Brock Beauchamp
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Everything posted by Brock Beauchamp
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Woof, if I passed on the Phillies job as Levine did, I don’t think I’d trip over myself in a rush to accept the Rockies job. That franchise is a mess and it’s partially ownership’s fault. -
The Twins aren’t as bad as their record, we should all acknowledge that. Going 0-5 in extra inning games before we’re even out of April tends to make a team look worse than it probably is. And the Royals are likely the inverse.
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It’s time for the “Garver vs lefties” thing to end, in my opinion. We don’t really have any idea what Jeffers can do when he’s only facing same-sided pitchers and never gets a hitting advantage. And Garver has shown he just isn’t right. I don’t know what’s wrong with him but he ain’t right.
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Fire Rocco? It's not going to happen.
Brock Beauchamp replied to bighat's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
This is generally my take. It doesn't matter who Baldelli is going to pitch during Inning X because unless that person's name is Taylor Rogers, it's likely that pitcher is going to screw something up, often badly. There's not a lot that can be done about that, though I question why we're not seeing a slightly faster reaction to shuffling the bullpen picking order. As to Baldelli in general, this stupid ass "operates by spreadsheet" nonsense needs to end. Baldelli was a very good baseball player, one who played in the Rays org before their radical analytics transition. And if you actually look at some of the more nonsensical (IMO) moves he has made, they are not based in analytics. Pinch running for Donaldson? Or even pinch running in general, while we're on it? What bizarre twisted version of sabremetrics does anyone think promotes that kind of move? (answer, none) A lot, and I mean a lot, of the decisions I've seen Baldelli make haven't been "spreadsheet decisions". Many of them aren't even bad decisions but, like pretty much everything else on this team over the past couple of weeks, if they call heads, there's a 90% chance the coin is going to land tails. Again, I'm quite unimpressed with Baldelli this season but the internet has glommed onto some really dumb ideas about what he's doing wrong and why he's doing it. -
The distribution is really where things go sideways. Here are the runs scored by game in descending run order: 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, 0 What we generally consider the "middle of the road winning game" batch of 4-6 runs per game sure is small.
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Week in Review: Languishing Lineup
Brock Beauchamp replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Oh, for sure, I was mostly rebutting the use of batting average as an offensive indicator, particularly for a weirdo like Astudillo. -
Week in Review: Languishing Lineup
Brock Beauchamp replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Eddie Rosario has a 73 OPS+ this season so he wouldn't solve any problems on this team. And there are too many problems right now for any one player to solve unless his name is Mike Trout and is amazing at literally everything. -
I'm just really baffled by Garver... He's always been a pretty high upside offensive guy, or at least decent upside offensively... it's almost like he has lingering concussion effects or something of that sort. I don't know why he suddenly stopped being able to connect with fastballs, of all things. If a guy stops hitting breaking balls, that's pretty common and could be a bunch of different things. But since when does a good hitter just start missing fastballs middle-middle, especially from opposite handed pitchers? It's just so weird.
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The problem right now is that you: 1. Need at least two catchers and both of the primary guys are terrible 2. Astudillo is a bad defensive catcher and also isn't hitting well The Twins are between a bit of a rock and a hard place right now, as Jeffers and Garver are the two best defensive options right now (particularly Jeffers). So if both players are going to suck at the plate, it may as well be Jeffers getting the bulk of playing time because he is superior behind the plate and has the most upside to improve at the plate.
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Week in Review: Languishing Lineup
Brock Beauchamp replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
His wRC+, a good single number representation of offensive output, is 89 (100 is average). Like so many other hitters this season, Astudillo has not been good at the plate. -
There are a lot of problems right now but first and foremost the offense has to be at the top of the list. The Twins have played 20 games and scored three runs or less in 13 of them. That's not how teams win in the modern game.
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Twins hitters are smashing the ball... ...right into Pirates’ gloves.
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I laugh, but it hurts.
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John forwarded me your PM and we're talking about it. My gut says that things will stay the way they are now with the big caveat BUT... The new site is going to be MUCH more social-oriented. We're going to be making big pushes to integrate and mix how users see and react to content, not only in the forums but also the blogs and amongst each other on profile walls and whatnot. On top of the typical news/forums/blogs of the current site, there's going to be a lot more of a Facebook-style vibe where users can talk to each other on their walls (that are more customizable), there are achievements to unlock that will (in time) grant additional features, you can easily track other user movements from said wall, there are semi-private clubs where people can participate outside the forums, the list goes on and on. Because we have so many balls in the air right now, I'm leaning away from making another significant forum change, if only to ease the burden on moderators. We haven't ruled it out permanently but it's likely to be shelved for at least a little while. Once you all see the new site, you'll understand what I mean. It's MASSIVE with literally dozens upon dozens of new features that encourage users to find new ways to create content and talk about Twins baseball.
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Dobnak has basically done nothing wrong and induced weak contact from two great hitters for exactly zero outs recorded.
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Slegers’ breaking ball refuses to break.
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That’s an out by Garver, right?
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This ump isn’t awesome.
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Sigh. Sigh.
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Ohtani is good at basically everything.
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It’s pretty sad how the Angels have so entirely wasted Trout’s epic “best player in the history of the game” run by missing the postseason almost every season. A monster player, a monster payroll, and they still can’t even muster a wild card berth. Ick.
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Cave has no business starting against a lefty but here we are again because Buxton can’t stay on the damned field. Jake may be entirely cooked but it’s too early to know for sure. If he is allowed to be in a strict platoon, I still think he does okay.
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It’s easy to forget just how good Donaldson is at third because we so rarely see him there.
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I got you all beat: I was at the first Rally Monkey game. (for those of you who remember the joke, I'm actually serious, I was there)
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They play baseball at night? Is that legal?
