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  1. Muppet
    The Twins will have to use innovative strategies like this unless they get several dozen extra million dollars to play with every year. They probably would have been able to pull it off had Duffy and Theilbar not turned into pumpkins, or if Paddack hadn't gotten injured. They started the year with 7 pitchers that could have been considered starters. Sometimes your key pieces poo the bed and things don't go as planned and you end up overusing underexperienced players and getting stuck hoping your guys get it together. Good thing there are 162 games in a season. And if they don't make it? There are worse things to worry about.
  2. Muppet
    Might be worth pointing out that the Twins have the third most wins in the American League. Sure, they have lost some games. They have had some pretty lousy streaks. Lost to a few terrible teams even. But they don't seem that bad. But then again... it is only the managers fault when they lose. Not when they win.
  3. Muppet
    Think of the prospect haul the Twins could get if they traded Correa, Buxton, AND Arraez!
  4. Muppet
    Oh good. Thielbar to the rescue.
  5. Muppet
    I think to myself "Now is certainly time to pinch hit Buxton." One second later: 'In play, runs'
  6. Muppet
    I would be ashamed in baseball if this team makes it to the playoffs
  7. Muppet
    They’re bringing in Jax? Thought he was warming up for the 10th.
  8. Muppet
    Arraez is the only in the starting lineup without a hit.
  9. Muppet
    Ribes. There. Are you happy?
  10. Muppet
    There are times when they don't steal that make no sense... like when there are two outs and Arraez (who until recently is unlikely to hit anything but a single) is up. Get the guy on second and give Arraez the chance for an RBI. If they guy is caught stealing, Arraez leads off the next inning. But in a lot of cases... with Buxton at least, I think they assume a good hit can score him from first. So there is no sense in risking his knees or getting him out at second.
  11. Muppet
    This stat would be more useful with a time scale. I feel like they have picked up on driving in their runs over the pat dozen or so games compared to early in the season.
  12. Muppet
    I'd let go of Gordon. He's good enough to get consistent playing time with a team who needs his skills. If they aren't able to trade him, they should let another team grab him.
  13. Muppet
    Is that the strategy where a pitcher starts, gives up 6 or 7 runs in the first inning or two, then gives way to a tired AAA bullpen? I think they should stop that strategy.
  14. Muppet
    Furthermore, in most instances the Twins have shown that they are far more likely to score zero runs in these situations.
  15. Muppet
    Remember Sano is going to come back at some point too. Think any other teams out there have a need for a poor defending 1B/DH who can't hit and has a history of behavior problems?
  16. Muppet
    Stashak hasn't been bad. He's had 2 bad games in blowout losses, one of which he ate almost 3 innings. Other than that, he's been fine... even good. Too bad.
  17. Muppet
    Oof. Gonna be a tough one. At least every inning Cole Sands pitches is an inning that Duffy doesn't pitch. Right?
  18. Muppet
    Is it too soon to declare this team a pumpkin?
  19. Muppet
    Oh good. I was hoping Duffy would get the chance to add another loss to his record.
  20. Muppet
    I like to see them adapting to the game in real time. My guess (without having actual experience) is that base stealing and the running game take extra time to learn how to master so they've spent their time practicing other things, like beating the shift, etc... I have seen instances this year where it didn't make sense NOT to attempt a steal. When being throwing out is not the worst outcome. Like when you are on first, there are 2 outs, and the next 2 guys on deck are both hitting around .200. In the particular instance I am thinking of (can't remember who it was) the batter got a hit that would have driven in the runner from second. Instead of a run generated, the next guy got out. I also see people jogging back to first when the pitcher throws over indicating that he didn't have nearly a large enough lead. You don't need to actually steal the base to be effective. You can induce pitchouts, advance on the occasional bad throw to first, throw off the pitcher's (and sometimes the hitter's) concentration. I think for a team like the Twins to succeed, they have to play all of the small games within the game well. That's how they will beat the teams that have more raw talent. They're doing a pretty good job this year with defense, working counts, using the whole field, experimenting with their RP usage (which is risky and maybe not a long term thing, but things are going well so far). I hope they start working on other tricks soon as well. It's a fun season so far.
  21. Muppet
    Meh. The opposition wasn’t that strong, but Duffy seemed to do ok. Can’t argue with a couple strikeouts and easy work if Schoop. Maybe he’ll end up pitching well soon.
  22. Muppet
    I’d be interested to see them try this for awhile considering almost half of buxton’s hits are homers. But it is also equally as likely that what might end up a Buxton triple ends up with him at first and Arraez at second.
  23. Muppet
    "Donaldson allegedly called Anderson "Jackie," a reference to Jackie Robinson, that he thought was an inside joke between the two players." Donaldson didn't think this was an inside joke. And I'm a bit disgusted at the media reports that gave him inches of space allowing him to make this allegation. Donaldson and Anderson aren't friends. They don't joke around. Dondaldson is attempting to gaslight the press into thinking that this is just on-field chatter and not blatant racist harassment. The Twins would have been better off without him ever playing on the team. They might not have been good last year, but I'd be willing to bet they'd be a lot better than they were. Who hasn't experienced a toxic work or school environment at least once in their lives? You know what that does to your morale. He probably had one or two other sidekicks egging him on too. Combine that with a losing record, these guys were probably just hoping for the season to end faster, or that they'd get traded. The Yankees can keep him. Better yet, they could just DFA him. They'd probably be a better team.
  24. Muppet
    Absolutely. The only thing that has been constant in the playoffs is the Twins losing, usually at the hands of the Yankees. But really, anything can and does happen in the playoffs/WS. Long shot wild card teams take it all, people get injured, previously unheard of nobodies make clutch game winning plays, superstars miss games after getting in drunken fights after the games... Anything can and does happen.
  25. Muppet
    Notice how runners coming to third haven’t been sent home to their inevitable doom lately?
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