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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    This only reinforces the point that "if a starter wasn't traded, it wasn't due to the Twins refusing to pay market value". In the 11 games leading up to the deadline, the Yankees gave up 84 (!!!!!!!!!!) runs. Yet despite having one of the better farm systems in baseball, they did not acquire a starter. Teams need starters every deadline. The only contending team that landed a good one is Houston, who took on massive salary to do it (and good for them). So at what point do we stop looking at one corner of the world, basing an opinion on it, and start looking at the entirety of the picture, where only one contending team landed a starter worth mentioning? Call it "oversimplification" if you want but I call it a pretty obvious example of teams asking too much and getting burned for it because no one actually moved.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    And Odorizzi. Last six starts, 5-1 with a 2.65 ERA. This rotation might not be awful in the postseason, especially if Gibson and Berrios can get some rest.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, I've been pretty hard on Kyle recently and feel like a giant ******* now that I know what's going on with him. Frankly, it's amazing he has been a league-average pitcher this season considering what has happened to him. Kudos to you, Kyle. Get well and I hope to see the best version of you in October.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Don't overlook Odorizzi. Since he spectacularly imploded against the Yankees, in six games he is 5-1 with a 2.65 ERA and good peripherals. I'm not knocking Pineda, he's been great, but Odorizzi has quietly been very good again since that implosion.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    I go with Smeltzer because I think Thorpe potentially becomes a second lefty in the postseason. Spend the next month figuring out if that is the case.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    I won't fault a team for not acquiring a player who wasn't traded at all because that literally means no other team was willing to pay the asking price, either. Which means the asking price was too high. It's not as if the Twins were the only team that needed starting pitching, yet Minor, Boyd, et al stayed put.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    I think they did seek alternatives at the deadline, it's just that most of the good starters stayed put (the only notable exceptions were Stroman and Grienke, and Zack was likely outside the budget of the Twins). If no team lands a guy like Mike Minor, the likely reason is that the asking price is too high. And that's a bummer because I would have liked to see the Twins pay pretty handsomely for a starter of his caliber (same goes for Stroman; I can't help but scratch my head over everything about that deal).
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, no kidding. A lot of tasteless posts in this thread. I understand being frustrated with Gibson but after the way he pitched in 2017-2018, maybe starting the season with an E.Coli recovery, followed by this might explain some of his (relative) struggles. And despite those struggles, he's pitching somewhere around league average overall. Besides, basically saying "I'm GLAD Player X is sick" is pretty awful all around.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    I understand rolling with five starters through the Cleveland series but if the Twins can stretch out their lead to 5+ games after that’s done, I’d like to see Smeltzer plugged into the rotation and both Berrios and Gibson to start a few bullpen games. Basically, keep their arms fresh but pull them after 60 or so pitches a few times.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Nevermind that all of the "A" relievers (ignoring Rogers didn't pitch) threw light innings and hadn't pitched in awhile.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    We still have a month to even think about that.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    Kyle Gibson is a pretty good starter. He's above league average. If you want to debate the difference between "pretty good", "mediocre", or "I don't give a damn", my answer is the latter.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Tomorrow morning is a weird time to bake a pie.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    Tampa’s stadium doesn’t have internet access.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    You think that until the Twins rough up Boyd for 18 runs and then score two against the vaunted Tigers AAA team on a random Sunday.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    It’s Gibson vs the Tigers. He’s doing us all a favor so shut up already.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, he hadn’t hit one in several hours. Get with the program, CJ!
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    *checks calendar* Uh, okay?
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    He's a pretty good starter. He consistently posts numbers that are #3/4 over the course of a season (more of a #4 this season). Guys don't luck into that over 180+ innings, which is what makes Gibson so frustrating. He's quite good for four innings in a six inning start, mediocre for one inning, and kinda bad for one more inning. Overall, that makes for an adequate starter who is infuriating to watch. But that doesn't make him bad because of 1-2 innings when his overall numbers are good to mediocre.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    Thē mïnd rèéls.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh, so Gibson remembered that he's a pretty good pitcher and the Tigers are an awful offense. What a novel approach.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    I was thinking about that earlier and realized: It doesn't matter. Not even a little bit. Rotating through Tigers' pitchers is like deciding whether you want the steak or the creme brulee.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    If the opposing pitcher can't get hitters out, why should he? Unfair rules you're playing by, Chief.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    Doesn't matter, this is a spectator sport. Not a single fan in the stands or watching on television is saying "just slow down and stand on the mound longer". There's a reason why the NBA moved to a 24 second clock all those years ago. MLB could learn something by implementing hard pace of play rules. No more dancing around the subject; force the batter to get into the box and force the pitcher to throw the ball. The rest of the "pace of play" issues with baseball are mostly white noise. Walks and extra pitches aren't boring by their nature; if anything, they help increase the tension. What slows the game down is batters jerking around with their gloves and pitchers standing on the mound for 14 minutes between pitches.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Dick is complaining about it and for good reason: pitchers are allowed to work waayyyyyy too slowly, even with the half-assed rules in place. Throw the damned ball. Set a timer. If you don't throw a ball within, say, 15 seconds, automatic ball.
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