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    The move was made not when he was sitting, but when he was good to go and told them that. The second paragraph ( good edit) ..... maybe you are.... projecting? I am not talking about his contract or the signing or whether I liked it or not. Nobody really knows. But several now have made statements like they are the deision makers. At this point, sorry I brought it up. Sometimes rhetorical questions bring rhetoric.
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    Nitpicking a nitpick? Is that 2 degrees or 3? Now we are getting somewhere! 😇
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    Right. So. The Twins didn't want to play him for another day so ship him out for another 6 or so? Like I said, I don't really care, but it seems that it is not a re-hab, just a weird move to get rid of him for a few days, which is fine with me, but not in the spirit of the IL rule. The re-habbing comes at the end of the IL stay, and can even extend the 10 or 15 day for, what, another 10 (something like that?) before they must be activated. It is a weird move. It appears that he is and was..... "good to go" and not in need of the move the day the did it, like he told them. They had already waited the days pervious. Hey, the Twins aren't the only ones that do this move. Probably a silly thing to wonder here. All the answers I can get are from those who don't really know the answer anyway, but pretend to, and just make some guess up. They may be right, but they may not.
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    Gallo said he was good to go, But the Management said no. Yet, he plays 7 innings to re-hab immediately? What kind of re-hab is that. How is that an injury re-hab? He is just playing games in St. Paul, instead of with the Twins. He gets taken out sometimes in the 7th in the show, too. I don't really get it. But I don't really care, either. Good to see Julien playing in New York. Cavaco is playing 1B now. What's up with that? The St. Paul Box Score link is the Wichita game, too. Try this one: https://www.milb.com/gameday/saints-vs-Guardians/2023/04/14/723605#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=723605
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    A 4-3 win can make one ignore a 3 homer start in 6 innings. 3 dingers. I also consider it a bit of luck that these homers Varland served came with the bases empty. And the pitches hit out by Judge and Stanton were pretty much meat. It is not a good thing for a pitcher to give up 3 homers..... in 9 innings. But Varland did recover from the opening shock and kept us in the game. 8 Ks. Kept us in the game and gave us 6 innings. That was impressive. A 4-3 win can make one ignore a 3 homer game.
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    Too greedy to be thinking sweep? 🧹🧹🧹🧹
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    Like minds. I have been saying the exact same thing for years to any that would listen! The new stat guys bring up other advanced stats that try to do that, but it never really does. I also think that the number of outs should be factored in. And number of bases occupied. That is where it would get more tricky, with the other two factors invloved. But am am so over reading how well a reliever does, without factoring in that he did not provide relief, and let one to three runs score with two outs for example (even with the bases loaded), and all they needed to do is get a ground ball, fly out, pop out, or strikeout, the outcomes of an AB that happens around 68% of the time, anyway! (Considering that MLB average OBP is currently .323 for 2023) I don't really care about the why. That is way too subjective. And I don't consider ERA useless at all, even though flawed. But it could be tweaked, and the %s proposed are still not confusing, like some other advanced pitching stats. The relievers come in and give up a first pitch meatball, throw a wild pitch..... and they ruin their teammates line that just pitched 7 innings, and didn't want to come out, probably would have been fine to finish the inning - they just struck someone out, then gave up a walk that was a bad call by the plate ump, and then a dribbler that the third baseman couldn't make the play on, gets pulled with runners on second and third with one out, and the reliever comes in and gives up a wild pitch, and a single, and then strikes 2 out, and the starter gets the runs and the loss perhaps, and it looks like the reliever did great in the box and for his stat line..... all except the most improtant relief stat..... that shows they provided relief.... Inherited Runs Scored.
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    I never understand why IRS is usually not mentioned. To me, it is the most important stat in a relief pitchers line, and screws the pitcher replaced because they very well could have saved themselves and the team, instead of the manager making the decision to not let them and provide the opposite of relief.
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    Rays win again 9-3. Ties MLB record to start season 13-0.
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    Yes!! We need him even with the .100 some batting average and .400 something OPS. Nothing some hits won't fix.
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    Correa said it happened when he did this awesome attempt at scoring. This is all it took......... click on link to see MLB video https://www.mlb.com/twins/video/luis-garcia-in-play-run-s-to-trevor-larnach-1tdcxl?q=trevor larnach rbi single&cp=MIXED&qt=FREETEXT&p=0 Pretty amazing that this little lackadaisical tip toe dance attempt at scoring in a horrible bit of base running takes him out. It also ended the inning, and instead of runners on 1st and 3d with 2 outs, the rally was ended. Read the Athletic article posted earlier fast, as it will slap the paywall page on top in about 10 seconds if you aren't a subscriber. If Correa is consistent, the upside of his pattern is that even if he sucks at the beginning of the year, he will get hot by the end and take it into the play-offs. Rememeber play-offs?
