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  1. Bamboo Bat
    This is a silly statement. After 24 major league starts you have him pigeonholed? OK. Just about any team would love a pitcher to come up & have a 3.95 ERA averaging more than 1 strikeout an inning in his first 2/3 of a major league season. Will he be Verlander? Doubtful. But at this early stage is looks like he's going to have a productive career in a major league rotation.
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    I am not optimistic. Our Twins played above their heads early & have rounded into form as a middling .500 ballclub. Seeing lineups with the bottom third being Cave/Leon/Beckham does not inspire confidence, especially with Miranda / Kiriloff / Sano & a cast of dozens on the IL. Buxton's injury hasn't helped. The offense is no longer the impressive strength it appeared to be in spring training. I hope I'm wrong, but their play the past couple of months is that of a mediocre baseball team. I don't see them breaking out of that mold with this set of personnel.
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    Absolutely not. Everyone has seen this hot start from Perez before, but he hasn't put together a season with an ERA under 4,50 since 2016. Read that again. At 31 years old he is what he is, a sub-mediocre starting pitcher who will give you an ERA flirting with 5.00. If the Twins are serious about trying to make the playoffs they need to aim higher than barely adequate.
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    Totally agree the bullpen needs help, but no article like this is complete without a discussion of Rocco's use of the pen. His name isn't even mentioned! The relievers have been better than expected but putting them in a position to fail (see: Duffey last night & Cano's five run meltdown) is driving further impressions that the corps is exploding.
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    Rarely can you see a manager lose a game with such clarity. Royals 8th: Rocco leaves Duffy in to get pounded even though it's clear almost right away he doesn't have it. Nobody warming up. Glimpses of Rocco in the dugout show a guy who either (a) doesn't care or (b) is unaware he's at a baseball game he's supposed to be managing. Pathetic. Twins 8th: Matheny watches Payamps give up three straight hits & races out to get his pitcher. Barlow comes in & salvages the inning & the game for the Royals. Clearly one of the managers was awake during the game.
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    Like I said, some of the in-season decisions have been odd...like letting the guy they signed for the post-season pitch the last game of the regular season. And if Kiriloff doesn't get any "meaningful" at-bats, why is he on the roster rather than Wade? For the most part it's just tinkering around the edges of the core lineup/staff, but it's still baffling.
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    I agree on Polanco. If you watch him hit, he's often spinning out hitting left-handed as if something in his left leg is bothering him. His base & swing look a lot less stable to this untrained eye that they did in 2019.
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    What a weird roster. While the off-season moves were mostly excellent IMHO, the in-season stuff has sometimes seemed bizarre. No Rich Hill - really? Didn't we sign him partially for his post season experience? Four catchers? Four catchers? FOUR CATCHERS? Kiriloff making his MLB debut in the playoffs? That's foolish. Anyone else remember Rivera vs. a rooke Jason Kubel many years back? I don't like it. Alcala left off? I'd rather see him on the roster than either Dobnak or Odorizzi at this point. That said, very glad to see Arraez healthy & a (presumably) recovered Buxton on the roster!
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    Guys like this are a dime a dozen. Nope.
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    Add me to the delighted list. Woohoo!
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    Thinking Bailey is an upgrade over Gibson is sheer fantasy. He’s pretty much the same guy without the occasional upside. He will stabilize the rotation at best. I was never a Gibson fan so I’m fine with the Bailey signing, but let’s realize it’s January and the list of new things to write about is growing thin.
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    Wow, this board has gone full sports talk radio crazy. As Tom noted I his video, you don’t pull Berrios there. If Baldelli had and the reliever had given up runs, people would be howling about that. Just silly. He’s supposed to be our ace. If you don’t trust him in that spot against RONNY RODRIGUEZ maybe we should just DFA Berrios. Agree that Berrios needs some time off. Between the results and the drop in average fastball velocity, it’s pretty clear he’s worn down.
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    "Should have" The fact is the umpire did have a direct bearing on the Twins losing this game. Laying aside that the bullpen laid an egg (as did the Yankees bullpen), that should never happen. Sour grapes? No. A fact, & a bitter one, especially since it came against NY.
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