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  1. By August, they will look back at 14k fondly…for any day of the week.
  2. Power out in the press box?? All outlets/platforms are stuck in the top of the 6th. Or someone needs to unplug the router.
  3. Paddock a mess in the 5th. But defense directly responsible for 2 of the 3 runs scored in that inning.
  4. Rocco’s pre-game spreadsheet must have had Paddock completing 5.
  5. Sands off to great start. Seems to have good command of at least 3 of his offerings…if not 4. His approach seems starter-like. Mixes 3 or 4 offerings right from the start. For instance, threw an 80 mph curve for a strike taken to get ahead today. “Average-ish” stuff really plays up when you consistently throw multiple offerings where you want to throw them.
  6. Balanced offense. They do nothing well.
  7. Raya? Raya was very good in the first, struggled in the second, and was a complete train wreck in the third. Saved by a bases loaded double play ball by Funderburk.
  8. If the season still started in April like it should, we’d be undefeated. I hope the schedule makers don’t cost us a perfect season.
  9. With a win here we would regain a share of first place in the mighty AL Central! Magic number would be down to 156.
  10. A true heat-check for any Twins pitcher… retiring Benintendi twice in a row.
  11. Heading into this game, Correa lead the club in average exit velocity and hard-hit %…and better (lower) than team average K%. Finally gets a hit on a relatively soft ground ball. Baseball.
  12. Are we prop wagering? I like Julien for the called strike three. But I like Gasper for the swinging strike three. And I like them equally for taking ball four. I like Julien for the throwing error. But I like Gasper for the fielding error.
  13. 1 1/2 games out with the first place guardians trailing on the road against a good team. The race is heating up!!
  14. Twins exit velocities in top of 2nd…. Unregistered (too soft to register) 60 mph 53 mph
  15. Trying hard with the Austin Riley comp. The only thing that makes Riley good offensively is his power numbers. Not particularly good commanding the K zone, not a great OPS. And Miranda, as stated (and depicted in graph), seems like he’s incapable of developing anything beyond league-average power. So far, he’s below that…including pedestrian power numbers against righties. To have significant value, he’s either got to have much improved power or much improved BA/OBP. Either is starting to seems akin to a pulling-rabbit-from-hat scenario.
  16. The unintended consequence here is that there would be zero chance of the Randy Dobnak’s of the world ever getting anything guaranteed beyond the optionable years to begin with. I agree the current system is wildly imperfect, but the clear winner here is Dobnak. He is, and always was, an undrafted free agent without any big upside, the definition of replacement level (a chance to be slightly better…so far very slightly worse)…and he’ll have made $8.5M by October of this year. AND be able to tell his grandkids he actually pitched (a lot) in the major leagues.
  17. Totally realistic 2026 predictions… Polads still own team. Rocco is fired in the offseason Club picks up Dobnak’s $6M option, installs him as player/manager Dobnak DFA’s himself 5 times during the coarse of the season
  18. This. It’s not a Twins thing, and it’s not a Randy Dobnak thing. It’s a modern Major League Baseball thing.
  19. You mean, should clubs be banned from giving multi-year contracts, extending well beyond optionable years, and worth up to $3M/yr guaranteed to AAAA replacement-level talents? Interesting question. I say no.
  20. I remain optimistic that the pitching will settle into a state of decent to good-ish. I am less optimistic than ever that the batting order will reach any sustainable state beyond weak. Would really like to see a quick hook on Baldelli, if for no other reason than to get to a situation as quickly as possible where the plug can be pulled on the season and we can go with the youth. Get so tired of the perpetual goal of AL Central mediocrity.
  21. Absolutely. Just remove one of the clutches.
  22. I can't see a White Sox sweep. They're really bad. Honestly. They are.
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