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  1. Obie
    Yes, his early stats against lefties are bad, but it is not because he is a left handed hitter. He is a right handed batter.
  2. Obie
    I was in the left field bleachers near where Killebrew's '65 blast landed. If memory serves, there were two outs with no one on base when pinch hitter Rich Rollins drew a walk. The count on Killebrew went to 3-2 followed by several foul balls before he ripped a line drive into the bleachers, not his typical towering fly ball. The headline in a Mpls paper after his homer said "Forever Harmon." The homer also carried symbolic value as the Yanks were coming off their historic 14 AL championships in 16 years, and beating the Yanks in that game and that series was a "the king is dead, long live the king" moment as the Twins were in the process of dethroning the perennial champs. The all star game was in Minnesota two days later. Along with my dad and brother, we held up a sign quoting the "Forever Harmon" headline from our right field bleacher seats when Harmon hit a home run in that all star game.
  3. Obie
    It doesn't appear that Wallner played in either game of the doubleheader. Any known reason?
  4. Obie
    Trading him now would be like Red McCombs trading Randy Moss before he sold the team. Correa's presence on the Twins will be attractive to potential buyers whether they see him as a piece of the puzzle or an attractive trade chip. He won't be traded before a sale.
  5. Obie
    I'm not a stat guru, but I would like to see an analysis of individual batters comparing the first half of their individual seasons with their second half. For instance, Lewis played 80 games; I would like to see the stats from his first 40 compared to the second 40. I suspect the dropoff for Lewis, Miranda, Castro, Kepler, and Jeffers to be jarring.
  6. Obie
    Payton Eeles. Legitimate prospect? Quite apart from his fascinating personal journey, his record through all levels this year seems to suggest he is more than just a curiosity.
  7. Obie
    A stat guru on here can speak with greater knowledge, but my eyeball opinion is that he needs to stop throwing his splitter for strikes, especially early in the count. Use it as a chase pitch when he's ahead in the count and keep it below the zone. He needs to throw his plus fastball more frequently. Location and pitch selection are his biggest problems, IMHO.
  8. Obie
    The fans have been trying to trade Kepler for years and now assume he will be gone when his contract ends after this year. Should the Twins attempt to extend him before he hits the free agent market? With the triumvirate of Larnach, Wallner, and Kiriloff teasing but never solidifying their outfield roles, it would seem prudent to explore a Kepler extension.
  9. Obie
    A few comments regarding the present value of future money. The basic point is that a million dollars ten years from now is worth a lot less than a million dollars today, in fact, probably less than half, and the value diminishes with each additional year. This is why the cash payout for a lottery winner is a lot less than the amount paid over time. So, is it really a $700 million deal? No, it's worth far less than that. Another reason why this is a sweetheart deal for the Dodgers.
  10. Obie
    His age of 34 is an issue. Holding the right to submit a qualifying offer ($20 mil) gives a little bit of a leg up in negotiations. Three years, $45 million?
  11. Obie

    Royce Lewis: ROY?

    Obie posted a blog entry in Blog Obie

    Why not hype Royce Lewis as AL rookie of the year? Rookies with a full year (or nearly so) in the league have a certain advantage, but none of the familiar names have numbers approaching Royce. Royce is number one in average, slugging, HR/AB, RBI/AB, and OPS. Rankings by OPS w 200 minimum AB: Royce Lewis .302/.365/.545 202 AB 14 HR 50 RBI and .910 OPS Tristan Casas (Bos) .263/.367/.490 429 AB 24 HR 65 RBI and .857 OPS Zach Gelof (Oak) .268/.335/.516 213 AB 11 HR 25 RBI and .851 OPS Yanier Diaz (Hou) .285/.309/.536 330 AB 21 HR 56 RBI and .845 OPS Edouard Julian (Min) .266/.379/.454 293 AB 13 HR 27 RBI and .833 OPS Gunnar Henderson (Bal) .257/.327/.496 502 AB 26 HR 76 RBI and .823 OPS Josh Jung (Tex) .274/.323/.489 427 AB 22 HR 67 RBI and .812 OPS
  12. Obie
    If memory serves, two of his recent home runs were off position players. If that is correct, that skews his numbers even lower.
  13. Obie
    2, 4, 6, 8. Following this series with Cleveland, the Twins lead will be one of those numbers.
  14. Obie
    MLB Network over a VPN connection.
  15. Obie
    There are undoubtedly multiple reasons for the Twins ineptitude with the bases loaded. Yesterday, it was over aggressiveness. The Dodgers' reliever didn't throw a single pitch in the strike zone to the first two hitters, Polanco and Solano. Nevertheless, Polanco swung four times at pitches outside the zone and Solano three times.
  16. Obie
    All three Twins runners in the 9th screwed up. Why was Larnach standing on 2nd on a liner over the right fielder's head? If had been halfway, he would have scored easily, but he ended up held at third. Sano then forced the issue by heading toward an occupied 2nd base. He could have retreated because no fielder was at first. Instead, Urshela headed toward occupied third. Of course a horrific lob from the catcher allowed the baserunners off the hook.
  17. Obie
    Agreed. He is a professional. Some of his jokes are stale, but I like him much better than Gladden or John Gordon. I loved the guys in the early days--Ray Scott, Herb Carneal, and Halsey Hall.
  18. Obie
    The second out at the plate on the "contact" play did not cost the Twins a run. Three straight hits to follow meant that the runner who reached first during the play at the plate came around to score.
  19. Obie
    The above comments suggest Kepler as Larnach's competition for playing time. I think it is Sano. If Sano doesn't hit, Kiriloff moves to first and Larnach to left field. Or, if Sanchez doesn't hit, Sano becomes DH and the Kiriloff and Larnach moves occur. These scenarios also improve the right-handed imbalance in the lineup.
  20. Obie
    FWIW, ESPN+ gives the Yankees a B on this trade and a B+ to the Twins. Their rationale assumes further moves based upon freeing up significant salary space this year and into the future.
  21. Obie
    I was there at the '65 game. No, I didn't catch the home run, but I was in the left field stands near where it landed. I was in town because we had tickets to the all star game two days later. The Mpls paper headline the next day was "Forever Harmon," and we prepared a banner that said the same thing. We waved it from our right field seats after he hit a homer in the all star game also. I don't remember that the Yankees were that far back in the standings. I thought they were in second place, and the win meant the Twins went into the all star break with a five game lead rather than a three game lead. There was a collective exhale in Twins land in recognition that the Twins might actually win the pennant.
  22. Obie
    Tony O and Joe Mauer introduced themselves by hitting .400 in the Appy League. Kirilliloff is approaching select territory. I just checked to make sure my memory was correct, and I was surprised to see that Tony was 22 years old at the time, and he was 25 during his MLB rookie season.
  23. Obie
    Biggest criticism is that it is only one game for the wild card playoff. Two out of three would be better and wouldn't push the playoffs back that far.
  24. Obie

    Tulowitski & Morneau

  25. Obie

    Right field wall

    Obie posted a blog entry in Blog Obie

    Michael Rand today quotes extensively from an article by Washington Post writer Thomas Boswell. The gist of Boswell's article is to criticize the high wall in right center that makes home runs to that part of the ballpark much too difficult. Target Field is a lovely downtown home for the Twins, classy and comfortable if not breathtaking. But until that right field wall becomes remotely fair to hitters, especially in the 120-foot-long power-alley expanse from the 385-to-403 signs, this is a badly flawed design. I agree.
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