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  1. h2oface
    About time that Baldelli left the starter in in the 6th to finish a great start. And with a high pitch count. At least a couple of these guys can do it if Baldelli doesn't yank them. Most of the time they are only at 70 or 80something pitches, too. But he yanks them. Sure, many times it is in a close game, and that puts more pressure on the starter. But I am so sick of watching this weak pen come in and torch the game that the starter probably could have saved and finished the inning. I hope Baldelli learned something watching Ryan strikeout those last two batters after a couple guys got on base. I hope Baldelli doesn't forget that.
  2. h2oface
    Wasn't it Thielbar that came in Saturday in the 10th and gave up 2 immediate singles to give the Rangers a 3-2 lead - with Duran on the bench after having had a team day off on Thursday and only throwing 18 pitches (in the 7th with a 4-0 lead on KC) the day before on Wednesday, and on Friday only throwing 10 pitches in the 2-1 win against Texas - followed by Jax to give up a single and another run to the first batter he faced - and Duran still on the bench? That part of the roll? That was the start of the 6 game skid.....
  3. h2oface
    That was one of the excuses I chose not to add. It was pathetic that Duran wasn't used a couple times in that week, because he was needed, and Baldelli blew it and left him on the bench to save him "for tomorrow". His own fault. He saved them for so long he had to use Duran just to give him work as he needs to regularly pitch to stay sharp. Duran left on the bench after having had a team day off on Thursday and only throwing 18 pitches (in the 7th with a 4-0 lead on KC) the day before on Wednesday, and on Friday only throwing 10 pitches in the 2-1 win against Texas, and then not used in the 4-3 loss on Saturday that Thielbar and Jax combined to give up 2 with the score tied 2-2 in the 10th. Duran not used in the 2-1 loss to Texas on Monday after 2 day rest from his 10 pitch outing Friday (but Thielbar and Jax were successfully this time as they didn't give up any runs in the loss). I would say his was needed in both of those games......... and so it goes. Now he needed work after the not being used in Baldelli's mound visit debacle in game one with Houston on Tuesday and the game Wednesday when Fulmer let the lead go immediately from 2-1 to 5-1 in the 6th. So he needed work. Right.
  4. h2oface
    Carlos Correa. A leader? I'm not buying, All that talk, and it is him that needs to step up, not acquisitions he wanted (which all are struggling a bit). Duran in the 5th, behind by 2. Make all the excuses you want - I could too - but it is just nuts. Lopez in the 7th, and giving up 2 more hits? It seems he left it all in Baltimore and they were sneaky clever about how his year was going to end. Maybe Baldelli was just confused, and he thought it was 2020 and this was part of a 2 day double header and this game was only going to be 7 innings....... And maybe it is just how I look at relief, but on Saturday, it was Jax who came in in the 11th, and gave up a single to the first batter and let one of the two inherited runners score the 4th run, which turned out to be the winning run in another 4-3 heartbreaking loss to Texas. Was it charged to him? No. Was it a "scoreless appearance"? Also no. He has been good, but the whole story can be told as well.
  5. h2oface
    I can't go to the games in Minnesota, but when they come to LA, I used to go to all of them. This year, I could only bring myself to go to one, and there were 5. Two at Dodger Stadium, and three at Angel Stadium. I wanted to see Ryan pitch, so I went to the first one. I had no interest in paying to see Bundy or Archer pitch, not much to see Mahle, and Gray would have been OK but it was Freddy Freeman bobblehead night, and the resale tickets spiked about 3 times in price. I actually would even had gone anyway, except they just look like they gave up in the first game, and I just lost interest. No reason to go be made to feel like a chump Twins' fan in public. May as well do it in the privacy of my home.
  6. h2oface
    "There's no explanation needed [for the struggles],” shortstop Carlos Correa said. “It's just poor baseball play by us. It's as simple as that. We're a lot better than that. We didn't execute. We didn't do our job, and that's that. There's no explanation for how poorly we played.” PROVE IT!
