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Remember, they do have to be down to 13 pitchers. If Gray is activated, that means three sent down without any coming up to the team (Smeltzer). -
New pitcher! That should be good news. What is the the bullpen ERA against the Twins this year?
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A chance sure. This is new to him and I think there are better options at AAA. Let him polish his act as a bullpen guy in St. Paul.
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Sorry about the multiple posts. Corrected.
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I'm still not on-board with Griffin Jax in this bullpen.
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The OP said "that really worked out for the Twins" and I maintain that it is far too early to evaluate that. I see that we are now on the same page on this, so this posting is needless.
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One thing is that the Twins really can't run their way to runs, especially with Buxton not a factor. When they try to steal they get caught and when they stay at first, they hit into double plays. Catch-22.
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It's early to make a judgment on Correa.
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79 pitches, dreaded third time through the order.
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Thome and Cruz were both aging veterans, thought by many to be diminished (they weren't). Jack Morris was a bit younger (35), but also thought to be on the downside of his career. Frankly, I can't think of a free agent who was at his peak and signed away from another team.
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Hindsight is 20-20, but the right move would have been to IL Buxton IMHO. He’s missed now almost eight games in the field (where his value is unquestioned) and they could have called up a hitter (Miranda?) to DH.
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Thank you and hence there is a reason for Celestino to continue on the squad until Buxton is a full go. Yes, he'll get days off in the future, but I'm pretty sure the Twins aren't 100% sure about Buxton's health.
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Did anyone mention if the Twins offered a reason for Buxton not being out of the lineup? How about Sanchez?
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I don't know if Larnach hit the ball hardest of all the Twins, but he probably should have gotten a few more hits. Come to think of it, maybe he did! Everyone seemed to be hitting with pool noodles.
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Luis, you shouldn't have chased that one. But you made the play.
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Yet another zero.
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That was strike three Max.
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I don't think Urshela's play was "brain dead". He was going hard to his left toward third and the throw to first would have been difficult, if not impossible. I was surprised how fast Garcia got to second. As far as Jimenez loafing to first, the replays didn't show Jimenez running to first, so I don't know how hard he was running.
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And Kopech gets out of the first while retiring only one batter and that was a 100 mph exit velocity shot.
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Perfect pitch to throw a runner out. Why not the 59 foot slider?
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For the month of April they have 15 or 16 pitchers, so there are plenty of arms to cover the innings. They brought Winder north with uncertainty about the rotation and how soon they would get up to 6 innings. It has gone very well and saved Winder most of a month of work as a bonus. He definitely should go back to St. Paul and Duran should stay and be a key ingredient of the bullpen.
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I’m okay with going slow with Buxton. It is going to be wet tonight and he got some swings in yesterday. I’m still surprised he wasn’t put on the IL.
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The six-man rotation was necessitated by having six bona fide starters, at least to start the season. The chances of five of these six all lasting and staying effective is near zero. Winder should be in AAA pitching every fifth or sixth day. Smeltzer should be the long man, pitching multiple innings maybe once a week. I hope they option Winder to St. Paul on May 2. The bi-product of this system is limiting Winder’s innings for the first month. The starters are getting close to being able to go 6 or more innings if they’re effective. There hasn’t been the predicted need for Openers or have piggyback starts. Time for Winder to get to St. Paul to develop.
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I think they’re waiting to see whether Buxton is 100%. They probably could go with 16 pitchers for the next ten days, but with options and 40-man limits, they might just go with the current 13-15 position player/pitcher distribution.
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Oh I won't yell, but I've come to the realization that the times have changed. Pitchers aren't treated as they were and the expectations are different. Bullpens have guys with great arms and the game is expected to go to the bullpen for the later innings. The average fastball velocity is way up and the exertion on the other pitches is up to. Franchises want to handle their assets so that they get maximum production for the length of their control over the asset. I remember 4-man rotations and guys like Jim Kaat getting more than 40 starts and 300 innings. Finally, this year all of the things limiting extending pitchers into later innings are exacerbated by the lockout and short spring training. Also what we don't know or don't remember is how many guys flamed out with the earlier expectation of throwing nine innings every fourth (later fifth) day. Some guys like Nolan Ryan and Bert too, I guess, probably could succeed in any generation and be dominant. As a post above says, they are among the 1%.
