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  1. jkcarew
    Opponents are 23-12 against the league, and 4-6 against the Twins. Collectively they’ve shown resiliency, if not consistency.
  2. jkcarew
    If this were a football season, we'd be at the end of the 3rd quarter in the first game of the season. In basically a tied game. I'm not among those of you who are ready to take guys off the practice squad and play them in place of established players to start the 4th quarter of game one.
  3. jkcarew
    Not particularly. When careers come crashing down for 'older' pitchers, it's arm problems, not finger problems. Not that it couldn't happen with a finger, I guess. But until I hear something definitive that points to the finger somehow being 'done'...I'm relatively optimistic that he will be back and pitching decent-to-good by the end of May.
  4. jkcarew
    Ironic that Stewart no longer qualifies for the “Top Prospect Summary”, no? Good things come to those that wait?
  5. jkcarew
    With Kent Hrbek batting in the seventh, Gladden stole home off David Wells. It was the first of three times that Gladden would steal home in his career. He would do so again later in the 1988 season, and once more in 1989. He was caught trying to steal home five times in his career. Rod Carew stole home 17 times in his career. Paul Molitor stole home 10 times. Great stuff, Matt! I wish box scores, or records even, distinguished between straight steals of home vs back end of a double steal. The former is way more dramatic to watch and more difficult to execute successfully than the latter. (Could probably get it from the game logs, I suppose.) I would be willing to bet most of Gladden's and Molitor's were back ends of double steals. While most of Carew's were straight steals of home. I saw one. It was unbelievable to watch live at the park.
  6. jkcarew
    Agreed. But the concessions, to the extent that there are any, are made to the TV networks, (and to the union, if travel rules apply)...period. That ship has sailed, and it ain't coming back. That's how we got to where we are...games in March and November.
  7. jkcarew
    The folks that scheduled this game are perfectly fine with it being a night game. The schedulers being Fox Sports, of course
  8. jkcarew
    Joe will fall off this list by the end of the year, as he is 104 games played from having caught in less than 50% of his career games played. (At least I hope he falls off that list.) Nevertheless, 2000 hits is an accomplishment, to say the least. Tony O never got there. He will pass Carew this year if healthy, and still has a chance, if he continues beyond this year, to catch Kirby for most all time (Twins).
  9. jkcarew
    Kinda. Mostly, not enough games played. Joe got to 120 games caught only twice in his career...but in the DH era/league, he should have (without injuries, etc.) been able to make up for a better portion of the missed catching plate appearances. But he didn't. In his first 10 season in the majors, Joe averaged 44 games missed (games without an appearance) per season. If you throw out his first season (127 games missed), his next 10 seasons still average 36 missed games. Hard to rack up milestone (totals) numbers that way. Even his walks totals seem relatively pedestrian. Has only had as many as 90 in a season one time, which seems bizarre.
  10. jkcarew
    I only listened to one inning...worked ahead, plenty of swings and misses. Box score says the other innings must have been very similar. A nice way to start the campaign!
  11. jkcarew
    Taking it WAY to literally. The point is, in the baseball business, you can use the concept for creative ways to structure, or at least evaluate, deals.
  12. jkcarew
    Futile to speculate on every little instance of negotiation...which is all this is. There will be dozens of more "tries" with this group before a deal is done or a door is closed. Player's (agent's) expectations out of the box probably just as "laughable" or "player friendly". Tweeting for the sake of tweeting, by people who need to tweet.
  13. jkcarew
    I would say, in that case, the Twins need to consider being "significantly more aggressive" in their attempts to sign Dozier. That is relative to whatever the market is next off-season....and of course, it's the FO job to figure that out. I don't have a strong opinion on exactly where the market will end up next off-season. We'll see how much of a trend (or blip) this past off-season was.
  14. jkcarew
    I just think how far the Twins go in the attempt to retain Dozier has everything to do with the progress of the young talent. Both the middle infielders in the minors, and also the young talent on the big club. The Twins can compete for championships with average production from the 2nd base position...IF Sano, Buxton, Kepler, Rosario (at least one or two of them) take the next step offensively. If the FO is not confident with either of those propositions at the end of the year, I think they must consider getting pretty aggressive with Dozier.
  15. jkcarew
    I'm tracking. In most businesses, if I think an asset is going to provide X total value, I'd be happy to spread the cost of that asset beyond the asset's 'life'. I think part of the catch is, the seller always wants incremental/marginal (sometimes not so marginal) return for the extra years, arguing both in terms of incremental value (or possibility of) provided in the extra years and also the diminished future value of cash (basically, inflation). But the concept still is relevant, IMO, for how a FO evaluates a deal.
