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  1. Aerodeliria
    When Maeken is getting many swings and misses, it indicates his arm is fine. That happened in the first start and in this start. He obviously injured himself in his second start and should have been shut down then, but that's water under the bridge. Let's hope he can stay healthy for the remainder of the season.
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    Ahh, that was a relief and a rescue. My only complaint about this thread is my inadvertent screen touches of clickbait ads, which are always slightly less annoying when we win :-)
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    Manufacturing a run...it works!!!
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    Is the offense waking up? Or was that a mirage in the midst of the desert called "Twins baseball in June?" It is hard for me to say that those garbage time home runs have much meaning in the overall scheme of things. I'm sure Kluber was told, "Just get us nine outs."
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    Who would a trade benefit? Arraez, Raley, Rooker, Badoo, Wade (who am I missing?)...when they were here they underperformed...when they were traded, they started hitting significantly better. Outside of Arraez, a popular opinion was that most of these guys would just fade away into obscurity. It is sad to ask, but why is that? In other words, if we get someone and stick them into this system, will they let us down? (Correa swears that Popkins is the greatest ever. He is having his worst season in recent history. Can we trust his assessment?) PS-It is very tough on pitchers to not get some run support. Each inning the Twins don't score, that puts greater pressure on them to keep the other team off of the scoreboard; on defense, extending innings with errors or blunders makes it even tougher.
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    Yes, that's true and Rosario has contributed but even without him in the lineup, the Braves are a superior team to the Twins and it's not really even close...and besides, I said he would fit right in... I think going out and getting other players is not going to help the Twins very much as they are destined to obliterate the SO record regardless. How about a litte extra BP to help the players with their timing? The Softbank Hawks have been the best Japanese baseball team the past decade. They have BP twice a day (at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm) when there are night games. The pitching coach throws mostly non-fastballs to the hitters. Of course, the hitters don't really like having to come to the ballpark early to hit, but they do it because they know it helps--maybe it's all psychological, but they all talk about how it helps their timing in the games. I think the Twins need to focus on the practical a bit more and the analytical a bit less...otherwise, it won't matter who the Twins go out and get (IMHO).
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    He leads the Braves in whiffs and strikes out more than 25% of the time, but I guess that he would fit right in...
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    Not that my opinion matters one whit, I didn't agree with pulling Gray in that situation because it cost him a potential win. I want 'my ace' with that kind of mentality. I think a negotiated settlement would have been nice, something along the lines of "OK, I agree to let you start the 5th, but one walk or one hit and you're out of the game." With that said, I have generally been supportive of Baldelli's handling of the pitchers. He has who he has, and I think they are pitching actually slightly better than I expected...the hitting and fielding, well those are horses of a different color...
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    I'm not sure we need another guy who swings at everything. We seem to have our quota already...
  10. Aerodeliria
    Sorry, I thought you were making a general statement--not particularly related to the game. My comment was also not related to the game but to the broader picture. I thought Baldelli managed the game fine and I think that this year, he has managed the games much better than last year. (You never hear me complaining about Pagan or whoever because we are stuck with them, and in my opinion (although I'm sure I'll take bullets for this), they seem to be the best that we have at the moment.) My complaint is player preparation. It's hard for me to fathom why the Twins don't focus more on BP and defensive routines--this, to me, is where the manager plays a huge role. I know players are responsible for good play, but there are good managers such as Bruce Bochy who regularly took a bunch of average players and had them perform at a higher level. Again, I am sorry if I misinterpreted your intent.
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    Of course players matter. If you have a bad team, they will play bad, but do they perform better or worse than their capabilities? I think this team underperforms on a regular basis. If that is all on the players, then the manager has no purpose whatsoever. We might as well let ChatGPT make out the lineup card and determine the starting lineup.
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    We just had a sports Sunday special here in Japan. They highlighted the regular routines of the Softbank Hawks. They have been the most successful team in Japan over the past decade (you can look it up). When there is night games, players are supposed to participate in two batting practice sessions--one at 1;00 pm and one at 3:00 pm. The players get about 20 hacks for each session. They throw them lots of junk as well as a couple of fastballs. The players say that this gets them ready for the games, particularly, they mentioned how it helps their timing. The Twins could take a lesson.... although it doesn't fit the narrative...
