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  1. jkcarew
    Nice first major league PA, kid!
  2. jkcarew
    Are you serious, Clark?
  3. jkcarew
    Not really. Pretty different roster makeup. Royals are built to compete in tight low-scoring games. The Twins, between mediocre defense, plenty of swing-and-miss and low BA, very limited base running and contact skills in the order, and squishy bullpen without dominant flame-throwers on the back end...not at all built to succeed in that environment. Everything that contributes to consistently competing in tight low-scoring games...the 2021 Twins, as a team, are average at, or worse...with only the bullpen with a chance to materially change that equation as the season progresses. It’s noteworthy that this trend started last year. 2019 Twins were at the top of AL in R/G...In 2020 and so far in 2021, slightly below league average, although wildly inconsistent so far in 2021. Twins got away with it in 2020 (barely, and over only 60 games), by being at the very top of the league in fewest RA/G. In 2021 they have the second highest RA/G, thanks primarily to an imploding bullpen, and with contributions from a shaky defense. Better start mashing...doesn’t have to be 2019 mashing, but needs to be well north of league average, I think.
  4. jkcarew
    And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how this Twins club is going to win. Don’t have to mash quite like this...but gotta mash and need to average more than one home run a game. And Buxton having a positively Puckett-like game. Not just the ‘what’...but the ‘when’. Club needed a spark. Good for him.
  5. jkcarew
    307 home runs and a historically bad division..and two clean sweeps in the post season. I’m with you in that Rocco’s probably not as bad as he looks this year. Many bleak options in the bullpen and batting order. But, nor do I think he was even close to as good as he looked in 2019. He’s still learning in my opinion, and 2019 didn’t really help him in that regard.
  6. jkcarew
    Not going anywhere. Still he has about the worse management style I can imagine for turning around anything this extreme. Panic and screaming doesn’t help. But he NEVER shows any sense of urgency in his lineup decisions or his in-game management. Beyond passive and conservative. A player or two are going to have to right this ship in the clubhouse, IMO...either that or a player or two will start tearing it apart.
  7. jkcarew
    It so easy to manage when your club is hitting 307 home runs. Beginning last year, Rocco actually had to start the process of learning how to manage in the majors. It hasn’t really gone well. He’s gone from anything works to nothing works. Most of this predicament is on the players (and FO). But, Rocco...oh my!
  8. jkcarew
    If he can hang on, the 2023 Minnesota Twins might be a perfect fit.
  9. jkcarew
    We had it half right. He was off to a slow end.
  10. jkcarew
    But maybe if he doesn’t play in 100. Again.
  11. jkcarew
    If Baldelli was going to play Buxton today, why wouldn’t he pinch run Buxton for Astudillo in the 10th yesterday? Today he will ask Buxton to do what he wasn’t willing to have Buxton do 21 hours earlier? In hindsight, there’s a very high probability it wouldn’t have mattered. Still, it’s another thing that has me scratching my head. And FWIW...did anyone else notice Colume watching the baserunner dance off second base as he was beginning to deliver the home run pitch belt high over the middle of the plate?
  12. jkcarew
    Watching it, he absolutely meant to leave him in the game. Which would have been the right decision IMO. They’ll spin it. As will the local media. The majority of Twittersphere seems to agree with my take...(which causes me to doubt myself).
  13. jkcarew
    Time to think about postponing the development of Ober or Duran as a starter and add one of them to the bullpen? Really no other option other than sticking with Colume or bumping everyone up, which exposes guys we don’t want to be pitching in leverage. What a mess. But none of it matters if they don’t start hitting. You can’t expect to win games scoring 0-3 runs every single game. Even with a solid bullpen, you’re talking about...realistically...4-10 (instead of 2-12) in the last 14 games. Results would still be catastrophic. There is zero basis to expect that the Twins will score a run in any late inning, when they consistently fail to score in the 10th.
  14. jkcarew
    His mind was drifting to who he wanted to rest for tomorrow’s game. It’s something that can’t be addressed too soon.
  15. jkcarew
    You can’t make up Rocco’s season so far. Let’s hope the opposite of what he meant to do leads to a W. Seems like the odds would be better.
  16. jkcarew
    Today’s game: Any part of Buxton’s body makes contact with anything...anything at all, other than feet on ground. Tomorrow’s game: Buxton out, day-to-day. Like the sun rising in the east.
  17. jkcarew
    Starting pitching: thought it would be pretty good; it is Bullpen: thought it would be average; it isn't Defense: thought it would be above average; still optimistic (Simmons means a ton) Offense: was concerned off 2020 regression and bad spring; now more concerned Between the bullpen and the nature of this lineup (even when fully healthy)...this team HAS to hit home runs in bunches to get to the playoffs. Have two guys overperforming (Buxton, Cruz) in that regard...and the team still ranks near the bottom of the league in a stat that they absolutely MUST be at/near the top. Yikes!
  18. jkcarew
    It's taken 2 seasons for the catcher position to go from the top of the league to the bottom. In 2021, the catcher position has 40 K's in 86 PA, with 6 BB. On pace for 324 K's over 162 games. HR trend (162-game rate)... 2019: 307 2020: 246 2021: 170 (Buxton, Cruz on pace to account for 104 of those) 2021 Record when scoring 3 or fewer runs (13 games, 65% of all games): 3-10 2021 Record when scoring 5 or more runs (6 games, 30% of all games): 3-3
  19. jkcarew
    I feel bad for the fans that attended that game. Like going to a Timberwolves game with the air conditioner stuck on 45 degrees, and the cheerleaders out with COVID. An absolute and total waste of money and time.
  20. jkcarew
    Remember when several of us were concerned with the offensive showing in spring training, and several of us mocked them? 3 or fewer runs in 12 of 19 games now. And it hasn’t been small sample bad luck. BABiP in upper half of AL...13th in the AL in HR, well into upper half in K’s.
  21. jkcarew
    If for no other reason than to give Jeffers every-day at bats. Only 33 PA so far this year, but they’ve been brutal. Unfortunately AAA doesn’t start playing games until May 6.
  22. jkcarew
    He needed to come in with a reliever, and it needed to be a lefty. He waited one batter too long, and it cost him an additional baserunner, but Smeltzer bailed him out. Then he unnecessarily left Smeltzer face a bunch of righties in the following inning, and Cave did NOT bail him out. Rocco’s impossible to figure out when it comes to the bullpen.
  23. jkcarew
    During the slump we’re already seeing how valuable Simmons is. Domino impact on the entire infield defense. And offensively he provides a rare skill for this lineup...he generally puts the ball in play. I already wish this was a 2-3 year deal.
  24. jkcarew
    I agree Adrianza was underrated. But, according to plan (Donaldson and Simmons healthy and available) that super-utility, in the lineup somewhere nearly every day role when to Arraez. Probably an upgrade overall from Adrianza.
  25. jkcarew
    It April 21st, Nick..and there’s good news.. Even though it may seem like it, this statement is no more preposterous today than it was back on March 22.
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