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  1. jkcarew
    Not well at all since the early positive returns in 2021.
  2. jkcarew
    Never know when the 3rd outcome is going to show up.
  3. jkcarew
    For 2024, throw him in CF (with a better back-up plan than MAT). Or send him to a surgeon. Or see if he'll agree to a buy-out/retirement. Anything but DH.
  4. jkcarew
    Time only helps if he spends it playing (against lefties).
  5. jkcarew
    Given the team's struggles against lefties, I get not playing Julien. But I wonder if this divisional 'race' is going to be so tight that we can't afford to let Julien play more against them and figure out some adjustments. I'm not wanting to accept already that his ceiling is that of a somewhat better version of Randy Bush.
  6. jkcarew
    First solid nomination for POTN
  7. jkcarew
    Is it just me, or does Jenkins swing seem ‘handsy’...a lot of weight forward? Admittedly, I’ve only seen a very few…so. But it seems like there might be (even) more power to unlock there.
  8. jkcarew
    wRC+ of 143 since June 9…that’s 2 months of being one of the better all-around corner outfielders in the league. And around wRC+ 108 for the year…something even good teams can live with. Wouldn’t shock me if they try to find a legit right-handed OF bat in the offseason…but it doesn’t appear that it would be that high on the priority list the way things are playing out after the deadline.
  9. jkcarew
    Well…yeah. Winning a conceded and terrible division doesn’t mean much, but if they do it convincingly and follow it up with a series win…especially with contributions from an emerging new core…that would be a real step forward.
  10. jkcarew
    Simply because winning a really bad division…while not getting really much better than you were the previous season and while sticking with veterans that aren’t going to get better, isn’t much of an accomplishment.
  11. jkcarew
    Cleveland has a pretty well established record of doing more with less than the Twins. This seems pretty consistent with that trend, IMO. Takes guts to acknowledge when a race really isn’t a race. Civale will sting…but the Bell move doesn’t make them an ounce worse.
  12. jkcarew
    If they win the division and win a game or two, it will be sold as a resoundingly successful season…and more than half of the fan base would swallow that narrative whole.
  13. jkcarew
    I don’t get it. If you believe the club has a shot in the postseason, you try to put a thumb or two in a couple of leaking dikes. If you don’t, you sell…at least some. Doing absolutely nothing, is just conceding to the status quo. For the record, I think they win the division with anything other than a big sell off. So, IMO, there was an opportunity to get a win/win with some selling.
  14. jkcarew
    Completely miss the point. I’m not reacting to this week, or even this year. I’m reacting to the status quo. Years. And where did I say fire everybody? Where did I say fire ANYBODY. Straw man. If you’re happy with ALC division titles, that’s your right…great. I’m not.
  15. jkcarew
    Here’s the problem I have with the “hey we’re still in it”, “chip and a chair” crowd… You’re rewarding mediocrity. You’re playing right into the hands of an ownership and FO that sell this as ‘success’…year after year. En mass, you provide no incentive for real change, real progress. The club is still in the ALC race and could still very well win it. I hope they do, and I’ll be cheering them on. But it won’t necessarily mean I think it was a “good” season. Taking advantage of a terrible division year after year to ‘compete’, and hoping that lightning strikes in the postseason is not a plan…it’s a shell game. Honestly, I’m to the point where I wish the club was playing in a different division,…I’m guessing that might be the only thing that would light any kind of fire under this organization.
  16. jkcarew
    Pitching RACING back to the pack. Kepler wRC+ of 132 since the break (higher after tonight). Helps if you’re trading him…but makes it less likely, I suppose…since we’re in the “race”.
  17. jkcarew
    I have a higher expectation of the club. Two or three chips maybe. 83 wins in this division and this year, is not a chip and a chair. It’s a lottery.
  18. jkcarew
    In storybooks and movies, anyway. The ALC is 8-22 in the postseason since 2016 when Cleveland had the dominating pitching staff. One series win in that time…a wild card series. And how many series consecutively have the Twins lost? Every one against a better team. You need to be good.
  19. jkcarew
    Roh-roh…Fangraphs has our pitching staff at 20th in the league since the AS break…the best club we’ve played being offensively challenged Seattle. Add starting pitcher to the list of needs for the epic run to the AL pennant.
  20. jkcarew
    Nice comment. Are you worried about the Poland’s 2023 income? And why do you equate selling some veterans and clearing playing time for the younger players with quitting? Have you given up on the young guys?
  21. jkcarew
    Currently combing the wire for the next Sam Dyson.
  22. jkcarew
    But now is the time to decide, right? I agree that one loss to a bad team doesn’t mean much. But there’s a pretty substantial body of work out there that would say sell. The only thing that's saying buy is the lousy competition in this division. I say sell, anyway.
  23. jkcarew
    True. It’s more the recent lack of command that is concerning rather than the one HR.
  24. jkcarew
    Defense will always have value…but it has less value in the modern game…fewer balls in play, fewer balls on the ground. It’s a roster trend league wide…not just the Twins. In an era of small parks, and fewer balls in play, there is nothing that a defensive specialist like MAT can do out there to justify 300+ PA against right-handed pitching over the course of a season. There just isn’t. Even the Twins are admitting utter defeat by rolling Gallo and/or Castro out there against right-handed pitching.
  25. jkcarew
    What blasphemy is this!!? What if a sinkhole opens in the outfield and swallows him whole? What if it makes his agent crabby? Much better that we stay the course toward an assured and sustainable state of mediocrity. After all, you can never have too many ALC pennants.
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