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  1. Dodecahedron
    Like it or not, some people are wired in a way that stuff like this aggravates them. I'm not sure that's "pedantic."
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    Twins ERA+ 84 Tigers ERA+ 96 Why not? Beau's 3.16 FIP is made the algorithms go off everywhere in the league when he hit waivers. He would have been claimed by someone, so kudos to the Twins for being terrible so they get first dibs. Strange to cut a guy after 1 appearance. Maybe he pooped in Robbie Grossman's shoe or something, but to that end, who hasn't done that or at least thought about doing that?
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    There are positives to take from this game. The offense is better, the defense is improving, and the position players are no longer rolling over for the rest of the game when the opponent scores. The Twins have finally stopped playing as if they were in the playoffs. Whether or not this burst of energy is short-lived or not depends on them. As for RBIs, I think what the poster is trying to get at is this is the old Attorneys General debate, where the s for plural does not go at the end of the phrase. Things change when something becomes an acronym, though, unless you are one of those people whose mind reads out the whole phrase when one sees an acronym. Yes, there are people who do that, thus the debate. If you don't do that, the word "RBI" is singular, grammatically speaking, and yes the way to pluralize that is to put an s at the end. This is true even if the full phrase, not the acronym, puts the s somewhere else.
  4. Dodecahedron
    Don't shoot the messenger, I didn't define the criteria.
  5. Dodecahedron
    If those are the measurements we are comparing by, Kepler is at .211 and also 5 HRs.
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    Sano needs to start treating every game as if it were the 12th inning and he just wants to go home.
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    The Twins will improve until one-person-too-many gets traded, then it will be more of the same for a while. There is a chance the team will still finish the year on a positive note.
  8. Dodecahedron
    I was surprised by how much the Twins spent this year, so there is the tiniest of glimmers of hope that they will at least stand pat. But yes, if history is any indication, spending will go down.
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    In both 2019 and 2020, the Twins played at better than a 60-31 pace with Buxton on the field. 2019: 62-25 (39-36 without Buxton) 2020: 26-13 (10-11 without Buxton) I agree that 90 wins is not likely, but the Twins could be within earshot of .500 after the dust settles. How the rest of the season goes depends largely on which assets get traded away. Plus, Buxton is due for at least one more injury before the year is done.
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    I did not realize there was so little money invested in the bullpen. This is like the end of the Dennis Green era, where the team was spending nothing on defensive backs... and the outcome is equally predictable.
  11. Dodecahedron
    Four on the floor, baby!
  12. Dodecahedron
    No pay Jose!
  13. Dodecahedron
    I agree with the last sentence. When I moved to Chicago, I was floored by a pita sandwich from a certain restaurant. I was afraid to go back the restaurant, because I felt that there was just no way they were going to be able to serve up a sandwich that good again. But I did go back, and it was just as good. Unfortunately I appeared to be their only customer. The owner kept the delivery service open a little longer simply so I could order the sandwiches a few more times. Keep fighting the good fight, Hrbie!
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    There are too many unknowns around Berrios and his future with the Twins. I can understand being excited about free agency, but that's still a long way off. I'd be surprised if Berrios is thinking about this as much as we are. We don't know if Berrios simply wants to bolt, which is his right to do. We also don't know if the Twins have approached him with any offers. If I were the Twins, I would search hard for the right number with him. He may not be an ace, but he is a Radke-type. The Twins did everything they could to keep Radke and he ended up having the highest WAR of any pitcher in a Twins uniform. Having Berrios around would give the team one less thing to worry about. If the Twins are worried about the risk of a long contract, and yes they should worry about this, a contract with milestones and incentives could do the trick. $10M base + up to $10M more which should be easily attainable unless he is injured for a long period of time.
  15. Dodecahedron
    Not the worst, no, but the most surprisingly bad.
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    I'm OK with easing Ober into things. It's a fair point that he should have 3 wins already in his 4 starts instead of 0 wins. I doubt he is losing sleep over that and we shouldn't be either. One could take the opinion that this is allowing him to fly under the radar. After all, even among us we are saying he hasn't been as good as he has been.
  17. Dodecahedron
    June 6, Royals: 4 K, 0 BB, 1 ER June 11, Astros: 7 K, 1 BB, 2 ER June 16, Mariners: 6 K, 0 BB, 0 ER There probably are not many pitchers who pitched better than Ober over the past couple of weeks. It's OK to celebrate what he has done so far and not worry about his future. In any case, let's give him credit for being more than just OK.
  18. Dodecahedron
    To answer the original question: 7 games. Game 8 is when the losing streak started that bounced them out of first; yes they were still in first place when it is clear in retrospect that they were done. That was a mighty small window of opportunity, but it's worth pointing out that the 2011 and 2016 teams were even worse out of the gate. It could be argued that the 2011 Twins were still "competitive" at 7 games, as they were only 2 games back at 3-4 -- but that to me is a stretch. The '82 Twins (60-102) were competitive through 9 games. A walk-off loss in game 10 started a death spiral that they did not snap out of until July.
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    I had not heard of Flexen until today, so saying the Twins made a mistake in not pursuing him seems unfair. Was he on anyone's radar around here?
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    I would imagine the Twins are feeling pressure to do this very thing, but are being careful not to over-react. With it being a given that next year's team will have a lot of new faces, they should worry less about over-reacting. Baldelli likes to talk to the press about how he makes decisions based on what he thinks is coming in the future. Now is his chance to do that with a purpose. It is rare that the road ahead is as clear as it is now.
  21. Dodecahedron
    WPA is just OK. It appears to be shorthand for looking at a box score, which takes all of 30 seconds. Ignore it.
  22. Dodecahedron
    Not to mention a major rebuild and a major amount of losing seasons for the Twins. Sounds kinda lame to me overall. There was a previous GM who we all know and love who did not know how to build a pipeline of players without doing this, I'm hoping the current group has other ideas.
  23. Dodecahedron
    The team W-L record when he is on the field is a tale of two cities. He leads the team in WAR even in his partial seasons. Buxton is probably smart enough to know that the difference between being the Twins MVP and being a WS MVP are two very different things that are not going to align any time soon. Still, I believe he can be convinced to stay in MN if they treat him right and the price is right.
  24. Dodecahedron
    If he is sore but still smacking home runs and banging out triples as he has in St. Paul, he's probably good to go. Typically when a veteran who is still performing at a high level retires, he talks about how he is done being sore all summer. It's not about no longer being able to perform, it's about being tired of always being sore. Heck, when Radke retired, the story at the time was he could not lift his arm over his head or pick anything up with his pitching hand on non-pitching days. Now that's sore. I imagine everyone on this team is sore by this time in the year. Hopefully this decision is being made by a Twins doctor and not Baldelli. And hopefully if Buxton doesn't like the answer, he has searched out a second opinion as he is allowed under the CBA.
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    93 pitches for a relief pitcher. Wow. Thank you, Jax, for stepping up. That's a trial by fire, no doubt about it.
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