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  1. bean5302
    All that said, the Rockies have great attendance because at least their owners understand the game day experience doesn't depend on: A) The name on the players jersey B) The winning record of the team. C) The storied history of a franchise D) Catering to smaller humanoids who have no money. Coors Field is an awesome venue to attend a game. While the Rockies might lose, it's a rarity there isn't something exciting going on, and Denver is a migrant powerhouse. Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, San Francisco. There are tons of people who've flooded into Denver over the years so the visiting teams have a strong presence. In addition, Denver rarely has weather delays or canceled games, and through the course of May-Sept, evening games are absolutely awesome. The stadium has been designed largely to cater to young adult fans, and the Lodo area around Coors Field boasts tons of recreation, roof top seating, etc. It's a lesson in how to operate a stadium. You can also watch the Rockies on TV these days.
  2. bean5302
    The Rockies have an owner who demands to be directly involved in the running of the franchise. That's the issue. Who stays, who can be traded, etc. Dick and Charley Monfort are kinda like a combination of Arte Moreno and Jerry Reinsdorf. I'll tell you who we're going to get/keep, but I'll spend money. Also, I want an echo chamber of nepotism, please.
  3. bean5302
    ...and you expected Baldelli to say something else? Something like, "I pitched him way too much and he's going to be unavailable for a few days, but now we've got a roster crunch and I need to manipulate the 26 man a little so we're sending Alcala down for a couple weeks because he has options."
  4. bean5302
    Can't agree with your take at all. We've seen this time and again from Twins prospects who play the positional shuffle in the pursuit of flexibility. They never get comfortable. Positioning and awareness of the situation are largely the result of repetition. Steer was not scouted as a poor defender, and if he was given regular playing time at a single position, there's no reason to expect he wouldn't improve quite a bit. 3rd base might be a stretch as his arm is pretty weak.
  5. bean5302
    My thoughts exactly. MLB is cracking down on the good 'ol Phantom IL trips. Paddack's starts in order avg fastball velo., change from previous start negative numbers in ( ), change from 2 starts ago, First pitch strike %, pitch count, 94.4 Not Avail., Not Avail., 50.0%, 82 pitches 95.0 +0.6mph, Not Avail., 54.5%, 87 pitches 94.0 (1.0mph), (0.4mph), 63.3%, 89 pitches 94.2 +0.2mph, (0.8mph), 70.4%, 96 pitches 92.4 (1.8mph), (1.6mph), 62.5%, 95 pitches 94.3 +1.9mph, +0.1mph, 83 pitches 93.0 (1.3mph), +0.6mph, 99 pitches 92.9 -0.1mph, (1.4mph), 95 pitches 93.1 +0.2mph, +0.1mph, 100 pitches 91.8 (1.3mph), (0.4mph), 74 pitches 91.5 -0.3mph, (1.6mph), 88 pitches When did the arm fatigue kick in? It would be suspect after throwing 99, 95, 100 pitches in 3 consecutive games, but he's already shown velocity drop offs like this previously in the season. If you watch the trend, he's been losing velocity pretty steady most of the season. It looks to me like Paddack is trading velocity for command.
  6. bean5302
    Alcala is a veteran player with 100 MLB appearances, who was arbitration eligible last year, and he made his way back to the big show at the end of last year with a full Spring Training this year. Your comment seems to suggest he's a rookie or prospect who needs some seasoning in the minors.
  7. bean5302
    It might have something to do with how many prospects Falvey parted ways with in the past few years, and how much talent came out of the farm system. Wells, Cano, Povich, Hajjar, Petty, Baddoo, Wade, Jr., Steer, Encarnacion-Strand, it's been a lot. Falvey's drafting and development results had been pretty abysmal up until Royce Lewis' break out, IMHO.
  8. bean5302
    I tend to agree with Schmoeman5, but I'll take it a step further. Jorge Lopez has been living in and playing baseball in the continental United States for 14 years. His entire adult life. Even if he did mess it up because he's not highly fluent in English, I don't have a ton of sympathy for him.
  9. bean5302
    Nice views from todays game. Truly on Deck and Club Level R
  10. bean5302
    Noticed Duran was asked to throw a whole lot of off speed and breaking stuff again today.
  11. bean5302
    Heck yeah, he's hitting like an MLB regular player this week! Tearing it up!
  12. bean5302
    That's really the point. They are expected to make money, but partners like Bally Sports did not make money. There reaches a point at which nobody watches. If nobody watches, the advertisers don't buy spots and the networks don't make money. There's a possibility at least worth considering the level of fragmentation results in a revenue collapse. I don't think it's a problem for 10 or 20 games or something, though.
  13. bean5302
    Keaschall will be a guy to keep an eye on for sure. As a 21yr old second round pick out of college last year, seeing him in AA already is very promising!
