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  1. Whammy
    Looking at it this way misses pitchers that miss entire seasons (or most of entire seasons). With this same analysis you might conclude that the Twins have been lucky with pitcher health in 2026, but the reality is they got zero starts out of Pablo, four appearances out of Abel, who was in their opening day rotation, and nothing from Festa who would probably been in line to be one of the first guys called up to make starts.
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    I'll say this about the 2026 Twins bullpen... They actually haven't truly blown that many games. With how horrific their numbers have been for most of the season (flirting with dead last in several counting stat categories for most of the year), you would expect to have more memorably blown games and a much worse WPA, but the Twins bullpen is actually 18th in WPA. And would actually be 12th if you remove Mick Abel's early piggyback start that was technically as a RP. Not some beacon of greatness, but honestly, not that bad for how bad their raw numbers have been.
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    Banda is still under arbitration control next year
  4. Whammy
    Noah Kahan drew 40k at Target Field last Wednesday. A number that’s exactly as relevant as how many went to the Savannah Bananas games over the weekend.
  5. Whammy
    I’d prefer the give Rogers they Joey Gallo “no, buddy, you’re injured and need to go on the 60 day IL” treatment
  6. Whammy
    Can we talk about something really important for a sec… That dude bubble wrapping his car is going to be really annoyed with himself for not using the mirror to anchor that strip running back across his hood. With no anchor point, that last loop of bubble wrap is just going to fall right off the front of his car.
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    If the bullpen is going to have an ERA of 18.00, it might as well be on a night where we score 9
  8. Whammy
    Save situation!
  9. Whammy
    768 career PA… 2 triples. Yep. Not close
  10. Whammy
    Well… one of you is eventually going to have to let it go
  11. Whammy
    The Venn diagram of people that hate the wave and people that complain about Bananaball is two nearly overlapping circles.
  12. Whammy
    I agree. There's nothing really compelling about a team asking for a haul for a guy they truly have no need to get rid of. It would be malpractice for them to NOT demand our top prospect. And to @nicksaviking's point, fans way overvalue prospects. Treating them like the Phillies do (trade most of them for major league talent) is a pretty good way to go about maximizing value... though that works much better for a franchise with a huge payroll. To me, it just doesn't rise to the level of needing an article about it. I hesitated to even respond to the article and bump it to the top of the forum, but it was already listed second, behind a pinned thread, so there was no real harm.
  13. Whammy
    You think the Padres will send us a gift basket for torching the Brewes bullpen for tomorrow?
  14. Whammy
    Took a strange bounce
  15. Whammy
    Marwin was making about 10mil. Kreidler is making the minimum
  16. Whammy
    I don't think he could've got the double play with how slow it got to him, but obviously he needed to go to 3rd
  17. Whammy
    Good for a 94 OPS+
  18. Whammy
    Caratini wouldn't understand leverage if someone drew him a picture
  19. Whammy
    That was a fun 4 minutes where it felt like we had a chance
  20. Whammy
    So they should’ve called him up with Culpepper and had him make his major league debut against 3 out of 4 lefty SP and Jacob Misiorowski? Not exactly setting him up to have early success.
  21. Whammy
    I generally agree with you that Jenkins needs to be up with the Twins. HOWEVER… We’re in the middle of a lefty-lefty-Misiorowski-lefty stretch of starting pitchers. Not exactly the best time to call up a lefty prospect. If he’s not called up by next weekend, I’ll be annoyed though.
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    That’s what a well constructed roster can do.
  23. Whammy
    Medium Rare? For your hamburger, Cory?
  24. Whammy
    As for the Royce play… yeah, he messed up. And I yelled at my TV when it happened. But stuff happens so fast. I’m sure there was a plan, but even that plan probably leaves a lot of ambiguity. “Royce, if there’s a sharp grounder, here’s what you need to do.” Well… ok… how sharp? Now the play happens and in a split second you’re asking yourself “was that sharp enough? Did Naylor break right away? Is the guy going to second in my way” He should’ve made a better choice, but it’s crazy to not understand why plays like that get screwed up. They do. All the time. Onward. Let’s win the series tomorrow.
  25. Whammy
    For sure he would’ve if he was catching (ignoring the part about… Why would a catcher challenge a strike call 😉 ). We can all agree that catchers have the best vantage point and that it’s tougher for hitters, but Caratini just has to be more aware of the situation. The leverage in that situation is just so massive. If it’s ANYWHERE close you have to challenge, ESPECIALLY when you have both challenges left. It could’ve been a 3 inches into the zone and I still would’ve said “good challenge”
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