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  1. HokieRif
    I had a whole write up I was putting together and I just didn't feel like finishing because I was going in loops. Is BA the worst? I dont think so. Is it the best? Nope. Should it be used as part of the equation when determining a player's effectiveness? Absolutely. If I'm Rocco and I dont have a choice to send Gallo anywhere then I'm looking at it like this. - If the opposing team is starting a player that doesn't give up a lot of home runs, and we need to play small ball, then I'm sitting Gallo. - On the opposite side, if they opposing pitcher is having recent HR struggles then Gallo is going to be in the lineup, preferably behind someone that has a very high OPS.
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    Less chance of him grounding into a double-play to start the game. But this is Correa... i wont say the chances are zero.
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    Nothing scathing about that article. That's just truth. The great thing about baseball is we have stats out the you-know-what, and right now all of the offensive stats are god awful, with the common denominator being Popkins. He's in over his head, the tactics aren't working, and he's personally accountable for wrecking the trade value of every single hitter acquired this offseason and several team veterans that are now having career-worst seasons. .... and then a thought entered my head... maybe Falvey is tanking this on purpose... and he's the modern day version of this:
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    that number does seem inflated. However, I could see a late spring training session getting close if you include every single warm-up throw taken during the session though. I'm not actually sure what constitutes a SP warmup session before a game, but 50 throws (to me) sounds about right. So, maybe double that during the spring to get to 100, then 150ish actual pitches to push for strength and stamina. But not something you would want to do at all during the season unless its on an extended rehab assignment.
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    At this point the only games that are getting my attention are the mid-week afternoon games. Spending time in the evenings to watch this team play is a horrible way to invest my time right now. As for the players... Buxton is just off. He needs to do what Lopez is done and take a mental health break. His decision to try and score on a ball hit to the left side yesterday is something you get washed out of your head in little league, but he did it any way. I could complain about every other position player except for 4 - Jeffers, Lewis, Castro, and Kirilloff. At least those four are trying.
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    I'll take the over on the Ks, and the under on the runs.
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    I'd like to know what kind of "supplements" Dick and Glen have to eat in the booth to keep this positive attitude going all game/series long.
  9. HokieRif
    With the way we're playing I'll be surprised if we score at all in the series.
  10. HokieRif
    I wouldn't go THAT far, but he's closer to useless than he is to being indispensable. Right now, he's basically a late inning PH if we're one swing away from winning (and we are out of any other viable HR threat), or he could be a pinch runner when we need a base desperately stolen.
  11. HokieRif
    While the Twins batters have shown they should be playing in a league that wraps-up their regular season in June.
  12. HokieRif
    we aren't allowed to have nice things
  13. HokieRif
    Just tuning in and I'm 1) pleasantly surprised to see the game is within reach, and 2) confused we've managed more than 1 hit through 6 innings.
  14. HokieRif
    Just checking in to tonight’s action… whatever IT is, Ryan doesn’t have it this evening
  15. HokieRif
    And now for something from me with a thought behind it. Each player should know the opponents pitching staff tendencies, strengths, and weaknesses. Instead of us trying to put our strength up against their weakness, put our strength against their strength. Forgot about a mistake pitch - go up their looking for their best stuff, narrow it down to a section of the plate that they tend towards, and put a freaking bat on it. Crazy **** tends to happen when you put a ball in play, even if contact isn’t great. Get into a bad count? Get defensive and focus even more on contact, expect a pitch they punch you out on, and adjust.
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    Woohoo! Shots fired by the rookie, and I’m loving it!!!
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    at least he's consistent
  18. HokieRif
    I can summarize Twins hitting with a single still frame -
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    He deserves it. What's surprising is that he's right around the total IP that most of the other saves leaders are at (low-30's) and he's got less than half the # of saves as the league leader (Romano @ 23). With the way the all-star game is managed I think he may need to be our selected representative if we dont get anyone else voted in. We sure as hell wont get a position player voted on to the roster.
  20. HokieRif
    I was hopeful coming into the season, but that was quickly tempered after the first series to open the year against KC and the lack of run production. The pitching has lived-up to expectations and when they are on we can compete with anyone in MLB. For me its just frustrating to have pitching that is more than capable and have it paired with an offense that can only do one thing consistently - strike out. Couple that with players we KNOW can hit that aren't (Buxton, Kepler, Gallo, Solano, Farmer, Correa)... Just imagine if that collection was each hitting .250 (Farmer and Solano right now are the only 2) - .250 is still a sad number, but it would be a massive improvement of where we are right now.
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    We aren’t out of the woods with Buxton. If anything those blasts were 3 mistakes that he connect on. 3 HRs doesn’t make up for the last month-ish of futility, swinging at balls out of the strike zone, and staring at strike 3. You could easily swap Gallo’s name in here for Buck and only have to edit out the HRs. Good to see a sign of life from Kepler, but still a lot of work to do. Lewis - please stay healthy
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    My issue isn’t the celebration, and it’s not even excessive in my opinion. It’s that we have been reduced to celebrating things that we should expect to be routine.
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    GD! Julien that one is on you
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    Because all teams look this way against us.
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    It would be nice if a routine single up the middle that failed to score a run, because the guy on 2nd didn’t have awareness of where the defense was, didn’t need a playoff caliber celebration from the guy who hit it, but here we are.
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