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  1. Greglw3
    Bell has been superb. His at bats in the clutch are a masterclass in how to work counts, have a professional at bat at most importantly, approach an at bat with the team’s success prioritized over any individual goals. I think his 83 RBIs are the most impressive statistic of any on the team at this juncture. I very much agree with the premise of your article!
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    Sadly true!
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    Just to be clear, I think Prielipp has outstanding stuff, and the potential to be a top of the rotation pitcher. He has a great slider, curve and his fastball is more than sufficient. It just appears to me that he’s worn down for this season. The two games lost, he gave up 8 and 6 runs while pitching very well at the start. I noted that in his 2nd to last major league appearance, Marquez pitched 5 innings of 1 hit ball. So, he has something left in the tank. That was my logic in the post. See if Marquez, being fresh, can give a competent start.
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    Remember Rich Coggins and Al Bumbry and the two barreled, scintillating rookie transformation of the Orioles they brought in the second half of the season. Coggins/Bumbry. Culpepper/Jenkins. You’ll never find out leaving 1/2 of the potential transformational tandem in AAA.
  5. Greglw3
    My sentiments exactly. It seems like a no-brainer.
  6. Greglw3
    It’s clearly time to call up German Marquez and have him start in a demoted Connor Prielipp’s spot. Prielipp is not the slightest bit competitive at this point. The other option would to be to call up Rojas and piggyback him with our newly effective relief core.
  7. Greglw3
    They thought it was Reggie?
  8. Greglw3
    For the whole month of August, 13 games .389/.450/.741
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    OPS+ with its extreme favoring of power hitters is not a fair statistic to use for a line drive hitter like Walker Jenkins. It’s not as inappropriate but in the same spirit as using OPS+ to compare Rod Carew to his contemporaries when he hit .388 in 1977 and won the batting title by 52 points plus the MVP award. Carew had a 178 OPS+ but Ken Singleton had a 165 OPS+, despite Carew having 239 hits to 176, 38 doubles to 24, 16 triples to none, 128 runs scored to 90, a .388 average to .328, a .449 OBP to .438, 23 SB to none (though not a great %). Singleton appears to be in the same league as Carew simply based on hitting 24 HR to Carew’s 14.
  10. Greglw3
    I caught that glaring contradiction as well! You articulated it very well!
  11. Greglw3
    I have to agree with everything you said, point by point - Tom, Zoll and Shelton all clearly better communicators than their predecessors and yes, that’s valuable! The higher aspirations and greater skill of all 3 has the Twins in the 3rd wild crd spot for now and whoa thunk it?
  12. Greglw3
    That's what I was thinking, 3 HR in game 1 and 3 more in the regularly scheduled game would be 6 Hrs for the day and earn a call up!
  13. Greglw3
    .389/.441/~.640 in August as of noon Thursday. I’d call that blowing the doors down.
  14. Greglw3
    Some good, old fashioned logic, context and facts being applied to the situation! Jenkins hit a 2nd HR in the rain delayed game!
  15. Greglw3
    .380/.436/.640 in August. Where is the barrier when he has "forced the issue"? Is it .450/.585/850? I can get the argument that displacing Larnach or Roden might be disruptive to the clubhouse. On the other hand, Culpepper has so far exceeded his own AAA performance. What if Jenkins merely matched his own? Worth watching as Jenkins hit a HR in the game to be continued today in the third inning to be followed by the regular Thursday game. Maybe a monster day will force their hand???
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    He’s been better than expected, hitting over .300 so far. Funny thing is, if Culpepper can come up and add such a tangible jolt to the offense, what can’t Walker Jenkins do the same thing? AN argument could be made (or countered) that Jenkins could hit better than any of the current Twins outfielders, two of which have been slumping in Larnach and Buxton. Jenkins certainly has a good chance to outhit Roden, just using the Culpepper situation as a frame of reference. Jenkins, is hitting ~ 20 points higher than Culpepper and fast developing power. Now I’m going to read the article I just spotted headlined "Jeremy Zoll explains why Walker Jenkins....written 9 minutes ago...I’m so curious!
  17. Greglw3
    I'm not one of the people that "won’t like to hear it". I love Kody Clemens and all the clutch hitting he has done. But he’s one of the streakiest hitters I’ve ever seen Now his batting average has dropped into the .220s and I accept the ~ .180 for last 6 weeks. It’s hurting the Twins. I’d do exactly what you mentioned, start with an outfield of Larnach, Buxton and Jenkins and move Keaschall back to 2nd. Some days I might even play Roden Buxton and Jenkins as it was starting to look like Roden was breaking through, showing he could be a valuable hitter just before Buxton bumped him. Clemens could play the Willi Castro roll except at SS. I like Brooks Lee at 3rd as his defense has been superb there. I also like his bat but wish he would focus less on HR and more on line drives, which would mean stop chasing bad pitches - I think then he could be a poor man’s Luis Arraez. Now it seems like he wants to be both a high contact hitter and a HR hitter but it isn’t working. I agree with the premise, Jenkins should have been up yesterday or 14 yesterdays ago. I thought we were trying to win but we repaired the damaged bullpen but then acted like the offense doesn’t need help.
  18. Greglw3
    As a platoon player vs lefties, leading off (anyone who can do anything well vs lefties is a boon for the Twins), Austin Martin for the whole season, has a .409 OBP. That’s just plain valuable. And probably why Martin gets the start vs lefties in the leadoff spot. He’s an asset.
  19. Greglw3
    You can never have too much pitching. The Twins success with righting Gomez and Kremer says maybe he can help! In his second to last appearance ~ July 31, he went 5 innings of 1 hit, shutout ball vs the Giants so he has something left!
  20. Greglw3
    Roden 3 for 3 with 2 doubles plus a walk and not retired yesterday, I think his avg has surpassed Cody Clemens. Point is he’s possibly ascendent and may be quite viable by continuing his shot at consistent repetitions at the plate. Plus he has a good batting eye, a penchant for a high OBP. I think he’s earned a further look.
  21. Greglw3
    I hope you’re right! The timing would be perfect. One more strong bat for the late season push!
  22. Greglw3
    No not an overpay, Hoffman has elite stuff.
  23. Greglw3
    But in the category of: Josh Bell has been extremely valuable to the Twins because he heated up big time around June 1 and has taken, patient, professional and very clutch at bats ever since - in that category, let’s give Hoffman his due that at the time of the trade he had ~ a 1.21 ERA since June 1.
  24. Greglw3
    Ha ha ha, the lucky baseball player. That’s one thing I’ve noticed is the non-helpful tendency of some of these SABR style statistics to simply say, this statistical measurement proves player X is having bad luck. How fortunate the blessed one, Aaron Sabato to stay so lucky that he’s piled up a near record season for St. Paul and carries a 1.200+ OPS vs lefties. As John McEnroe once emphatically stated to a stunned tennis world, "You cannot be serious". But I think you’re being sarcastic in saying it’s all luck but disguising it with xwOBA, that stat that Roy Smalley, Justin Morneau, Denard Span, Paul Molitor and Trevor Plouffe love to quote.
  25. Greglw3
    Brent Rooker
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