  16. jkcarew
    Every Tuesday night at 9:29 on CBS: "Book him, Dano!" (Allowing for the occasional..."Dano, book him!")
  17. jkcarew
    You said it yourself....Sano's opposite field home run was NOT in his swing and miss zone. He hit it the opposite way by total accident, just happened to slice it off the top of the bat. Other than that, agree with everything here. Neither is handling anything away...especially off-speed away. Buxton looks incapable of adjusting, and Sano looks unwilling. Not the start we wanted to see...and not like this pattern of attack wasn't predictable, especially in the case of Sano.
  18. jkcarew
    This is not an 'unwritten rule' discussion IMO. Plain and simple, this was never in the book...and shifting existed back in the day, though not nearly as often. 40 years ago, most observers/players would have disagreed with Dozier, same as today. (For example, Blyleven's immediate reaction was that it was a fine play.) There have always been many unwritten rules/opinions on bunting...but none that align with what Dozier's talking about. Giving up the option of advancing a base is not the same as giving up the option to avoid an out. And it never has been. Bunting is a skill that any major-league batter can master with some effort. Beating the shift does not require the skill of Rod Carew, especially the shift as deployed against lefties. This too shall pass...or at least evolve. The batters will eventually get better at taking advantage of the shift, and teams will probably eventually be forced to play it less often...or at least more selectively by game situation.
  19. jkcarew
    Thanks much for sharing. Encouraging. Was "we think he's found something with his curve" part of the story when the Twins acquired him? I can't remember. I'd be interested to know if this is driven by him having a bread-through with the pitch...or if it's the same old curve, but we're seeing a change of philosophy (Twins-influenced) with his pitch selection. Seems like it would have a more lasting/sustainable effect if it's an improved/'different' pitch...not that pitch selection doesn't matter.
  20. jkcarew
    Meanwhile, not a fan at all of shifting in that situation. Shifting there is almost as controversial as Dozier's comments IMO. If it's stupid to shift there with a 2-run lead...and it most certainly is very stupid...then it should be just as stupid to do it with a 7-run lead. Maybe's Dozier was deflecting because he had a hand in the decision to shift? I have no reason to suspect this other than his reaction when it backfired and that it's not totally unheard of for an experienced infield 'captain' to make those calls within the game. Total speculation, and I doubt it...but his stance on the outcome was curious, to say the least.
  21. jkcarew
    I was curious...when the Senators moved to Minny, here is what the MLB schedulers did... 1961, first home game 4/21; total home games in April: 3 1962, first home game 4/14; total home games in April: 5 (a sixth on April 30, begin home stand) 1963, first home game 4/9; total home games in April: 5 (a sixth on April 30, begin home stand) 162 games, 10 teams, no-interleague play, no CBA travel restrictions, TV an afterthought. Probably moved some index cards around on a couple tables they shoved together, and were done in a couple of hours. Years later, still 162 games, but way more teams, way more playoffs, way more rules, way more TV, way more money, and more computing power than the world ever thought it would see...has the Twins hosting 12 home games before the 18th of the month. Ah...progress!
  22. jkcarew
    From a scheduling standpoint, worried only about the 6 games against Seattle and Houston. You have 4 days available for the 3 Seattle games and 3 available for the 3 Houston games. In a situation like this, everyone will try hard to get all the games in, maybe allowing for a one game exception. It is not all that uncommon for a game to be skipped and only played at the end of the year if it makes a difference in the playoff picture. The only place where I would care about the temperature is with regard to the pitcher's grip on the ball. It's in everybody's best interest that the pitchers have the ability to secure a good grip on the ball. I would be interested to know if MLB has measures, or has considered measures to keep balls that are in play close to 'normal' temperature and measures to provide heat (chemical or whatever) for pitchers hands while on the mound (beyond just allowing them to go to their mouth).
  23. jkcarew
    Gordon to Chattanooga might not have anything to say unfavorable regarding how the FO is viewing him. It could be that they want to mitigate the current infield depth risk as much as possible by having both Gregorio Petit (or whoever they view as the top veteran minor-league SS) and Gordon playing every day, and playing SS every day. Also, serves the purpose of giving Gordon more opportunity to continue to develop at short? If Gordon starts out playing 2B at Chattanooga...never mind.
  24. jkcarew
    This beisbol has been Berri, Berri, good!
  25. jkcarew
    Sano stays on pace to finish the year without a BABiP.
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