Dantes929
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Exactly. It can be about mental and physical fatigue without actually resulting in injury. I am convinced Morneau would have another MVP and the Twins would not have needed game 163 against Chicago if Morneau hadn't played 163 games along with the all star game and home run derby. I can't prove anything definitively but his Sept OPS of .696 was the only month under .815 the whole year. To me he looked fatigued. If you look at his career his last two months drop significantly. Mauer's last two months career totals remain strong and in the three closest races in baseball history he last two months were fantastic. Morneau always played, Mauer got a lot of rest. Doesn't prove anything of course but I don;t see anything in this season proving rest doesn't help. Lindor is 25 years old and hasn't played the full season due to injury.. Different than late 20's and different than weighing what Sano weighs. Again, who are our guys playing too much and who are the ones not playing enough?
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Week in Review: Ups and Downs
Dantes929 replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
In 2006 I remember feeling like I do now about the rotation. We had Santana and a pretty fragile Radke. Baker, Bonser and Garza were all unproven and giving up 4.5-6 runs a game. Everyone said Santana needed to run the table in his last 3 starts for us to have any kind of chance. We lost two of those 3 but still caught Detroit. Pineda going down hurts a lot but its not like we are throwing Dick Bremeer out there. Thorpe and Smeltzer are talented and capable of throwing good games.- 5 replies
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Who are we talking about here? The only ones with OPS less than .740 is Astudillo. Gonzalez is at .743 but that was after a slow start and if not given those chances to keep sharp might not have carried us last month. I'm pretty sure you want to keep Garver fresh by not catching him every day. Who has had significant playing time that you would want to eliminate?
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"Now moving on to six more tough games against Washington and Cleveland, the Twins should just go 3-3 again to secure the division." Yes, they should do that but why do you think they will. If the Twins go 3-3 and at least one of those wins is against the Indians then I am with you.
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Exactly.. No guarantee he wins those games and it certainly doesn't guarantee we lose those games without him. Probably has a net effect of a game or so.
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I agree with all but the Graterol part. Its fine if you think the leverage was too high for a guy that fresh and I wouldn't have been against bringing in Dyson instead but everyone gives up runs. Thorpe's wild pitch got the runner in scoring position provoking the intentional walk. Weak ground ball in the right spot and then a sharp Lindor liner that could have been caught. There were lots of ways that frame could have turned out different but thats baseball and I think it kind of silly to come to any conclusions about Graterol based on that performance. I also think Kepler not getting to 2nd on that hit was huge though he obviously never saw it or thought it might be fair. Not sure I have ever seen anything quite like that. Anyway a whole lot of small plays made up that game, some for us and too many against. The guy that beat us was Lindor with his offense and defense and it wasn't the first time and I am guessing it won''t be the last.
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Do we really want a pull shift on a right hand batter when our guy is throwing 98 mph? Ok, I know all the stats must support it but it still stings a little to see a weak grounder directtly at the traditional 2nd baseman position go for a hit and be the difference in the game. Tough game. Cleveland made some nice plays.
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Or Byron Buxton who once hit a home run and was rounding 2nd by the time the fans heard the crack of the back. The shortstop said something nasty as he went by so he slapped the third baseman on the catcher's mouth.
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I was mostly joking. I was wondering how long a post dedicated to the magic number could go before the actual number was explicitly stated. I'm looking forward to the Billy Martin jersey. Hopefully we see it here and see it with 7 or 8 games left. Or better yet seeing Eddie Gaedel jersey pop up here with 1 in the 9th with us ahead in that game.
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I like Eddie a lot. Always have. However, if we can get a young good starting pitcher with several years of control I would definitely consider it. Maybe a guy like Boston's Rodriquez but with another year or two of control. Just fine with keeping him also, just not for keeping him based on one really great throw.
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Love all these throwback pics but does any one know the magic number? Just throwing this out there. After the Cleveland series we will either be 3.5, 5.5, 7.5 or 9.5 games ahead. The only one that would put a serious hurt on us would be the 3.5 which would mean we were swept. Given the schedule ahead of us especially the last 10 games with the Tigers and Royals, would anyone bank 1 win this weekend if they could? Most likely result but probably by a very small margin would have us win two of three.
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We should absolutely have a magic number thread. This seems like a good place to have it. Minor suggestion, but I think it would be a good idea to have the actual magic number somewhere on the magic number thread.
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No. Buxton didn't wince or flinch. I did! I don't even know what shoulder was injured but could easily see a silly celebration like that landing wrong and be costly.
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Anyone else watch Rosario jump for joy and crash onto Buxton's shoulder and wince a little bit?
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Really is nice to see defense win games. I have missed that feeling this year... Obviously bunting not a factor in those situations but every time we got guys on 1st and 2nd or bases loaded the thought crossed my mind that Chief tells us double plays really only happen a small percentage of the time. Not contesting that position but man those were real rally killers tonight. Gotta give some credit to Boston game plan. Looked like they did not want to give the Twins any fastballs and were constantly throwing breaking balls on fastball counts. Though the fast ball to the Turtle was their undoing.
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Awesome!!
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I would say they are both slightly better teams which over a full season means a couple games ahead of us in the standings. If they are both MUCH better against winning teams then they must both be MUCH worse against losing teams. Not sure what that means. Yankees have by far their best record against the teams in their own division. They have the worst record against the AL Central. San Diego and Milwaukee have better records against winning teams than they do against losing teams. We are 7-9 against division leaders. Yankees are 7-6 and the Astros are 9-8. We will be underdogs if we make the playoffs. So what. Its more fun when underdogs win.
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All you say is true, or at least I am trusting you on the stats but if the Indians get a game back this series and then sweep us this weekend, everything will look different.
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I think I had them at the range of 77-97. I'm hoping I'm wrong
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I'' feel like we have it wrapped up when we are X games up with X-1 to go. Pretty nice though to have reached the win total many predicted before the season and still have 24 games to go. Great win. I
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Geez, I was thinking the answer was Caveman but now am wondering how Caddyshack II fits in.
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Of course except for him. I don't want to be accused of anti-semitism.
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Wow. That's a little obscure. I thought it was because Ringo Starr and Nick Cave were both on the list of baritones in non-classical music but then I thought "no, that's too obvious". Oh well, I guess we got to the same destination.
