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  1. h2oface
    And this with a just dreadful start of the season.
  2. h2oface
    Hmmmmm. And Castro couldn't even catch easy pitches the other day against Oakland, and he is supposed to be a glove guy. I don't know if WAR is the final authority, or if the above is correct as I am using a third party's homework, but I am not of the opinion that Castro is outplaying Realmuto.... by even a slight margin. Infact, it looks like Realmuto is outplaying Castro by the considerable margin.
  3. h2oface
    Higher end prospects for Pressly? Not in my book, or how they rate in our farm, or how they have performed. Mediocre.
  4. h2oface
    The Twins sure would be a better team if they just resigned both of these guys instead of trading for mediocre (yup, mediocre) prospects that aren't even close to helping. We had the help right here, and Pressly even had another year, didn't he? Prospects, schmaspects. I want MLB players. Last years bonehead trades of real MLB players should be screaming at the FO. Now we are just looking for suckers like our FO was to get the same type of player we already had.
  5. h2oface
    Great discussion over the assignment of a win to the pitcher, eh? Especially since, in these days, so many claim that wins for a pitcher don't mean anything, and are worthless.
  6. h2oface
    It was an interesting call by the official scorer, the same group of charity workers that decide hits so generously instead of errors. Thorpe's first inning was not good, in fact, just as lucky to not give up more than one run as Duffey's was to not give up any. How many fans were cringing to have Thorpe come out for the 7th inning after that scary 6th? Duffey got sooooo lucky after his first batter walk and the bonehead play to not be on the bag for the double play. Still, he didn't give up any runs, and inherited a runner. Thorpe gave up 4 hits, an earned run, let the lead close from 2 to one run with a horrible first inning that started clean, and left the game with a runner in scoring position he had just given up a double to. 2.2 innings to 1 inning. I don't know. I could go either way, but I think I give the win to Duffey, who pitched the 5th, came in with 2 runs in and one runner on, the momentum swinging "bigly", and got out of the inning without letting the inherited runner score, saving the all important 2 run lead. I would also be giving fielders a lot more errors and the batters less hits.
  7. h2oface
    The rarely used assignment of the win to the relief pitcher deemed more effective gives Thorpe the win instead of Duffey, who got all three outs and was the pitcher that finished the 5th with the lead that was never relinquished. http://m.mlb.com/glossary/standard-stats/win
  8. h2oface
    With so many teams not sure whether to sell as they are just a few games out of the last wildcard (national league), it is like the slow play of free agency all over again.
  9. h2oface
    Wander Javier is sure struggling. Lewis is coming on, but the two top SS prospects have really been a let down this year.
  10. h2oface
    In a blink Buxton will be 30. Tic toc.
  11. h2oface
    Would you, as a fan, rather the Twins win a World Series once every ten years, and suck the other years? Or........... qualify for the playoffs 5 of the ten years, and never win? I go with the first option. I don't know why the guys that were never Twins' guys until they got paid to be, are guys that anyone believes really care. Why is it a secret what the FO's MO is? They are not really dedicated from their heart, anyway. They are bought and sold on the market place, to the highest bidder. They would leave in a heartbeat for a bigger payday. Convince one of the richest owners of a MLB team to spend on his hobby, and I believe they care. What else is there in professional sports, but to win a championship? It ain't about the prospects and the farm. It is about winning a championship.
  12. h2oface
    Garver hits a homer in the game, and he gets a WPA of -0.43. Now that is an advanced stat.
  13. h2oface
    I feel for you. That's the thing with sports. Spend that kind of money and time on a concert of your favorite musician.... and you 99% of the time go away happy. At least it wasn't a game that they just gave up and let Adrianza pitch. That would have been even worse. This game...... the shift cost the game in the 9th. It could have been a happy walk to the parking lot. In regard to the Carlson claim that the shift works more than it doesn't.... I don't see any concrete proof of that. Many times, the shift is considered to work, but the fact is, if the infield was just in position with a normal slightly adjusted alignment, it would have also worked on the same play. That isn't considered in the mix. Hard to really make the stat work when the other option can't be known. There was also a base open. The Twins didn't have to pitch to Davis, who has been resurgent. Could have walked him. Grossman would have still probably been pulled, though, as he is hitting .154 against lefties. But that is neither here or there at this point.
  14. h2oface
    When you shift on every batter, and then have Adrianza at first with runners on second and third........ It is not a mystery to me why reliable Rogers gives up a game winning hit that should have been the third out if you didn't try to run the team so cute. I wish Baldelli would explain why he used Rosario in the 9th to be walked... because with 1 out and runners on second and third and the game on the line, whoever batted would have been walked to set up the double play. Why was Rosario on the bench, anyway? The offense needs to score runs. The pitching would look a lot better if the bats would score some runs, and get some hits with RISP.
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    One would say the same thing about free agency just less than 2 years ago. I guess the urgency is different, but then....... look what our Twins did as a selling team last year. Not such great return. Not much competition, it seems, or at least I hope not to take what they did. Those who wait most often watch others making the trade. Why does someone "similar to May" not excite me?
  16. h2oface
    I believe I picked 93 wins - or maybe 92, I can't remember exactly. Happy to not be in the "gang" that knows so much. If they play just over .500 from here on out........... that is what the win total will be.
  17. h2oface
    This should be no problem. It is an established fact that a top reliever can be had for a couple of mediocre prospects not even in AA ball yet........ proof is in the Pressly trade to Houston! (and our front office was the architect of the phenomenon) They should even know the exact players it takes to get the "next Pressly".
  18. h2oface
    How long until Moya is just released?
  19. h2oface
    Losing to Hendriks, Grossman and Herrmann. It really sucks to be a .500 team again. Definitely not a fan of Harper in high leverage situations. Some like the story. "....but only the third time he allowed more than one run in an outing." So convenient to ignore his inherited runners scoring stat. Harper is not an answer, and it will only get worse. I want moves for solid relief. Time is a wasting......
  20. h2oface
    Love your articles, RandBall's Stu! Our Twins have split the last 4 game series with KC and lost the last series to the White Sox 2-1. Winning against Detriot, Chicago, and KC is very important. I hope they approach them with focus and the killer instinct.
  21. h2oface
    Great taste of reality!
  22. h2oface
    Really good pitchers don't allow unearned runs, either. They step up and get the next batter(s) and get outs. Allowing a bunch of unearned runs speaks to the pitcher just as much as the defense. The defense may open the door, but the pitcher's job is to step up and close it again, not give up a bunch of hits, or wild pitches, or walks, or hit batters, or balks, etc.
  23. h2oface
    Well, pitchers certainly are contributory as a matter of circumstance, as they have to throw the ball to the catcher. Words. I prefer the catcher allows passed balls, and the pitcher get assigned the wild pitch when the pitch is deemed not easily catchable, and the catcher gets assigned a passed ball when it is thought the pitch was easily catchable and it is missed. Truly, as yarnivek points out, the knuckleball is the outlier. I also feel that many pitches that are scored a wild pitch were catchable by the catcher, and should have been caught by a MLB catcher, and so therefore, catchers many times, allow wild pitches. But, since we seem to be nit picking, I don't see the pitcher ever allowing a passed ball. And now this............. .... a knuckleball catcher only gets one job to do.......
  24. h2oface
    And the original post even said "please" and capitalized as the first word in the title!
  25. h2oface
    Pitchers allow passed balls?
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