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  1. h2oface
    How does one know what he is capable of? Seriously? We have all seen what he is capable of. Many times. Is it really that unrealistic to think that the guy should/could be performing even half as good as he is capable of at the plate, instead of 1/10 as good in these long stretches? I don't think it is. He is almost hitting at the Mendoza line for average, and that includes about 6 weeks of "the best player in baseball"! That is really really bad to bring those streches down to what it is for the season.
  2. h2oface
    It is sad that so many great offensive and defensive performances keep getting buried by the sorry bullpen.
  3. h2oface
    His lows drag him down to a mendoza line type average for the year. Not even hitting around .250 with the great streaks. Very disappointing, Consistentcy and average still count a ton in my book. He is striking out like Sano now. I guess his "injury" has to be a secret of sorts, for some reason.
  4. h2oface
    Thoughts on a Grey Gray Day. Just Beautiful. So Beautiful.
  5. h2oface
    Forget trading for a bat. Go get Hunter Greene. They should have just drafted him. Trade the prospect house. It would be cool. You know, Lewis/Greene and Correa/Buxton. One two, one two. The Reds don't need him, right?
  6. h2oface
    Looks like a very "Gray" day tomorrow in Texas. https://www.mlb.com/gameday/twins-vs-rangers/2022/07/08/661843#game_state=preview,lock_state=preview,game_tab=,game=661843
  7. h2oface
    What happened to Sano today? Did he need the day off after that lowest level 0-4?
  8. h2oface
    Yes. But...... I like the guy's composure, and 85 pitches, 7 base runners, 8 with hitting Garcia, 2 earned on the walk dinger and a gift unearned on his own pick off attempt and double, but if he is a goer after 4 with only 85 pitches, he is the guy that I let go and see. I guess it could have been worse than a Pagan 5th, but I still see. Don't forget his COVID break, either. He got blasted. Physically. Maybe he was cooked anyway, and he was ready to sit. I don't know. It is hard to know who is calling the pitches, too, with the whole wrist electronics. I at least see, with the bullpen ready if I pull him after the first batter or two. I dread the pen getting 5 innings...... or 4...... or 3.........or................. you know? Give him a chance to be "the guy". Last push. There was some great offense out there today. From our guys, too. Seems a bit forgotten. These games must be ultra painful to the team.
  9. h2oface
    You might have to quit writing these resurrection supportive articles about players and managers. They all seem to elicite the wrong trend immediately.
  10. h2oface
    I he develops an eye, and plate discipline, (horrible K, chase, and BB rate), he could have a respectable OBP and learn to use his speed, which will be on the decline, before it is not speed. I wish he woud learn how to steal bases again. He is pretty bad this year, so much so, that he only has 6 attempts. He is a very nice utility piece.
  11. h2oface
    Sano who?
  12. h2oface
    See. Pitchers aren't really that good. It's just the bats didn't get any hits this series when they were pitching. Same with Bob Gibson. He wasn't that good, either, it was just that other teams didn't get many hits on the days he pitched. Lucky.
  13. h2oface
    Correa is just going to bolt, anyway. They should be playing him every single game and more. Get your 35 million worth. Same with any other 1 year contract or expiring contract. Baseball really isn't that grueling. If they all spent time stretching, even on the bench, bench yoga, they would all be able to stay on the field more and not pull and rip all their muscles so often, etc. Even if you only get paid a million a year, you get to play baseball in the show and get paid for it. Not that hard, really.
  14. h2oface
    How many games of heroic offensive performances in the last couple inning were wasted by this our pen? It almost makes one forget how clutch and special they were, because the pitching staff blew them all up.
  15. h2oface
    We are barely a .500 team, and barely not for June. And Archer is our pitcher of the month? Yikes. Sometimes you just sit on the award, and don't have a pitcher of the month. But that is the thing these days. Everybody gets an award, regardless.
  16. h2oface
    Who needed Tyler Wells, anyway? Had to make all that room for the dumpster diving arms that shockingly didn't pan out. Pitching identification. That's the ticket. Tyler Wells takes care of the home team now.
