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  1. Nine of twelve
    If it's been done before it could well have been Jim Kaat who did it. He was not infrequently used as a pinch runner when he was a Twin. From Baseball Reference: He made 898 pitching appearances during his career, spending his last five seasons principally as a reliever, but appeared in over 1,000 games - 1,004 to be exact - thanks to 24 games as a pinch-hitter and 85 as a pinch-runner.
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    While Eaton made a good play, this was a mistake by Polanco. It was not a difficult play for a major league right fielder to make, it was late in a 1-run game with nobody out, and the situation in right field was clearly in Polanco's view as he ran. The fact that it was not a particularly close play at second bears this out. And this was not lost on Kepler on his single to right in the ensuing at-bat. That would have put runners at the corners with nobody out.
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    I'll split that a bit further. First 7 games: 5-2. At that point the accursed virus infiltrated the organization, which threw the entire organization and the playing schedule into chaos. Next 37 games: 11-26. Any and every person in the organization who declined vaccination is certainly responsible at least in part for that.
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    Technically and otherwise, accuracy is a good thing.
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    Sano will be the default DH once Cruz is traded. Could be as soon as Friday.
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    I would worry about taking Fabian early. Not only is there concern about high K rate but he bats right, throws left. Disregarding switch hitters that is the least common permutation of the four, but it's also the most disadvantageous. In 120 years of professional baseball only one R/L position player, Rickey Henderson, has ever made the HOF. So maybe in the second round or later if he's still on the board.
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    If you can recoup the investment or at least come very close the boss will still approve. However, given today's events I think it's unlikely that will happen.
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    Too late. The team announced that he was removed from the game today as a precaution, but that sounds fishy to me. My guess is that the injury has him bound for the IL and that nobody will want to trade for him. Merde.
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    As long as we don't trade for Hamilton I'll deal with whatever outcome that transpires. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hamilbi02.shtml
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    I didn't take the time to read through all the posts so I apologize if what I have to say has already been said. The use of the 2017 season as a benchmark is a major flaw in any analysis. That season was an outlier, significantly so, for the American League. Cleveland and Houston were head and shoulders above everyone else. Boston and New York were solid. Detroit and Chicago were crummy. The remaining nine teams finished with 75-85 wins. The Twins were just slightly less mediocre than the other eight, qualifying for the postseason with 85 wins, the fewest by a postseason qualifier in either league since the inception of the ten-team postseason. That is almost certainly not going to be the case in 2021. This year's team is currently 13th in the AL, meaning our team has to pass eight other teams including one that is currently 12 games over .500. I don't think there's any question that the Twins should sell. However, I think they should be careful whom they sell. Veterans with short-term contracts should be heavily marketed to other teams. Younger potential core players (e.g. Berrios) should be traded only if the other team is willing to overpay. That said, no player is untouchable if the trade improves the organization.
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    Then he should have taken that into account and bailed out at the very earliest sign the pitch was not going to be a strike. It was all his fault and he deserved to die. Of course, I am speaking sarcastically. I'm simply not in agreement with the blame-the-victim viewpoint presented in the earlier post.
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    A batter has less than 1.5 seconds to recognize what the pitch is (which is not always possible), to recognize where it's going, and to react accordingly. The argument that Buxton did not plan his reaction properly is borderline ridiculous, IMHO. I suppose you also think that it was Ray Chapman's fault that he allowed himself to be killed by Carl Mays.
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    Even against decent teams with second-line and third-line players this team has done OK at producing runs. As long as our position players are healthy I'm not concerned about that. It seems we have enough talent coming along to keep us stocked for the next few years. Beyond that, the obvious has already been stated many times. It's time to cut bait regarding Shoemaker. I can't picture another team taking him on if he's released, much less give something up for him in a trade. We should hang on to other short-termers for now and hope their performance in the next month or so can fetch us something in trades. But don't be impatient; the offers from contenders will improve between now and the trading deadline and we want to get the most we can.
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    Interesting. Seems like one of those quirks where a new term needs to be defined to clarify the play.
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    Stew Thornley, are you there? We need your ruling.
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    You may be correct. I know that pickoffs are counted as caught stealing so I assumed that if the runner is trying to advance that the same thing applies.
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    It was NOT a fielder's choice, because there was no other runner on whom a play could have been made. If a runner attempts to advance a base without the ball being put in play by the batter it is an attempted steal no matter when he attempts to advance.
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    WP and PB are scored as such only if a runner advances as a result of the play. It didn't show up in the box score I saw but I'm pretty sure this type of play is scored as a caught stealing.
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    The question being addressed reminds me of this. https://www.hgtv.com/shows/love-it-or-list-it
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    Actually, if you look at the replay you'll see that Dyson WAS tagging. He's an aggressive and fast runner and a good throw to third was needed even if it's just to hold him at second. But even if he hadn't been tagging the only play was to throw to third and Celestino was in a better position.
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    IMHO Celestino should have been the one to make the catch on the decisive play in the 7th. He was in a better position than Larnach to make the throw to third base. He should have been calling Larnach off the play. I can't tell from the replay whether he was doing that, but if he was then it was Larnach's mistake.
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    Wins by a starting pitcher have some merit. Wins by a reliever, almost none.
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    Hmmm, wonder who that could be?
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    Seth, you effectively answered the question you asked in the second sentence of your article. Baseball players typically don't reach their peak until their mid-to-late twenties, with four to six years of physical and mental development needed. I agree with h20face that Falvey probably did not have a lot to do with establishing Cleveland's system but I think he certainly gained an understanding of what succeeded there as well as how and why it succeeded. Pitching always has been and always will be the most important part of baseball, but what applies to developing a pitching pipeline also applies to batting, fielding, and base-running. Scouting and player development are the linchpins. Acquire the right players and have a system that enables them to perform at their highest level. This in turn requires acquiring good scouting and player development people. Falvey has had to essentially rebuild the entire organization from scratch. Fans tend to be impatient and demanding (even fans other than Yankee fans), but in baseball it takes time to do things the best way, and it has been only four and a half years since he was hired. Factor in that 29 other teams are competing for the best people and this is a monumental task. My hope is that in another five years we will have in place a solid pipeline not just for pitching but for all positions.
  25. Nine of twelve
    The Twins were 5-4 after the games of April 11. They have gone 9-23 since then. We have been cursed by the accursed virus-that-must-not-be-named.
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