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  1. Yawn Gardenhose
    I can't stand Romo. Dude acts like he's at a Metallica concert 24/7. I really hate the move where a pitcher gets out of an inning and then yells the f-word into their glove at the top of their lungs as they stalk off the mound wearing the look of death. Trevor May is famous for this too. What's especially irritating about Romo - and Rich Hill, who throws a temper tantrum that a six-year old would be jealous of every time he's taken out of the game - is that these are supposed to be the 40-year old wise-beyond-their-years cagey veterans who ostensibly are supposed to be the mentors to the young players. If your "World Series-seasoned" vets are acting like psychopaths, that wears off on the rest of the team. Not a good look.
  2. Yawn Gardenhose
    I keep getting flashbacks of 2011 when I read articles like this. That spring all the talk was "we just need to figure out how to get past the Yankees." While I don't expect a 99-loss season like that squad, I certainly don't think this is a *great* team and it wouldn't shock me if the team is closer to .500 than it is to topping 101 wins.
  3. Yawn Gardenhose
    Keep in mind that it's the Hall of Baines now, not the Hall of Fame. Voters now have the fact that Harold Baines is in the Hall of Fame in mind when they cast their ballots. Because he's a player who played against most of the guys still on the ballot, it'll be tougher to keep certain guys out due to a Baines comparison. Walker is a good case; I think his chances this year were greatly helped by Baines getting in, because he outperforms Baines measurably in most criteria and to leave Walker out while Baines is in fails a basic logic test for some voters. I expect the number of annual inductees to rise over the next decade or so; instead of 1 or 2 guys getting in per year, more like 4 or 5. I've always been pro-Bonds and Clemens, but I understand the argument against letting them in too.
  4. Yawn Gardenhose
    Was this a pun? Well played, if so. Unlike the vacuums, let's hope that this Dyson doesn't suck.
  5. Yawn Gardenhose
    I'd like to say it was an entertaining game - it was surely a Yankee classic. It shouldn't have been though. Blake Parker shouldn't be on a major league roster. Since his very first outing this year that's been apparent. His stats aren't even close to indicating how terrible he has been all season, plus all his twitchy gimmicks and labored mouthbreathing on the mound have been annoying since his first pitch this year. Parker's "FIP" coming into the game was about 5.5, and surely skyrocketed last night, which other than making me a believer in "FIP," should indicate to the front office how dreadful he has been and how he should be cut from the roster ASAP. 9-5 lead in the 8th inning...we should have been spared all the dramatics, if only the front office cares about the bullpen, which they clearly don't, seeing as Parker has been their only out-of-organization major league addition since the calendar year 2018. The Twins bullpen this year reminds me of a famous Pauline Kael movie review. Paraphrasing here: "It's easy to see what to cut; it's less easy to see what to keep."
  6. Yawn Gardenhose
    I absolutely think that money is a big reason for lessening starter workload. The "opener" is a way to game the arbitration system - it should be no surprise that the Rays introduced the opener, that the A's used one in the playoffs, and that the Twins were one of the teams that used the opener most prominently last September; they're all teams that have historically pinched pennies. I read an article about the Rays' pitcher (Yarbrough I think) who vultured a bunch of wins due to the fortune of being the ostensible "long man" after the opener, and he had an arbitration battle over the winter because his stat line was all goofy - a lot of wins, but very few starts and not enough innings to qualify as a starter. It's frustrating how seriously it's being taken as a strategy. It's less of an analytics innovation than it is a way to keep your payroll down. The more 5 innings (two trips through the lineup) becomes the norm for starters, the more likely that a full season for a starter will approach closer to 150 innings (under the qualifying threshold), thus muddying the arbitration game and ultimately keeping salaries down. And we wonder why Kuechel is still sitting at home? Why pay $18M for one year when you can just have three bullpen pitchers combine for his workload for a tenth of that contract? And as a bonus, by doing so you can be viewed as "smart" and "innovative" by the spreadsheet crowd? Cal Griffith was just born too early.
  7. Yawn Gardenhose
    Hard to be upset over this team right now, they're playing great. A couple things bugged me in this game, though: Why take Polanco out of the game after his fifth hit? He had a good chance at that point to either get the second cycle or a sixth hit (his turn in the order did end up coming around in the ninth). Off day tomorrow, just...why? And why did we need four pitchers to get through an 8-run win? Gibson had 88 pitches through 6 and was coasting along. Now it's "we need to get the bullpen work," where early in the year it's "we need to rest guys who pitched 1/3 of an inning in back-to-back games." I hope the analytics nerds will someday put the proper weight back on the starters; all we hear now is of how bad pitchers are when they face the order the third time, yada yada...The more bullpens are relied on, the less starters are used (look at the playoffs). Seems to me the best way to rest your bullpen, and hence maximize the utility of your bullpen, is to have your starters pitch deep into games. When you're up 8 runs and your starter has thrown 88 pitches, I don't know, have Gibson go out another inning or two. It strikes me as the perfect situation to stretch out a starter. I realize this makes me sound like a fuddy-dud/Jack Morris type, so let me have it, but it just bugs me.
  8. Yawn Gardenhose
    Nice to see the offense come out today. And Cleveland blew a seven run lead tonight, including a 7-3 lead in the ninth (five walks in that ninth - that sounds familiar). Bullpen issues not limited to the Twins.
  9. Yawn Gardenhose
    What's Reddit?
  10. Yawn Gardenhose
    An embarrassment of a series. 10% into the season is a small sample size, of course, but I don't see this team as being all that close to Cleveland, who mind you hasn't had a fully healthy Ramirez or any of Lindor yet - frankly they've been terrible offensively, and they're still four games over .500. As TK used to say, the three most important things are pitching, pitching, and pitching, and that's still holding true nowadays.
  11. Yawn Gardenhose
    Didn't catch all of the game but what I saw I liked. I don't mind Kepler in the lead-off spot, but I'd rather see Polanco there. He's good. Have they worn these blue retro-esque unis before? I can't watch every game (though usually can at least listen), so this was my first view of them. Not bad.
  12. Yawn Gardenhose
    Lineup was weird, Cruz needs another day off? I guess it's good to see Cave get in the lineup. Bullpen issues hardly need to be rehashed again, it's a grave that the front office apparently decided to dig. Duffey looked good, but we've seen that before - taking his performance with a shakerful of salt.
  13. Yawn Gardenhose
    Hildenberger has pitched 5.1 innings in 8 outings. Three of those outings lasted one batter. Five of those outings he pitched 8 pitches or less. I don't consider that "overworked."
  14. Yawn Gardenhose
    Game was managed as if they can afford to lose this game. You've had, what, eight off days in the first two weeks, and you're already got your key bullpen guys on ice? Don't know if this is Baldelli or Falvine, but it's frustrating that there was the need to dump a potentially helpful bench/part time bat (Austin) in order to get another reliever to get them through a first-week-of-the-season road trip (a seven-gamer with three off days), then have both of those "extra insurance" relievers pitch precisely like minor leaguers. Relying on Blake Parker as your ninth inning guy? I've already had it with him. Then you bring in a lefty to face all righties?? These moves make no sense individually and less sense big-picture-wise. I understand not wanting Kimbrel, and maybe they really wanted a Soria/Robertson type and just got turned down, but relying on the current group isn't exactly what contending teams do, what with the uber-importance of bullpens in today's game.
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