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  1. stringer bell
    Luplow replaced Gallo the other night because MAT has had a tight hamstring. MAT is in the lineup today.
  2. stringer bell
    I think it is pretty unrealistic to expect Stewart or Alcalá or Paddack to return from injury to solidify the 'pen, but that appears to be exactly what the front office is thinking. https://theathletic.com/4809140/2023/08/27/twins-brock-stewart/ The article gave more information on Alcalá than I've seen since he went on the IL. I know he's mostly been forgotten by the fan base, but it seems the Twins think he could help in September and October. The same for Paddack.
  3. stringer bell
    The bullpen needs more arms. I think asking somebody like Funderburk to contribute is a huge stretch. Error—front office.
  4. stringer bell
    Tight zone all night and Jax didn’t challenge hitters. I thought maybe Grossman swung at the 3-2 pitch but the replay shows he didn’t.
  5. stringer bell
    Ryan activated, Jordan Balazovic optioned to St. Paul. One comment, Ortega is fortunate in a sense to be injured. He will accrue MLB service time and if he were not injured, he probably would have been optioned to make way for Ryan.
  6. stringer bell
    Two opportunities to open it up squandered.
  7. stringer bell
    I’m thinking four runs won’t be nearly enough today.
  8. stringer bell
    Good pitchers have bad innings. Dunning is better than that, but taking advantage is great. Excellent job by Wallner and Jeffers to get the runs in.
  9. stringer bell
    Correa says "thanks Rook".
  10. stringer bell
    The inconsistency is pretty telling. The same pitch getting called for a strike makes it hard to pitch and hit. Wallner and Julien took called thirds that really weren't close and ball four to Seager in the ninth was in the box. The ump missed on a strike three call to Jankowski that was just as bad. I agree that the Box we see is inaccurate and especially changeups and breaking balls that look low are really in the zone as they cross the plate, but received below the zone.
  11. stringer bell
    This is a quote from the Twins' website and I think the wording is awkward. I assume he means that he will discuss rehab with the Twins' medical staff. Time is getting short and hopefully all rehabbing players will use less than the 20 days they are authorized.
  12. stringer bell
    The Twins have moved up to 24th (out of 30) in OPS against left handed pitching. Yesterday four of the five homers they hit were against lefties as well as most of the hits. Individually, here are the OPS results vs. left handed pitching for this year's team: 1) Lewis .915 2) Jeffers .861 3) Taylor .842 4) Luplow .833 5) Correa .812 6) Polanco .740 7) Gallo .733 8) Farmer .724 9) Solano .722 10) Gordon .700 11) Kepler .696 12) Vázquez .677 13) Castro .647 14) Buxton .628 15) Miranda .573 16) Larnach .478 17) Kirilloff .470 18) Garlick .468 19) Julien .448 20) Wallner .400 The team OPS against lefties is .701. Many small sample sizes for the players.
  13. stringer bell
    Also on the injury front: Willi Castro starts his rehab today in Omaha. Alex Kirilloff: Kirilloff said on Aug. 24 that his hitting progression had progressed to the point where he was hitting off the machine and back up to his normal volume of pregame work. He had not yet hit against live pitching at that point, but said he'd been doing all other baseball activity. Kirilloff does not have a timeline for his return, but he hoped to "talk about" a rehab assignment with the Twins soon.
  14. stringer bell
    I’d like to see Jeffers get more starts behind the plate. He’s hitting to well to play less than half the time. Good appearance for Winder. Maybe he can go on a good run. You can’t hit the ball much harder than Wallner did to lead off the eighth. Improved their results against lefty pitching for the Twins tonight.
  15. stringer bell
    1) Buxton is 29 years old, hardly ancient, but the number of players who have better health in their 30s than in their 20s is pretty small. 2) The Twins’ plan for Buxton hasn’t worked because his lower body injuries didn’t improve with he limitations of being a full-time DH. Being shut down for the hamstring injury could possibly improve his other injuries hip & knee) to the point where he can play some in the field. 3) As @chpettit19 has pointed out, the Twins now need to worry about 7-9 weeks of games rather than a majority of the season. 4) Buxton has always been a streaky hitter and he’s been cold much more than hot as the team’s DH. If he gets perhaps another 100 at-bats there might be a period where he is absolutely crushing the ball. Does DHing make him a worse hitter? Maybe, but there was no discernible difference in 2022, the first year when he was used extensively as a DH.
  16. stringer bell
    I think that is a move to be made next year in the off-season.
  17. stringer bell
    Certainly Rooker was never considered an all-around talent like Lewis. Sanó looked like he could be an elite power hitter, but it soon became obvious he had major bat-to-ball contact issues.
  18. stringer bell
    I'm happy for Martin, but there are more major league players returning from IL than there are spots to put them, so I doubt Martin is promoted. While I don't expect the Twins will totally clear a place for him, I think it will affect who the Twins keep and pursue in the off-season.
  19. stringer bell
    Not a Floro fan. Not off to a good start tonight
  20. stringer bell
    Lewis is in a little snag. 0-10.
  21. stringer bell
    Farmer is supposed to crush lefties and has been ordinary so far this year. I hope he picks it up in the last quarter of the season. 2-2 today.
  22. stringer bell
    I wonder how a relay like Correa made works in defensive ratings? Same with outfield arms.
  23. stringer bell
    Frustrating to see Ober fail to finish off all these hitters after getting ahead.
  24. stringer bell
    Bad luck on the Yelich double compounded by a walk after being up 0-2.
  25. stringer bell
    I was just going to criticize Vázquez starting instead of Jeffers.
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