Brock Beauchamp
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Everything posted by Brock Beauchamp
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When you have the hunger of a cheetah and the wheels of a corgi. -
Damn, Simmons.
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OMG watching Cruz run the final 90 out of 270 is comical.
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Garver took away Cave’s hit against said lefty.
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Cave got a hit against a lefty.
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Literally snorting laughing. Compared to what, Kirk? You in October of 1988?
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I’ve been out of the house, catching up on the game... *reads thread* Oh, the Twins must be losing by six runs. Or... it’s a 1-0 game in the fourth inning. These game threads have become ****ing toxic.
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DET 4, MIN 3: Twins Fail to Execute in Extras
Brock Beauchamp replied to Jamie Cameron's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Happ didn’t look very good but it’s hard to get a read on him after that start. He missed a lot of ST and Detroit is pretty bad. -
DET 4, MIN 3: Twins Fail to Execute in Extras
Brock Beauchamp replied to Jamie Cameron's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
This is why it's good to basically ignore stats for the first several weeks of the season. We can all agree that Brent Rooker has looked like a trash fire out there but it's also 11 PAs, less than three full games of play. If he continues to flail like he has, the stats won't really matter, it's the fact he can't connect on hittable pitches and can't lay off unhittable pitches (he did both a few times yesterday alone). On the other hand, Garlick has only 5 PAs but also has a .900 OPS in those appearances. His stat line is as equally unimportant as Rooker’s, though it highlights how extremely SSS can be wildly out of line with perception because if you missed on good PA, it looks like he has done nothing. -
Akil Baddoo crushes Homerun in first major league at bat
Brock Beauchamp replied to AZTwin's topic in Other Baseball
PR? Oh, come on. There's a difference between "PR" and refusing to knee-jerk over a handful of games. It's entirely possible the front office made a mistake with Baddoo. Historical context says it's more likely they didn't. Have you looked at this 40-man roster? There's not a lot of room to take on marginal prospects who looked (extremely) unlikely to contribute to the 2021 team. And if you're suggesting they should have replaced a fungible reliever with an (eighth?) outfielder on the 40-man, it's you who doesn't really understand how 40-man roster management works, not the front office. Offloading pitchers and replacing them with position players is a good way to start putting potentially valuable players on the waiver wire in May because, like every season, pitching depth inevitably becomes an issue and you need viable arms on the roster to throw innings in Minneapolis. -
DET 4, MIN 3: Twins Fail to Execute in Extras
Brock Beauchamp replied to Jamie Cameron's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
It's eight plate appearances so I don't think the past three days change anything. I think the better question is "Do they dangle Baddoo in the Rule V if they know Detroit will draft him?" That one is harder to answer, I think. They didn't want to lose Baddoo (they don't really "want" to lose any player) but I think they left him unprotected because of the high risk of taking him (little play in the past two seasons, hasn't played in high minors, struggled a bit, etc). -
That’s literally the only thing that may have prevented me from walking the bases loaded.
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Yeah, that seemed a bit dodgy but I'd have to watch the game again to see whether it was a bad idea. That ball was hit hard directly at the right fielder. There's a good chance Polanco is out by ten feet, I'm not sure without trying to match the runner and fielder up in video.
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He's not close to terrible. He's not good, maybe not even quality MLB starter material, but I definitely thought he should have been walked simply due to his general competence with the bat and his handed advantage.
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Sorry, I completely misunderstood your post and replied in a way that doesn't make much sense. Walking Baddoo was definitely something that should have been considered. I can understand why Baldelli didn't, but my inclination was to walk the two lefties. I believe Detroit's bench was clear.
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As I said like two posts later, I probably wouldn't have pitched to Baddoo, either. For the same reason. Nobody mattered except the guy on third and the guy at the plate. And Baldelli had some control over who was at the plate.
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*holds up his left hand* That's why.
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I've been posting on forums for 20 years. I've seen people make these kinds of statements about at least 100 players over that time. You probably wouldn't recognize the names of half of them.
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He also has eight career MLB plate appearances. Let's pump the brakes here.
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It's not about being scared, it's about not letting a RHP pitch to a LHB for no good reason.
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I wouldn't have pitched to him at all. Probably wouldn't have pitched to Baddoo, either, but at least that's defensible.
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Huh? Both Chief and I pretty much said PRing for Cabrera was the obvious choice. It wasn’t a chess move, it was obvious.
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Simmons pinch-hitting there was the obvious and right choice. Soto would have eaten Cave alive.
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I don’t know if I’d go as far as to say he’s not viable but he’s definitely at a disadvantage against lefties, doubly so against lefties throwing Soto’s nasty slider.
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You kinda have to, right? Unless the lead is 2+ runs, then it doesn’t matter.