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    The Twins are in the bottom five for errors committed...that excludes blunders that don't count as errors, which seem to occur every couple of games...so, no, the Twins are not better. I think there is a direct relation to how much emphasis there is on boring routines, such as taking 25 swings in BP or practicing outfield throws or turning double plays, etc. I've heard on a number of occasions that these fundamental elements have never been a strong focus for the current regime.
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    I am not pondering fastballs and curveballs here, but I have played on many teams in my life. Some managers switched the order every single time. It made me uncomfortable. Some kept the order the same. Whether I was first or ninth, I felt at ease knowing where I would hit. I was not a professional, so take this with a grain of salt, but for me, I would contend that if you know where you are going to hit in the lineup...it matters...it makes you more relaxed.
  15. Aerodeliria
    I have an idea. Let's put Julien at 2nd and Polanco can become a DH alongside Buxton. Buxton and Polanco can alternate as DHs and that way they both will have even fewer chances to get injured...
  16. Aerodeliria
    They do not execute in crucial situations (i.e., late innings). They make errors; they whiff three times with a runner on 3rd, they walk batters hitting .189, they run into outs, they fail to advance runners, etc. Of course, they all say they are one big happy family, but it seems like nine individuals each doing their own thing to me.
  17. Aerodeliria
    Preach it. Good teams don't cough up 6-1 leads. Once again, the unraveling begin with a critical error.
  18. Aerodeliria
    It matters when you have a runner on second with no outs and three consecutive batters whiff...and you lose 2-1.
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    I agree to some extent, but then I notice that almost every player jettisoned to another team seems to suddenly start hitting...
  20. Aerodeliria
    To have depth would imply that we have a solid core of starters at each position. Do we have that at any position? Having a bunch of mediocre players at every position does that constitute depth? There seems to be a serious problem with maximizing player potential once the players get the call-up or land their contract. How other teams unlock the potential of former Twins players should raise some serious questions about how the team is run.
  21. Aerodeliria
    This is the enigma wrapped inside a riddle, but it just keeps happening....
  22. Aerodeliria
    I fear they will turn into superstars........after we trade them away....what is it with that anyway? Why can't we unlock any of these hitters?
  23. Aerodeliria
    This issue has been one of the more vexing ones to me because I felt we've been given the smoke and mirrors treatment. I thought the plan from the start was to give him a chance to rest a bit between the games and a bit at the start of the season as the weather was so cold. I guess that was a scam or at least double-fake. We have claimed that Buxton is the DH (for life? I thought he was the CF for life...) but in fact, he is the second DH, because Taylor is eating up one spot in the batting order everytime Buxton doesn't play centerfield. Taylor is not filling in during late inning games or to give someone a rest; he is an everyday player, playing the position Buxton has been paid to play. I know that is a bizarro way to look at it, but that is how I look at it. In a normal world, Taylor would not be starting in CF--Buxton would be there and the DH slot could be open to someone with a much higher OPS than Taylor... The great 'signing' was that we had the number one CF in all of baseball for years to come, but we don't play him in case he gets hurt...I wonder if there has ever been another player who was paid not to do what he does best. "Hey Buck! You're the best centerfielder in the game, so we are gonna sit you on the pine. That way you won't get injured and everyone can still envision how great you are without you actually playing..."
  24. Aerodeliria
    I would say that if the Twins score fewer than 3 runs per game, they are going to lose consistently. A team like Houston probably fares a bit better because of lockdown bullpen.
  25. Aerodeliria
    That's a fascinating observation. I looked at runs and noticed that the Twins have given up the second fewest runs of any team, Their +40 run differential is most closely aligned with our nemesis the Yankees. The Yankees are +11 in the win column compared to +1 for the Twins. Thinking about both stats and what Vanimal46 has provided, it is quite clear that the Twins lose low-scoring and/or close games consistently while winning more frequenly in comfortable games. I would add that as of last week, they were 26th in team defense (based on errors). The latter point seems to have been a trouble spot for the Twins in the last few years, and this has bitten them frequently in tight ballgames again this year...and of course, to beat dead horse, they are whiffing at an astronomical rate. Is this a case of Earl Weaver's disease?
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