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  1. jkcarew
    Exciting to see the club win some close games. The boys look like they’re having fun. And Martin is just a baseball player. On a really good club he isn’t close to being the most talented player, at anything. Not baserunning, not hitting, not fielding. Probably not a starter, at least at any one position. But he’s gonna find a way to beat you if given some chances. Nick Punto with the benefit of more talent than Nick had.
  2. jkcarew
    Can you count on any prospect? I’d take a DH or 1B or even a slightly below average corner outfielder (with a plus arm, btw) who mashes, gladly. It’d be one thing to field a team with 5 Gonzalez’s, but one or two isn’t a problem if they can hit. At some point you need to play them and find out, or trade them while the value is still relatively high.
  3. jkcarew
    Good point.
  4. jkcarew
    If they had lost the lead in the 9th, all the talk would have centered on Morris’s outing. But 2 earned runs scored on 12 hits plus a walk?? Ish. Contreras’s blunders were the deciding factor, although they shouldn’t have needed to be.
  5. jkcarew
    The idea that Gonzalez will be a platoon player if/when he’s here for good is completely misguided. His full-season OPS last year against righties was 869 against over 400 PA. His poor split this season comes with 134 PA and a microscopic BABiP way below his minor league norm.
  6. jkcarew
    Jenkins and Rodriguez are more hitter-of-the-WEEK guys. Maybe once a year, hitter of the MONTH candidates.
  7. jkcarew
    It is “just a taste” scenario probably. Still, congrats to him!! I don’t think he is “ready” in the sense that he’s improved much on his biggest weakness…chases too much…but I do think he has the bat-to-ball talent to succeed when he learns to reign that in even a notch. The talent is such that it doesn’t really manifest in horrible K numbers, instead it’s more soft contact than you’d like. Regardless, I welcome a little opportunity to learn at the MLB level given the state of things.
  8. jkcarew
    Fans/bloggers/media embracing a team that almost annually “competes” in this context are the exact reason why the organization never improves. They don’t need to. They rely on the ridiculously low bar that exists in Twins Territory to obfuscate from the absolute and perennial meaningless this organization holds across the MLB landscape. Enjoy the games…it’s baseball. Such that it is, they’re overachieving. But don’t pretend this is a competitive club for anything meaningful. Don’t pretend that they’re close. They aren’t. It’s another year of exhibition games, made notable only by the possibility of the debut of a number of the next generation.
  9. jkcarew
    They do this all the time. And Buxton taking longer than anticipated to come back from his tweaks is as predictable as the sun rising in the east.
  10. jkcarew
    And yet 1st Base is the one position on the dirt that doesn’t have negative bWAR this season. The only reason to focus there is that the mediocrity is due to veterans rather than guys we hoped would be part of a strong future for the club. For now, Clemens deserves to be the every day player there. He can be spelled against certain lefties. IMO, you trade Clemens while he has value before you turn 1B over to a prospect(s) this season. Sabato a long shot, Fedko way more value in the OF. The most obvious future first baseman would be Lewis…if only. But I think Gonzalez and Mendez are both very possibly plus future hitters in the majors.
  11. jkcarew
    Fwiw, McDaniel shouldn’t be playing low A…will turn 24 in September, 5th round pick out of college back in 2023. He’s played 2 full seasons of A+ ball in ‘24 and ‘25. Strikeout problems…though the OBP and OPS not terrible (not good, either) due to some walks and some x-base pop. I’m guessing the Twins are treating his Fort Myers stint as a bit of a spring training, as he hadn’t appeared in any affiliated games this season before the Twins acquired him. Realistically, he should be succeeding at Cedar Rapids with a good chance at a late season promotion to AA if he’s going to stick beyond this season.
  12. jkcarew
    Nice win. Milwaukee is solid. Good break to miss Misiorowski, the lads have enough trouble scoring as it is.
