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  1. Nine of twelve
    ¡Uno dingero!
  2. Nine of twelve
    Ein dinger!
  3. Nine of twelve
    This pitcher is getting squeezed by the ump.
  4. Nine of twelve
    The general case is the question of which pitcher is more likely to succeed: a tiring starter facing batters who have seen his pitches in two at-bats already, or a fresh-armed reliever who has different pitches than those to which the opposing lineup has become acclimated.
  5. Nine of twelve
    Why shouldn't using a non-traditional starter be taken into account? If anything it's actually more important (IMHO) to include that because using an opener or scheduling a bullpen game is a significant part of the short-start trend.
  6. Nine of twelve
    How can we tell if he's awake?
  7. Nine of twelve
    Do you suppose the two clean-headed men in the front row might be related?
  8. Nine of twelve
    How does the visiting team get a walk-off win?
  9. Nine of twelve
    And having been drafted in 2012 he's been in the organization for 10 years.
  10. Nine of twelve
    It still has a chance, but not on the triple play. Replay shows that Urshela tagged the runner from first base for the second out, then stepped on second for the third out. The play ended there. The throw to first base at the end was not part of the play. Scoring: 8-5. Edit: multininja'd.
  11. Nine of twelve
    When I look at Urshela I expect to hear him say, "Lucy! You got some splainin' to do!"
  12. Nine of twelve
    Cueto wanted no part of that baseball and I don't blame him.
  13. Nine of twelve
    ¡Mierda!
  14. Nine of twelve
    The pitcher needs to call which fielder is taking it.
  15. Nine of twelve
    Someone forgot to tell this to Carlos May.
  16. Nine of twelve
    Of course they exist. And I think everyone on this site hopes that every player the Twins draft develops into a top-level player very quickly. But as others have said, that's not reality. I personally think that the improvement Celestino has shown since last year, when the team was forced to put him into a situation in which he was overmatched, bodes well for his future.
  17. Nine of twelve
    Of course you can always cherry pick to find outliers, and you could hardly find a more atypical player than Acuna. Reaching the majors at age 20 like he did is really, really rare. Here's another player to consider: Whit Merrifield. He's also a very good player, but he didn't reach the majors until age 27 and didn't really come into his own for another year after that. Obviously he's an outlier as well, but based on how the vast majority of players develop it's almost certain that Celestino's play will improve over the course of the next few years.
  18. Nine of twelve
    I appreciate that this was not intended to be about any player in particular. But the question can be answered only about each player in particular.
  19. Nine of twelve
    Looking to 2023 and beyond, I think our four outfielders should be Buxton, Celestino, and two of Kepler, Kirilloff, and Larnach. Two RHB, two LHB, and two or three (counting Kepler) capable of playing center field. Obviously there could be repercussions from other roster moves, for example if Kirilloff winds up playing extensively at first base, but I think this group would do well for us. Regarding Celestino in particular, playing AAA for the rest of this season may be what's best for him if we want him playing 3 of every 4 games next season.
  20. Nine of twelve
    All we need is just one more run than Baltimore scores. One may be enough.
  21. Nine of twelve
    Celestino catches that.
  22. Nine of twelve
    One of the things that I think is so cool about baseball is there are so many things that can happen, and something new can still happen even though the game has been played for over 150 years.
  23. Nine of twelve
    I love soul music!
  24. Nine of twelve
    I had to leave so I missed the 9th inning. But I'm just as happy as if I'd seen it. These last four games both painfully and joyfully exemplify one of my favorite sayings that applies so well to baseball: Sometimes you're the pigeon, and sometimes you're the statue.
  25. Nine of twelve
    "I named my dog Stay, so I can say, 'Come here, Stay! Come here, Stay!'" "I spilled Spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone." -Steven Wright
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