  14. bean5302
    Spencer Steer is a RHB with a wRC+ 105. He plays 1B/2B/3B/LF. Anybody on the Twins who he might replace? CES definitely looks like he needs a reset in AAA, but his xwOBA is 80pts higher than actual. The Twins lost the trade and lost it horribly.
  15. bean5302
    I heard Rodriguez's arm is off, but he replied "I've had worse!" so the Twins labeled it a minor injury. In regard to Zebby Matthews, the development list has usually been used to give a pitcher a little innings break. The IL has a minimum return time, but I don't think the development list does so Matthews could just have a start pushed back or he could just be clearing some temporary space on the roster with all the guys moving around? It's not like he's been pitching too many innings.
  16. bean5302
    I honestly have as much or more faith in Farmer than I do Margot or Santana or especially Vazquez if Farmer were to get more consistent at bats. Even though Farmer's bat has been ice cold this year, the components of production are there. Max EV, batted ball type/data, BBs, Ks, it's all solid enough. His HR/FB rate is really what's killing him, but certainly having a BABIP of .221 instead of his career average of .293 doesn't help, either. Keep in mind, Farmer's only had 100 plate appearances. That's the equivalent of less than a single month of playing time, and it's been sporadic. Change just 2 fly outs to home runs and his OPS jumps from .515 to .628. His max EV and batted ball data suggests a couple HR are due. Wonder how Farmer would look behind the plate instead of Vazquez? It's been a few years, but the Dodgers did commit to making Farmer a catcher during his development. It might be a way to keep Vazquez out of the batters box if Farmer can handle an occasion day catching. I don't think Farmer is going anywhere, though perhaps the team should be willing to talk to him about accepting an assignment to get some playing time or working behind the dish.
  17. bean5302
    Joe Pohlad is not "the owner." He's also not the chairman (Jim Pohlad is). The Pohlad family, who collectively own the Twins, can re-organize who is actively involved in running the team any time.
  18. bean5302
    The best option is to play Jose Miranda at 1B every day. No platoons. There's no need to platoon him since he hits righties just fine. Miranda needs the reps at a static every day position. He's played a grand total of 126 games at 1B between MLB and MiLB, and that's not nearly enough to settle in. Even Joe Mauer struggled with 1B while learning on the job over his first year. Jose Miranda moves to full time 1B, Carlos Santana can move to PH/DH, and Margot gets DFA'd. That's how it should play out, but it won't. What will happen is Alex Kirilloff will get demoted, Jose Miranda will move to primary DH and Santana will stay right where he is.
  19. bean5302
    It felt to me like Falvey couldn't care less about the Smith/Ryan draftee's who hadn't yet established themselves as top prospects. He was pretty quick to ditch them.
  20. bean5302
    Yes, I agree. Intangibles are the perfect way to justify keeping the worst baseball player in MLB on the roster. Unfortunately, Vazquez is the worst catcher even in sand lot baseball history because he has a negative chakra aura and his healing crystal ratio is out of sync with the flat Earth orbit impact on the sun's lunar cycle. This contributes to paint fade on the players' favorite cars and makes them depressed so none of them play as well as they should. Oh, if only we had some advanced metrics which track all that!
  21. bean5302
    Manfred in the article. Basically, this is a thinly veiled threat that Diamond Sports needs to get their stuff in order because nobody is going to contract with them in the future at this rate. It's not just MLB who is watching Diamond Sports closely.
  22. bean5302
    I don't think Varland is ahead of Festa on the depth chart at this point. Last 4 starts at AAA 6.53 ERA, 4.53 FIP. 8.71 K/9, 3.05 BB/9, 1.60 WHIP, gave up a HR every game for the last 3 games.
  23. bean5302
    No. He must be demoted after every game he pitches. It's mandatory.
  24. bean5302
    Depends where you look and how you quantify things. fWAR or bWAR? Quality starts? Winning percentage of games started? Berrios was massively better than his ERA suggests in Toronto. I like what SWR is doing, but... I'd take Berrios today over SWR, no question. In 25 of his 44 starts with the Blue Jays in 2021-2022, Berrios left with 5.0+ innings pitched and an ERA of 4.05 or less. That's 57%, which is front line starter territory. The Blue Jays won 29 of those 44 games (107 win season pace). Joe Ryan, over 2023-2024, has produced 18 starts in 40 attempts for the Twins or 45% with 5.0+ innings and an ERA of 4.05 or less and fans around here consider Ryan to be a front line starter it seems. The Twins have won 22 of the 40 games Ryan has started over that span (89 win season pace) The pitcher most comparable to Berrios in our rotation is Pablo Lopez.
  25. bean5302
    LOL, WHAT???
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