  7. h2oface
    Joe Maddon on infrastructure... it just might apply to the Twins as well: ......The veteran skipper is enjoying a rare “summer vacation” of sorts, and would only be interested in a managerial or advisory job with a team that had a “strong balance between the old and the new” approaches to the game, and not too tilted in favor of analytics. It seems clear that Maddon didn’t feel this balance existed in Anaheim. In general, Maddon felt the Angels’ “infrastructure needs to be improved….It’s the non-sexy stuff that has to get better. It’s not just bright, shiny objects — they have that. They need to do the infrastructure better in order to get to where we had been in the past.” Maddon also implied that the front office tried to have too much of an influence on baseball decisions, thus trying to turn the manager into a “middle man” rather than an actual leader in the clubhouse. “It’s at the point where some GM should really just put a uniform on and go down to the dugout, or their main analytical membrane, he should go down to the dugout….And what happens is when the performance isn’t what they think it should be, it’s never about the acquisitional process,” Maddon said. “It’s always about the inability of coaches and managers to get the best out of a player. And that’s where this tremendous disconnect is formed.”
  8. h2oface
    Ah, the Austin Martin hype. Another big K by the FO.
  9. h2oface
    He gave up the run the night before, too, just scored as if Bundy did. But is was Thielbar giving up the inherited runner at first with one out when as he got a base stolen on his slow delivery, and then gave up a single. IRS - the true sign of good relief, all too often ignored. If Thielbar gets you out of a jam, consider yourself lucky. And luck is good.
  10. h2oface
    Does Correa even do interviews? I haven't seen one all year! That doesn't mean he hasn't, I just haven't seen him after games.
  11. h2oface
    Can't brag about the pen tonight. They all gave it up except Lopez, and he just got lucky and was drilled hard. Yes, we should have scored more, but the pen didn't help. And Duran was saved for what? 10 pitches last night too much? Our money men need to start earning their money. Time is now. Tic toc.
  12. h2oface
    "Even with the scoreless inning streak snapped at 31 innings for the Twins tonight. The relievers continued a consecutive scoreless streak of their own Friday tossing 3.2 scoreless innings of relief that added to four game streak of no earned runs from the bullpen. " Inherited Runners Scored. The best stat to tell the story of how good your relief is. While once again the reliever gets credited with scoreless innings, it was Thielbar that let the run in, as he tried his best but could not. Bundy had given up but a single to Thompson, and then struck out Simien, and was pulled with a 2-0 lead and only 71 pitches (51 strikes)! It was Thielbar that came in and struck out Seger, but gave up a stolen base (with Leon behind the plate) in the at bat, and with 2 outs, and the runner that was given to him on first but now on second on his watch, gave up a single to Lowe that was charged to Bundy, before he struck out Garia to end the inning. So in my reckoning, the relievers gave up the scoreless streak, not the starter. It's a team sport, and individual stats mean little compared to winning, but that's my story and I am stickin' with it.
  13. h2oface
    If Sands had better numbers in AAA and in MLB, I imagine he would get more appearances. "Stuff", the mysterious "Stuff" sounds good on paper, and to say, and to claim, but his stats need to back that up before he can be trusted. So far, he needs to perform better to deserve the opportunites.
  14. h2oface
    Man, it sure seems like Lopez used up his good stuff and innings in Baltimore, so far, except for his first appearance for the Twins. Losts of contact and wildness. "Tonight was his 7th appearance since being traded. 5 save opportunities, 2 blown saves and a tightroper tonight. 8 hits and 4 walks in 7 innings." I hope he becomes what he was acquired for, and this is just a belch. We need what he was in Baltimore. I hope they don't know something we needed to. It made no sense at all that they traded their closer when they have/had virtually the same record the Twins do/did at the time. 4 in a row. 11 to go.
  15. h2oface
    I watched it. Unbelievable. It is also one of my least favorite rules. The batter has already struck out, regardless if the catcher catches the third strike. And especially if it is such a nasty pitch that the batter swings and missed a WP, gets beat that bad, and he still gets to stay in the game and there is no out. Is a strikeout an out or not? A bizarre rule. Anyway, it seemed Cleveland is under a spell, and all is with them, the stars are aligning for them. Unbelievable. They are pumped and feelin' it. I guess there still could have been a 9th inning at bat if it was a 3rd out.
  16. h2oface
    Who said anyone wanted to do NOTHING! You just made that up, yourself, here.These guys weren't the only pitchers with talent or potential. And most, including me, wanted them to do a lot more and acquire more and higher quality pitching. Lots to pick from other than these guys over the years. Call it consistent bad luck? Whatever it is, it is something.
