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  1. h2oface
    Great home opener win!!!! That box score link goes to yahoo and the season opener with KC (unless they have fixed it when you read this). Use this one: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/astros-vs-twins/2023/04/07/718684/final/box As good as Gray has been, the batters have left him with 2 no decisions. deGrom'd without losing the game, even though they gave up the lead. [Edit: Gray DID get the win in his first start] Did Gallo hurt himself doing his Delman Young impersonation in right field?
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    Not a good case for pitching depth help today. My, how far Tyler Duffey has fallen. Wow.
  3. h2oface
    I'm not a cricket!! 😇 But Jax didn't blow it up, IMO. Really, he just gave up a single considering the infield "hit" that Correa was out of position for shouldn't have been a hit, but the second out! And he very well could have handled it with runners on first and second and one out, but didn't get the chance. It should have been a runner on first and two outs. I would say Baldelli (first by pulling Lopez, having Correa shift to the right, and bringing in Thielbar) and Thielbar blew up the game. Jax got the blown up ERA, and didn't deserve it. But also, make no mistake, I hate to see Pagan still on this team, and he is still a time bomb ticking.
  4. h2oface
    Don't you love it when the game ends on a great take by Larnach, the pitch is 4-6 inches outside (according to robot), and the umpire calls it a strike? I don't. Plate umpire was poor all day. In fact, Lopez's 500 K was outside and not a third strike! There is already a pitch clock. No need to call balls strikes to go home early. Lopez #500 called third strike:
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    If you don't want to burn through pitchers, why do you remove your starter, who is pitching against his former team with aplomb, had just struck out the side (on 14 dealing pitches), and only has 88 pitches, very probably an innings worth under the 100 his former teammate just showed the previous game how it is so very possible? Miami has a bullpen, too, and could have relieved Alcantara. But he was dealing and they didn't. Is Lopez more fragile? I bring Lopez out for the 8th, and go from there, understanding all the options. It was a shame that, when they did and brought in Jax, Correa was shifted to defend a lefty when a righty was at bat. Yes, Segura had hit it up the middle earlier, but what happened to the %'s here? Correa in the normal place for a righty, and it is a routine grounder and 2 outs for Jax. That play changed the game. I know it is early, and Theilbar got bombed at the beginning of last year, too, and then ended up having his best year, but I fear for the confidence in Theilbar. I have been saying all spring that last year was probably the one shining end of the season. The smoke has cleared and the mirrors are cracked. I hope I am wrong, but this performance isn't helping. Theilbar not only tanked his early season ERA, but he crushed Jax's even worse with the IRS! Thanks Caleb. Here come 10 against the Astros, White Sox, and Yankees (4)......... from last place teams to front runners. Now we see how this team measures up.
  6. h2oface
    Can we just move on to playoffs now?
  7. h2oface
    Probably most of the time. Maybe. Not on Sunday (Moran, Lopez, and Pagan), but it was a pretty comfortable lead. I hope that it isn't always the strategy when only behind by 1 in the late innings. Some of those games are ones you will want to give it your best shot if it is that close.
  8. h2oface
    It is nice to be high on Ober, but you are not considering he got lit up a bit on 3 earned in 4 innings - 4 hits, a hit batter, and a walk, 69 pitches and only 39 strikes in his final ST tune-up. In his first (and next) honing start in St Paul he lasted only 3 innings and gave up 3 runs, 2 earned on 5 hits and a walk with 70 pitches. Glad that didn't happen for the Twins in games that counted. Not saying he won't be ready, but he might be in just the right place for now.
  9. h2oface
    One swing. One swing beats us. One swing away from winning or tying the game. I love seeing a pitcher throw a complete game. That was awesome. 100 pitches and his arm didn't fall off. I love it.
