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  1. Riverbrian
    I believe that we will weed them out and replace them with the exact same thing. As you astutely point out. We have consistently shown that this roster will not be built with expensive talent. Therefore... the inexpensive talent is critical. Julien, Larnach, Wallner, Lewis, Lee, Festa, Matthews are critical.
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    That play was also a what the hell happened there moment. I couldn't tell if he was just being overly aggressive with his lead off the base... But with the infield playing back and conceding the run. It shouldn't have been a contact play. Martin would have learned this at Vanderbilt if he hadn't learned it in High School. I'm thinking maybe he got aggressive with his secondary lead and knew he was hung up with a quick comebacker and from there the optics are going to look real bad. Otherwise... Oh Boy... It's a just a really really really bad decision for a professional player or 3B coach or Manager to make.
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    They should know that. They've done their time in St. Paul for their crimes. The Top ten leaders in AB's this year were(in order): Castro, Santana, Jeffers, Miranda, Kepler, Larnach, Buxton, Correa, Margot and Vazquez. From that group of 10... only two (Miranda and Larnach) are pre-arb. For some of the older guys... it needs to be made clear that the young guys may not save them.
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    My guess is that it poor gate attendance means less revenue and therefore further tightening of the belt. Team payroll is not at the bottom of the league. It can go down further if we are insistent on making it so.
  5. Riverbrian
    I really don't want to over focus on Santana getting doubled off... However... Here is another point that I would like to make. On the failed bunt attempt itself. I don't know if Jeffers decided to bunt on his own or if Rocco put the bunt on. Vazquez said that he made the call to bunt so I guess that means it's possible that Jeffers decided on his own. A bunt in that situation isn't a bad call... whoever made it. With that said... Here's my point. The team has a total of 10 successful sacrifice bunts over the course of the year. 10 is a pretty normal amount for a baseball team. Teams just don't bunt in this day and age. However... 5 of those successful bunts this year were by Vazquez. Only 4 other players have pulled it off successfully. Jeffers just once. All of sudden... season on the line. We are whipping the bunts out. They've suddenly become important after being basically ignored all season long? Again... it wasn't a bad call to bunt in that situation... However... If you need to lay down a bunt on September 26 and September 27 to stay alive. Doesn't it make sense to lay down some bunts in April, May, June, July and August so it isn't such a out of the ordinary experience when you NEED IT. I make the same point about starving your left handed hitters against left handed pitching. Come September 26 and 27 with the season on the line. You just might need Larnach to stand in there against a left hander in a big moment. Hiding Larnach from that moment all year long and saying... The playoffs are on the line... OK Now do it... is a bad idea. Use April, May, June, July and August for what you might need in September and the Playoffs. Anyway... It's just one point inspired by one moment in time. We lost 24 games in the last 36. The Tigers with nothing but youth meaning no vets at all went 26 and 10 and have passed us by 3 games with 3 games to go. There is much more than a failed execution of bunt to focus on.
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    I've been trying to be fair. Just like you thinking what he might have been thinking. In fairness... It's a tough situation because if the ball finds grass it's a force play and he's got to scramble over to third. Bride did have to jump for the ball. However... I get lost when the replay sure seemed to suggest that he froze (which is the right thing to do when a bunt is in the air). But, then the ball was clearly caught... and then he broke for third. That's the part of the whole thing that I just can't figure out. Did I see it correctly? If I did... It was such an unbelievable mistake.
  7. Riverbrian
    Graphs always seem to work when you do a power point presentation to the board of directors.
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    As we look back on this 36 game stretch... It doesn't make a ton of sense to focus on one thing. However... It sure looked like Santana broke for third base AFTER the bunt was caught. I guess it's a teaching moment for the young man.
  9. Riverbrian
    Different teams... Different Context. All you have to do is turn the game on and watch.
  10. Riverbrian
    When I walk into a room... look around... listen to the conversations taking place. I will choose to hang out with you. I'm getting "I'm with Peter" shirts made.
  11. Riverbrian
    It was not good baseball. Miami did not play good baseball either. The Twins haven't played good baseball since mid-August. They spit up a comfortable lead in a very short period of time. With that said... Here is your service time report brought to you by Red Lobster. We've been there.. done that. Buxton - 7..160 Correa - 8.119 Larnach - 2.014 Lewis - 1.142 Santana - 13.115 Farmer - 5.129 Jeffers - 3.089 Castro - 4.017 Martin - 0.000
  12. Riverbrian
    There was no reason for you to come back in September... if that is what you have to say. You are talking to primarily adults who have the ability to assess their fandom on their own terms. What is your expectation here? Are you some sort of self imagined Pied Piper? Is this some sort of I told you so post? Are you attempting absolution through a clumsy attempt at justification. You gave up in May. Your Choice... Live with it. I have no interest in your reply. The Twins will be my team next year and the years after. I don't need you around.
  13. Riverbrian
    Not that I would recommend it in the Majors but when I was coaching baseball... with development really more important than a W. If I gave the bunt sign to a hitter and he failed to get a bunt down and had accumulated two strikes attempting. I kept the Bunt on. If he bunted foul... he bunted foul. When a bunt is called... he's going to bunt. The job is get that runner over. I'm not bailing him out. This is all a lot of tough talk from me because I can't say that I gave the bunt sign a lot. In other words... Good Job Vazquez... Bad Job Martin.
