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  1. jkcarew
    We're golden if Gallo stays where he is K-wise over the course of the year (30%). Can kinda be a story of 'be careful what you wish for' though. The guys with the lowest K-rate on the twins... Gordon (by a mile); then Kepler (also very low); and Correa and Miranda have also been among the lower K guys on the team.
  2. jkcarew
    Gallo with better HR and OPS numbers than Aaron Judge and Yordan Alverez. I know that won't hold up...but, what if it does? 🤩 (Gallo with only the 7th-highest K% on the club, as well...which seems astounding.) Rocco's dilemma:...continue to 'shield' him in the bottom of the order...or move him up to get him more PA.
  3. jkcarew
    Kiner-Falafel’s name makes me hungry
  4. jkcarew
    I’ll settle for the answer given by Gallo.
  5. jkcarew
    All in all, should be a good confidence-builder for Headrick.
  6. jkcarew
    Take what you can from games like this. If this sets Miranda back on the path of being productive...that would be big.
  7. jkcarew
    Buxton was scoped. Polanco had wrist surgery...leg/knee has just been 'an issue'. It's a decision on how much rest and when. That's a big part of what this site is for...critiquing decisions. In today's case, it's the Buxton decision that baffles me. He finally had a day yesterday where he looked like he was getting his timing back. Boom...immediately on the bench. Hopefully, he can keep the trend going when he returns.
  8. jkcarew
    Velocity was down, even for Maeda. Zero margin for error...everything in the strike zone was getting hit pretty consistently. I'm sure Maeda was communicating to Rocco/staff that he could get additional outs to save the bullpen. I would expect that from a veteran like Maeda. It looked like he was willing to take one for the team, but you have to record the occasion out, and he just got to the point where he couldn't accomplish that.
  9. jkcarew
    If we see the clubhouse guy passing out catcher gear to all of the fielders, they're sticking with Maeda.
  10. jkcarew
    There are also reasons TO play them. Just like any other day. Meanwhile, the Yankees, traveling to Texas this afternoon for a game there tomorrow, also have reasons to rest Judge or Rizzo...and reasons not to.
  11. jkcarew
    Even more so since their best players are NOT taking the day off, despite having to travel prior to their game tomorrow.
  12. jkcarew
    Yeah. Not that the Twins were horrific over that stretch...they were slightly over 500 2002-2022. But the Yankees were being the Yankees. The Yankees won 267 more games than the Twins over that span...an average of over 12 games better each year. And to make it tougher on the Twins, when the Yankees had bad years (i.e., barely over 500)...those years lined up with the Twins truly horrific seasons of the 20-teens.
  13. jkcarew
    I’m chuckling at all the posters that are ecstatic over the Yankees season series thing. I’m happy, don’t get me wrong. And, maybe it’s just because I’m old and can easily remember when the Twins were legitimately better than the Yankees…but here’s the thing… In the 21 seasons (2002-2022) during this streak, the Twins finished with a better record than the Yankees exactly one time. 2020, the strike-shortened season, when…you guessed it…the Twins and Yankees didn’t play during the regular season. (This, while the Yankees were competing in a superior, sometimes far superior, division as well.) The Yankees were always the better team. And that’s what season series do. They mitigate extreme small-sample chance and separate the stronger team from the weaker team. (Or the very strong team from the strong one.) So, I honestly never felt ‘bad’ when we lost to the Yankees (just disappointed), nor did I ever feel that the Twins were unlucky, intimidated, or choking. I know it’s hard to accept across 21+ years, but sports can be cruel..especially when comparing your favorite team to the New York Yankees. Anyway…that’s Step 1. Step 2: still be better than them in October.
  14. jkcarew
    Ryan might never be the type of pitcher that dominates on a regular basis. But here’s the thing I LOVE about him…he’s aggressive. He’s not afraid to throw the ball over the plate. Including…and this is the best part…when things aren’t going great. He doesn’t crawl into a shell when getting hit and/or behind. Getting a few ‘extra’ outs in poor, fair, and good starts. Makes the entire staff just a little bit better.
  15. jkcarew
    I'm not buying the 'swinging at pitcher's pitches' thing. His walk rate is up this year...fairly significantly. He's showing patience. He's not hitting the ball as hard and he's hitting it on the ground more. Swing related in my opinion.
  16. jkcarew
    Maybe the definition of irony... The four mentioned here as the 'core'...here are their current ranking in team bWAR... P. Lopez: 2nd; Duran: 11th; Buxton: outside top 12; Correa: outside top 12 For Correa that will come around. If Buxton remains a DH, he is NOT a core player. If current trends continue (and they never do)...and if I had to make the number 4...I'd go with... P. Lopez, Ryan, Correa, TBD (someone is going to have to be a star, IMO, among Lewis, Kirilloff, Lee).
  17. jkcarew
    If Jax had had an efficient 8th, Rocco would have had the option to leave him in for the 9th and maybe get the boys into the clubhouse early. Really two ugly appearances in a row for Jax. We can say it’s bad luck, but I’m not buying it…he’s throwing that sweeper almost exclusively, and it getting put into play on a regular basis lately.
  18. jkcarew
    Score one for Rocco. I would’ve burned Lopez.
  19. jkcarew
    How do the new rules work… can we bring Gordon in to pitch?
  20. jkcarew
    Can you blame them!? They gave up John Ryan Murphy.
  21. jkcarew
    Count me as not sold on Jax sweeper. At all.
  22. jkcarew
    Then again, we’re not on the hook for another $120M and 6 years to a guy that’s consistently posted negative WAR over the last two seasons. So far, the FO, by trading and not signing Berrios…are ahead on this transaction by a county mile. But yes, it would be nice to see return on the field soon. SWB seems on track. Martin is behind.
  23. jkcarew
    Maybe I’m using the wrong term with ‘natural lefty’ since he throws with his right arm. I’m assuming that his ‘natural swing’ is left-handed…as it is for most switch hitters.
  24. jkcarew
    For some reason, Polanco always looks hitterish to me when batting from the right side. His career splits do not bare that out. He's been decent as a right-handed batter...but not as good as he's been as a lefty. Still, I swear that right-handed swing is a pretty good looking swing for a natural lefty.
  25. jkcarew
    I'm confused on what they're doing with Balazovic. This is not a pattern of ramping up...and if the weight thing was an issue, they would still be 'ramping'...just slowly and conservatively. But there is zero ramping going on based on game appearances. Maybe they're using bullpen sessions...and the short relief stints are used as "feedback" from his bullpen work? Or he's a reliever now?
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