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  1. h2oface
    I dream about that. I think Bumgarner would have a resurgence to top form, ala Verlander. I like Dallas Keuchel, a lot, too, who can be signed without a draft pick compenstion. And Odo... I can't believe I am saying that, but as a #3, or 4...... I don't see them spending on Cole, and I bet Houston resigns him.
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    Do you think that a team friendly contract will keep Polanco at SS if he continues to have throwing and fielding problems on routine plays, though? I'm not so sure that SS is Polanco's final home on the Twins', necessarily. Especially if someone develops that does better. One injury and an opportunity maximized, and Polanco could be holding down second, long term. He was voted the All-Star SS this year. It could very well be taken.
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    Jose Devers (brother of the Red Sox' Rafeal Devers) is in the Marlins system, and the manager of the team is, too. That doesn't hurt his getting the call at SS. He progressed from the Gulfcoast League to High A this year. Geraldo Perdomo played A and High A and is in the Diamondback's farm, so is a "home teamer" in Arizona. There is also that, when we are considering "objectivity". They are both 19. It must be OK with the Twins' though. I still think playing as much as he can, and getting the at bats against quality pitching is the main goal here, and Lewis is athletic enough to play other positions to accomplish that goal, especially in meaningless exhibition type games where there is no need whatsoever to slam yourself into the outfield wall.
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    Exactly. This is not the Twins' staff doing this. It happens frequently, to get players into the games in the AFL. Personally, it makes me nervous that opposing team's staff is the ones doing it (Only Luis Ramirez, pitching coach from Fort Myers, and Ben Myers from the traing staff is there, and the team is managed by Keith Johnson from the Marlins' AAA team, the New Orleans Baby Cakes’). I would much rather it be under the watch of the Twins' farm system. This is a real wild card, and a good way to get hurt.... like slamming into the centerfield wall. And I mean slamming. The development is for the at bats he missed by being hurt at the beginning of the year, and against very good competion. After all, he did not really rip it up at the plate this year, and that is being generous. Kirilloff was held out in the end because he had plenty, and was a bit dinged up. I wouldn't read too much into it, either, and I just hope he comes out of the AFL not getting hurt playing the outfield and getting "Buxtoned".
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    In the AFL.... with the redundant position players, it is more likely that he can, and still be in the game, and someone that can't is playing SS that game. It makes me nervous, because of injury possibilities, and these games mean nothing, other than getting more at bats to improve against good pitching. I am not a fan of it, myself. I would rather he be progressing and playing a different position under the Twins watch, than someone from another team.
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    "Willians Astudillo's (0-for-6) at-bats have become so uninspiring I had to finally pull the plug on the Willians Watch weekly tracker." Thank you.
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    Romo's song should be Excitable Boy, by Warren Zevon.
  8. h2oface
    ".......to bring Miguel Sano to the plate. He crushed a ball 133.8 MPH to left field and the Twins were up 5-0." ??? Is that exit velocity? Is that correct? ~edit~ 113.8......... I thought that must be a typo..... https://www.mlb.com/gameday/royals-vs-twins/2019/09/22/567042#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=567042 That (133.8) would have been a record exit velocity by like 10 mph of any ever recorded (123.9).... which was a ground out.... maybe... I am not the best at looking this stuff up. https://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/06/giancarlo-stanton-miami-marlins-statcast-fastest-ball-video looks like it might be though... a homer was 121.7.... both hit by Giancarlo Stanton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statcast
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    Compared to what Escobar and Pressly are doing.......... oh.... forget that. Prospects. We love our prospects. Has Acala really "earned" a call up? Or is it just a curiosity at this point?
  10. h2oface
    Hildenberger had to go away He said he worked hard every day. And then they brought him back Told us we'll give him another crack That the trip was a success and things have been rearranged But today I saw him on the dance floor, and nothing had changed. It really is disheartening when your team gives your best semblance of an "ace" a three run lead going into the top of the 6th, and he can't bring it home for just 3 more outs at this point in the season. Against a team like KC, who at the time, is 39.5 games behind and 56 and 99. And the closer coming in and looking like a journeyman innings eater. Yup. Only one game. Just relax. I don't really think that the team won't win the Central. It is what happens after that that I lament. It's like the NASCAR guy that has been leading the whole race and betting he has enough gas, and after the final turn the checkered flag is in sight, but the car is now coasting.
