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  1. jkcarew
    If Lee and/or Keaschall are better fielders…fine. I THINK they can justify regular status with their bats. But his injuries should have NOTHING to do with where he lands in long term. We’ve been down this road with Buxton. Put Lewis where he provides the most value and optimizes the batting order. If everyone’s healthy, maybe that’s DH…but, the history suggests he’s MORE likely to get injured running the bases than playing the infield, so let’s not be ‘afraid’ to put him there.
  2. jkcarew
    Cleveland acquires and develops positional players pretty differently than the Twins. The players that emerge in their system have generally had better defensive, contact, and baserunning skills…and less power. Pitching-wise, the Twins have been worlds behind Cleveland in development, although that seems, finally, to be trending in the Twins direction…maybe. I don’t think aspiring to be Cleveland is the answer, but it does seem they have done more things ‘well’ than the Twins over the past decade plus.
  3. jkcarew
    Great win! Nice series win.
  4. jkcarew
    I’m also guessing the guy with the curveball that put him into the hall of fame...Blyleven…probably had a few that may have broke even more. But no social media at the time to make it “credible”. I love me some Joe Ryan. Aggressive, aggressive, aggressive. Hopefully, he can find the formula to stay strong and healthy through the entire season.
  5. jkcarew
    Rocco gets away…barely…with the biggest mistake he’s made all season. He should have made it rain hard for another six hours. Seemed like such an obvious move.
  6. jkcarew
    Vazquez is on on-base machine with a cannon for an arm. How bad does Boston wish they had never let him go!
  7. jkcarew
    Dasan Hill pulled after 1.1 innings having given up zero runs (and also not K'ing anyone). Why do I already know where this is going?
  8. jkcarew
    I remember him as a player. He was bad at the major league level. One of a string of first-basemen that couldn’t hit that the Twins desperately tried after the decline and subsequent trade of Killebrew. He was also a bench coach under Billy Gardner and Ray Miller.
  9. jkcarew
    I thought the term had something to do with John Wayne Gacy. This doesn’t seem that bad.
  10. jkcarew
    That’s a bold strategy, Rocco!
  11. jkcarew
    Doesn’t seem like AA hitters have been as impressed with Prielipp as the Twins media shills were back in March watching him on the back fields. But for now, I’m still just glad he seems healthy. If that stays true, he’s got a shot. I’m hoping Raya can work through whatever is going on, and he can become at least an option as a reliever. It’s like Groundhog’s Day with him, every year is the same.
  12. jkcarew
    It’s “sisyphEAn”. But, it’s futile.
  13. jkcarew
    But when healthy, the organization has treated him like fine china…until this year, which has been refreshing. Still, there’s the poor OBP…which features few walks and few singles.
  14. jkcarew
    Sometimes you gotta feel a bit sorry for the lads. Bullpen did their job, a lot of good at-bats…but not enough came with RISP. Got the ground ball that you need in the 10th, and it finds the whole. It was a less hopeless, but more frustrating, way to not score enough. Well, at least the flight to Boston is a short one.
  15. jkcarew
    He does, but I’m fine with his results so far this year. I don’t expect he can get a ton better, and I would just as soon he stays aggressive. Maybe not a good candidate to bring in with runners on…which I don’t think has been done much with him.
  16. jkcarew
    Without the ghost runner, it was 3 runs on 6 hits. Teams do that 1000 times a season.
  17. jkcarew
    Yes. But posting a .500-525 in the ALC means you’re really probably below average.
  18. jkcarew
    You’re forgetting….consistent and dependable mediocrity is the goal. “Competing” in what remains a bad division. Maybe that changes with new ownership. No guarantee it will.
  19. jkcarew
    Ha! But, without the ability to trade up using all of the following year’s picks.
  20. jkcarew
    If France keeps this up for 6-8 weeks, THEORETICALLY you have a lineup of Lewis, Correa, Wallner, Buxton, France, and have guys like Lee, Larnach, and Jeffers in the bottom of the order. They probably win enough to do what they always do at the deadline….neither buy nor sell. Sigh.
  21. jkcarew
    Great job by Sands to get Ramirez to bit on that pitch early in the count like that.
  22. jkcarew
    Walker JenkinsLuke KeaschallGabriel GonzalezEmmanuel RodriguezBilly AmickCharlee SotoKaelen CulpepperDasan HillTanner SchobelCory LewisYasser MercedesDameury PenaConnor PrielippDaiber De Los SantosMarco RayaAndrew MorrisBrandon WinokurRayne DonconKyle DeBargeCarson McCusker
  23. jkcarew
    Wow, even worse than I thought. One of the things this says is the top of Cleveland’s bullpen has been better than the Twins, as it continues to be. That alone though can’t explain 3-17. Twins bullpen hasn’t been THAT bad. What else could be at play? Probably better defense and baserunning. What else? Hmm. It sure isn’t their superior offense which has been pretty horrible during that entire stretch.
  24. jkcarew
    And Pablo had Santana struck out as well. Frustrating.
  25. jkcarew
    Stewart against the umpire was a riveting battle. The umpire finally won.
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