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  1. jkcarew
    And this a team that we worry about where young guys with high upside fit? Even if you’ve been brainwashed into thinking this is a pennant chase, you’d have to admit winning 4 of every 14 probably isn’t going to be enough.
  2. jkcarew
    I think there may be legitimate reasons to not call him up soon…but worrying about how he fits or if he immediately makes them better don’t qualify, IMO. This ain’t a pennant chase. Staggering toward the 6th and last seed in the postseason…with no real momentum…alongside no less than 6 other teams, isn’t anything. Maybe Jenkins gives you a spark and momentum, maybe he doesn’t. Does it really matter? At some point you chose to take the risk to move on from the comfortable, the familiar, the safe, the perpetually mediocre…to take a shot at something better than that. Unless, of course, your roster includes a stupid and irrational mess of guys that can only play outfield, and calling Jenkins up only draws more attention to that fact. Then you wait until next year.
  3. jkcarew
    I mean IMO there’s definitely reasonable hope that he can become good. But the command challenges are real…been there pretty much all year.
  4. jkcarew
    Huh? Why do orgs manage innings, then?
  5. jkcarew
    Lefty
  6. jkcarew
    Well…he’ll probably be better than when he hit 106 this year. That’s the way you hope it works.
  7. jkcarew
    21, 7, 0, 7, 23, 83. 106….Innings pitched by Prielipp by year since 2020. If I thought the Twins were in line for anything meaningful, I’d be upset. For now, I’m just happy he remains a somewhat hopeful and healthy option going forward.
  8. jkcarew
    I’m not sure, Shelty…but Prielipp might be out of gas.
  9. jkcarew
    Sorry, Church Of
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    Sorry, Church Of
  11. jkcarew
    Almost. 2 out and Kriedler up…don’t mind the attempt at all.
  12. jkcarew
    Since June 11 when the TEAM hit low water mark of 8 games under 500…so over 2 months and a third of the season in which they’ve been playing their best baseball (such that it is) in terms of winning pct… Leader in wRC+ : Keaschall; Leader in OPS: Keaschall (both by a pretty good margin) Rank in fWAR…which, like you and most, doesn’t like Keaschall’s defense….1. Lewis, 2. Keaschall Rank in fWAR per game played 1. Jeffers, 2. Lewis, 3. Keaschall, 4. Buxton Shelton would and should be fired if he decided he wasn’t going to play Keaschall as much.
  13. jkcarew
    I’d love to see Jenkins up. But he…or anyone else…doesn’t make the club better by taking at-bats from Keaschall. Maybe that’s not what you’re insinuating. If/when, it will be at-bats from Roden, and probably a rotating mix of others.
  14. jkcarew
    Early in the year I was worried Keaschall was going to turn into just a guy. It’s been a very long stretch now where his offense has made a very convincing argument to the contrary. He’s been way too valuable to give up on figuring out how and where he goes defensively. I don’t think anyone is questioning he’ll put in the work. Where that gets him defensively we’ll definitely learn in time, because the bat’s going nowhere…except higher in the order.
  15. jkcarew
    And still never put Jeffers in the lineup at DH or 1B when Caratini started at catcher. Truly confounding. What was the point?
  16. jkcarew
    Or…it sucks that we’re in this division because it gives the organization rationale to continuously and forever set the bar low…while knowing that a large portion of the fast base will swallow the “we’re competing, we’re in it” narrative, which runs from mostly false to completely false depending on the season. It’s a double-edged sword, the ALC.
  17. jkcarew
    I think at least in the case of Lewis you’re confusing post frequency with number of posters. I’m guessing 98% of the community is just fine with his 845 OPS across 55 games since his return.
  18. jkcarew
    Nice swing on that pitch taking it the other way at 98mph. Bit too much under it.
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    Jenkins conceivably would have been up many weeks ago if not for the injury. But yeah, now you’re at a point where you might as well wait until the 15th. Getting on base and playing at least average defensive CF/OF would be great. I don’t expect much power for a while. Still, nice to see him turn on that pitch, he’s starting to do a little more of that. The other HR was a wind-aided fairly routine fly ball the left field.
  21. jkcarew
    It’s a joke based on the venue. A baseball event can’t have more than about 40k…no matter what. A concert can accommodate many more based on how the venue can be set up for a concert.
  22. jkcarew
    I bet if the Twins played only 1 game per year they wouldn’t get any more than the Bananas got! (I can’t help myself. You laid that fastball right over the middle of the plate. I had to swing.)
  23. jkcarew
    I mean it comes down to the zero power and the widely perceived need to play 1B to avoid being too much of a defensive liability. I just think he’s stuck in the same market as a 1B only guy (his lack of speed doesn’t help) with an OBP of 320-ish and SLG of 470-ish. Those guys don’t exactly grow on trees, but they’re not rare enough to make him super valuable, either. I like him in front of Schwarber. It’ll be interesting what the reviews end up being on his second run at second base.
  24. jkcarew
    As do the Marlins, Padres, and Giants, apparently. 😉
  25. jkcarew
    Luke owes him a dinner.
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