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  1. stringer bell
    I meant after 6 innings, of course.
  2. stringer bell
    Gutty effort by Pablo.
  3. stringer bell
    Get him out of there!
  4. stringer bell
    Big Plate Appearance here.
  5. stringer bell
    Limit the damage.
  6. stringer bell
    Cory Provus made a point to compliment the umpiring crew. I thought the home plate ump last night was excellent and the two previous seemed to give the Twins the majority of the 50-50 calls. Umpire scorecard gave the Thursday night home plate ump middling grades and the umps on Saturday and Sunday excellent scores. All three umps marginally favored Minnesota, with only Thursday being significant.
  7. stringer bell
    If I were a betting man (I’m not), I would put money on Texas today. It’s really hard to sweep a four-game series on the road and the Twins have gotten the majority of the breaks in three consecutive games. Karma would seem to be on the Rangers side. I hope I’m dead wrong on this and that López is sharp today. It won’t surprise me if the Twins are three back tomorrow.
  8. stringer bell
    This should be another interesting game. Pablo has been inconsistent this year, but there's probably a couple of great outings left in the tank for the regular season. I hope today is one of them. Mahle has already had an outing where he threw over 90 pitches, so I don't think he'll be pulled super early in this one unless the Twins blast him. Texas should be better than their record, but they seem to have used up all their good luck last year.
  9. stringer bell
    I wouldn't think Mahle will go more than six innings, perhaps less. The Twins have done a good job of scoring late to secure victories, but I'd welcome an early offense and comfortable win.
  10. stringer bell
    Because he still has an option year, I think the Twins hang on to Kirilloff one more year. Except for a sharp first half of April, he did not perform well, that is a fact. The Twins are almost certain to part ways with Max Kepler, meaning there will be room for another corner outfield left handed bat. IMHO, AK's predicament mirrors Trevor Larnach's coming in to this year. He won't have a place to play unless there is an injury or someone really slumps and may have to go to the minors to await his chance. Also in Kirilloff's favor is that top prospect Emmanuel Rodriguez has missed two thirds of the season and didn't get out of AA, so he is at best a midseason prospect for promotion. If the Twins do re-sign Santana, that will close another door on Kirilloff's future as a Twin.
  11. stringer bell
    I like Lewis at third and Miranda at first against right handed pitching. This also leaves the DH slot to Larnach/Wallner, both of whom have better numbers against right handed pitching than Santana. Miranda hasn't played much first base this year, but in the SSS, he's been fine at first base. Miranda also has excellent splits against right handers. Certainly for the last month, both Jeffers and Vázquez have regressed to the mean, but Jeffers has been the better hitter this season by quite a bit.
  12. stringer bell
    Just about everyone contributed today—all four pitchers, Julien and Vázquez with hits to start the rally, Martin with the bunt single, Castro’s bases loaded knock, Larnach homer, Farmer SF, Santana’s walk and run scored and Kepler’s double.
  13. stringer bell
    Congrats to Henriquez on his first MLB win. A gritty victory with some help from the Rangers. Outstanding bunt by Martin, and it often happens that a sacrifice bunt becomes a single. Willi had a big hit to get the win.
  14. stringer bell
    Not perfect by any means, but the team got off the mat and scored late to beat a talented team (not going well right now).
  15. stringer bell
    No inherited runners for Sands. He’s got this. (Sarcasm)
  16. stringer bell
    Nice SF there.
  17. stringer bell
    There are a lot of good things about Miranda as an offensive player, but he is really slow.
  18. stringer bell
    Royce Lewis is an elite athlete who has suffered a rash of injuries. He has moved off shortstop (perhaps permanently) and landed at third base. He has the agility, range and arm to be better than average at third, but he hasn’t played there a lot and his footwork on throws has sometimes been a mess. He needs more work, but a healthy off-season with no further injury to recover from might give him time to improve his defense. i think he’s a third baseman to start 2025, but a position change could happen sometime relatively soon.
  19. stringer bell
    With three rookies in the rotation for the foreseeable future, I would expect the average number of innings goes down. You go with what you’ve got and with middle relief currently being a soft spot, Rocco has stayed with starters a bit more than average.
  20. stringer bell
    Good throw again. Didn’t get him this time
  21. stringer bell
    Proper call unfortunately.
  22. stringer bell
    Jung wasn’t close to the changeup.
  23. stringer bell
    Jax in the eighth, Alcalá or Durán for the ninth.
  24. stringer bell
    Rocco should have a quick hook here. SWR has truly been shaky thus far.
  25. stringer bell
    The Rangrs have had a bunch of long drives, while the Twins have two wall-scraper HRs.
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