  10. h2oface
    Ha. And Kepler leads off with a homer, and then beats out an infield single (2-3 for the day) in the 4th, and then has to leave the game with a knee thing? So he looked the part in the 4th game, and then might be out for a spell, and the adventure will continue? https://www.mlb.com/twins/video/max-kepler-exits-game-with-injury-x7582?t=opening-week
  11. h2oface
    Yes, I reviewed the batting champ's lists/complete history, too. I'm not really trying to "argue" anything, here. Thanks for doubling/tripling+ down and reinforcing everything already stated, though. I appreciate it. If you told me one more time I can remember it even better. 😇
  12. h2oface
    I don't think a player needs to be perhaps disparaged, or an accomplishment that every player that plays the game would like to have in their career diminished to make something or someone else look good. And that is the attitone I get from this discussion about Arraez. No one is saying that an extra base hit is not better than a single (but any hit is welcomed in the first at bat of a game). Fans can miss players and lament their not playing with the Twins as a stand alone. People are not fantasy teams or video games. Value comes in many forms. And personalities. And entertainment. Believe it or not, some enjoy a scrappy 10 pitch at bat more than a home run. Some even enjoy a longer game to pass the time with, even with all the idiosyncrasies and delays. Even Rod Carew won a batting title (1972) with a .319 average. In 2021 the American League title was .319. 2022 and 2021 American League runner ups hit .311. (One was Judge) Every year is relative and a stand alone. Not to be disparaged. Different balls, different pitchers, worse umpires (maybe better ;-) ....... Arraez is missed. And his value is and was a plus to this team, and any team.
  13. h2oface
    But the 30 some million slow starter .154 is not a problem…… 3 games. I hope they don’t bench Miranda.
  14. h2oface
    No worries. Baldelli will have almost as many different lineups as games played. I love the comedy on this thread, and the continued attempts to diminish Arraez’ value. Getting on base clogs up the base paths. Now that is funny.
  15. h2oface
    3 errors and pitchers under performing. There will be another day. Box score link is time traveling.
  16. h2oface
    Looks like about 15 lbs since last April to me.......
  17. h2oface
    .... and the landing hard on the hip. Maybe he was just a bit overamped. He kinda jumped into the slide. We also got lucky that it was such a poor throw from Oliveras in left and Larnach scored. Larnach had only just got to 3rd when Oliveras fielded the ball in short left. We won't often get that lucky. He was out by 5 feet if the throw was on target. I can't believe Watkins is still coaching third when he was so awful last year.
  18. h2oface
    19 Ks in 40 ABs, and many of those against the fluff pitchers at the end of games. Did you expect worse? 😉 But OPS, SLG, and OBP all pretty fine.
  19. h2oface
    Does that mean that the FO will trade them all for prospects at the trade deadline? This should be interesting. A lot of hitters that have a lot to prove. A lot of pitchers with a lot to prove. Big question marks all around, and we haven't really seen much of several of them all ST. And the month of April may be the toughest on the schedule. I hope these guys can prove it. I was reading somewhere that Gallo will be leading off against righties.... which is more than half the time. A strikeout king hitting well below the Mendoza Line (2022) leading off. Baseball sure has changed. (Castro leading ST with Ks, with less at bats than Gallo! Yikes!)
  20. h2oface
    Agreed. I think it is actually an advantage to start your 2 or 3, or even 4 for the opener against their one..... Then you have our 1 against their 2, our 2 against their 3, our 3 against their 4, etc. It could be a strategic advantage for many rotations. Plus, their one could very well have a mediocre first game, and we win anyway...... or not.
  21. h2oface
    Consistently? Pablo Lopez didn't even come close to around 3.00 last year! 3.94 career ERA, 3.75 last year, and last year the only season he ever came close to 180 innings. A good year, for sure, but still not ace-like. Previous high innings was 111.1 in 2019 with an ERA of 5.09. His 2021 season was the only time he was ever around 3.00 with 3.07, with all of only 102.2 innings. So, nowhere close to an Ace, at least not yet. Not that bold of a take, really...... Maybe this year? Does one great year make an Ace, or does it take at least 2? Maybe more?
  22. h2oface
    Ryan should be opening day starter. Putting the new guy, who is nowhere close to an ace, at the top of your list, is disrespectful of your core that he joins. Let him earn top starter on this team, not just give it to him based on hope.
  23. h2oface
    Pagan and Sands coming in for relief? Now, that is scary. Willie Castro? Add him to a bunch of backups that don't hit much, some who will be starting because of injuries. I hope the pitchers make the gamble all worth it. They will need to be real good to make up for a lack of offense.
  24. h2oface
    That would be a great time. I like it in theory. Longer break for the injured to recoup and those that don't play. But a lot of action and no rest for the teams that play until the Semi's and Finals, especially. And those players would probably be many of the very best in MLB. But do you think that the "all -stars" egos could give up being all-stars and all the tradition and notoriety that goes with it? Perhaps contract bonuses. Interesting thing for the players to weigh in on.
  25. h2oface
    Yikes! I wonder how long ago the inspection was and whether there was time during the 4 plus months off season to address it. Great info about the survey, too. $$$
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