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  1. jkcarew
    1-4 with a K And yes, named to the all-star squad.
  2. jkcarew
    I don’t know. Twins developed Spencer Steer.
  3. jkcarew
    We CRUSHED the Arraez trade today. Just sayin.
  4. jkcarew
    Buxton. The hitting machine.
  5. jkcarew
    And he’s being rewarded. It’s confusing. It’s questionable. It’s Ironic. It’s Rocco.
  6. jkcarew
    No respect…should have walked him. But with Buxton’s recent results they figured they’d come out ok. They didn’t.
  7. jkcarew
    Something about the Orioles uniform, I guess. Doesn’t matter if they’re good and we aren’t. They’re the anti-Yankees for the Twins.
  8. jkcarew
    I’m not that down on him. If the HR% comes back up even a little, he’s useful in the lineup. However, I agree, it’s hard to be very high on his longer-term value to the club right now.
  9. jkcarew
    True…but they’re also struggling to put up numbers in the majors. It just causes me to temper my expectations of Wallner. It doesn’t change my desire to see more (much more) of him.
  10. jkcarew
    Error
  11. jkcarew
    The average age of the pitchers at Cedar Rapids is 23.4, for hitters it’s 21.5. I’d love to see a weighted average of the respective ages based on PA and innings pitched…the discrepancy would be much greater…the older guys are getting the lions share of the innings (Raya just getting started), while the very youngest are getting the most PA. I think it’s skewing how we perceive the results there so far. Generalizing…pitchers are probably overperforming a bit relative to real potential, while the bats may be underperforming relative to real potential.
  12. jkcarew
    Buxton's career OPS+ is 107, for 2023 he's at 101. That's probably one hot week...it's not that big of a difference. Buxton's not a great hitter...never has been over long periods of time…like a season. He’s not going to carry a team over a season offensively for that reason, and a bunch more related to his health. If the FO thought he would, the plan was flawed from the get-go.
  13. jkcarew
    Yep. The hitting roster was a hope, a wish…a ‘gamble’ if that’s more polite. It’s backfired. You have Correa underperforming…the rest (even Buxton really), not so much. The Keplers, Gallos, Buxton’s, etc…they are pretty much what they are offensively. And none of the young guys should be expected to carry the club right out of the gate. They could have been better than this...but it was pretty unlikely this was going to be a good offensive team.
  14. jkcarew
    I’m fine with with Lopez. Think there’s realistic expectations for slightly better results, which would make it better yet. In hindsight, wish we would have traded Buxton instead.. but that was never going to happen.
  15. jkcarew
    …If these three can continue to perform the way they have in the first half for the final three months, while Bailey Ober, Kenta Maeda, and others hold down the back end of the rotation, it's going be very hard to give up on this team. Not for me. Gotta make the tough decisions. Trade Gray. It’s the right thing to do.
  16. jkcarew
    I can’t help but be wary of the hitting stats for the Saints. Something about that ballpark and/or league. The TEAM’s average OPS is well into the 800’s. Pretty much everyone that is anyone has slashed even BETTER than Wallner for their cup of tea with the Saints…Kirilloff, Larnach, Lewis, Williams, Helman Farmer…; Andrew Stevenson was about a 750 OPS’er in AAA, and last year he was into the 800’s and this year approaching 900. Having said that, need to get Wallner up and see how it goes.
  17. jkcarew
    Now is the time to act to generate hope for 2024. Clear the active roster for youth. Figure out what you have with the youngsters. SELL at the deadline. I personally don’t think Rocco can manage…but this is mainly the FO’s fault. This figured to be a challenged lineup…counting on way too many being better than they’ve been in recent past…and young starters being immediately good. Will they have the balls to blow it up NOW? (probably not). If they’re buyers at the deadline, I’ll honestly be as upset with the club as I’ve ever been.
  18. jkcarew
    Out with the old, in with the new…and SELL, SELL, SELL
  19. jkcarew
    This game is a good example that K’s are not THEE problem. It goes deeper than that. It’s just being better hitters overall…use the whole field, know when to be patient and when to be aggressive, be a tougher out with 2 out and RISP, drive the ball more consistently. If the lower K rate can only come with inferior contact, less power…it’s zero-sum, and you’re just not a good hitter.
  20. jkcarew
    I feel the same as Fish…last of top 5 or Teel.
  21. jkcarew
    But low-leverage literally means “NOT very important”. And it’s not like he’s an innings-eater. Infrequent that he even goes 2 innings. The only important factors are that he’s on the 40-man and doesn’t have options. Look, every bullpen has a bottom, and the guys that find themselves there, are always easy game for the negative fodder when they get over-exposed. I think it’s fair to say Pagan is not THE problem with the club. But he’s not very ‘important’, either.
  22. jkcarew
    Feel better? (source: BaseballReference.com)
  23. jkcarew
    If I had a dime…
  24. jkcarew
    He’s raised his OPS so far in this game…but, yes. Currently ‘enjoying’ a season where his BABiP is about 65 points below his career average. A lot of pretty well stuck balls finding gloves.
  25. jkcarew
    Right now every guy in the bullpen is hiding behind the other.
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