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    I can't believe Garlick is once more on the way. He has been hitting well in St Paul, but went 0-6 on Tuesday. The smell of garlic(k) has always been hard to get rid of. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/04/twins-likely-to-select-kyle-garlick.html
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    Brain fart. Thanks, I will fix it. I always found it interesting that it isn't the Manhattan, or the Queens, or the Long Island, or the Staten Island, or the Brooklyn, but it is the Bronx, with "The" in caps, according to some, but not others. https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-residents-feeling-capital-article-1.1799794
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    As good as Duran is, he is getting a lot of fouls and guys touching his pitches. And another homer on a middle middle pitch. I hope that changes. Lopez almost hit someone in the head, too. Now to Queens (brain fart) the Bronx with depleted roster and Duran and Jax probably not available tomorrow. Good luck to us. Glad they got this win after all it cost. Time for the bats to go crazy.
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    I hear you. Lopez performance certainly deserved to bring the win. But as baseball rules go, once the score is tied again, and you are not in the game anymore, the win is not yours. No game has ever been won, no matter how good your pitching is, without your bats scoring, and scoring more than the other guys. Not one.
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    Thanks @Steven Trefz for all the inserted videos. 8 of them I really appreciate it. Classy. As good as Lopez pitched, it still didn't bring the win in the end, because of the offense. We will miss Luis Arraez everyday, not just every 5th day. Winning? People love to say win-win, I guess. Lopez pitching this way certainly helps. Yes, we needed better pitching. Too bad the method was by trade instead of free agency or the farm.
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    It sure seemed a bit over confident to lay that first off speed pitch up there middle middle. I agree. Heat. Got a bit too clever, and it sure looked like Robert was looking for it. Middle middle and it was gone. Duran sure had to throw a lot of pitches. 24. After the first pitch homer, 23 more - 12 to Sheets, in an impressive 12 pitch AB of which he touched 8 of them, only totally missed one he swung at, and took 3 balls (albeit the 4 pitch ball was a strike and called a ball.). Interesting that Duran did hit his target (Just like Moran did in the 9-6 game against Houston with the same result only it was a change up). He threw it right where Vazquez called for it on that first pitch to Robert. Vazquez did call a fine rest of the game, although his base running was a bit foolish.
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    Two fine starts as the season opens, and the ace talk. How many pitchers have started seasons with two fine starts? So very desperate.
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    It is amazing that Correa hurt his back on this little lackadaisical dance into home - one of the lamest scoring attempts I have ever seen. He had no awareness of the throw and where he needed to be running. If I see the catcher setting up there I run in fair territory, not right toward him. I mean, he didn't even slide. Just tip-toed around and strained his back? It is the play he says he hurt his back on. Buxton and Correa have become so fragile. https://www.mlb.com/twins/video/luis-garcia-in-play-run-s-to-trevor-larnach-1tdcxl?q=trevor larnach rbi single&cp=MIXED&qt=FREETEXT&p=0 Buxton was sent in for one reason. To try to tie the game with a homer. Nobody on base, and with Miranda coming in and giving up the DH, the pitchers spot wouldn't come around for 8 more batters, if the game wasn't over. Hunting for the "big swing" as they like to call it these days. It would seem you would want to save him to do that with a runner on, but so it went. Wallner was the one Baldy wanted to pull.
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    There goes the all important run differential. I don't know what folks expect from Mahle. Well, I know what the FO sold us and some are trying to. But Mahle's career ERA is 4.35, and the season is now at 4.09. WHIP 1.32 to 1.36 in the only first two starts. That is what he is. That is what he probably will be. Better score lots of runs when he pitches. And the Pagan spin? Stuff stuff and more stuff? One the worst relievers running for the last 3 years. How about that stuff. 2 of 3 from Houston is still a win. And 6-3 is a welcome start as a team. Let's see what the White Sox have got. Great info on Mahle's trials. Love it. And if you know how Buxton runs, he would have scored from first on the double. But with Watkins coaching third, he might have held Buxton to prevent him from sliding ......... 🙁
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    My thoughts exactly. Our depth. Yikes. At least the Twins don't need them yet. Polanco playing 7 innings with a double and 2 walks..... I like that.
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    Tell De Leon we are playing Israel in the WBC. What. Danny Valencia is on the team! And Joc Pederson!
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    ..... and, one might even propose, with only 81 pitches, and Ryan breezing through the 6th, he was pulled too early, still! Ryan had just induced a fly out to Alvarez, and then struck out Abreu and Tucker on 7 pitches in the 6th. Seems pretty cruising to me. And he was going to face 6-7-8, Pena-Hensley-Meyers, Pena who had struck out looking twice, Hensley who had struck out swinging twice, and Meyers, who had flown out and lined out to left. And with only 81 pitches thrown so far. <They all struck out in the 7th anyway 😇 > You push Lopez and Jax to the 8th and 9th. It is a one run game at the time, though....... and you like your pen. And Ryan had the one shakey inning.... 3 innings ago... It all worked out fine except for having to use Duran, as it happened. Fun to think about for a post. 6 innings is still 6 innings. 6-2 sure looks good, and especially with at least a series win against Houston.
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    I noticed that Vazquez was calling just about all off speed stuff for Pena all day. In the 4th "Jeremy Pena took five straight offspeed pitches (from Ryan) and then struck out looking on an 89 MPH fastball below the zone." 5 off speed for a swinging K in the 7th from Lopez, and in the 9th against Moran, the first change just missed, and Vazquez called the same pitch, gave Moran the target, right down the middle, and he hit it. So did Pena. After seeing 11 out of 12 of the last pitches to him off speed, Pena might have been sitting on it.
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