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  1. jkcarew
    15 total bases in 4 PA is good, right? 411 foot shot in the bid for number 4. Big tip of the hat to Fedko! Very very rare at any level. Raya on the other hand. Sigh. He’s progressively had worse results every year of his professional career. Across the board. Strike %, K%, BB%, OPS against, ERA, pitches per inning…everything. Always being promoted…so, there’s that. Now, he may just need to bake at AAA for an extended period. Keep trotting him out there, though. See what happens with regular work. The command just continues to disappear on a recurring basis.
  2. jkcarew
    I agree with this. Still, I’d be conflicted watching these over-achieving veterans if any of the prospects were pounding at the door at St Paul. But, they aren’t. It’s still very early. Hopefully when (sadly in all likelihood) some of these guys run out of steam, one or two of the prospects will have heated up and carry some momentum with them to the big club.
  3. jkcarew
    It’s a rope-a-dope pitching staff we have. Tiring them out running between home plate and 3rd base. Ali would be proud. Working so far.
  4. jkcarew
    Buxton today also made the same contribution he himself has in about 95% of his starts this season. You and I have more bWAR than Buxton through 2-and-a-half weeks. Though, I see Buck pulling away from us eventually. If he stays healthy. Not as sure about Outman.
  5. jkcarew
    Nice to see Ryan get back to more like himself efficiency-wise. Long(er) starts are so so valuable.
  6. jkcarew
    The “absolutely loaded” Saints are absolutely underwhelming so far. Better outing from Matthews…still basically all of his AAA outings last year were better than last night’s. Don’t know what’s going on with him.
  7. jkcarew
    3 teams with positive run differential in the American League. Three! And a negative 78 differential for the AL as a whole. 33-52 head to head vs the NL. That’s a .612 clip for the NL! .388 for the AL. Wow! You could notice the trend scoreboard-watching, but when I look at the numbers it’s even worse. Horrific showing by the AL so far. Man, maybe the Twins CAN ‘compete’ in the AL this year.
  8. jkcarew
    I told you all Josh Bell was a monster FA signing!!! Now maybe you’re starting to believe me! Disclaimer: I, in fact, did not tell you, or anyone else, that.
  9. jkcarew
    If Bradley, along with SWR…and very-recent-Abel keep this up, do we offer Falvey his job back?
  10. jkcarew
    I’m guessing NOT what Tigers players or fans thought the outcomes would be of back-to-back Skubal and Valdez starts against the Minnesota Twins. And definitely not what I thought the outcomes would be. Baseball.
  11. jkcarew
    I would separate a players personal character from how he approaches his profession…certainly for the most part. There’s nothing morally ‘wrong’ with wanting the comfortable or ‘known’, I don’t think. It’s his professional legacy I’m talking about. It’s a very short profession, and one where the ultimate reward and objective is to contribute to a championship (and he and his family have no connections that will keep them in Minnesota permanently regardless). The time is now for him. I would expect him to be putting more pressure on the org to win or be moved. Maybe he is behind the scenes. We’ll know for sure at least by next offseason.
  12. jkcarew
    Not sure the baserunning hasn’t given up more outs than the defense. It will be exciting to see which proves to be worse over the coarse of the season.
  13. jkcarew
    Nice Game pretty much all around. Bullpen is 4th in AL bWAR. I 1000% expect this to hold.
  14. jkcarew
    If he cared at all about his professional legacy, he’d demand a trade. But it’s quite easy to get comfortable with $15M a year and an adoring fan base with almost zero expectations.
  15. jkcarew
    I’ve noticed the velocity of his changeup (which he loves to throw) has NOT declined in velocity along with the fastball. Seems the delta in velocity of those two pitches is very narrow. I’d think the number one thing you’d want to do if your fastball is weakening…improve the changeup (or whatever your go-to offspeed pitch is) in terms of deception and control. I don’t see that. At least yet.
  16. jkcarew
    This marks the first 5-game losing streak for the absolutely loaded Saints.
  17. jkcarew
    Sneaky bad team…really aren’t getting blown out (much) but finding ways to lose to teams that are not exactly good or anything close to ‘hot’. Baltimore, KC, Tampa are now 6-3 vs the Twins, and 5-13 against everyone else. Series-wise, they’re 3-0 vs Twins, and 0-6 otherwise. This club might actually be worse than they currently look.
  18. jkcarew
    Zebby Balazovic? Other than the still-symetrical facial features, he looks just like Jordan out there. Pick your poison…home runs or walks.
  19. jkcarew
    I think the lesson to be learned here is not whether Wallner is good or not good per se… but instead, that an article RIDICULING his skills and adjustments would necessarily have resulted in the INVERSE of what he’s done since this favorable article was written. Instead of 7 K’s in his next 9 PA…which is what he’s done…we’d be looking at 7 HR in 9 PA. At least. It’s obvious. Stop writing positive articles about guys’ performances or adjustments immediately prior to a game. On the other hand, ripping a player in this situation never hurts, and usually results in said player instantly going on a tear. I can’t believe I even have to say this. We should all know this by now. Let’s be a little more responsible.
  20. jkcarew
    That’s where it’ll be eventually, I suppose…as I doubt they go back now.
  21. jkcarew
    Give Matthews the credit he deserves…it was 4 HRs allowed, not 3.
  22. jkcarew
    The Orioles, Royals, and Rays are 5-3 against the Twins. And 5-11 against everyone else. Also, I realize ABS is something new, and so it’s going to be commented on frequently, especially early on. Still, the early ABS fails, and the subsequent strike zone, had zero to do with the trajectory and eventual outcome of this game. The write-up kinda insinuates otherwise. Also interesting…if the Twins had taken it down to the studs this offseason and traded Lopez, Ryan, AND Buxton…and for nothing but minor league prospects…their record right now would be no worse than….3-5. But yes, with less of that false ‘hope’ the masses never grow tired of buying from the Pohlads.
  23. jkcarew
    Not much to show for it after the first week. A huge negative run differential, and really bad pitching. Really bad. Pretty non-descript starts for most the ‘prospects’ at the plate and on the mound.
  24. jkcarew
    ERod…at least so far with the Saints…has pretty obviously been trying to change the approach to curb the K’s. He’s been more aggressive early in the count and taken fewer pitches in the strike zone, and swung at more close pitches with 2 strikes. It will take time…so far, it’s resulted, predictably, with more softer in-play contact and fewer K’s. So the BABiP has suffered, along with fewer walks as well. But he ran into one last night big time. Small sample obviously…but it is very clear, IMO, that he is consciously trying something different which I commend.
  25. jkcarew
    Giving up happiness for Lent. Commendable.
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