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    "Trevor May also has a 1.62 ERA since the start of August. Elite." Thanks for pointing that out. It seems the big homers stick in my mind too much. The back to back on two pitches on September 17 against the White Sox that tied the game in the 6th at five in what would be the 9-8 victory in 12, and the 3 run bomb in Boston against Devers on September 3 (two of the 3 runs he passed on to Thorpe, thank you very much). But that is really all. Stiking out the side in the the 9th after watching them get 3 hits off Graterol............ that was very impressive. Hey.... the two days I mentioned were Tuesdays. Maybe avoid Tuesdays?
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    ....and..... have played one game less, so have an extra game to hit more than than those Yankees!
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    Royce Lewis plays the first two games at 3rd and then center field, and crashes hard into the wall in center making a great catch, and homers the next at bat. So he didn't get hurt, it seems. But he crashed into the wall hard. That's all we need...... Lewis to get hurt playing outfield. SMH. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Royce Lewis of the <a href="https://twitter.com/Twins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Twins</a> showing what he can do in CF! <a href="https://t.co/iQomzQp69q">pic.twitter.com/iQomzQp69q</a></p>— MLB's Arizona Fall League (@MLBazFallLeague) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBazFallLeague/status/1174879424702926849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sorry. I guess I don't know how to get the video here. Looks like the embed in website option isn't gonna work. It's on the MLB Twins site, though. https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/royce-lewis-arizona-fall-league-homer-great-catch
  14. h2oface
    Hey.... they both got through a game without giving up a home run! That is something.
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    Baldelli finally manages like we are in a pennant race, and doesn't let the starter give up 7-9 runs before he takes him out when they just don't have it. That's more like it! Odorizzi and Berrios and Perez would have appreciated the same in games past, but at least it is happening now.
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    I guess Baldelli doesn't care about loafing out of the box. Maybe he didn't notice it? Just didn't see it? he didn't make it part of the play he described in the interview. Players admiring and not running drive me nuts. Admire after you round first and it goes out. Then take your time. Celebrate around the bases. I love it. Loafing out of the box? Not a fan. This is not unique to Eddie, or unique to others on this team or in MLB. Now or in the past. Same with running out grounders and missed third strikes. It is, however, not a behavior set to encourage by not dealing with it. I have no problem with one handed catches. I mean, name me outfielders that use 2 hands. I can't. One hand is just fine. I don't think he should be benched. I think Baldelli needs to have an affect on him behind the scenes. Maybe he has. I hope so. And I hope all on the team noticed it and learned from it.
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    It is a weird time in baseball. Pay Castro 8 mil and pay Garver under 1 mil? Just because you can. I hope the new agreement has a better compromise than screwing the young great players for so many years. Astudillo has never been my choice. The performance stats just don't back it up.
  18. h2oface
    OK I'll play. 1. Rest does nothing for you if you don't win the playoff spot. Absolutely nothing. Crazy things happen in the last couple of weeks of the season. Who did Detroit get swept by in 4 games in 2006 that gave the Twins the Central? 62-100 KC. That's who. They still got in as the Wild Card (They still got in and beat the Yankees and Oakland, who trounced the Twins, though) . With Cleveland, Oakland, and Tampa Bay lurking just a couple of games back, the loser of the Central just might not get that chance at redemption. And that is just one of several horror stories that I could pipe in with. 2. Our pitchers have been giving up hits like they are going out of style. I am not going to go back and total it up.... tons of baserunners and hits. As far back as the last Detroit series. Regardless of the other points.... giving up hits (against poor hitting teams too) is not a good formula to advancing in the playoffs. That is what I am noticing. 3. I repeat. No excuse. No excuses. You can't make the 3rd out at 3rd, ever. Never ever. You can't let yourself make that decision as you round second. Especially late in the game. Especially after you languished in the box looking at your hit. I see you left that part out. Second was just fine here. Sure, getting 3rd, you can score on a wild pitch and you can't do that from 2nd. And I'm not saying you can't take 3rd if it is clearly there to be had and take the triple. But you need to hustle immediately out of the box as a habit. Always. That needs to be ingrained in your behavior and your brain. No matter what. Isn't part of being an agressive player getting your butt out of the box and at full speed down the first baseline? I think it is. That is what agressive players do. No excuse. No excuses.
