, RISP 276 334 308 113 76 14 2 11 105 10 2 25 61 .247 .305 .412 .718 127 0 1 0 0 9 3 .275 87 Late & Close 350 478 440 69 122 27 5 17 78 9 2 26 97 .277 .317 .477 .794 210 8 1 8 3 6 1 .319 105 Tie Game 511 798 753 86 200 44 3 29 114 11 6 33 150 .266 .294 .448 .742 337 10 1 3 8 4 5 .294 91 Within 1 R 687 1588 1488 217 411 82 12 66 238 25 13 77 300 .276 .310 .481 .790 715 18 1 10 12 8 11 .304 103 Within 2 R 737 2104 1967 288 548 106 18 82 301 35 14 103 388 .279 .312 .476 .788 936 27 2 12 20 11 12 .307 103 Within 3 R 747 2444 2289 332 617 121 19 92 336 39 18 120 468 .270 .304 .460 .763 1052 30 2 12 21 12 14 .300 97 Within 4 R 754 2685 2511 364 681 130 21 101 366 46 21 137 505 .271 .307 .460 .767 1156 34 2 12 23 15 15 .301 98 Margin > 4 R 245 441 423 62 125 17 2 24 67 2 1 13 80 .296 .315 .515 .831 218 5 1 0 4 0 3 .313 112 Ahead 484 1231 1152 186 330 59 13 50 193 23 13 63 199 .286 .321 .490 .811 565 17 1 3 12 8 10 .306 109 Behind 473 1097 1029 154 276 44 7 46 126 14 3 54 236 .268 .303 .459 .762 472 12 1 6 7 3 3 .305 96 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 7/1/2021.

The moveable object meets the stoppable force.

He's significantly outperforming Rosario with the bat this season, which I'm pretty sure matters when speaking about which corner outfielder the Twins should have this season.

But an underperforming eighth corner fielder could have pushed this team over the top, 28th place pitching staff be damned.

I'm actually quite a fan of Rosario, I merely refuse to bestow mythical greatness on his ability to get everyone around him to overperform.

True, Rosario led the 2016 Twins to greatness.

The outcome of that plate appearance surprised exactly zero people.

Larnach has been much more valuable than Rosario in far fewer games. I don't think the Twins miss much of anything about Rosario this season.