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  1. twinbythebay
    I much prefer being on the other side of those stupid Rosario throws...
  2. twinbythebay
    I still think they're better off with Kirilloff in LF and Sanó at 1B. We've seen multiple instances of Sanó working himself out of slumps like these in the past. And watching Arraez trying to track down fly balls out there with his 80 year old knees is not fun...
  3. twinbythebay
    Gotcha. The emphasis makes all the difference.
  4. twinbythebay
    Ditto. I stuck with the Youtube audio through the top of the first since I was interested in hearing Thome and LaTroy, but I couldn't handle it.
  5. twinbythebay
    Isn't this pretty much the right way to pronounce it?
  6. twinbythebay
    Teddy Baseball! I'm currently reading Ball Four by Jim Bouton, and I just read this passage last night so it's fresh in my brain.
  7. twinbythebay
    This had me curious, so I looked it up... The Twins are indeed the worst team in baseball (by a wide margin) at preventing inherited runners from scoring. Counting tonight's game, Twins relievers have allowed 63%(!) of all inherited runners to score. The next highest team is the Reds, at 53%, and the league average is 33%.
  8. twinbythebay
    His 5th inning was great! It's the 6th inning that didn't go so well for him...
  9. twinbythebay
    Ehh, I wouldn't classify that as a TOOTBLAN, personally. I like the aggressive baserunning with two outs, especially with how challenged their bats have been lately.
  10. twinbythebay
    Cleveland's bats vs. the Twins' bullpen is truly the definition of a resistible force meeting a moveable object. Something has to fail to give!
  11. twinbythebay
    I think his main issue is his complete lack of any plate discipline, which leads to his lack of walks and a lot of weak contact. Sure it's nice when he hits a homer on a pitch at eye-level, but 99 times out of 100, swinging at that pitch will result in a miss or a weak pop fly.
  12. twinbythebay
    Maybe by the technical definition, yes, but I think he also had the out at first if he had thrown it so I don't think it affected anything.
  13. twinbythebay
    Shh! You'll scare it away!
  14. twinbythebay
    Phil Miller reported that he's out with patella tendinitis, which he's apparently been battling for most of the year. Hopefully it's just a day or two... Jake Cave in CF is... not ideal.
  15. twinbythebay
    I wonder if Tony Oliva wished he had listened to his knees a bit more throughout his shortened career... I'm guessing so.
  16. twinbythebay
    I think the positional adjustments are based on a much larger sample size than what we've seen through three weeks this season, so I imagine these numbers tend to even out over time. We're splitting hairs a bit here, but I think we can conclude that Garver has been below average at the plate this season, even taking into account the typically lower offensive production of catchers.
  17. twinbythebay
    fWAR includes a positional adjustment, so that's already baked into the calculation. Catchers receive the highest positive positional adjustment, and 1B and DH receive the most negative positional adjustment, which makes sense. You may still be right, however, that a higher proportion of catchers have negative fWAR compared to other positions, but that would require a little extra work to check.
  18. twinbythebay
    Not only this, but his -0.2 fWAR indicates that his value has been below that of a replacement-level player so far this season. The sample is admittedly small, but neither underlying metrics nor the eye test offer much hope that a turnaround is imminent. The dropoff since 2019 has been so drastic that it's hard to imagine there isn't some sort of lingering injury...
  19. twinbythebay
    The fact that Astudillo never strikes out does not make him a good hitter. He is hitting an empty .289, since he never takes walks and rarely hits for extra bases (he has a whopping three extra-base hits in 46 PAs on the season). His infield fly ball rate this season is 23% for crying out loud! I also think he is a fun player to watch and maybe he is good in the clubhouse, but let's not pretend like he fits into this team's long-term plans as anything more than a utility player off the bench.
  20. twinbythebay
    This sounds like the old "Twins Way" mentality that was preached to every player during the Gardy and Ryan years. Remember how they wanted guys like David Ortiz to hit to the opposite field instead of hitting for power? You can even look at a guy like Buxton who came up to the majors around the end of Gardy and Ryan's tenures. They were coaching him to slap the ball on the ground and try to beat out infield singles. I prefer the current version of Buxton to that version, and I prefer the current organizational philosophy of prioritizing power over hitting to the opposite field.
  21. twinbythebay
    The way Rooker has looked so far this year, sure, it's hard to look much worse. But he's only had 22 PAs this season, and he looked very promising in his short stint in the majors last season. The point is that Broxton is much more of a known commodity and he has a low ceiling, while we're not quite sure what we have with Rooker yet. I'm not sure Broxton really would make the team better right now. I do agree with you about Kirilloff, though, and I hope they'll be breaking the seal on him this weekend.
  22. twinbythebay
    It hasn't? You must have missed the part where the Twins have the second-best record in the AL since Baldelli took over...
  23. twinbythebay
    Okay, but they never would have tied that game with Cruz still running the bases, as Cave scored on a close call on a wild pitch if I remember correctly. Rocco has made plenty of questionable decisions, but let's give some credit where credit is due. There are definitely both benefits and risks to these types of decisions.
  24. twinbythebay
    I'm guessing they'd rather have him in St. Paul getting consistent work in for the sake of development. I don't think development is the top priority for the guys on the taxi squad. But also, I kind of doubt the Twins were ever going to call him up before this weekend due to the service time thing...
  25. twinbythebay
    I think the location of the game is also a factor. I don't know if Kirilloff was ever on the taxi squad. I think they may have just called him up for last week's DH because they were at home and Kirilloff was just in St. Paul, whereas calling him up today would require him flying out here for the day, which I'm not even sure is allowed due to COVID protocols.
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