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Obviously.

Folks like to say that, but I believe in shutouts, even if it takes more than one pitcher. One run is all that is needed. Just have to sync the pitching with the hitting. Simple.

Just lazy.

Nelson keeps writing about how good the bullpen is. It's his fault.

More wrongs, consistent wrongs, inconsistent wrong. Wrongs are never right. Never. Just more wrong. One cannot paint that turd and make it prettier. There is no excuse for missing a pitch on the inside higher part of the zone to Judge. The plate ump is looking straight on at the ball and the zone. The most perfect view for any plate umpire looking over the inside shoulder of the catcher.

Not paid much at this point. You are right. We need a REAL 3rd baseman.... 😵 😁

I hope @RpR saw that play by Lewis. DEFENSE! 😇

Hey.... but Jake Cave.....

Outside outside outside..... high middle...... and middle middle. He is lucky that they didn't swing at about 5 of them. Meat. He won't say they were mistakes, though. Only mistakes if they swing and drill it out. Yeah, right.

That looked pretty weird. Judge pats Lewis on the back..... and grabs his balls. Then he pats him on the back again..... and grabs his balls..... twice. I guess these guys just don't even know they are grabbing their balls anymore.

That's the kind of GM we need. A guy that can trade the same guy to two different teams! I had no idea Gabriel Gonzalez was that valuable.

Sure. Seriously, pace means nothing. Today's projection in the books. But it was well documented here on these pages that the season was over at 7-13, 🤥 and the projection when that was settled was there was a great shot to win 57 games and go 57-105! Hence, pace means nothing. It is all about when you project it, and all it takes is a 12 or a couple 7 games streaks either way to make it all mean nothing. But yes, it is a thing to do. (Sorry, I have no idea what your WAG means. I googled WAG and baseball and it is supposed to mean Wives And Girlfriends - Wives & Girlfriends of Professional Athletes)

Pace. There is no pace. Just streaks and daily play. Calculating pace never really means anything. Should we go with the pace calculated from 7-13? How about 24-16? But projecting a final win total using today's W-L % is the one? Pace is really meaningless.

I didn't read some of the other comments, hadn't gotten to them in progression yet, and then I deleted what this responded to to a dot as I didn't want to piss off the censors that requested us not talk about catchers here, but I see I was too late. I suggest we both edit to a dot as there is no delete option. I never liked signing Santana. Happy for you that you do. Still, sorry I didn't delete what you responded to before you now have not let die. (Santana IS part of the demote Julien discussion, though, as he was an option as well, and I will always go by if you can get your glove on it you should catch it).

This situation reminds of the year the Twins traded both Span and Revere because of centerfield/outfield depth, and then didn't have an outfield as injuries and slumps piled up. Now we back to back years trade second basemen for the new shiny hope, and lack of depth.

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Ha! Unfortunately, that didn't matter much. In fact, didn't we start their 9 game winning streak? Bummer.

I heard him triple down on his statements and say he had no regrets about his actions or his earlier statements. Recordings. 3 times. Later and later. His words. His answers. And the first and the maybe the second was right after the meeting and he had not been DFA'd yet. At least, that was what was being reported from more than one other source I heard. Don't know about the third. But I was just trying to pay attention to multiple sources. Some of the broadcasts were more complete. But hey, I don't know the guy, and I don't wish him ill will. And sorry, I don't tweet (I hear it is not even tweeting now if you are keeping up), and never will and never wanted to. All of his behavior IS Jorge Lopez. We are all all of our triumphs, all of our failures, all of everything. Regardless of whether a few other people think the same about a toxic (amazing how losing makes toxic clubhouses, eh?) clubhouse, it is all hearsay to me. Press et al like to have takes, want to be first before complete and correct anymore, and they may be right. We all have opinions. I guess Jorge got his way and figured out a quick way to get out. Pretty clever, really. The whole bizarre event caught a lot of peoples attention. The Braves will probably grab him and he will be the best reliever in the National League.🤥 In regard to Cano...... NO ONE? That is just silly to say. At least Cano did. All players do until they can't anymore. Every young player signed is signed with some belief that he could be that guy. Even the last draft pics. They see it coming. The Team personnel and the player. They envision it. It is a self fulfilling prophecy. It has to be. Sorry you missed the thread that started here, and was always there, waiting to get a chance to thread that needle. Sorry for the team that the FO missed it, too. Cano was just a lesser part of why those that didn't like the trade for a 3 month track record Jorge Lopez, but that is a whole 'nuther thread.......

Bailey Ober doing his Pablo Day Lopez 2024 impression again. How many meatballs can a pitcher serve up in 5 innings? Baldelli doesn't let Kepler, or other lefties get same side at bats. Maybe he should just not pitch Ober against a team the consistently owns him? Best chance of winning and all...... Man, that video of Jorge Lopez is sad. No wonder Baltimore wanted to trade him. What a cancer. "No one saw Cano doing what he did, " This is just not true. Some did, and the FO did and hoped for it, and bet on it for quite a few appearances. They just gave up on him and got hosed. It was really a bad move, and many didn't like it in real time, not just 20/20 hindsight.

Wow. This is the MLB. No professional should ever have a disinterested plate approach. And this fan will never accept that approach. Ever. If management does, we need a new front office team. People dissed Arraez for his defense and defensive rating. But Correa is now rated below average, also, by the same ratings. Do you believe them? I don't.

I believe it is you responding "if only we had Polanco back". What I said was trading Polanco and Arraez gave the job to Julian with no competition. Which is true, even without youR Polanco dissing. I notice you left Arraez out of it. Those that tout defensive stats (not that you did, but those.....) must also then buy into that Correa is rated less than average of a defender with the same stats. I would love to have a bit of a compromised defensive 2nd baseman for a .350 plus hitter THAT SWINGS AT STRIKES AND DOESN'T WATCH CALLED THIRD STRIKES HABITUALLY. (ALL CAPS ISN'T SHOUTING IF THE FONT IS SMALLER)

If you are already in the system, you seem to get dissed. But they will trade for someone so bad with the hope and conviction that they can fix them. If we put together a team of cast offs still playing for other teams, I bet we could have a better team. Developers? Not so much. And then we do develop a hitter like Arraez, and just trade him.

Unfortunately, way more loses. For a group the was touted as great pitching developers and identifiers, they have made mostly gaffs. Great at trading for pitchers that will be injured soon, already were injured, or just became horrible. Win some lose some? Sure, but you pay them to win, not win some lose some. You and I could do that. https://www.si.com/fannation/bringmethesports/twins/have-the-twins-won-more-trades-than-theyve-lost-under-derek-falvey-and-thad-levine

Yet, it continues to be the narrative that he has such a great eye. Evidence says this is not true. It is painful to watch. Thanks for looking that up.

This. Lee has been rehabbing in the rookie level Florida Complex League. Was moved to Fort Meyers on Tuesday the 28th. Most of the posters seem to not be paying attention, including the top prospect summary writer. Not to discount his progress there, but this St Paul stuff is misinformed. In regards to Julien, if he would swing the bat at close pitches with 2 strikes on him, his K rate might just go down. If you really have such a good eye, you won’t get called out so often taking those pitches. I wonder what percentage of his Ks are called third strikes?