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  1. h2oface
    Such a great example of how the umpires 10-15% wrong calls truly affect the game. Encarnación really got screwed. It should have been bases loaded with no outs. We get this one, but who knows how it really should have gone. I don't really like it, even with the win. I don't like any team to win on a call like that.
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    everybody running.....
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    I wonder who paid the ump off......
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    Hey.... I want part of that.
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    I see that. But the 3 walks in the 5th and 7th account for the lead it looks like. Two run dingers after 2 singles never help. I might be the good luck guy this game?
  6. h2oface
    They need to hypnotize Perez and make him think it is the middle of April again.
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    Just checkin' in now. Looks like the walks have been the downfall of the pitching staff by the quick recap.
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    Not a fan of Astudillo, expect for the no look pick-off throw to first base in spring training a couple years ago. His OBP follows his average, and even it that is .270, it becomes horrible. Plus, he is mediocre at all positions he plays. We have a need for him only as a backup catcher with flexibilty if Garver or Castro get hurt. There is no future for Astudillo, even if he does have more plate disipline, I think.
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    I'm all for trading prospects. I just hope that our FO is a shrewd as Houston's and can get what they need by trading the mid-levels, like they took for Pressly. It would have been optimal to just sign a great reliever for cash, but that ship has sailed... er.... sunk. Plus, I would love to have Bumgarner for a playoff run. Talk about a playoff resume. Or, do you think Houston would trade the aging and washed up Verlander?
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    I hear a lot of "he will be fine" optimism, but I find it troubling, and dissappointing. It is not a small sample fluff off anymore. It is the norm for about a year.
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    Or..... use #1's with a high upside and trade for MLB players right away, before they can turn into what almost all do.........
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    And regarding integrity... there has been a better option to call instantaneous balls and strikes for at least ten years, yet...... the game continues to let umpires guess, and to the tune of about 10-15% wrong each game.
  13. h2oface
    Seattle comes into town with one more homer than the Twins (126 to 125), albeit with 5 more games played. Could be some balls flying out......
  14. h2oface
    Adrianza is playing like it is Spring Training again. Impressive.
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    I am a believer in pre-game prep and consistency and ritual. I still see many greats practice one. Not so much a believer in the same socks or jock or hat, etc...... but the pregame prep probably did have a java script type of connection to his game day. I think it is about the ritual, not about what interupted it (as that seems to be what is ruffling peoples feathers and take on the initial comment). It is not the only thing, or even the main thing, but it is one thing. Actors use ritual, musicians, orators, etc .......... it was just an observation, as I read it, that the pre-game ritual was interupted.
  16. h2oface
    Yes! So why not make the same leap and take the plunge on Kimbrel, and let the staff help him discover new levels that make him even better than he has ever been, no? He already has the proven foundation, with just a half year in question. Sorry, I sound like it is still a possibility. This is probably something that would make more sense to say before he was signed by the Cubs instead of the Twins. I think the most absolute statement you made in your fine article was ... "Collectively, Twins fans are MAD."
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    I think I read somewhere an astute sports writer called the players that came in the trade for Pressly mid-tier prospects. Have they changed overnight? "But from my view, they should be seeking to execute the same blueprint that landed Ryan Pressly in Houston last summer: trading mid-tier prospects for prime-aged relievers, ideally with an untapped strength, under multiple years of control." Mid-tier does about the same for me as the dreaded mediocre innings-eater. So the plan is to trade the prime-aged reliever we have and need, who's strengths have already been tapped and developed by our own team, for mid-tier prospects, and then hope someone will trade another like him that you hope might become that guy for the mid-tier prospects, or others similar to them, and see how it goes? I guess that is where we are now. Even if they get it done, it seems like a wash and a waste of time. I hope they do get it done. One can only move forward, now. But I am betting most teams will be asking for top prospects, instead of mid-tier, and the new guy won't be as good as Pressly is, even if the task is accomplished.
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    Mark me as one that is happy he is being sent down. I mean seriously....his OBP is a meager .273, his slugging .357, and his OPS .630. It is just ridiculous to have him on the active roster! The only thing that kept him here, I hope, for the last weeks, was Garver's absence. He is a novelty player. I get that. And many think he is cute. I guess. But if he can't hit for high average, he is a liability. He plays several positions, but is not a ringer at any. This was overdue. It wouldn't hurt for him to get in shape, either. Cute for Astudillo, but a liabilty for Sano? It is always a liability for an athlete to not be in athletic shape.
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    Seems to me Pohlad's, with there cheaptitiude for years and fielding a poor product, owe it to the team and the fans to make up for it now.
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    The Twins' leadership is at the head of baseball's evolution toward sophistication and analytical evaluation. I guess we just forget Houston exists. But from my view, they should be seeking to execute the same blueprint that landed Ryan Pressly in Houston last summer: trading mid-tier prospects for prime-aged relievers, ideally with an untapped strength, under multiple years of control. Instead of just keeping the pitcher they didn't need to trade. And who did they trade him to? Yup, Houston. Houston who got us to take mid-tier prospects.... not even top prospects for this years top reliever. The FO has done well with free agents this year. I don't think that Schoop has performed better than LeMahieu, but he has been very good. Cron and Perez have surprised..... so far. All of Paraker's advanced stats say what happened yesterday was bound to happen. But Morrison, Duke, Lynn, and Reed count too. Glad that is over. And they resigned Molitor, which was a huge mistake (and not in hindsite). I am giddy about how our team has done so far, and not denying that this FO may be the best we have had, with a chance to be even better, but I am not ready to anoint them as at the head of baseball's evolution toward sophistication and analytical evaluation.
  21. h2oface
    Hildenberger. Another AAA inning with a walk, a K, and a homer. Looks like even AAA isn't fooled anymore, either. Those are all some pretty horrible season ERAs in the Rochester box this game.
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    One season like that...... and you can be just so-so the next season, and apparently still be untouchable. And Larnach is playing in the same games and against the same pitchers Lewis is, and is doing so much better.
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    I am always amazed how some people attach to a billionaires money, and don't want them to spend it. Not all owners don't have fun with their money. Mark Cuban is an example of one that spends to win, for the fun and passion. The baseball team should be a billionaire's hobby. It shouldn't matter how much the "business" might lose at a time that a window is open to win it all. That is the whole point. If it isn't, they should just sell the team to someone that has the passion needed to be a winner instead of just another one of their businesses. Especially when you cajoled taxpayers to pay for the ballpark (mostly). It is just one of his businesses, and it would be like most of us spending a thousand at the same chance.
  24. h2oface
    Yes, probably. But not as good as Pressly.
  25. h2oface
    For nothing but money with a window wide open and a most blinding need........... I can't believe they didn't get it done and get Kimbrel. Trade away Pressly and fail to get Kimbrel. Create a glaring need and then have a solution with no compensation but money (and 3 years $45million is not even horribly strapped), and sleep on it. Mark me as very very disappointed. I still can't believe how short sited it was to trade Pressly for prospects instead of extending him. update edit: Turns out our boys were not even runner up for Kimbrel, but the Rays were! The reported "interest in both Kimbrel and Keuchel" seems to be not that much. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/06/rays-were-reportedly-runners-up-for-craig-kimbrel.html The Cubs were already in one luxuary tax limit, and may have pushed over the top limit, and the Rays are just not "ever" willing to spend. That just kinda shows how much of a bargain Kimbrel went for...... and we didn't even get in the game.
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