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  1. twinbythebay
    Considering that was only the third HR from Donaldson this season, I believe you're correct.
  2. twinbythebay
    He's closing in on Rick Aguilera's 732 career appearances!
  3. twinbythebay
    That's incredible. He doesn't always inspire my full confidence these days, but it's been such a treat having him in a Twins uniform.
  4. twinbythebay
    Three straight games with 6+ runs for the first time this season... This lineup is starting to click!
  5. twinbythebay
    I wouldn't put it past them... Although perhaps it's more likely he goes to the Dodgers or some other large market NL team if they decide to keep the DH around next season.
  6. twinbythebay
    I wouldn't mind Jeffers coming in as a defensive sub in the 7th...
  7. twinbythebay
    My only doubt comes from the possibility of some team like the Yankees offering him an ungodly sum of money that the Twins aren't willing to match.
  8. twinbythebay
    I'm thinking this may depend on Rocco's plans for this weekend's series against Cleveland... He may be planning on having Berrios pitch on Sunday, and if that's the case, he might want to keep him under 100 pitches today. If not, I say let him go the distance!
  9. twinbythebay
    If you're going to insinuate what you're trying to insinuate, you should at least get your facts straight. The author of the game wrap said that he made a "stupid mistake", which I think is totally accurate. This is the second game in a row where he partially stunted a rally with his bad baserunning. Do you understand the point of the advanced statistics that a lot of us have cited? Have you ever tried digging just a bit deeper than batting average, home runs, and RBI. It's been decades since most MLB teams have relied primarily on those stats, and for good reason. You're using cherry-picked, circumstantial evidence to insinuate that the reason a lot of us want to move on from Rosario is because of his race. I find that insinuation incredibly disgusting. Either provide some actual, solid evidence or stop trotting out this BS.
  10. twinbythebay
    God I hope so...
  11. twinbythebay
    Two hits so far!? Give that man an extension!
  12. twinbythebay
    Now this looks like the Berrios that we were promised.
  13. twinbythebay
    Nice calls! You're two for three after only four innings!
  14. twinbythebay
    Looks like it's Poppen.
  15. twinbythebay
    That's pretty easy to explain actually... He consistently hits in the middle of the order, behind Cruz, who has an absolutely elite on-base percentage (his OBP is over 100 points higher than Rosario's). Sure, he sometimes comes through in the clutch, but he just as often kills rallies by swinging at pitches early in the count, way outside of the strike zone, and hitting a weak pop-up or ground ball. Rosario's Win Probability Added this season is just barely positive, and he trails Kepler, Cruz, Sano, Polanco, and Donaldson in that category, which is indicative of "clutch performance". He was only 8th place among Twins hitters in that category last season as well. Sure, he makes a lot of exciting plays, and I love it when he guns runners down on the basepaths. But along with those exciting plays comes many awful decisions to throw home when he has no chance at the runner, allowing other runners to advance and likely costing the Twins as many (or more) runs than he prevents. These are lessons that Major League outfielders are supposed to learn throughout their careers, and it doesn't seem like Rosario ever learns these lessons. There is no doubt that he's an exciting player who is capable of making big plays, but he also leads the team in dumb plays. I'll take consistent productivity over excitement any day.
  16. twinbythebay
    That's why the runner is supposed to pick up the ball when he's rounding second and watch where the throw is going instead of making an assumption...
  17. twinbythebay
    I see what you're alleging here, but if you're going to make that point, you had better come with some better receipts than that. You accuse people of cherry picking stats, to make Rosario look bad, but then you use a 6 game sample to back up your point? Also, let's go ahead and compare him to Kepler: Kepler doesn't run himself into outs on the basepaths consistently like Rosario does, he doesn't throw to the wrong base nearly as often as Rosario does, and he has much better range (when healthy) than Rosario does. And Kepler's fWAR in 2019 was more than three times higher than Rosario's! Sure, Rosario had more RBI than Kepler, but that's very much a function of Rosario always hitting in the heart of a great lineup where he had a ton of RBI opportunities vs. Kepler most often hitting leadoff. That's precisely why we tend to look at things like WAR instead of RBI when we're trying to predict future performance. I can understand the argument that he's a "glue guy" in the clubhouse, but it seems to me that the author provided plenty of solid numbers to show why the Twins should part with Eddie, and you're the one that's basing your argument on emotion.
  18. twinbythebay
    If almost any other Twins player had gotten thrown out the way that Rosario did today, we probably wouldn't be discussing it at all. The problem is that this has become a pattern for him throughout his career, and he doesn't seem to have gotten any smarter about baserunning than when he was a rookie. I'm not sure if there are any stats for this, but Rosie has got to be near the top of the league in getting thrown out on the bases. It's great when he gets clutch hits and makes exciting plays, but he just can't help himself when it comes to taking stupid risks. Like him or not, there's no arguing that this kind of stuff takes away from his overall value as a ballplayer.
  19. twinbythebay
    I said it in the game thread yesterday, and I'll say it again here. I don't understand the absolute disgust that a lot of Twins fans seem to have about the bullpen games. I would understand it if they didn't have a deep bullpen, if the top guys were being overworked, or if they were trying to do this regularly over a 162 game season. But for this 60 game sprint of a season, when you have a bullpen that has proven its depth and effectiveness, if they give you a better chance to win games than using an unproven rookie starter like Duran, why not have regular bullpen games? I've heard all of the arguments about overworking the bullpen, but they just don't hold any water. None of the bullpen arms have been overworked, and I don't think they've lost a game yet this season because they weren't able to use certain pitchers because of lack of rest. Even looking at the bullpen chart after the doubleheader, Rogers, Duffey, May, Romo, and Clippard should all still be available to pitch today. Hopefully they only have to use two or three of those guys today, and then the others can be used tomorrow, as needed.
  20. twinbythebay
    Great defense by Astudillo in that last inning. Thank God this pitching staff is back to their dominant ways, because the bats are still lagging pretty badly. Why must we make Detroit's pitching staff look better than Cleveland's?
  21. twinbythebay
    I would gladly pay extra for an MLB.TV subscription if there was a "La Tortuga Cam" option to watch during the game.
  22. twinbythebay
    My word, when is the last time Gonzalez has come through in the clutch? That may be literally the first time this season.
  23. twinbythebay
    These are the things I have missed most about La Tortuga...
  24. twinbythebay
    This image is generous considering the thing that's actually on his head...
  25. twinbythebay
    :vomit emoji:
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