Brock Beauchamp

It's probably because I got so fed up with him several days ago that I referred to his hitting from the left side as "hot garbage". You know what else is hot garbage? The entire Twins roster. #fingerscrossed

I don't want to start a conversation about this but I *only* hear this message from people who don't go to downtown Minneapolis. I know *so many* people who go to a ton of Twins games and/or live downtown and they move around down there without a bit of trouble. Hell, our own John Bonnes lives downtown and (obviously) goes to a bunch of Twins games. He walks back and forth and has talked about it on the podcast a few times. Never had a lick of trouble, nor has one of my best friends who literally lives two blocks from Target Field. Don't buy into politically-driven narratives from people who don't actually live or visit the place in question. With that said, I have no interest in pursuing this line of conversation or arguing about it, as I've been there, know people who live there, and no one has reported any difficulty or worry so let's end the discussion here and move on.

I'm going to try to write up some quick-hit tips about how to use the new site. Today, I start with a really useful addition for sports fans: copying and pasting tables!

Every few days, I'm going to try to cover some of the features of the new site in a few paragraphs. Using the old site, as I'm sure many of you are aware, tables were basically unusable. That has changed! I'll tackle B-Ref tables quickly in this post but you can do similar things with FanGraphs or other sites that use table data (which is how almost all stat sites display their content). First, pop on over to Lord Byron's B-Ref page: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buxtoby01.shtml I'm going to grab his 2019-2021 season stats. Just above his stat table, you'll see Share & Export. Click and then select Modify, Share, & Export Table. Boom, you can then select what stats you want to display and which you want to remove. I've removed all seasons except the last three. I also removed team and league because "duh". Then click the big X in the top right of the yellow square and you have your filtered table. Grab that table by moving your cursor to the top left of the table (just to the left of Year in this case) and while holding down the button of your mouse/trackpad, drag toward the bottom right of the table. The table will begin to highlight in yellow as you select the cells. Grab them all and let go of the mouse/trackpad. Then copy what has been selected (control+c on Windows, command+c on macOS). Pop over to Twins Daily, start typing a comment, and paste your content (control+v on Windows, command+v on macOS). Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 2019 25 87 295 271 48 71 30 4 10 46 14 3 19 68 .262 .314 .513 .827 116 139 3 2 2 1 1 8/HD 2020 26 39 135 130 19 33 3 0 13 27 2 1 2 36 .254 .267 .577 .844 127 75 2 1 0 2 0 8 MVP-16 2021 27 24 98 92 19 34 10 0 9 17 5 0 4 23 .370 .408 .772 1.180 236 71 0 2 0 0 0 *8 7 Yr 7 Yr 456 1602 1472 223 363 87 17 60 189 67 9 95 467 .247 .297 .451 .748 99 664 10 13 14 8 3 162 162 162 569 523 79 129 31 6 21 67 24 3 34 166 .247 .297 .451 .748 99 236 4 5 5 3 1 And that's it! Note: you can use this method for most websites and spreadsheet data so whatever table data you have available you need to copy and paste, this method will likely suit your needs.

I've been pretty unimpressed with Garver's defense this season for many of the reasons you listed but in fairness to him, that first failed block that scored a run was some pretty lousy baseball luck. The ball hit something - possibly the edge of the plate - and bounced the opposite direction it was tailing (and the direction Garver was moving to block). Happ is a lefty and the ball hit the opposite side of the plate. It then bounced back to Happ's arm side of the plate, which isn't something a catcher can expect to happen or have time to react to it happening. https://www.mlb.com/gameday/twins-vs-white-sox/2021/05/12/634160#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=634160 Blech, MLB doesn't want to let me easily link to a specific video. Look for the video "Hamilton Scores on a Wild Pitch" after scrolling.

I also just doubled the maximum upload space for users.

Hmmm, there wasn't any obvious reason why you couldn't do this so I removed a bunch of permissions and reenabled them (we've had bizarre permissions issues since the update). Give it another try and let me know if that works.

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Strange, that’s not how it works for me. OS and browser?

Lefty on the mound tonight, which is 100% the reason why Garlick is even on this roster. He needs to start these games or be waived because he’s just taking up a roster spot at that point.

It depends on the context of the issue and how each of us views the ability to replicate putrid results in specific innings or situations going forward. Overall, the Twins offense is pretty good and I happen to believe that while they may be built to fail more often in important situations, what we're witnessing is beyond anything I've ever seen or read about in baseball, which tells me it's at least in part some really terrible luck in sequencing. But we can argue the details of what that means all day long, I certainly don't know where they "should" be given their talent level, only that they're better than their record in 2021.

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Inherited runners scored on starters is a really good point. I can’t remember the exact number but I know the bullpen is, unsurprisingly, WAY below average in that regard.

Oh, I’m definitely not in favor of trading Berrios for the reason you just stated, I was just pointing out his value is probably quite high right now.

Ugh. You have absolutely no evidence this is the case, which is what makes evaluating a manager from the outside so bloody difficult. Baldelli isn't a screamer and that's a good thing but fans believe that screaming leads to better outcomes for whatever reason (stop watching sports movies and glorifying the likes of Bobby Knight, if your boss acted that way, you'd go find a different ****ing job ASAP). In both 2019 and 2020, the Twins were reeling late in the season, blowing and ultimately losing the division lead in both seasons. They rallied both times and won the division. Was Baldelli competent in those seasons and incompetent this season? Or does his influence not matter? Or, more likely, is this a really complicated situation that can't be evaluated by comments in newspaper articles and snippets of Zoom conferences? Don't conflate anger/outrage with good management or leadership.

