stringer bell
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It's mostly been the journeymen and young guys coming through for the win. Jeffers rolled three hits through the infield. There are advantages to putting the balls in play. Farmer had a tremendous at-bat with the opposite-field single. Castro also had a great pinch hit in the ninth to put the comeback in gear. Kirilloff produced the tying run with his chip shot to the left field corner. Outstanding base running by Gallo to score the tying run in the 10th. Great job by the bullpen, as well. It's too bad they don't have a day off tomorrow, and maybe they'll ask Maeda to go an extra inning. -
The pinkeye guys are still out?
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Perhaps he could make the top two, which would be good for him. He would get credit for a full year of service time, which would grant him free agency a year earlier.
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Why? The heroes today were Vázquez, Taylor, Buxton, Correa and the pitchers. All of them were playing since before the All-Star break.
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It’s not really close. Castro ranks in the 70s of 500 players measured for sprint speed. Gordon is at 248, behind Lewis, Polanco, Kepler and Kirilloff (Buxton and Taylor, too). His home-to-first time is in the same range, which is surprising given that LH hitters momentum is moving them towards first on a full swing.
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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.
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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.