  14. Riverbrian
    I think you are spot on. If a team goes on a 10 game win streak. Was it because the team was playing good baseball or was it because the teams they were playing were playing bad baseball at the time? If a team goes on a 10 game losing streak... was it because they were playing bad baseball or were the teams they were playing feeling it? The impossible to beat Yankees. From June 13 to July 26 went 11-24. Were they just bad during this stretch or did they catch Cincinnati and Tampa at the wrong time? The Yankees finished that stretch of bad with one win and 5 loses and then BAM!!! The Yankees did a 180 by 8-1 in the next 9 games. That is stopping and starting on a dime and this happens all year long with all 30 teams. The Twins were 21-13 during this same stretch. Did the Twins play good baseball during that stretch or did they catch Arizona, Seattle and Philadelphia at the right time. Probably a little of both but who knows who gets the credit for such things. Every game involves two teams with their own individual pendulums swinging back and forth. The Twins were 70-53 after winning the first three games of a 4 game series against Texas. They were going for the sweep with a comfortable lead on Sunday August 18... And then BAM. Alcala coughs up the lead and Duran picks up the loss in 10 innings. Since then... The Twins have gone 12-24... Which is just like the Yankees from June 13 to July 26 going 11-24. Our timing just happens to be a little more critical with this happening while the 162 game clock running out. In the end. You are right... The Twins are finishing around where you thought they would. When the wins and losses occur? No one can predict. All I know... It's 162 games and we have 4 left to play and we are down 2. Our extended stretch of losing baseball has gone on too long and our cushion is gone!!! We have to win tonight and tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.
  15. Riverbrian
    This is Miami when the surrounding area is flooded.
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    Loan Depot Park
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    Exactly. The Typical level of Good is around a .600 winning percentage. The Typical level of bad is around .400. The Marlins are the typical level of bad. The typical level of bad will win 4 games every 10 on average. 29 teams are within this narrow range. The White Sox certainly plunged well below this typical level. Yet... Cleveland dropped the ball against the White Sox more times than others did. We are getting admonished for our record against the Yankees, Orioles and Cleveland. Shouldn't Cleveland be admonished for what they didn't do against the White Sox. This gate swings both ways... but no matter how the gate swings. It's attached firmly to the middle over 162 games. After 162 games. 6 teams are standing... the others go into the lottery.
  18. Riverbrian
    Cole Irvin threw 3.2 innings for the Twins during a pennant chase and was released. That alone says... it was the wrong move.
  19. Riverbrian
    Arb 2 Probably get a slight raise from his 1.25M despite not really pitching this year.
  20. Riverbrian
    You can't bench or rest everyone. The 5 Orioles who might get playing time can still rip a double in the gap. You might want to look at Baltimore's roster before allowing your mind to drift into this Orioles are just going to lay down zone. They may take the opportunity to reset the rotation... However... they are aligned already. We already won't be facing Burnes or Eflin and those two would be 1 and 2 for the playoffs. They might bullpen a game to rest Suarez or Kramer. Bullpen games are always a challenge for anyone... especially if they right left right themselves into our fears. Any thought that the Orioles are just going to lay down is just misleading. Bottom Line: The Twins gave away a healthy cushion and is now sitting on the hard boards. They need to win.
  21. Riverbrian
    Anyone who feels different is so out of touch that they couldn't possibly have an opinion that matters on anything else. These bandits are invading another thread with their don't deserve ********. I've had it... anyone who expresses it. Is going straight into my ignore.
  22. Riverbrian
    Here is some additional support for your research and I do appreciate your research. The White Sox were historically bad. In my opinion. The AL Central has received a White Sox bounce not available to the American League East and West. That White Sox bounce was 7 additional games playing the White Sox (something Cleveland didn't take advantage of). Here is something that will go against your hypothesis. We hold the tiebreakers over the Mariners, Tigers, Royals and Astros. So what is wrong with the Yankees, Phillies, Dodgers and Guardians? Why the propensity to stub their toe against these sub .500 teams? Wouldn't that be concerning for the fans of the Yankees, Phillies, Dodgers and Guardians? I love your research. Thank You. In the end... we all play a 162 game schedule. There just isn't a lot of space in the margins from the best record and the 29th best record.
  23. Riverbrian
    Don't deserve to keep playing? The rules state that 6 teams will qualify from each league. 9 from each league will not. 3 division winners and 3 best records of the non-division winners. Currently the best record in the American League is 92 wins. The Twins have 81. 11 wins over the course of 157 games is one win over 14.27 games. There is currently a 4 game difference with Houston. Our opponent if we can somehow grab that 6th seed. So Houston has one more win every 39.25 games. We also would have the tiebreaker against them after taking 4 of 6 from them. One extra win every 39.25 games. That's like looking at a crack in the sidewalk while you and others stand at the edge of it claiming it's the Grand Canyon. Don't deserve to keep playing. Everybody is playing 162 games. The Win Loss Records are ****ING Close. I reject whatever logic you and others are using to subjectively define deserving.
  24. Riverbrian
    Baseball Trade Values had Julien ranked pretty high in the off-season for whatever that is worth. 47 or something like that. So... Who knows Julien by himself may have fetched a pretty decent return. I was a huge fan of Julien last year and I would have been sad to see him go... But in terms of trade value... He was near the top of the pile. That is probably no longer the case. He's got some repair work to do. Ultimately... You know how I felt at the time. I would have kept Polanco and Julien.
  25. Riverbrian
    What do you want Aggies? The narrative being told over and over is that we have this horrible record against winning teams. We are battling 3 teams for the playoffs and we hold the tiebreaker over all of them. No trophy is necessary. No Cookies for a reward or fish for the seals either. I keep looking for an Ethos discussion in a room full of pathos. Ultimately... That's my fault.
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