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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Yawn Gardenhose
    Of course hindsight is 20-20, I actually didn't mind them sending Cron there. Forced the Jays to make the play. More disappointed in the Garver at-bat that preceded the Buxton AB. Two losses against what looks to be a 95-loss Toronto team...seems like it's always a struggle when the Twins play the Jays.
  4. Yawn Gardenhose
    Charlie's Cafe! Try the weinerschnitzel.
  5. Yawn Gardenhose
    Brand new game, in the hands of the 'pen now. No worries, right?
  6. Yawn Gardenhose
    Edward the Great!
  7. Yawn Gardenhose
    Is there a good analysis of the effectiveness of infield shifts? It's struck me as a lot of work for a relatively small net positive over a course of a season. Maybe it saves a team a dozen runs or so throughout a year, which might (in the best case) lead to an extra couple of wins. It seems as much as it works, it also backfires, like the Smoak play which would have been a routine DP with standard infield positions. I may be totally wrong, but to me it's one of those analytics things that sounds better on paper than in practice. If there is a good analysis out there I'd love to read it.
  8. Yawn Gardenhose
    Morris (who I don't often agree with) put it well re: Gibson: "he's a nibbler."
  9. 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."
  10. 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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