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  1. jkcarew
    Rocco loves him some Max Kepler. Was horrific when he went on the IL, been horrific since he’s returned. Not only playing (basically, instead of Sano, who IS swinging it well lately)...but batting 5th. Fwiw, Sano also hitting better against righties than Kepler.
  2. jkcarew
    We’ve solved the challenge of climbing in the standings. Don’t play games.
  3. jkcarew
    A very good player. If not for his struggles with Tourette’s with the Twins (heartbreaking to watch), Kirby Puckett may not have happened...at least not for the Twins.
  4. jkcarew
    Yeah. But...Scott Leius? Never was a regular but hit at least one game-winning HR in ‘91 post season. Retired and raised his family in MN and coached youth baseball in Wayzata.
  5. jkcarew
    Geoff Zahn. Couldn’t break a pane of glass. 700 K’s in 1850 career innings. Wouldn’t make his HS team in today’s game. All he did was eat innings and get guys out.
  6. jkcarew
    Jax like a tuna and mayo sandwich, it’s ok, but you can’t leave it out in the sun for more than 20 minutes.
  7. jkcarew
    Apparently, I’m too old to remember Span’s. ? But, yes.
  8. jkcarew
    Two or three (maybe 4?) more PA to see if he can get himself a Kenny Landreaux!
  9. jkcarew
    He’d like to catch a bit of Gordon’s 400 BABiP, I’m sure. JD’s is around 250. But to Gordon’s credit, he’s not popping the ball up...lots of decently hit GB’s along with some LD’s, too.
  10. jkcarew
    That’s true. It shouldn’t have happened until the following inning.
  11. jkcarew
    To be fair, one of those runs was unearned. There was only about 850 feet or so of earned runs allowed.
  12. jkcarew
    $25M+ AAV, 6+ years? If a large market team is going to pay Buxton anything at all like a ‘superstar’ based on...what, 300-400 recent PA in a 7-year career where he’s accomplished almost nothing....then, he’s gone. The Twins can’t afford to take that gamble, and they’d be stupid to do so. Almost never plays more than half a year, just got his career OPS+ to 100...and will never be as good defensively as he was yesterday, especially now that we’re into a new era of Buxton injuries that impact his running. Don’t get me wrong, I get why someone would take that gamble, and probably will...but I pray it’s not the Twins. And I don’t think it will be.
  13. jkcarew
    Rocco waits to bench Sano in back-to-back games until immediately after two games in a row where he not only scorches the ball but doesn’t K?? What am I missing?
  14. jkcarew
    Some, even many, or most injuries are just an instance of bad luck. But over eight seasons, the number...and the number of different types of injuries... I’m sorry, but over the long haul, the ability to be available...as Bud Grant famously said, the most important ability is availability. It’s an ability just like being fast or having power. And Buxton doesn’t have it.
  15. jkcarew
    The reasons the number of HBP have risen are varied and have little to nothing to do with pitchers taking liberties. Pitchers throw inside way less than they used to and also throw way fewer ‘purpose’ pitches. But they throw harder and have less control. Meanwhile, in the modern game, the batters stand right on top of the plate wearing high-tech body armor so that they can pull and launch pitches on the outside corner of the plate. It completely different than how the game was played until relatively recently. If deemed intentional or retaliatory, eject. If not, no new consequences. That’s not perfect, but it’s better than dealing with the laws of unintentional consequences that the other options would render. The pitch that hit Buxton was maybe 6 inches inside, but he was guessing something outer half and had started to move his hands to swing.
  16. jkcarew
    As long as you have another major-league starting quality legit CF on the roster. And as long as you don’t have to pay Buxton like a star player that actually plays games and produces on a regular basis. Unlikely. And unlikely.
  17. jkcarew
    It’s amazing the action that can be squeezed into 9 short innings and 4 short hours.
  18. jkcarew
    It’s only Buxtonish if the recovery is 2-3 times longer than normal.
  19. jkcarew
    I don’t think of several of these guys as Twins ‘left fielders’. Turns out, for good reason. I went back and checked...Shane Mack and Larry Hisle, neither put in more than one season where they played LF in even half of the games. They both moved all over the outfield (they both had big-time arm-strength issues)...and put in time at DH. Meanwhile, Bostock played considerably more CF and RF than LF for the Twins. So, to me it comes down to Allison, Rosario, and Gladden (Stewart was good for 2 seasons) Bob Allison was pretty clearly the best player in this list, offensively and defensively. Gladden gets consideration for the 800+ OPS across two WS wins. He’d be my number 2.
  20. jkcarew
    The only true TWINS father/son (both actually played for the major league team) would be Sal and Drew Butera, right? Also, Roy Smalley played for his uncle, who managed the Twins...and my uncle was my father figure...so kinda.
  21. jkcarew
    Blatant attempt at clicK bait. And you got me.
  22. jkcarew
    An organizational sweep! Things are looking up at the shortstop position, Lewis’s injury not withstanding.
  23. jkcarew
    This is worth at least one warning point.
  24. jkcarew
    Not batting his weight before he was hurt. And in his first game back, he’s batting right in the middle of the order ‘protecting’ your best hitter. That part of it isn’t Kepler’s fault.
  25. jkcarew
    When is a stolen base a bad play? When it takes the bat out of your best hitters hand at a crucial time in the ball game.
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