  13. jkcarew
    Prielipp seems to be throwing more strikes with the Twins than he was in AAA. Maybe it’s just me. I swear, if he can figure out where his changeup is going, he might be even better than he’s looked so far, which would be……exciting. Again, maybe I’m getting way ahead of things.
  14. jkcarew
    Well, sure…to the score of the game they’re meaningful…but other than that??
  15. jkcarew
    Prielipp easily the best thing to come out of Wisconsin since Leinny’s Honey Weiss. Just my opinion.
  16. jkcarew
    I agree it could work out eventually. But LEARNING to come out of the bullpen? It’s not like he’s been doing anything other than coming out to start a new inning that happens to not be the first. And he did this last year as well. Also the only evidence we have…right now…that the stuff is legit is graphs and TD writers who buy in…it certainly isn’t coming from AAA hitters who find the stuff extra crushable. Nothing in the actual body of work the last two seasons, including K-rate, says great stuff.
  17. jkcarew
    Zero chance they want FEWER pitchers on the 40 man…of any ilk…but especially ones with options.
  18. jkcarew
    Used to let the ball get deep and take pitches on and off the outside edge and hit them hard the opposite way. Used to pick his spots for turning and launching. He’s changed drastically. Now absolutely refuses to do anything other than pull the ball. Hits like a guy that wants to do nothing but hit home runs, but lacks both the discipline to accept walks or give in late in counts and go with the pitch…and also the pitch recognition skill to work the count in his favor and force the pitchers hand. Lost. Lunging, rolling over…just ish. And when you’re lunging/cheating to reach and hook the pitch on the outside, the swing lengthens, you’re off balance, and the fastball, especially middle in, becomes a problem. Needs a complete reset. Need to pay more attention to what’s going on with himself and less on what others are doing or saying.
  19. jkcarew
    Who you gonna drop from the 40-man?
  20. jkcarew
    Not naming names, but if any of these 3 were…for instance…to allow 8 HRs, 12 BB and a 1.029 OPS-against in 22.0 AAA innings pitched, would that eliminate Raya, err I mean…that pitcher…from this list? This hypothetical pitcher (whose “devastating” sweeper may…or may not…have been crushed for 3 home runs tonight)* could definitely PITCH soon, I don’t know that he would HELP soon. But why not. This is where we are. * It was
  21. jkcarew
    Makes sense in that context…though my post was mostly tongue-in-cheek.
  22. jkcarew
    On the Saints website, they’re promoting tickets for this very long homestand with a photo of Walker Jenkins…he who 1000% will NOT appear during the homestand…the name JENKINS prominently stitched on the back of the jersey as he completes a swing. This is… a) Lazy b) Honest mistake by intern c) Sleazy d) Indication they consider fans ignorant e) Necessary, because the only other available photo is of Rodriguez. f) Necessary, because a photo of Wallner hasn’t been edited yet g) e and f
  23. jkcarew
    Is Bryan Acuna nursing an injury in Fort Myers? Because if he’s healthy, he’s getting the non-prospect treatment. 13th in team PA, losing infield innings to at least one 23 year old, and now also to a 25 year old independent league pickup. He’s been there all season, but rarely gets to play back-to-back games. Still 20, repeating A-, but performing relatively well (OPS well above 800, albeit with a very high BABiP), still K’ing a bit too much, but hitting the ball hard and getting BB’s at a high rate. What gives?
  24. jkcarew
    Matthews…encouraging…love the ZERO walks. Here we are again, past the quarter pole, and the season is unfolding exactly like ownership and management would have hoped. 1.5 out of the wildcard in a putrid division…and a putrid league…the 6th BEST run differential in the AL. Never mind the actual W/L record or that the absolute ceiling is lower than the floor of the teams that will end up in the postseason…the floor is sufficiently high (given the relative state of competition) to keep this group happy. Groundhogs Day.
  25. jkcarew
    Our last two starters have gone a total of 12+ innings. Pretty good by today’s standards.
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