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Everything posted by stringer bell

  1. stringer bell
    Miranda is in swing mode.
  2. stringer bell
    Don't chase Miranda!!
  3. stringer bell
    The Astros have the top team batting average in MLB, but are scoring fewer runs per game than the Twins. Houston has a considerably higher OPS than the Twins, but they aren't outscoring them.
  4. stringer bell
    Minute Maid looks like a Little League park as far as dimensions.
  5. stringer bell
    Good job Pablo. Get's the top of the order in the 3rd.
  6. stringer bell
    Dean and Jerry back together? They had such good chemistry on stage.
  7. stringer bell
    Disagree Brian. Kirilloff has hardly played first base and Miranda can handle that load. We have had the situation a couple times where a lefty bat sat against a right handed pitcher (Larnach), AK was at DH, with Castro in left and Buxton in center. Larnach has thus far outhit Kirilloff and if one of the lefty bats isn’t playing against righties, they have to be excess. I think replacing Santana against right handers can be done by Miranda since he has a higher OPS vs. right handed pitching than either Santana or Kirilloff.
  8. stringer bell
    Promoting isn’t the same as rehabbing. I personally think Lewis won’t be back until they play New York in the Bronx.
  9. stringer bell
    I really don't think the Twins want to send anyone down. That's why injury and even going with 12 pitchers (and some staff juggling) seems the most likely option. Kirilloff, Larnach and particularly Miranda have had moments in the last week to ten days. Julien picked up three hits in the recently ended series with KC and has definitely improved his defense.
  10. stringer bell
    Here is my frustration--I want to present topics in long form sometimes and I've thought a blog entry would be the appropriate forum. Then they get no play unless that blog is featured on other pages. An example, though I didn't write it, is the Miranda thread that was originally a blog entry by @LA VIkes Fan.
  11. stringer bell
    Pablo's FIP is much more representative than his ERA (3.80 FIP, 5.25 ERA). It seems he is great until a big inning happens. There are several pitchers with large discrepancies between ERA and FIP. Okert and Durán have gotten "lucky", while Thielbar, Sands, López, Ober have suffered bad luck according to FIP.
  12. stringer bell
    IIRC, Varland's first start was in Yankee Stadium. He did pretty well. It isn't optimum, but it might not be a bad idea. I think giving Paddack a break might be the right move. Since his eight inning start in Cleveland, he has struggled although the results having been that bad.
  13. stringer bell
    This topic has come across almost all of the threads on Twins Daily for the last week or so. There are about as many different perspectives as their are postings, but I thought I'd bring it together in one spot for debate. I posted a poll here and I'm asking members to predict the outcome, not state what should happen. I think Lewis won't play in Houston, but might return in New York. In the meantime, someone will have an injury that will land them on the Injured List. If Lewis were coming off the IL today, the HBP that Kyle Farmer suffered might have cost him ten days plus a rehab assignment in St. Paul. Another scenario is to give someone like Chris Paddack a two-week break and have 14 position players, using Boushley, Varland or Festa for spot starts sending them down after their starts. It would take a lot of roster manipulation, but it could be done. There is an off day included in that time frame. As much as I hate the move, I think the most likely option of a player is Alex Kirilloff, since optioning him would cause the least disruption. Miranda has earned a spot on the major league team and he can be the alternate/backup first baseman and Trevor Larnach has outperformed AK, hits from the same side and is at least as good of an outfielder. Many of us would prefer a veteran is DFA'd. I don't think the Twins will do it, because the player is most likely permanently lost and will cost the club money, in the millions of dollars.
  14. stringer bell
    Thanks SwainZag, my turn. I saw my first game in person today and enjoyed it immensely. The weather was good, the company was excellent and the game was like a good novel, unpredictable and good to the end. Starting with the starter—Chris Paddack might benefit by being skipped in the rotation. He’s battled his last two starts, but diminished velocity and sharpness of his pitches makes it a hard slog. Durán is also down a couple of mph, making his margin for error smaller and demanding better command. To the rescue is Jorge Alcalá, who looks capable of handling high leverage situations with triple digit heat and a secondary pitch for both left handed and right handed hitters. I haven’t been a fan, but his last two outings looked dominant. The Twins won the series because they took advantage of KC miscues and won close games. The Royals currently are really good, I suspect they’ll regress some and their lack of depth will be exposed and taken advantage of later in the season. Bobby Witt Jr. is going to win lots of awards.
  15. stringer bell
    Getting the count to 3-1, I thought Correa would get on and maybe do more. It happened! Cant help but be a bit concerned about Durán. Velocity is down.
  16. stringer bell
    Rocco, no pinch hit?
  17. stringer bell
    A beautiful day at Target Field!!
  18. stringer bell
    You’re right of course, but it is ridiculous.
  19. stringer bell
    There are 6 million reasons to keep Farmer, as is often noted, the Twins are very reluctant to cut bait on a player when he's a veteran and the Twins owe him money. That said, I was perplexed when they didn't non-tender Farmer in the offseason. It was pretty apparent that his days as a regular were over Father Time often wins the battles with 34-year-olds. He's not as bad a hitter as he has shown this year, but he's below average and possibly a lot below average. Versatility only goes so far.
  20. stringer bell
    Sounds like the mental/emotional problems are not completely behind him. The mlbtraderumors.com account indicates there may be a language problem. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/05/mets-to-designate-jorge-lopez-for-assignment.html
  21. stringer bell
    In addition to to those listed by road trip, Austin Wynns, Austin Nola, Brett Sullivan, Carlos Pérez, Chad Wallace, Anthony Bemboon, Tomás Nido, Omar Naráez, Luke Malle, Tyler Heineken and Tucker Barnhart are all guys over 29 who played in the majors as recently as last year and weren’t starters. I suppose many are unavailable, but I bet most are. Personally, I can’t abide by the absolute judgment s of defense made by the person I’m responding to. I’ll leave it at that.
  22. stringer bell
    Another win would claim the series and clinch a winning month of May. Lugo has been outstanding. I can’t imagine he’ll sustain this. Ober owes the Royals one. Let’s hope he twirls a good one this evening.
  23. stringer bell
    I guess I’m not worried that Vázquez could get injured and there would be no one to replace him. There always seems to be at least a half dozen glove-first catchers available for minimal pay or even major league minimum. I’d actually like to see a left handed hitting catcher share the job with Jeffers, if he was as good or better of a receiver than #27.
  24. stringer bell
    Overall, there is no question who the superior player is--Ryan Jeffers might be an All-Star despite his recent snag and Vázquez is putting up historically awful offensive numbers. Jeffers is an adequate/average catcher, perhaps a bit better than that IMHO. Vázquez has been very good, particularly in throwing out base stealers, as a defender. If the Twins are playing one game to make postseason, I want Ryan Jeffers catching. With the return of Royce Lewis on the horizon, there should be better candidates to DH than there has been up to this point, including José Miranda and Trevor Larnach. If catching 55% of the time doesn't hurt Jeffers' health, I think that is better than the current 49-51% rate. I'll add that I'm not delighted with Jeffers as DH. It limits hitting and running for Vázquez and running for Jeffers. If Vázquez could/can perform at the plate at something like his career norms, I have no problem with a 50-50 split in the catcher position with Jeffers getting additional DH at-bats.
  25. stringer bell
    Onetime Twin Steven Gonsalves signed a minor league deal with the Rockies. I didn't know he was still in professional baseball. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/05/rockies-stephen-gonsalves-agree-to-minor-league-deal.html
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