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  1. jkcarew
    Rocco’s pre-game spreadsheet must have had Paddock completing 5.
  2. jkcarew
    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.
  3. jkcarew
    Balanced offense. They do nothing well.
  4. jkcarew
    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.
  5. jkcarew
    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.
  6. jkcarew
    With a win here we would regain a share of first place in the mighty AL Central! Magic number would be down to 156.
  7. jkcarew
    A true heat-check for any Twins pitcher… retiring Benintendi twice in a row.
  8. jkcarew
    THE MASTER!!
  9. jkcarew
    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.
  10. jkcarew
    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.
  11. jkcarew
    1 1/2 games out with the first place guardians trailing on the road against a good team. The race is heating up!!
  12. jkcarew
    Twins exit velocities in top of 2nd…. Unregistered (too soft to register) 60 mph 53 mph
  13. jkcarew
    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.
  14. jkcarew
    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.
  15. jkcarew
    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
  16. jkcarew
    This. It’s not a Twins thing, and it’s not a Randy Dobnak thing. It’s a modern Major League Baseball thing.
  17. jkcarew
    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.
  18. jkcarew
    Must be the torpedo bat.
  19. jkcarew
    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.
  20. jkcarew
    Absolutely. Just remove one of the clutches.
  21. jkcarew
    I can't see a White Sox sweep. They're really bad. Honestly. They are.
  22. jkcarew
    You're lucky!! I found THREE😠
  23. jkcarew
    I don’t disagree. But, those innings, based on how the bullpen is managed, pretty much have to go to guys with options. And I’d rather have the top guys with options getting regular scheduled work in St. Paul (for now) than these random innings. The ‘value’ of Dobnak is that he’s a AAAA veteran that you can use any way you want/need as if he had options because of his contract.
  24. jkcarew
    I can guarantee Dobnak knew he would be DFA’d as soon as he had an extended outing regardless of how the outing went. If he stays healthy, it’s highly likely that he’ll be DFA’d, reassigned, and called up multiple times this year.
  25. jkcarew
    The good news is Buxton’s on pace for 54 RBI…which would only be 2 off his career high!
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