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  1. UpstateNewYorker
    Weird challenge there. Looked obviously out in real time.
  2. UpstateNewYorker
    Yeah, even so it's hard to understand these high school-level blunders by guys who have been pros for (typically) three or four years at least.
  3. UpstateNewYorker
    With some productive outs we'd be up 3-0. Same old ...
  4. UpstateNewYorker
    Sounds like a most excellent adventure! Reader's of this blog might be interested in this book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18668201-i-don-t-care-if-we-never-get-back
  5. UpstateNewYorker
    Randy Johnson (at 6' 10") often spoke about how difficult it was for him to master his mechanics due to his height and long arms/legs. So being that tall was not an advantage.
  6. UpstateNewYorker
    Maybe the next wave of prospects (Jenkins, Abel, Gonzalez, etc) will have some impact this season, but otherwise this is the weakest roster the team has had in 10 years.
  7. UpstateNewYorker
    Nice summmary, thanks. An off topic comment: it would be nice if the articles on TD had photo captions. They rarely do. I have no idea who that is in the photo at the start of the article. Photo captions are kind of Journalism 101. :)
  8. UpstateNewYorker
    Limiting the size of pitching staffs could be the solution. Teams would then have to start developing starting pitchers to go more than four or five innings. (Right now there's no incentive for teams to do this.) They'd also have to have a long reliever or two on the staff instead of seven guys who pitch one inning. A downside I suppose is there'd be a constant shuttling of pitchers from AAA, but that happens almost every season anyway.
  9. UpstateNewYorker
    I'm not advocating for this, because I think it's a dumb idea, but are the Twins still talking about openers and "bulk relievers" and/or bullpen games? If so, I suppose this would affect the composition of the bullpen.
  10. UpstateNewYorker
    Surprised to read he is expected to play 1B. He has not played there at all in the majors, and the Mets are supposedly trying to improve their defense. 😕
  11. UpstateNewYorker
    Great point. When a team hires a popular ex-player as the manager, at some point the club will have to fire that guy, which generally creates bad feelings all around.
  12. UpstateNewYorker
    Hindsight is 20-20 and all that, but it's hard to understand how a player with Lee's limited athletic ability went so high in the draft.
  13. UpstateNewYorker
    FWIW, this a glowing article about Dave Popkins' success as a hitting coach with the Blue Jays. The interesting thing to me is that Popkins came highly recommended to the Jays from Baldelli and Tingler ... which makes it seem like his firing was Falvey's doing. https://www.si.com/mlb/hitting-strategy-blue-jays-alcs-win-world-series-berth-mariners
  14. UpstateNewYorker
    Pretty good AB (plate appearance) by Outman. Most of the lineup is swinging like they are chopping wood.
  15. UpstateNewYorker
    Messick reminds me of Mark Buehrle. Lefty, works quickly, and the Twins can't hit him.
  16. UpstateNewYorker
    I don't understand how Manfred can say that realignment will cut down on travel. If after realignment MLB sticks with a balanced schedule (which they went to in 2023) where each team plays every other team in at least one series: how is this cutting down on travel? The Twins would still have to make multiple west/east coast trips, no matter what the divisions look like.
  17. UpstateNewYorker
    Cabrera (a lefty) throwing 0-2 curves to a righty is ... dubious.
  18. UpstateNewYorker
    The Jays can really hit but I think they'll struggle in the postseason when they'll see every team's best pitchers. But I have no idea who will win the AL. Maybe the 'Stros.
  19. UpstateNewYorker
    I think if you have three second basemen you don't have one good one. 😁
  20. UpstateNewYorker
    Keaschall has really struggled defensively.
  21. UpstateNewYorker
    This games reminds me of a quote from Earl Weaver. It was basically: "Bad play causes teams to lose more games than good play leads to wins."
  22. UpstateNewYorker
    Agree 100% with #2. Teams would have to go back to building up pitchers to pitch more than 5 innings. As an mlb.tv subscriber I'm often sent a "state of the game" survey, and this is always my top suggestion for improving the game.
  23. UpstateNewYorker
    Nice DP.
  24. UpstateNewYorker
    Urena got tattooed. Also: inflation is high.
  25. UpstateNewYorker
    Slowest sprint speed, according to Baseball Savant; Lewis 26.8 ft/sec Larnach 26.1 Lee 25.9 Jeffers 25.9 Vasquez 24.7
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