Standard Batting Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 1994 18 SEA AL 17 59 54 4 11 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 20 .204 .241 .204 .445 16 11 0 0 1 1 0 6 1995 19 SEA AL 48 149 142 15 33 6 2 5 19 4 2 6 42 .232 .264 .408 .672 72 58 0 0 1 0 0 6/HD 1996 20 SEA AL 146 677 601 141 215 54 1 36 123 15 4 59 104 .358 .414 .631 1.045 161 379 15 4 6 7 1 *6/H AS,MVP-2,SS 1997 21 SEA AL 141 638 587 100 176 40 3 23 84 29 6 41 99 .300 .350 .496 .846 120 291 14 5 4 1 1 *6/D AS 1998 22 SEA AL 161 748 686 123 213 35 5 42 124 46 13 45 121 .310 .360 .560 .919 136 384 12 10 3 4 0 *6/D AS,MVP-9,SS 1999 23 SEA AL 129 572 502 110 143 25 0 42 111 21 7 56 109 .285 .357 .586 .943 134 294 12 5 1 8 2 *6 MVP-15,SS 2000 24 SEA AL 148 672 554 134 175 34 2 41 132 15 4 100 121 .316 .420 .606 1.026 163 336 10 7 0 11 5 *6 AS,MVP-3,SS 2001 25 TEX AL 162 732 632 133 201 34 1 52 135 18 3 75 131 .318 .399 .622 1.021 160 393 17 16 0 9 6 *6/D AS,MVP-6,SS 2002 26 TEX AL 162 725 624 125 187 27 2 57 142 9 4 87 122 .300 .392 .623 1.015 158 389 14 10 0 4 12 *6/H AS,MVP-2,GG,SS 2003 27 TEX AL 161 715 607 124 181 30 6 47 118 17 3 87 126 .298 .396 .600 .995 147 364 16 15 0 6 10 *6/HD AS,MVP-1,GG,SS 2004 28 NYY AL 155 698 601 112 172 24 2 36 106 28 4 80 131 .286 .375 .512 .888 131 308 18 10 0 7 6 *5/6 AS,MVP-14 2005 29 NYY AL 162 715 605 124 194 29 1 48 130 21 6 91 139 .321 .421 .610 1.031 173 369 8 16 0 3 8 *5/6D AS,MVP-1,SS 2006 30 NYY AL 154 674 572 113 166 26 1 35 121 15 4 90 139 .290 .392 .523 .914 134 299 22 8 0 4 8 *5/DH AS,MVP-13 2007 31 NYY AL 158 708 583 143 183 31 0 54 156 24 4 95 120 .314 .422 .645 1.067 176 376 15 21 0 9 11 *5/D AS,MVP-1,SS 2008 32 NYY AL 138 594 510 104 154 33 0 35 103 18 3 65 117 .302 .392 .573 .965 150 292 16 14 0 5 9 *5/D AS,MVP-8,SS 2009 33 NYY AL 124 535 444 78 127 17 1 30 100 14 2 80 97 .286 .402 .532 .933 138 236 13 8 0 3 7 *5/DH MVP-10 2010 34 NYY AL 137 595 522 74 141 29 2 30 125 4 3 59 98 .270 .341 .506 .847 123 264 7 3 0 11 1 *5D/H AS,MVP-15 2011 35 NYY AL 99 428 373 67 103 21 0 16 62 4 1 47 80 .276 .362 .461 .823 119 172 13 5 0 3 1 5D/H AS 2012 36 NYY AL 122 529 463 74 126 17 1 18 57 13 1 51 116 .272 .353 .430 .783 111 199 13 10 0 5 3 5D/H 2013 37 NYY AL 44 181 156 21 38 7 0 7 19 4 2 23 43 .244 .348 .423 .771 113 66 5 2 0 0 1 5D/H 2015 39 NYY AL 151 620 523 83 131 22 1 33 86 4 0 84 145 .250 .356 .486 .842 129 254 17 6 0 7 5 *DH/53 MVP-28 2016 40 NYY AL 65 243 225 19 45 7 0 9 31 3 0 14 67 .200 .247 .351 .598 58 79 4 1 0 3 0 D/H5 22 Yrs 2784 12207 10566 2021 3115 548 31 696 2086 329 76 1338 2287 .295 .380 .550 .930 140 5813 261 176 16 111 97 162 Game Avg. 162 710 615 118 181 32 2 41 121 19 4 78 133 .295 .380 .550 .930 140 338 15 10 1 6 6 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards NYY (12 yrs) 1509 6520 5577 1012 1580 263 9 351 1096 152 30 779 1292 .283 .378 .523 .900 136 2914 151 104 0 60 60 SEA (7 yrs) 790 3515 3126 627 966 194 13 189 595 133 36 310 616 .309 .374 .561 .934 138 1753 63 31 16 32 9 TEX (3 yrs) 485 2172 1863 382 569 91 9 156 395 44 10 249 379 .305 .395 .615 1.011 155 1146 47 41 0 19 28 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 5/12/2021.

I think Berrios could bring quite a haul but with Buxton being injured *again* and his likely return not that long before the trade deadline, I'm skeptical of how much teams would give for him coming off yet another injury.