  19. h2oface
    Graterol sure seems easy to hit. Doesn't seem the heat has enough movement. Plus, were is the 100mph stuff we heard about? Has he just dropped some velocity since the minor league innings?
  20. h2oface
    Kinda feels like watching spring training games since the Cleveland series. Nothing is clinched, but the team fielded, the pitching selected, is like it doesn't matter. I think that is pretty arrogant. Nothing is a given. To treat it as such can have disasterous consequences. I just have to not think about these hitters facing Houston's starters, or both Houston or New York hitting against our pitchers after watching these last 5 games. It would be much better if they clinch before they seemingly pretend they have. The Twins are awfully lucky to have won as many as they have. I hope Baldelli knows how to chew somebody out. You cannot make the 3rd out at 3rd. Not ever. And especially not in the bottom of the 8th and down 2 runs. No excuse. No excuses.
  21. h2oface
    How about Ryan Pressly? I heard another team had made him available.....
  22. h2oface
    The pitches had great movement again for Berrios. I hope he can harness that and bring it the rest of the year. That kind of movement will play well against any team.
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    I was reading somewhere, I think it was MLBTradeRumors......... that Rosario was considered a League Average hitter for an outfielder, and his WAR and OBP was cited. If what we have turned into with today's stats is that a batter can hit over .270 for the year, have over 30 dingers, sits at 99 and will certainly have over 100 RBI with a slugging in the high .400s and currently right at .500...... I'll take average any day.
  24. h2oface
    I didn't like the backing off of the sweep and the choices made before the game, and in the 6th it just blew my mind. After we take the lead at 4-2 in the top of the 6th, it seemed no adjustments were made to reflect that we are still very much in a pennant race, and have a chance to bury Cleveland. It was a 2 game decision. To go up 6.5 games, or to drop to 4.5 games up. The choices have been well discussed here. The team, from management to players in the field and pitching, seemed to enter lackadaisical mode. None of the decisons of pitchers made any sense to me. To watch them play to get lucky instead of making the best choices of pitchers and players to win..... I don't like it at all. I realize there is a "no big deal, we already accomplished the goal and won two" club. I am not in it. 12 outs! They were so lucky, with Beiber on the mound, to be in the position to win. And it was there to take. I really hate to see my team back off, and not play to win in September. Bad habit to get into. I thought it was disgusting. I was amazed that Astudillo would turn his head away and not even follow the ball if it was in the dirt, and not once, but several times. That can't happen at any level above little league. Romero didn't look like the real deal on the 5 pitch walk to Reyes followed by a Wild Pitch, regardless of Eddie's Delmon Young play in left field. And Gibson in the game to pitch there? When you need your fireman as the game is now there to be saved, and certainly NOT an EXPERIMENT! Gibson? It only took 2 pitches.............
  25. h2oface
    Yup. I would look at that different, and say no in my mind. 2 outs is the key. Not asking much, really, of the reliever. Just come in and relieve. Get a single out. Pitch a single clean at bat. Do your job. How about not throwing the ball 4 feet away from the target? I have a whole percentage applied idea that include situations with runners on which base and outs at time of entering game....to reflect on and improve ERA. Also the pitcher getting unearned runs when he let's his own runners in by throwing the ball away and makng his own throwing error on a pick off or just trying to throw out a runner. IR/IS is just a raw number, and it should be incorporated into ERA to better reflect what happened, I think. So many don't consider it, and don't include it, like this time, when they say the run was credited to...... of course it was as the system stands, but there was a huge contributing factor. Anyway..... for another thread. The main point was the choice of relief, mostly, and not trying to be that competitive too early in the game, and using the Rochester staff..... that Gibson did not let the run score, even though he allowed the runner on base was the aside that seems to be of more interest to argue about.
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