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  1. jkcarew
    I take Sprock’s hitting results at Fort Myers with a few grains of salt. As a well-regarded college bat, and just short of age 22, he WOULD be at Cedar Rapids at least by now, if he weren’t trying to learn how to play catcher. It’s not that I doubt the bat…or the acknowledgment for his performance…it’s just a unique situation where he’s hitting below his level while he works with instructors in Fort Myers to see if he can learn the craft.
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    Venezuelan. International free agent signing. Not sure, but he may have been signed a year after his “class” first became eligible.
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    I’m not quite as high on this guy as I was on Byung-ho Park. But it’s close.
  4. jkcarew
    “…Minnesota is aggressively looking for late-inning arms to slot in alongside Morris and Gomez.” Aggressively? That is legit funny. Based on what? This acquisition??😂
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    Or…the Twins way: he rides pine and the Twins play short-handed the last two series, he plays in the AS Game, and DH’s after the break. You’re flying in the face of the odds with your common sense.
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    “Buxton sparks Twins to 1-0 takedown of Yankees” Too soon?
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    Once had a CF and he was a gas Soon turned out he was made of glass
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    Yeah…I’d like to think Jeffers would have been there, and Clemens should be there.
  9. jkcarew
    Wichita 5-28 in their last 33 games. 7 games clear of the next worse team in the league. The hitting has been bad, the pitching worse…and with the oldest pitchers in the league. They say winning doesn’t matter in the minors, but this is embarrassing.
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    Worse case scenario…they play 70-ish games next year? Development-wise, I’d take 50 games of MLB this year, and 60 next year over another 1.5 seasons of AAA. He isn’t going to make the club worse. And need to do what they can to thin the veteran position-player hurd at the deadline…even if they end up doing a little buying for the bullpen. Having said that, right now I’d be somewhat happy if he plays 110 games PERIOD, over the next 15 months.
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    Yeah. It’s contract brewed now…so I don’t know that the exact original Stroh’s breweries are still working or involved.
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    Owned by Pabst Brewing. Regionally brewed in the Great Lakes region.
  14. jkcarew
    10th in WHIP, 18th in ERA+, 7th in FIP. Bugaboo is HR and track record of wearing down.
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    Not exactly clean, but was putting the changeup in good spots. Nice to see.
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    He does have a track record of wearing down. Still, overall, I thing contenders will line up for him at the deadline or the offseason, if the Twins make him available.
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    You spelt Strohs wrong
  18. jkcarew
    That’s how you need to pitch Altuve at this point in his career in any tough situation with Alvarez behind him…just throw the ball over the plate and take your chances. Among the things that went wrong in the 4th, walking Altuve is right at the top of the list.
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    Tonight is the 33rd game of 87 that Buxton has not appeared in CF. 38% of games. It makes the defense that much worse as it forces Kriedler to CF and makes the infield worse as well. His availability to play the position continues to be a problem.
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    Someone thought he was a good outfielder?
  21. jkcarew
    I think they are going to at least try to push Houston. Debarge has played only 2B since Houston showed up in Wichita. No 50-50 split…so far 100-0. Agreed on Kriedler at SS. As always, need Buxton to play more, not less CF to keep Kriedler at SS.
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    I disagree. It’s not meaningful. And it never will be, until the day they make the postseason 1-and-done and determine seedings by picking names out of a hat. Current odds…18% for postseason; 9% for an LDS appearance. But the only point is, you don’t make short-sighted buy decisions based on those odds…regardless whether in any other year, the odds would be even worse. Better to be a net seller. Otherwise you’re just spinning and spinning in a swamp of mediocrity (at best).
  23. jkcarew
    It’s a horribly flawed roster in terms of defense and bullpen. Starting pitching is at least fairly young. There’s no combination of players that you can put on the field to make it even an average fielding team. Lee, Kriedler, Clemens and Lewis around the horn is the best you can do…and then the outfield is very weak at the corners. And if Buxton is DH, resting, or hurt (33 games, and counting)…you’re even worse on the infield (Kriedler moves) and worse in the outfield. The hitting has overachieved significantly, yet still not enough to really move the needle given how bad the rest of it is.
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    Being in any way happy or exited about a 500 record…or even thinking it’s meaningful…is exactly why this organization, under current direction, will perennially be meaningless.
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    You miss the point. The ONLY way they get back to that is by having a very good team…regardless of whether Lewis or Buxton, or any other current player, is on the team…and regardless of payroll. But they don’t have the guts or the knowledge to try. How many of their “studs” has Milwaukee moved on from in the past 6-7 years? Do you think their fans consider management cheap (maintaining a lower payroll than Minnesota)? Or smart? They’re averaging over 32k this season in a smaller market. I think that probably answers the question. Build a winner, or do SOMETHING to show you’re trying.
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