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  1. h2oface
    NOPE
  2. h2oface
    .156 hitter. Can Jax get the third out?
  3. h2oface
    Should be tied now.....
  4. h2oface
    Diaz probably signalled him to run.....
  5. h2oface
    WHY DO OUR BASERUNNERS KEEP DOING CRAP LIKE THAT!?!?
  6. h2oface
    Nick Gordon is going to force himself in this lineup. At least somebody wants to play! It would be nice if Donaldson caught what Gordon has.
  7. h2oface
    Looks like they just should have started Jax.
  8. h2oface
    Rosario sure gets a lot of at bats for Cleveland.
  9. h2oface
    For some reason, the shift dictated by the bench always has Polanco in the outfield, which makes no sense to me, but they do it all the time.
  10. h2oface
    The homer was unearned, too, according to official scoring, which doesn't really tell the whole story. Unfortunately the score doesn't care if they are earned or not.
  11. h2oface
    3 runs and 5 outs. ColumnB not much of an upgrade. The runs just came earlier in the game. At least no Inherited Runners. We all know what happens if pitchers leave inherited runners on for the next guy.
  12. h2oface
    Danny Coulombe pitching is really speaking to the product the Twins are fielding these days. How did it come to this?
  13. h2oface
    Arraez must have totally ignored Diaz
  14. h2oface
    Rosario has to be chuckling about Polanco's error, especially after yesterday.
  15. h2oface
    Coulombe pitching is really gonna screw with those that are already challenged with spelling Colome (and Kirilloff and Duffey and Rogers etc)
  16. h2oface
    Ha! I have never even heard of Bill James and really don't see his 1976 or so essay as part of the recent discussion here on TD. But thanks for mentioning him. Interesting.
  17. h2oface
    I feel, to assume that a different player would hit the same as said player in the more pressure packed opportunity, is folly. Maybe they would, but so many don't. So many can get hits with no pressure added, and then not deliver when it would count more.
  18. h2oface
    Thank you. I brought up his last 30, 15 and 7 day average and OBP in the game thread claiming he has been hot..... and received the almighty OPS in response during that period, which was .759 or something (which, btw, is still higher than all but Larnach, Donaldson, and Cruz from yesterday's Twins lineup). Some are posting his OPS for the year here, too, which is in the .600s. I believe the best managers pay more attention to the last week and the more recent sss performance than a yearly stat predictor or career stat. I am not saying Eddie should still be on this team, I am saying that to walk the bases loaded with 1 out to get to pitch to him was a poor decision (screamed in real time, and not hindsight - a double play set up with a runner on first already). Average matters. Singles matter. RBI matter, and they have the element of opportunity, sure, but that is when some players perform, and that is why they have a lot of RBI. I believe the ongoing RBI discussion is driven by the statement that "RBI and average are a meaningless and useless stat " and not they, in themselves, are useless or meaningless. Kind of the same thing, but not quite. I will not be a part of the movement to devalue either. Hits are always good, and especially with RISP. Some hit all solo homers, and some hit homers (or singles or doubles etc) with runners on, and runs, in the end, is the most important stat. Scoring them, and not giving them up.
  19. h2oface
    If it is Diaz, yes. He should not be at third base anyway. He holds fast runners and sends guys like Sano. I think he is terrible. Some have been running through his signs...... I just think Diaz needs replaced. He makes bad decisions. We need a coach there that is creating runs instead of stopping them or sending the slow runners and holding the fast ones. Holding Larnach on that freak wild pitch play was brutal, and cost us a run.
  20. h2oface
    "Eddie Rosario broke the game open in his return to target field with a 2 RBI single followed by another RBI single from Bobby Bradley to give Cleveland a 4-1 lead that would hold through the end of the game." Not that it matters, but Bradley's was a ground out and Polanco decided to let the run score and throw it to first for the second out (Rosario was running and the double play ball was mute). Common decision, but I always hate not making the play at home (Ramirez is no speedster) and getting the runner out. Maybe he scores anyway, but it is the 8th inning and being 2 runs down is way better than 3.
  21. h2oface
    And another Berrios start wasted. "deGrom'ed" again. At least his team didn't drop the loss on him. I don't miss Ryan Pressly at all. We have Alcala.
  22. h2oface
    Yup. And Rogers is still probably the best we have.
  23. h2oface
    And Rogers ERA lowers from .267 to .261, and looks real fine.
  24. h2oface
    His average (over .300) and OBP are both more than respectable over that time, and talk OPS all you want, a measly single just probably knocked in the winning runs. And that single won't make his OPS shine, but it can win games. Like this one. But hey, average doesn't mean anything anymore (ha) either, eh? Just the almighty OPS. (And that .759 OPS is higher than all the Twins that played tonight except Donaldson, Cruz, and Larnach for the year). There is always something to the intangible emotion of a slighted player stepping up against his former team, even if he is hitting like... say... Sano....
  25. h2oface
    Check out the last 30, 15 and 7 games of Rosario at the plate. He is a hot hitter for over a month and it continues...... One might consider that..... And RBI are meaningless and useless..... but some seem to perform with runners on base and get RBI, and some don't.
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