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  1. jkcarew
    The Dodgers struck out 12 times in this game. The Twins struck out 7 times. Yes…we seem inept offensively every game…but in reality, it’s not too many K’s EVERY game. I’d definitely live with 7 K’s per game…but no matter how many K’s, the RiSP issue is showing up…as is the power outage. Been out-homered in basically every game this year. Tonight was no different in that regard.
  2. jkcarew
    Kepler’s a career 103 OPS+ guy. Not great for a corner outfielder, not atrocious, either. Perceptions seem different, but in reality, Buxton’s about the same offensively….with a 106 career OPS. Neither are going to drive a team to a great offensive performance over the coarse of a season. We’re in a situation where we’re hoping that Correa plus a couple of the newer guys can be that. Whole lot of veterans on this club that are just “they are what they are” guys. Passengers on a truly good team. Not a good place to be in when your main rival (Cleveland) has the youngest lineup in the majors.
  3. jkcarew
    I’d say it’s usually worth… Higher K%… With fewer overall innings pitched… and at least one Tommy John surgery.
  4. jkcarew
    Went from ‘probably ready by home opener’…to ‘probably going to 15-day IL’…to being placed on the 60-day…all within the span of about two weeks. They say a hip issue that stressed and injured his shoulder when pitching.
  5. jkcarew
    Ahh…Bobby Darwin! I remember those years when he was leading the league in K’s for the Twins while hitting 20 homers a year. Many claimed that he was unplayable. Shouldn’t be on the bench, let alone a starter. I was one of them. His K% peaked at a little over 25% (among full Twins seasons)…and his career mark was 23.7%. Today, he’d be at about $15M / year…and harolded as a guy with pop that can put the ball in play!!
  6. jkcarew
    Although…if Buxton slumps much longer, I fully expect the masses, that claim he’s a great hitter when healthy, will claim an injury was sustained.
  7. jkcarew
    Doncon is repeating low A (to start)…and he is off to the exact type of start there as you would hope. Keep it going kid, and get to AA! Fine debut for Soto. Get acclimated, get comfortable, and the results will hopefully come. Nice to see most of the top hitting prospects off to nice starts! Severino (after Sunday) is now 0 - 23 to start the campaign. Thoughts and prayers.
  8. jkcarew
    Exactly. You can’t ask guys to do something at the major league level…like cut down their swings with 2 strikes and RiSP, and/or hitting the ball the other way…when they’ve never done those things during the entire coarse of their development (certainly not in the Twins system)…and then be surprised when they can’t do it. Better off hoping the power shows back up. FWIW, the K rate is actually slightly down from last year (although still near the ‘top’). The difference is the almost total lack of power. Currently have the LOWEST HR% in the majors. Last year, they had one of the highest. There is nothing, absolutely nothing, this group is capable of that will make that work. 7 games. The worm will turn. Right?
  9. jkcarew
    Zero missiles from Castro this season. It’s a full-blown crisis.
  10. jkcarew
    Shouldn’t be hard to make the argument that you need the bat worse than the Twins hitter…which would make it effectively legal in Hennepin County.
  11. jkcarew
    Why is Ryan throwing the ball over the plate? Doesn’t seem like a necessary risk to take today.
  12. jkcarew
    I feel a comeback coming. But it could be the undercooked ham sandwich I had for lunch.
  13. jkcarew
    But other than that..how was the play, Mrs Lincoln?
  14. jkcarew
    Pablum bland or insipid intellectual fare You’re welcome.
  15. jkcarew
    The guy who put up OPS+ of 114, 104, 134, and 126 in his last 4 full season with the team?? We could use a few problem players like that.
  16. jkcarew
    Best in the league last year at not striking out….and near the very bottom in runs scored. If their offense is close to average this year, Twins are probably in trouble. Starting the season with 4 games against Oakland will boost your confidence, as well.
  17. jkcarew
    Around 1984 (might have been ‘85) Tony and Kirby Puckett played on a fall league slow-pitch softball team in a league that I was in. Can’t make it up. NEVER would happen these days. Of course we were in awe and trying to engage them the entire time. Tony was incredibly friendly, but couldn’t hardly get a word in edgewise with Puckett’s constant chatter. I think we played them one or two double-headers. To my recollection, Oliva homered in every at-bat. After the first couple, we told him he didn’t have to run the bases. They were all no-doubters. He would have been around age 47 at the time, limping severely…but just LOVED swinging a bat. There was nobody among us 20-something year olds…including Puckett…hitting the ball as far as Tony was. I can’t really remember his mid 60’s seasons. Started ‘remembering’ Twins games in 1968 or 1969. And I remember, at that time, my parents and uncle (who, respectively, grew up Tigers and Cardinals fans) considered Oliva to be the best player on the club. A club with Harmon Killebrew…still in his prime…on it.
  18. jkcarew
    I don’t like ‘one size fits all’ approach. Each guy is unique and Soto sure has a different frame than Raya. Also, I’m not sure anyone knows exactly what makes one guy break down, while another doesn’t. The heavily cautious approach certainly doesn’t guarantee nothing goes bump in the night. At some point, they have to handle the load or it’s moot. Still, he’s 19...you’re gonna start slow. I’m just hoping they keep an open mind and let things evolve rapidly if, in fact, the responses indicate that he’s capable.
  19. jkcarew
    Many of us may think that Julien is a potential all-star level hitter. But, Rocco gives every indication he thinks Julien’s ceiling is Randy Bush. He might be right and he might be wrong…but how will we ever know if he’s wrong?
  20. jkcarew
    Nice game overall for the bats…and also the bullpen. (The bullpen was good in both Brewers games.) Nice win. The good: I liked the decision to go with Stewart and Jax in the 7th and 8th. Good job of adapting/reacting to the circumstances of the game as it unfolded. Something that Rocco hasn’t necessarily been great at, IMO. The bad: The top of the 4th inning was an embarrassing clown show…all on Rocco. If you’re replacing your leadoff hitter in the 4th inning…in itself, highly questionable…and do so with a mediocre hitter (being kind), a guy who feels his best chance to drive in runs with two outs and the bases juiced, is to try to score the guy from 3rd with a perfectly placed bunt…well…clown show. The fact that the pitch hitter showed zero confidence in his own ability to drive the ball for a base hit (that probably scores TWO runs) and instead bunted on his own, makes Rocco look WORSE, not better, for having put him in there in the first place. In the 4th inning.
  21. jkcarew
    This looks like a situation where the “save” happens in the 8th inning. Or we score a bunch more runs. I’m fine with either.
  22. jkcarew
    I’m reminded… 2-out 3-run homers are good.
  23. jkcarew
    Other than that one swing, he seems to be very much in acclimation mode at the AAA level. 6 K’s in his first 13 PA, and zero BB.
  24. jkcarew
    So Varland is #4 and Paddack is #5? Or did Rocco make up his mind that he was going to use all five (even though he wouldn’t have “needed” to) on this pass as a ‘tryout’ for the 4th spot going forward?
  25. jkcarew
    Buxton swinging it pretty good. Unfortunately, he’s not getting the ball in the air. In the past…in the stretches where he’s making hard contact…the HR’s have come in numbers. It’s a problem he’s never had. Still, it’s only a problem because nobody else is hitting much of anything. Hate to say it, but I don’t think this lineup is going to win many games by spraying singles and doubles all over the place. And I don’t think we can just ride the starting pitching, either. Power needs to kick in.
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