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  1. dex8425
    Jax throws 97 with a hard slider.... Stashak's stuff is way less impressive than Jax's. Stashak throws like 91 with little movement.
  2. dex8425
    Eh, Bundy is: 1. leading the team in innings 2. better than his numbers indicate because his underlying stats (FIP, xERA, and xFIP) are all lower than his ERA. His xERA is a full run lower than his actual ERA. He doesn't walk guys, and he doesn't really nibble. He just gives up soft contact. 3. 4-4, which is pretty dang good for someone the Twins expected to be the 5th starter. To be honest, Bundy's been a lot better than I expected. Other than his starts right before covid and right after covid, he's been solid.
  3. dex8425
    Stop with the "Trade Correa" posts! He's not getting traded. The Twins are going to win the division-you don't get rid of your best player prior to a playoff run. Anything can happen in the postseason and yes, the Twins have less chance of advancing in the playoffs without Correa.
  4. dex8425
    WAR measures a player's value in all facets of the game by deciphering how many more wins he's worth than a replacement-level player at his same position (e.g., a Minor League replacement Joe Schmoe or a readily available fill-in free agent or waiver wire claim).
  5. dex8425
    If you watched the game you would've seen that he showed bunt once and it wasn't the first pitch of the at bat.
  6. dex8425
    Buxton showed bunt, but then didn't see another strike and walked.
  7. dex8425
    Buxton led off. First, having him bunt is borderline stupid anyway as he's 2nd in AL in homers. However, he did show bunt early in the count, then only saw one strike and walked. You would want Correa to bunt then? I've never seen Correa even try to bunt nor heard of him doing it.
  8. dex8425
    Correct. You can't be deemed a superstar if you've never even been an all-star or received top ten MVP votes.
  9. dex8425
    Beckham is not on the 40-man roster, and AK is.
  10. dex8425
    Pretty good synopsis. I had no idea the FIP's of our bullpen arms are currently that bad. Two bullpen arms, maybe a starter better than Archer. OR, Pagan and Duffey suddenly turn it around and become trusted relievers again, and the Twins feel confident enough in Archer or Smeltzer to get them through the lineup twice in the playoffs and the Twins do nothing at the deadline.
  11. dex8425
    Yeah Miranda is hitting well currently. Urshela and Larnach and Kepler are struggling recently but I wouldn't send any of those three guys down right now to bring up AK. Maybe if Larnach is still struggling two weeks from now and AK is still raking?
  12. dex8425
    Yeah Carew probably had more steals of home in a season than Arraez had total steals of any base in one season.
  13. dex8425
    Here's how you measure. It's not subjective. Jeffers is top ten among 60 qualified catchers. Sanchez is 28th. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/catcher_framing?year=2022&team=&min=q&type=catcher&sort=4,1
  14. dex8425
    What about Alcala?!
  15. dex8425
    He's a FA at the end of this year! We could sign him for only money! For real though, he's been basically the equivalent of Chris Archer this year. Not terrible, and useful to eat innings and keep you in games, but not a needle mover or a guy you want starting a playoff game.
  16. dex8425
    You're being old school. Baldelli manages pitchers the same way every other manager in the game manages pitchers. In fact, the Twins leave starters in slightly longer than league average. I think his primary impact on the team has to do with clubhouse chemistry. He's not a yell in your face, motivate by telling you how much you suck type guy. He encourages players, has their backs, and puts them in spots to succeed. He also has confidence (false or not) that they will succeed. That does go a long way in knowing hey, the manager believes in my skills, my role, and here's what I need to do to get better and help the team win. For how much the Twins have been banged up, he's done a pretty good job managing who can pitch when, who can play where, etc. The Twins have already had to go what, 14 starters deep? Top 4 starters are ALL unavailable right now and the team is still in first place.
  17. dex8425
    He's leading the team in doubles. That's certainly unexpected.
  18. dex8425
    AK is a much better 1B than Arraez or Miranda. I'd assume the Twins would DH arraez instead of Kirilloff. Keep Arraez's bum knees healthier too.
  19. dex8425
    Yeah...looking at his underlying data I'd say he regresses. I doubt he'll receive Cy Young votes.
  20. dex8425
    The location data is interesting. I also wonder why the demographics of this site, as opposed to the Athletic, ST PPP, Strib, KFAN, seems to be older and more out-state?
  21. dex8425
    I agree with you that it's pretty much baseless and frustrating. But I have elderly relatives in Brookings and Sioux Falls, and they said they won't go to their typical 2-3 Twins games this year because of their perceived crime risk. I think it's pretty much all coming from people who haven't actually been to Minneapolis in years.
  22. dex8425
    I go to 4-8 games/month. I'd say the main reasons for low attendance, in order: 1.The weather has been awful. Really cold and wet April. Heck, even yesterday it was cold. It was like 35 degrees the whole Dodgers series. 2. The team sucked last year. 3. It's very difficult to watch the Twins games. (most people don't have cable or directv and the blackouts...) 4. There are a number of people who either are afraid to go downtown or don't want to support downtown businesses 5. People are afraid of covid and still not really traveling to places with large crowds of maskless people. 6. Casual fans don't go to games until school gets out and the weather gets nice, regardless of how good the team is. Most game attenders are casual fans who have no idea the lockout even happened. Most casual fans have no idea offense is way down across the league.
  23. dex8425
    I'd have PNC park, T-Mobile, Fenway, Target Field, Busch Stadium, Oracle, Kauffman and Coors field ahead of Wrigley. Wrigley is a dump. One game I was there it only smelled like beer and urine.
  24. dex8425
    Where is Yasmani Grandal? How much is CWS paying him again? Interesting that Jeffers is higher than Sanchez and both are higher than Garver.
  25. dex8425
    Urshela is under team control for 2023 as well. Sanchez is only for 2022, maybe that's what you're thinking.
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