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  1. stringer bell
    If this outing rules O'Rourke out for awhile, it may be wrong and cruel, but the Twins should option him and recall somebody that can pitch in the coming series. Of course, all the games could be in jeopardy because of the rain scheduled.
  2. stringer bell
    Enough hinting Thry. Gagne and Dozier share being vocal Christians. I am sure that some on the team are put off by that, but from what I've seen Dozier plays his strong religious faith about right. He doesn't preface every statement with attributing all good to God and doesn't volunteer statements about his faith. If asked directly, I'm sure Dozier would share his faith, but I wouldn't expect it any other way. The whispered story was that Gagne broke apart the "fun and games" 1987 World Series winner, by trying to convert guys and succeeding with Gary Gaetti. I don't know if that is fair to Gagne and, of course, only four years later, the Twins won the World Series again.
  3. stringer bell
    Well, Dozier has only struck out twice in the past week, so there's that. He is hitting an inordinate number of pop flies and just missing quite a few pitches. Seems like he is close. I think his very good performance the last two years should allow him some slack, but I can't help but be a bit concerned when he just can't make solid contact and hit the ball the other way.
  4. stringer bell
    That's the right call--error on Buxton.
  5. stringer bell
    Strategy time. Zuke comes in, but do you waste Rosario?
  6. stringer bell
    Yes! We can hit homers with runners on!
  7. stringer bell
    Tonkin does look pretty good, but I suspect he's still a bit fragile. The good ones appear expressionless and emotionless. Tonkin seems too upset when he misses his spot.
  8. stringer bell
    The bottom of the order needs to do some damage this inning. How about a big crooked number?
  9. stringer bell
    For the Twins to get to .500 and stay there, some of the 2015 "magical" hit sequencing needs to happen. IMHO, the baseball gods have been making the Twins pay back their extreme good luck the first half of 2014 with interest, so maybe it will turn around again.
  10. stringer bell
    Tonkin got "meaningful moments" only because the game went to extras. I recall a very similar situation last year for Graham, who pitched well in multiple innings against the Pirates in an extra-inning affair. Graham was not trusted until then, and never really earned the manager's trust after. Tonkin is much less of a project and his success in AAA say something. I sure hope he turned a corner, but I'm going to have to be skeptical until he shows us more than one good performance in an extra-inning game.
  11. stringer bell
    A LOOGy is fine if the rest of the staff can support it. The Twins are going with "only" 12 on the staff. They have a pretty veteran rotation and they have six guys in the bullpen that really are best suited to pitch an inning each plus O'Rourke, best utilized by facing a lefty or two per game.
  12. stringer bell
    Abad is back from bereavement and Rogers has been sent down. Apparently O'Rourke's one pitch on Sunday was more impressive than Rogers' two-thirds inning last week. Actually, I guess what this means is that Molitor and Allen think they can utilize O'Rourke better (more of a true LOOGy) than Rogers, who would profile as someone who can go longer, perhaps even be a long man since he has always been a starter until this year. Both Rogers and O'Rourke have minor league splits that indicate they could be lefty specialists. I'm going to speculate that Rogers will get more trips back and forth from AAA to the majors, especially if the Twins feel the need to have someone who can comfortably go longer than one inning in their bullpen.
  13. stringer bell
    Is he now a 7-footer?
  14. stringer bell
    Eleven of the twelve games have been close throughout. That isn't going to continue forever. I don't expect the bullpen to remain unchanged all year and at some point, it would be nice to have a guy capable of going through 3-4 innings. Specifically to May, Jepsen and Pressly, two on and one off seems to work. Pressly got his day yesterday and hopefully they can stay away from both May and Jepsen today.
  15. stringer bell
    Both Suzuki and Murphy sit below the half Mendoza line here in the early going. Meanwhile, Twin castoff Erick Fryer is going all Eduardo Nuñez on the Cardinals--he's seven for seven with a couple of doubles. Of course, that's more hits than the Twins catching tandem has between them.
  16. stringer bell
    Big Picture Question: Was the Wolves 2015-16 season a success? I'll give a qualified "yes". KAT could be a superstar, Wiggins provides top flight tools, and Gorgy and Levine stepped up big time. Rubio also had his best overall season. The bench and general defense and rebounding was poor, and probably the biggest negative is the front office and head coach.
  17. stringer bell
    Can't find the post now, but Brock was talking about speedy guys and (I think) put Dozier on a par with Mauer while calling Escobar speedy. I think Dozier is speedier than Escobar and a better base runner. Mauer isn't that slow, but he's very conservative on the bases, sometimes to the point that he costs the team. Behind Buxton and the DLed Santana, Nuñez is the next fastest runner IMHO, with Rosario close. Moves made and not made: I think I run for Sano. If that inning fizzles, he probably doesn't hit again and if the Twins score, they get a superior defensive outfield with a tie or late lead. I thought they should have considered running for Plouffe when he reached leading off whatever inning that was. Sticking with Gibson for seven was good. The bullpen usage was right on and O'Rourke was used in the role he should be used in. I presume Rodgers was next after Tonkin's nice outing. I also wondered about hitting for Murphy. He had only a walk and a sacrifice. It worked out OK and I believe Murphy is superior to Suzuki as a thrower and his equal blocking pitches.
  18. stringer bell
    Get a run please. I've got golf balls to hit!
  19. stringer bell
    I'll add that the strike zone is different on 3-0 and 3-1 pitches.
  20. stringer bell
    It means the actual strike zone isn't a rectangle. The high outside and high inside corners seldom get called and the top of the zone overall is not called even half the time.
  21. stringer bell
    Prediction: If Mauer reaches, the Twins at least tie the score.
  22. stringer bell
    According to the replay, strike two was at the absolute top of the zone on the inside corner. That pitch almost never gets called a strike, especially off-speed.
  23. stringer bell
    Always liked Cuddy.
  24. stringer bell
    Actually, I think both plays were low percentage turns, I was more making the point that Gibson suffered some bad luck--fast runners with the grounders not hit to ideal spots--or his fate might have been kinder in the first.
  25. stringer bell
    OK, Gibson is the scapegoat for now. Blame him for the leadoff walk and Pujols long homer, but if they turn one of the grounders into a DP, they are out of the inning.
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