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Everything posted by stringer bell
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Gray continues his long winless string. As his IP attest, he doesn’t go as deep as Ryan or López, which figures in and he’s had pretty poor luck with run support. -
Great job team!!
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Credit Vázquez for catching the foul tip.
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Since the next guy hit what would have been a 6-4-3 double play, keeping Robert at first would have kept them off the board. If Vázquez is throwing through, the guy at second base (Julien?) should be coming forward and throwing back to the plate. Julien tried to make a tag and essentially conceded the run.
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Double to the opposite field just eludes Cólas.
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If Mike Cubbage could play third base, Jorge Polanco can as well.
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Nick Gordon has played only a few innings at third base and right field. The manager definitely prefers Willi Castro at shortstop (as well as third base and right field) to Gordon. Nick isn’t blessed with the speed that Dee Gordon had. He is an average runner as measured by sprint speed and home-to-first. He has the same sprint speed as Julien and Kirilloff. Castro is much faster.
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I think the decision for the Twins will be affected by the status of Buxton. If he is a DH until he isn’t the Twins need for a CF is pretty strong and adding a major league center fielder becomes a necessity. Losing pitching isn’t ideal, but I think the system can handle it.
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Ruled safe by the ump and I truly don’t know if Grandal’s tag happened before Julien touched home with his hand. The only person that would know is Julien.
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Carlson is a switch hitter, with stronger numbers as a right handed hitter. In addition he’s a capable center fielder.
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15 day minimum for pitchers in IL.
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Pleasantly surprised that the Twins are considering Polanco at third. Not that I think he would be a GG contender there, but it fills a need for the short term when there are only 63 games left, probably about 55 when Jorge is activated.
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Been there. Nice place.
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Pretty good swing from #19.
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A giant exhale from Twins Nation.
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Former Twins catcher Ben Rohrvedt was recalled by the Yankees. It looks like he will get a decent chance to show what he can do as Jose Trevino is set to have season-ending surgery.
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Exactly right Brian. I would add that the AAA staff’s job might include being able to see if Triple A success is likely to be sustained in the majors.
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I make sure that I play every day. I cheat a little by looking at Team WAR leaders to see if there's an obvious choice for some two-team parlay.
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My priority for Twins trades would be: 1) Relief help. Explanation--always plentiful options. The Twins have used Ortega and Pagán in key eighth-inning situations on the just-completed road trip. No need to say more. 2) Right handed or switch hitting outfielder. Explanation--Prefer someone who can adequately play center field. Kepler, Gallo and Kirilloff have gotten too many at-bats against left handed starters. Having a Tommy Pham or Mark Canha in the lineup against a lefty would improve the offense. My preference is Dylan Carlson, but he will cost more than a medium prospect. 3) Third Base. Explanation--Royce Lewis will be out until after the trading deadline. Oblique injuries are notoriously slow-healing. Ideally adding someone who could move to another position makes sense if Royce is coming back before mid-August.
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Remember Tim Beckham last year? He put up an over 1.000 OPS at St. Paul and couldn't hit his weight with the Twins. Pretty hard to trust AAA numbers as predictors for major league success.
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Important for utility guys to be able to fill in adequately at the key positions--center field and shortstop. Rocco prefers Farmer over Castro at short and has been somewhat reluctant to go with Willi in center field. According to BBRef, after more than an extremely SSS, Castro is a neutral in center. While that doesn't sound great, being average where the best outfielders in the world are deployed is pretty good. When both players were on the active roster, Rocco used Castro at short. Again, that is telling to me in any competition for a utility spot on the Twins going forward. I would agree with those of you that are saying Willi is good, not elite, in the field. His best position appears to be left field, although he's played precious little second for the Twins, because they had other less-versatile options there.
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Carlson is younger than either Wallner or Larnach. If he were added to the Twins, I have a hard time seeing playing time for both of those guys anyway. If Wallner (or Larnach) would be included as a return, would the Cards need more than Varland/SWR? Of course, from the StL side, if Carlson isn't getting playing time, why would Wallner or Larnach?
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Pablo used a lot of ammo in that first inning.
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Damn, ninja'd by the Chief.
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M's OF Kelenic was placed on the IL this morning. After he took a called third in the ninth on a Duran curve ball, he kicked the water cooler and broke his foot. He had a terrific at-bat and fouled off a number of 104 mph fastballs.
