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  1. jkcarew
    As a person that feels the same regarding Raya, last night there were at least some extenuating circumstances to explain another short outing. The bottom of the second inning took forever…forever…and the weather was atrociously cold and damp. This was an instance where I think any of the starting prospects would have been pulled. Having said that, he was really inefficient in his two innings. 50 pitches. He was all over the place…threw 22 pitches that were called balls in the two innings, and probably bailed out by guys chasing on another 5 at least. Again, conditions were bad…so, hard to take anything away from the outing. See him in a week, I guess.
  2. jkcarew
    So far this season, the Twins have fielded the OLDEST lineup (batters) in the division…4th oldest in the AL. Honestly, I think that among all the feeble statistics that can be pointed to, THIS is the most damning in terms of representing where this organization is. Mature/developed and mediocre (let alone just plain bad) is a horrible place to be.
  3. jkcarew
    The very best managers in baseball…even if they have “good” overall pitching…are not going to be able to manage 0-4 runs scored per game into consistent winning. And we don’t have one of the best managers in baseball. So the losing will be consistent.
  4. jkcarew
    Loving the pitch count.
  5. jkcarew
    Soccer might be even more annoying in this regard.
  6. jkcarew
    Jenkins. Sometimes I wonder why I bother to get excited to follow the Twins top prospects each season. It’s like watching and waiting for a kettle of water to come to boil on a stove with faulty burners.
  7. jkcarew
    Now we’re just showing off.
  8. jkcarew
    And that HR by Wallner is why you don’t get picked off second base with 2 outs when he’s at-bat. I mean…how many singles does he get??
  9. jkcarew
    Do ya think Rocco has noticed that the Royals are playing their best player at catcher for the third game in a row? I’m not sure he understands that that’s legal.
  10. jkcarew
    Ironically, that’s what the Fangraphs projection is worried about. The algorithms are not going to project 330 BA or 415 OBP for anyone in the modern game. So if you knock that down to 290 and 360-370 and attach a Joe Mauer ISO/SLG, you have something from good to very good…you don’t have great. You attach a Vladdy Guerrero Jr. ISO/SLG, and you have perennial MVP candidate. All pleasant outcomes…but it explains the modestly lower ranking.
  11. jkcarew
    The only way he doesn’t develop power with that body (at age 20)…is if he deliberately adopts an approach that rejects power…highly unlikely given modern player development. He’ll have power. The question is, how much of the bat-to-ball skill will be sacrificed to find the power? Some of his high-end peers are already flashing more power…while maintaining ‘good’ hit tool results. That’s where Fangraphs is coming from. He just turned 20. There’s no knowing at this point. Only guessing….oops! sorry…projecting.
  12. jkcarew
    I would actually be happy if I believed this to be true. Rocco not doing that on his own. And to whom is Falvey currently accountable to do the right thing? He’s probably looking to make the “Almost 80 wins with all the adversity we faced is good” argument to new ownership. I want to be wrong so bad.
  13. jkcarew
    I DOUBT that you could jump up and touch the moon no matter how much of a running start you had. I’m SURE the Twins can’t score in the 9th.
  14. jkcarew
    AND…he only averages one out per plate appearance!!
  15. jkcarew
    Can’t you just appreciate how fast he is?? If he’s not hurt.
  16. jkcarew
    Buck’s bat speed tho…looking good!
  17. jkcarew
    If we refused to put a 2nd baseman on the field, told our pitchers to avoid any kind of contact with a ball in play…and had Correa stand 3 feet in front of the 2nd base bag…would that be considered an illegal shift?
  18. jkcarew
    Great. Thanks for activating the Twins Daily Axiom for tonight’s game: Lopez will give up 1-2 HRs on the changeup now.
  19. jkcarew
    In his lineup construction he is platoon obsessed vs left-handed starters. And obsessed with alternating right-handed bats with left-handed bats when facing righties. The latter is laughabley ironic, since he aggressively pulls the left-handed bats when a lefty enters the game regardless. The only ‘new’ thing he does is…he’s willing to put low OBP, high ISO guys in the leadoff spot. Whatever you want to call his lineup construction approaches, they’re a triumph of sparkling brilliance compared to his in-game decision-making.
  20. jkcarew
    That would be 25+ starts at more than 5 innings per start. I don’t see that this season. The following season? That would make him a number 3 or 4 in the season he turns 24…six years after they drafted him. That would be fine. But, to your point on Prielipp…2024 could have been his second (if not third) season of adding value in the pen. iMO, they’ve boxed themselves into a position where, if he can’t make that step, they’ve left significant value on the table taking so much time to make a call.
  21. jkcarew
    “While the Twins don't necessarily have a need in the bullpen right now (don't let the first 10 games of the season dissuade you from that)” Then later… “…the Twins' bullpen isn’t particularly deep from the left side. After Danny Coulombe, the only other southpaw reliever on the 40-man roster is Kody Funderburk. Both of them are fine mid-to-low leverage options,…” So, which is it? The sentiment expresses in the first excerpt is absolutely confounding to me and inexplicably pervasive here.
  22. jkcarew
    Remains wildly overrated offensively in these parts. And apparently, always will be. Meanwhile, he’s good overall, and does seem healthy.
  23. jkcarew
    It’s the Marco Raya approach. I read a Twins official actually use the term recently in relation to Prielipp, (despite the denial by at least a couple writers on this site that Raya is being handled differently). You spend 5 years making sure you never stress the arm. Then, after 5 years, find that the arm can’t handle any stress. Brilliant.
  24. jkcarew
    Moral victory. Learn to enjoy these.
  25. jkcarew
    It was part of the plan to only pitch 8 innings tonight to rest the pen. Only thing that’s gone right this season!
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