  17. h2oface
    I still bet on Berrios. 3 months of struggling (and he crushed us) up and down games. It could all be evened out by the end of the season, and the Jays in the playoffs. He is pitching in the show, the only team that really matters. Our guys still may never make it there. They haven't even advanced, in a whole year. I like your optimism, though.
  18. h2oface
    Naaa. It is never how the game is managed, your are unreally correct. As bad as our bullpen is, and it is horrible, I think we are not Oakland, and there is a bit more accountability, but you can have it your way. Baldelli is not responsible for his choices and timing et al during the game. All on the FO. Every bit of it.
  19. h2oface
    Once the game starts..... it is on the Manager, his past usage, and how he manages the game with what he has. A team effort.
  20. h2oface
    ....and the game against Atlanta, the Dodgers had just tied the game on a first pitch homer to lead of the inning by Will Smith in the top of the 8th, and Graterol, the heir apparent to Jansen, gets the bottom of the inning, and he gives up a first pitch lead off double and two pitches later a 2 run homer and lost the game 5-3 and that isn't in the short mention, either. (Former closer Kenley Jansen finished off the Dodgers in the top of the 9th with 3 Ks! Ha! Then blew the save the next day.......). No blown save, just a blown game and a loss. Sound familiar? Back to the point..... Graterol has had a sketchy June. Confirmed. (I don't make up the stats. It is still called a blown save, and everything counts).
  21. h2oface
    To be fair, they missed it. The pitching identifiers missed the guy. Right. All factors to evaluate. He was there for the picking. There will always be those guys that most miss (Mike Trout), but that is what their job is. To make the right decisions. Robertson was a cheap risk if Bundy and Archer was, and that is what was said about their contracts that are comparable or more. All that aside, he is on the Cubs, and he is available for sure now. Get him before someone else does. He looks past his injuries, and has been a proven winner for several seasons in the past. Too bad he wasn't gotten for only cash. https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cubs/ct-chicago-cubs-david-robertson-comeback-20220502-735zio6bzrasvjusplk3pv6iay-story.html
  22. h2oface
    I still like Thornburg for yesterday's game. He would have been great. It was the extra day of continued non-use that made him too rusty for today. It was his first rough up as a Twin after 8 perfect innings.
  23. h2oface
    Rogers and Graterol, eh? Maybe not in June. Graterol is giving up the house this month for the Dodgers with a 5.14 ERA in 13 appearances with 1 blown save in 2 chances, and Rogers in 5.59 ERA (but 0.93 WHIP) for June in 10 outings with 2 blown saves out of 7 chances. But make no mistake, I still would rather have those guys than all but Duran in the pen. They both had fine April and May's. https://www.mlb.com/player/taylor-rogers-573124?stats=gamelogs-r-pitching-mlb&year=2022 https://www.mlb.com/player/brusdar-graterol-660813?stats=gamelogs-r-pitching-mlb&year=2022 I would have definitely re-signed Matt Wisler for several years, too, instead of just letting him walk. That was a no brainer and affordable, and he has continued his success in Tampa. https://www.mlb.com/player/matt-wisler-605538?season=2022&team=139&stats=gamelogs-r-pitching-mlb&year=2022 And the FO had David Robertson at 36 (now 37) years old, who pitched on the Silver Medal Olympic Team as an unsigned qualified player making his comeback from injury, available in March to sign for 3.5 million plus 1.5 in incentives. He has been killer on a bad Cubs team. They should make a deal for him now! NOW!!!!! https://www.mlb.com/player/david-robertson-502085?stats=gamelogs-r-pitching-mlb&year=2022 https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/cubs-david-robertson-signs-with-cubs/#:~:text=Robertson signed a one-year,team in as many seasons.
  24. h2oface
    You can't live on reputation. 2 more errors today....
  25. h2oface
    These Cleveland games' brutal loses have all been after offensive heroics. Late inning rallies with clutch homers and runs, Just a great high for the team and fans...... and then Baldelli puts in Pagan, again, and again, and again. Crushing. A couple of them with multiple run leads provided with only 3 outs to get. The whole fandom is screaming Noooooooooooo. And it happens again. And the heroics are wasted and made unimportant. And they were really clutch and noteworthy. All for naught. Demoralizing.
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