  17. h2oface
    Perhaps you mean Matt Canterino?
  18. h2oface
    I was concerned about trading for damaged goods when they acquireed Mahle. It seems this FO really disregards the injuries. Dyson is not too far in the rearview. They ignored Chris Paddock's history. Maeda was always a concern and it finally happened. Now we gave up a haul to get Mahle, and he wasn't anything close to a 1 or 2 anyway. I hope it is not a season ender. I know you can't control injuries, but it would be nice to make the right call a few times, and these guys actually stay on the field and pitch.
  19. h2oface
    That's right. Shame on Gray for giving up 3 total hits in 6+, and giving up two meager singles in a row finally. We got lucky that Thielbar or the next up didn't give up a first batter (or first pitch, even) hit to drive in at least one of the runners. Real lucky. 92 pitches. It was a fair call either way, tonight, but at 80 pitches it is not, and who is to say that Sonny wouldn't have added to his 10 Ks? No one knows now. It is nice to see Thielbar being effective. I am glad you are impressed by Sands, because his AAA results and his MLB results are still poor. He has had a couple of good, relaxed outings though. And I agree, that is needed and looking good. His command is still spotty.
  20. h2oface
    I loved what Sonny Gray didn't say in the pregame short interview, and how he didn't say it. I have more respect for him now. Somebody needs to push back against the sad way the staff has been handled. Of course Sonny isn't not commenting on when he needed to be pulled, but he is (not) saying (with words) that the way the starting staff has been being pulled early is not what he wants. It is too bad the staff and FO have reverted to misuse of the starters and bullpen in their formulaic approach to baseball. I am all for utilizing advanced stats, but not being ruled by them. It seemed to wake Baldelli out of his chart trance tonight, and I am all for it.
  21. h2oface
    There were several reasons Correa was not signed until he was last year, and that most teams didn't want him at his price. I don't want him either. There will be several shortstops on the market again, and Trea Turner is one of them, but not for the Twins. Correa is not performing at anywhere close to his salary this year. Maybe not even half of it. If Correa is not coming back, they should play him everyday. Why rest the guy that is leaving, anyway? Plus, he is highly motivated to perform better so when he opts out he can get other teams to ignore his cheating track reacord and sign him long term face of the franchise that he wants. Can a "clubhouse leader" really be the guy that was one of the top cheaters and least reticent about it? Correa could change that and make his decision early to not opt out for 2023 (still could for 2024), but he won't. So quit treating him like value for the future, and use him up! I hope they go for pitching. And Verlander will be opting out. I would have much rather have had Verlander with Correa's current contract than Correa of 2022. Verlander is one of the only ones that will be looking for a shorter term contract. High dollar, short term. Kershaw too, but he will stay with Dodgers if he continues. Kershaw should do the Clemons, and start gearing up in June, and play July Aug Sept and postseason, and save his back and go shorter seasons but not miss the postseason. It would be really ironic if Trea Turner signed elsewhere, and the Dodgers signed Correa! If it wasn't telling how the Twins fans had short memories from the booing last year to the fawning now, it would really be interesting to see how memories changed and how hypocritical Dodger fans might be.
  22. h2oface
    One game winning streak! Is that a streak? It's a start. 4 games over .500. Nothing a nice 10 game winning streak won't fix. Now is the time. Lopez sure is scary. Seems every batter can make good contact, and he is giving up a lot of hits since he has put on the TC uniforms.
  23. h2oface

    75 RBI or 75 RBIs?

    h2oface commented on Greglw3's blog entry in Greg Allen

    RBI. A lot of discussion for something so uninteresting and meaningless to so many, eh?.
  24. h2oface
    17 total bases and only 4 runs. I think the Twins have been reading TD and don't want to be the guy that has a lot of meaningless RBI.
  25. h2oface
    The Dodgers are going to make your pitchers pitch into 3-2 counts. So are the Yankees. That is their consistent game plan. Not to swing outside the zone and to make all pitchers throw a lot of pitches. Consistent game plan. Always. Pitchers try to keep not giving them pitches in the zone hoping they will chase. But when they won't, you finally have to give them something in the zone or keep trying and walk them.
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