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  1. Aerodeliria
    Truth!
  2. Aerodeliria
    I agree about the Buxton wall-crash. What was worse though was subsequently missing the cut-off and eliminating any chance of making a play at the plate.
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    Perfect synopsis of the weekend. My only beef was the same (i.e., not bringing on La Tortuga to pinch hit for Kepler in the 9th).
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    That's a fascinating article. Thank you. With great players you can win a lot of games. The Yankees could probably have R2D2 as their coach and they would still be in contention for the division, but for teams with fewer marquee players, the make or break of picking up a few extra wins or losses comes based upon their decision-making ability. The Twins coughed up a lot of late inning leads last year. If they cut that number to half, the Twins would be much improved, and a simple turn-around in one-run games would make for an 84-78, which I would call a great success (but I'm adding my 5 game Twins bias to the table to shoot for 89).
  5. Aerodeliria
    PS-I love winning those low-scoring games. (Looking forward to reading the game reports as well as the relief pitcher usage from the Daily crew.)
  6. Aerodeliria
    The perfect season continues on Saturday! As Tom mentioned, this series is just the first, but it is against Cleveland and it is the first with Neo at the helm. Interestingly, last night I watched a special program called ワースポ：ＭＬＢ (Wasupo: MLB=World Sports: MLB). The show featured Japan's latest pride and joy, Seattle Mariner Kikuchi, and was focused on how data are driving the game of baseball in the MLB. Apparently they have changed Kikuchi's release on the slider after data analysis revealed he wasn't getting enough bite on it. The dip difference on the slider has dramatically improved The show also talked about Justin Verlander and his interest in data as well, but supposedly the biggest オタク (otaku=nerd/geek) is Trevor Bauer who spends hours looking at all aspects of his pitching using all sorts of computer-generated data. Let's hope we can out-nerd him this Saturday.
  7. Aerodeliria
    I have a question for opening day. What's the snow depth these days?
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    A well-rounded synopsis of the hand we have. The bullpen rundown is especially prescient in light of the fact that Odorizzi is a twice through pitcher during his better outings and that means long relief. We can ill afford having two relievers underperforming or getting dinged up; then the situation will go from suspect to "ring the alarms," but I have hope in the Twins' staff thus far. I think they might be willing to try some things. JERRY: They could at least try it. GEORGE: They never try anything. JERRY: What's the harm? GEORGE: No harm! I like the fact that this group is really open-minded in their approach, at least it appears that way at the outset. It could turn out to be a very, very exciting season. Let's hope we can get a couple of breaks (not legs or arms though) this year and finally, knock Cleveland off the throne in the Central.
  9. Aerodeliria
    Very nice synopsis. Thanks!
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    My only worry about Hildenberger is that he now has dead arm from overuse or is hampered by some kind of minor but bothersome injury. Those represent the worst case scenarios, but I also think that prior to his meltdown mid-season in 2018, he had been the most trustworthy asset (IMHO) that the Twins had in their bullpen. If he is fully healthy, it is just a matter of getting his mechanics and possibly his mindset back on track.
  11. Aerodeliria
    Thanks for this. I've always liked the Royals all the way back to the George Brett days. If the Twins can't win it, I always pull for the Royals, but Nater79a's mini-video is probably pretty accurate.
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    It's a nice synopsis of the Tigers and gives the readers a bit of perspective. I want the Tigers to be bad, so the Twins can take advantage :-). I do take issue with the assertion that Gardy turned a bunch of ragtag players into a force. The Twins had the base already built under Kelly. They were trending up. Gardy demonstrated in practically every situation that he was old school and formulaic, but was still blessed with having a very good, young roster when he stepped in. Nevertheless, his managerial gaffes against the Yankees in the 2004 playoffs should have gotten him fired, but let's just be happy that he is in charge of the Tigers now instead of the Twins.
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    This looks like the best case scenario from my point of view. There aren't any perfect solutions, but weighing everything, I think this looks about right.
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    Very cool to learn about this. It is always interesting to see the path these pilgrims have taken to get to the big leagues.
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    Warning: off-topic post approaching...I just returned home from my gym where I got to watch MLB baseball during prime time--a first for me here in Japan. The gym area closed with two outs and two strikes on Chapman, so I am assuming the Mariners beat the A's 9-7, which made the fans in The Big Egg happy because they could see a win in Ichiro's unretirement party (of two games). Since he didn't get any hits, they showed him lining a foul ball to right field at least six times. Interestingly, two former Twins appeared: ロビー　グロスマン　&　フェルナワドー　ロドニ (Robbie Grossman and Fernando Rodney). Robbie Grossman pinch hit in the 7th and slapped a single to left on a 3-2 fastball and Fernando Rodney was three balls on every batter but only gave up a walk and a single. The Japanese announcers were fascinated with Rodney's classic pose, showing a replay of his pose for the TV audience (he did it before the game had started). It was fun to watch. The Twins will likely be on TV more this year because of Kikuchi and Ohtani, so let's, "Play ball!"
  16. Aerodeliria
    I saw Pressly my requisite two times against the Angels. He had two blown saves. Blame can be laid at the feet of the pitching coaches from what I witnessed. I don't remember the first appearance, but in the second appearance, he gave up a two-run blast. Out of 16 pitches, he threw 14 breaking balls. His last breaking ball was hammered. He was visibly upset and struck Trout out with three consecutive fastballs--completely overpowered him. It was head scratching.
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    Last year, I only got to see A. Reed pitch against the Angels (twice). By that point in time, he was already toast. His fastball had almost zero movement and the Angels scorched a few of those fastballs. He tried to blow a fastball past Simmons off the outside part of the plate. Simmons absolutely crushed it to left field. Reed scares me. So is he on the IR...or was that a suggestion? I am hopeful about Hildenberger, maybe because the last time I saw him pitch was actually two years ago. I liked May's approach last year. To me he seems like he has the goods to be a closer. The remaining members are 'those mysteries inside of a riddle.'
  18. Aerodeliria
    Despite the big advantage to Mr. Austin, I'm stunned that they will actually have the three batter rule. This will have a dramatic effect on bullpens and strategy imho.
  19. Aerodeliria
    Deep bow from Japan.
  20. Aerodeliria
    Thanks again Nick! These are fun and thought-provoking reads.
  21. Aerodeliria
    Addison Reed got someone out.
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    I'm not sure what to think of Buxton. I want him to be a force to be reckoned with, but I'm not that confident. I think it would be so great if he started bunting. Early in the Kirbster's career he often bunted to get on base, especially to snap out of a slump. It seems as if Buxton doesn't take it upon himself to bunt. I recall him bunting twice last year, both at the direction of Molitor. (Correct me if I'm in error.) I think it's a waste not to bunt with his speed. Mickey Rivers used to cause havoc because he was good at bunting, so the corners had to cheat in. It didn't matter much. If he laid down a good bunt, he'd be standing at second base more often than not. *Sigh*
  23. Aerodeliria
    Impressed by this article. Thanks for intercontinental update.
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    Nice presentation Seth. I'd take a two-year deal in a heartbeat as long as he is physically sound. I don't see any comparisons to Lance Lynn. The rotation would suddenly look very formidable indeed. (He wasn't awful last year; and he's one year removed from going 14-5.)
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    It's quite, quite interesting to see the numbers and in particular the bar graph. It does make us all breathe a little easier I hope. Still, and not intending to toss a wrench into the gears here, I also think it's tough to draw definitive conclusions due to the truncated samples for both Sano and Buxton (i.e., how much can those records be attributed to those players' absence/presence in the lineup and what other factors may have contributed to the wins and losses).
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