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Guardians (Bibee) vs Twins (Festa): 8/11/24, 1:10pm
tony&rodney replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Archived Game Threads
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Read what Dman wrote. It is right on. I did not see him pitch last night but have been catching his starts. Prielipp is coming off an injury and it will be a long process for him to build back to 80-100 pitches. He looks like superman for about 25-35 pitches and then is gassed. Prielipp has a bright future if he can stay healthy and develop. It will be a slow climb. I also did not see Bohorquez pitch. Did you watch him? What did you think was noteworthy. I'm going to watch the next time he is on the mound.
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Loved the article, charts, information, and all but this was my reaction too .... immediately. The Twins have three football seasons of games left or close to it. I don't follow so have no idea how many games are played in American football. Festa has an important assignment because he feels he is ready to be a regular member of an MLB starting pitcher rotation and this is an opportunity. There are 45 games remaining after today. The Twins need the bats to become productive and more consistent.
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Right now, Miranda is a better defensive player and a better hitter than Lewis. Hopefully Royce gets it going again.
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Marvelous pitching by Woods Richardson and Winder.
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Are you watching the same team as I am or just looking at stats?
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Varland has pitched pretty well lately. He had two decent starts for the Twins in June, was blown up in his return to the minors on 6/23, and since then has given up 5 runs in 30+ innings. So not bad. The numbers last night were skewed by some shoddy defense, which caused him to throw extra pitches. Nobody will ever confuse Varland for an ace but he was tough into the 5th inning last night and just average defense gets him through 6 innings. I will say he absolutely was crushed by the HR and then threw cookies to the next two hitters for base hits. I believe Varland is good going forward for 5 innings of 2-3 runs per outing. We are not going to get that from anyone else for a #5 slot at this point.
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I have not been too impressed by Dobnak. Have you seen Bowman pitch? What does he offer? I cannot find any news on him right now.
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It would have to be for Dobnak. I'm sure there are discussions going on but the Twins have likely been closely monitoring Bowman and have definite thoughts on whether he is a viable option in the bullpen. I have not watched him myself.
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Two big wins yesterday. Now a new day with a clean slate. Baseball is relentless in it's schedule. Tonight is a huge opportunity to close the gap even further. Larnach, Wallner, and Kepler should lead the charge. Cleveland will throw the bullpen at the Twins more quickly tonight. In unrelated news, Julien is actually making progress and looking decent lately. I think he has turned a corner and could make a difference for the Twins in September. I hope he is completely focused towards that goal.
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Twins bullpen should be ready tomorrow and the Twins bats that like fastballs get their chance against Gavin Williams. Twins need 5-6 good innings from SWR tomorrow. Varland was pretty tough tonight. It was a little bit of a strange game but one of the more exciting contests thus far. Bullpen was awesome. Great day for the Twins. Still need the bats to get hot.
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Hoping for a sellout tomorrow. I was a little disappointed in the attendance tonight. Great but crazy game. Who knew, Richards our closer in G2?
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Apparently it was either Richards or Winder.
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Thielbar looks like he is back.
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Fun, yet crazy, game.
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5 DP and Lewis thrown out at second with four missed plays on defense for MN and two missed plays for Cleveland .... and still a very good game. Yeh?
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If a team focuses on offense at the expense of defense, then more runs need to be scored.
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Tough for Varland. Yes, he missed to Josh but four outs needed to be made that were not and when you have a young dude like Varland on the mound those plays need to get made.
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The bats need to crush soon. Cobb looks very hittable and Cleveland has their best relievers rested and waiting. Torch Cobb now.
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Ok so far. Not loud outs and two misplays by defense thus far.
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Twins need Correa back and Miranda at 3B. Lewis is a decent DH.
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I'm guessing $3M, plus or minus .5M. Tops. Lewis would have to put up huge numbers in the next seven weeks to put up a case for more money. Jeffers got $2.45M with better numbers. Hopefully Lewis is the player of the week every week until the season ends and he gets more money.
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What does the budget say? The Twins will likely offer $2.5-3.0M in arb for Lewis. Jeffers received just under $2.5M for this year in arb 1. I think arb works on numbers and not per game or perceived talent. In any event, Lewis is bound to Minnesota for four years after this year if BaseballProspectus is correct. The Twins will go year to year with Royce simply because it is the prudent decision. In a corollary look, many people on Twins Daily (not me) have commented that the Buxton signing was a mistake because Byron has had trouble playing a significant number of games. Lewis may fall in a similar talent range with thoughts of great production but it seems unlikely that a mid market team would gamble on two guys at the same time. Having said that, it isn't my money so go ahead and give him a big contract along with everyone else.
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He has been better in the last two starts and was very impressive in his recent start. FWIW, I based my initial thoughts on an opponents' batting average near .250 at the time and seeing teams hit the ball pretty square. I'm not down on Tanner Hall but until last night he has not been dominant. Pitching takes time and he is clearing getting better. He is, for sure, an interesting prospect.
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This is a reasonable question when one considers that Lewis played quite a bit of shortstop in the minor leagues. However, Royce has never been even adequate as a shortstop and is mostly a DH right now until such time as his legs are whole. The Twins face a little bit of a short term issue. Someone needs to hold down SS until Correa gets back. Castro has done a decent job at the position but is more suited for LF or 2B. If Lee cannot throw he likely needs an IL stint. Farmer can no longer play shortstop though. It will be interesting to see how the Twins navigate the next two weeks.
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