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  1. jkcarew
    Yeah…I don’t think it makes sense this year, either.
  2. jkcarew
    Sonny Gray… To anyone that breaks the bank (relative to rentals). Not interested in buying (rentals). If this division means anything to anyone, it can be won by standing Pat or even selling. Last year Cleveland walked away with it after standing Pat with the youngest team in the majors ( to eventually lose to the Yankees, who got demolished by Houston). We,re a relatively old club and we’re average. Precarious spot to be in. If I thought the Twins were legit, I’d go after Snell (thinking playoff matchups), and Turner for 3B with Lewis moving to CF.
  3. jkcarew
    Tough losses for St Paul and Wichita tonight. To be fair, the results probably would have been better if they, too, had gotten to play the Royals. Nice to see Jose Salas do some damage with the bat!
  4. jkcarew
    If Clark is there, take him. If it’s Jenkins, I would be so tempted to go Teel or Dollander.
  5. jkcarew
    1 for his last 25…and K’ing at a 46% clip over the last 9 games. Bottom line, I don’t think he’s helped or hurt his prospect status this year. Very young for A+ ball…and spectacularly uneven in his performance. He’s the kind of guy for whom I would expect opinions to vary significantly. Wouldn’t surprise me if he flamed out completely, wouldn’t surprise me if he was an mlb All-Star.
  6. jkcarew
    The talent has been on full display…as have the potential issues. Long way to go.
  7. jkcarew
    Fwiw…Orioles now 6-10 in their last 16. Run differential down to +13. Then come the A’s. The schedule is soft all July. Perfect situation for the FO to misjudge what this team is heading to the trade deadline.
  8. jkcarew
    36-42 against the league; 7-1 against the Royals For the Twins, the Kansas City Royals remain that brief stretch of track between long tunnels.
  9. jkcarew
    I do subscribe to the theory that ‘good’ managers probably get too much credit, and ‘bad’ managers probably too much blame. And since I’m pretty convinced Rocco fits pretty squarely into the latter category, I’ll not pile on here. I will say…all great leaders know that actions speak louder than words. Actions take more courage than words, though.
  10. jkcarew
    Woods Richardson in no way ‘led’ anything with regard to the Saints win. It was 100% about the offense and the 4 HR’s (including a GS). Woods Richardson was bad…not even arguable. 10 baserunners in 5 innings, with one K. Lucky to give up only 3 runs.
  11. jkcarew
    Yeah, the knashing of teeth is about the hitting, not Duran’s blown save….for me anyway. Also 2nd time in a week the K’s were down significantly, and the hitting was still really really bad. The problems run deeper than the K’s.
  12. jkcarew
    I don’t know. Twins developed Spencer Steer.
  13. 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.
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  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. jkcarew
    I feel the same as Fish…last of top 5 or Teel.
  22. 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.
  23. jkcarew
    Stu??? Is that you, Stu!!?
  24. jkcarew
    I saw a Rocco interview about a week or two ago when he admitted (maybe reluctantly) that the K’s are “a problem”. But when you’re giving at bats to Gallo, Julien, Buxton, Farmer, MAT…and the guys in the wings include Wallner and Larnach…yikes.
  25. jkcarew
    Yeah…it just seems like he’s going to get his shot…maybe as soon as next year?…and maybe with a different club? He’s got to be rule 5 eligible, right?
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