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  1. jkcarew
    Oh, THAT’s what Lewis is doing. Also, let’s not forget about the changes…according to TD…that the staff made with Festa this spring. If not for that article, I would have thought that Festa had taken a significant step backward…simply because of his lower K-rate, higher BB-rate, higher EV, and much higher ERA. Ignorant me. Getting guys out is overrated. Apparently, so is taking what you’re good at and refining command. Much better to take a guy who’s had almost nothing but success, wait until he’s on the verge of breaking through at age 24-25…and then retool him. The logic is airtight.
  2. jkcarew
    You rarely see players in both dugouts groaning when another batter reaches base. You did today in the 9th.
  3. jkcarew
    Fair points, but TK is the last guy I’d pick for an analogy with Rocco. When TK had bad talent, they lost a ton of games, but they still played with some sense of a standard for doing things fundamentally correct. It was expected and demanded. Didn’t matter if they were 20 games under there would be consequences for poor preparedness and mental lapses. He would also call out the FO when they gave him —it to work with.
  4. jkcarew
    One lame duck doing another a solid? Malpractice? Incompetence? Sabotage? Indifference? All of the above? Any fan should be extremely unhappy if even one of the owner, FO, or manager are in place come November.
  5. jkcarew
    There are no more “crushing” losses to be had this season. That ship has sailed. None of them matter…nor do the wins. The rest of the season consists of incidental losses, and the occasional incidental win. Solidly bad, and rudderless.
  6. jkcarew
    It could be considered building a pipeline…but it sure isn’t development. And the narrative has centered on development. Festa, Matthews, etc, absolutely could come to fruition…but they’re 25 and still haven’t arrived. The development narrative was build on things like spin rates and/or velo of mid-round prospects in AA…everything except actual major league results…or even major league arrivals. I’ll give them credit for the Ryan and Lopez trades. Can you imagine the situation without them, or without Gray as well.
  7. jkcarew
    Seattle’s starter tonight was taken in the same draft and same round as Travis Adams. Reject the asinine (is and always has been) narrative that this organization knows anything more about identifying and developing major league pitchers than the average franchise…if that. However much you despise this organization right now, you don’t despise them enough.
  8. jkcarew
    Well…That’s what it looks like. Makes me even more desperate for a sale to happen.
  9. jkcarew
    I agree with the contemplation of a Buxton deadline trade THEORETICALLY. But do you trust a lame-duck admin to make the right deal for the franchise’s future? Or are they not really lame-duck? What a mess.
  10. jkcarew
    Aside from the home runs, the Twins scored 3 runs on 13 hits and 3 walks. Yep. 3 runs from 16 base runners…and even including a Buxton stolen base. So even in a game where the bats completely break out, you still see how awful this team is at moving runners and baserunning. And then, there’s the pitching.
  11. jkcarew
    In other news, the US Geological Survey has just renamed the Marianas Trench, the Marianas Rut.
  12. jkcarew
    Another rookie mistake, Ski 😉. We here at Twins Daily are committed to the ‘pitching wizards’ narrative. Years of evidence and outcomes indicating otherwise are not to be spoken of. Just trying to help.
  13. jkcarew
    It’s gonna take more than 18 lousy hits.
  14. jkcarew
    Man, this could be the kind of win that could turn around the entire season for a better team!
  15. jkcarew
    Nice AB by Wally there. This game if proof once again that our lineup is good enough to win one of every three. If we could just get the pitching to that level, we’ll stay ahead of the White Sox.
  16. jkcarew
    Someone at StatCast right now is checking to see if that ball stuck the ground with the greatest force of any ball this season that was more than 3 feet in front of the plate and less than 15.
  17. jkcarew
    St Paul getting Good Raya today. 70+ pitches through 5 scoreless. I’m guessing he gets Festa’s turn next time around. Not that he’s ready. Just…why not at this point.
  18. jkcarew
    We’re wasting the insanely hot version of Buxton.
  19. jkcarew
    We were giving you the rookie mulligan.
  20. jkcarew
    Meanwhile, if I’m Festa, I’m already on my way to have a chat with the official scorer.
  21. jkcarew
    Electric? I’d say Nice. Very Good. (Admittedly, TD writers have call his arm electric about a thousand times.) Still, about every team in the league has a Festa or two emerging. And many are not already 25 years old as is our guy.
  22. jkcarew
    Nope. SWR
  23. jkcarew
    It wouldn’t have been a wild pitch. That’s the TRICK! No. The Twins wouldn’t have scored on Ball 1
  24. jkcarew
    btw…the days start getting shorter now
  25. jkcarew
    Need to go harder out of the box.
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