Brock Beauchamp

I'm bullish on SWR if he's throwing 93-94. I'm incredibly bearish on him at 90mph. So...

1. The Twins have a chance at a badly-needed sweep against the White Sox 2. I'm going to the game so #1 will not happen 3. I get to see SWR pitch in person for... I think the first time? I don't think I saw any of his appearances the past two seasons

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I believe you are correct that an option may not count but I think the threshold is less than ten days, or something along those lines. It's certainly well under the close-to-a-month that Larnach spent "in the minor leagues", being that he was optioned before Opening Day, which was March 28th this year.

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He looks really good thus far, which probably means he's due to step on a marble and break his tibula.

All Jake Odorizzi ever wanted was a home. A home to call his own. For a man who made over $50 million playing baseball, Odorizzi was quite an unlucky player. Drafted in the first round of the 2008 MLB Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers (32nd overall), he was traded to the Kansas City Royals in 2010 as part of the Zack Greinke trade. He made his MLB debut in September of 2012 and made two appearances for the Royals. Odorizzi was traded again that offseason, this time to the Tampa Bay Rays in the James Shields trade. Here he (unsurprisingly) thrived, pitching parts of five seasons in Tampa, posting a 3.82 ERA (103 ERA+). Suffering recurring back problems that limited his ability to pitch effectively and stay on the mound, in February of 2018 Odorizzi was traded to the Minnesota Twins for Jermaine Palacios. The Twins, fresh off a 2017 Wild Card berth, had high hopes for the 2018 season and Jake Odorizzi was a key part of their attempt to see October baseball in back-to-back seasons. Unfortunately, Odorizzi had a mildly disappointing season where he posted a 4.49 ERA (95 ERA+) and was limited to only 164.1 innings despite making 32 starts. The Twins as a whole were also a disappointment, finishing 78-84 and finishing 13 games behind the Cleveland Indians. 2019 brought new hope and, ultimately, the Bomba Squad. As the Twins rolled their way to a 101-win season, Odorizzi had a career year. He started 30 games, posted a 3.51 ERA (129 ERA+), and made his only All-Star team. Following the 2019 season, Odorizzi was given the option of becoming a free agent but the Twins stuck him with a Qualifying Offer that offseason. Typically, there is no bad outcome if given the Qualifying Offer... unless you're Jake Odorizzi. Coming off a highly-successful age-30 season, he took the QO, expecting to receive close to $20 million for the 2020 season. Cue pandemic sirens. The baseball season was delayed and Odorizzi ended up receiving roughly one-third of the Qualifying Offer money in 2020. Naturally, he also had a very disappointing campaign riddled with injury and made only four starts. This took the wind out of Odorizzi's negotiating leverage sails the following winter, where he ultimately settled for an incentive-laden deal with the Houston Astros. He pitched in Houston for parts of two seasons. He was later traded to the Atlanta Braves and then again to the Texas Rangers. That brought the total number of times Jake Odorizzi was traded to five. Jake Odorizzi, once on the cusp of possibly receiving a $100 million contract, had to ultimately settle for a fraction of a Qualifying Offer and then an incentive-laden deal that paid him less than $30 million. View full player

Alright, that’s how you know the White Sox really suck.

I’m totally fine with striking out looking against Cannon, as it means you’re forcing him to throw strikes instead of unhittable pitches six inches off the ground.

Easily the most disappointing, at least in part because I was so confident he’d be just fine.

Where the **** has this been all season?

There is more to blame than ownership, definitely. Guys just aren't performing. But taking a contending team with good vibes and lopping 20% off payroll was a mistake.

They can't keep running Varland out there much longer. It's torpedoing the season and it's no good for him, either. But what other option is there? None of them are good. Thanks, Pohlads.

Oh come on, Kirilloff.

I updated McCarty's page to reflect his surprise death. He was only 54; so unfortunate.

Dozier! Love it! I almost created this page a handful of times but wanted to leave it for someone else. Awesome write-up!

I did. But that doesn't really mean much, I don't have half of the Winter Meltdown glasses and I've designed them all.

I also have that shirt.

Right...?

Testing comments on Kevin Tapani.

Testing commenting by saying "shane mack rulezzzzz"

I see everything went to hell in a handbasket again. I think my new policy of turning off the game whenever a Twins pitcher gives up an 0-2 meatball is going to serve me well this season.

Twins hitters really making them work out there.

This is exactly it. Varland needs a chance to succeed or fall on his face. That might be 6 starts, it might be 15. A lot, at least in my eyes, depends on whether SWR is throwing 94 or 89 on May 15th or so.