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  1. h2oface
    Naaa. It is never how the game is managed, your are unreally correct. As bad as our bullpen is, and it is horrible, I think we are not Oakland, and there is a bit more accountability, but you can have it your way. Baldelli is not responsible for his choices and timing et al during the game. All on the FO. Every bit of it.
  2. h2oface
    Once the game starts..... it is on the Manager, his past usage, and how he manages the game with what he has. A team effort.
  3. h2oface
    ....and the game against Atlanta, the Dodgers had just tied the game on a first pitch homer to lead of the inning by Will Smith in the top of the 8th, and Graterol, the heir apparent to Jansen, gets the bottom of the inning, and he gives up a first pitch lead off double and two pitches later a 2 run homer and lost the game 5-3 and that isn't in the short mention, either. (Former closer Kenley Jansen finished off the Dodgers in the top of the 9th with 3 Ks! Ha! Then blew the save the next day.......). No blown save, just a blown game and a loss. Sound familiar? Back to the point..... Graterol has had a sketchy June. Confirmed. (I don't make up the stats. It is still called a blown save, and everything counts).
  4. h2oface
    To be fair, they missed it. The pitching identifiers missed the guy. Right. All factors to evaluate. He was there for the picking. There will always be those guys that most miss (Mike Trout), but that is what their job is. To make the right decisions. Robertson was a cheap risk if Bundy and Archer was, and that is what was said about their contracts that are comparable or more. All that aside, he is on the Cubs, and he is available for sure now. Get him before someone else does. He looks past his injuries, and has been a proven winner for several seasons in the past. Too bad he wasn't gotten for only cash. https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cubs/ct-chicago-cubs-david-robertson-comeback-20220502-735zio6bzrasvjusplk3pv6iay-story.html
  5. h2oface
    I still like Thornburg for yesterday's game. He would have been great. It was the extra day of continued non-use that made him too rusty for today. It was his first rough up as a Twin after 8 perfect innings.
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    Rogers and Graterol, eh? Maybe not in June. Graterol is giving up the house this month for the Dodgers with a 5.14 ERA in 13 appearances with 1 blown save in 2 chances, and Rogers in 5.59 ERA (but 0.93 WHIP) for June in 10 outings with 2 blown saves out of 7 chances. But make no mistake, I still would rather have those guys than all but Duran in the pen. They both had fine April and May's. https://www.mlb.com/player/taylor-rogers-573124?stats=gamelogs-r-pitching-mlb&year=2022 https://www.mlb.com/player/brusdar-graterol-660813?stats=gamelogs-r-pitching-mlb&year=2022 I would have definitely re-signed Matt Wisler for several years, too, instead of just letting him walk. That was a no brainer and affordable, and he has continued his success in Tampa. https://www.mlb.com/player/matt-wisler-605538?season=2022&team=139&stats=gamelogs-r-pitching-mlb&year=2022 And the FO had David Robertson at 36 (now 37) years old, who pitched on the Silver Medal Olympic Team as an unsigned qualified player making his comeback from injury, available in March to sign for 3.5 million plus 1.5 in incentives. He has been killer on a bad Cubs team. They should make a deal for him now! NOW!!!!! https://www.mlb.com/player/david-robertson-502085?stats=gamelogs-r-pitching-mlb&year=2022 https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/cubs-david-robertson-signs-with-cubs/#:~:text=Robertson signed a one-year,team in as many seasons.
  7. h2oface
    You can't live on reputation. 2 more errors today....
  8. h2oface
    These Cleveland games' brutal loses have all been after offensive heroics. Late inning rallies with clutch homers and runs, Just a great high for the team and fans...... and then Baldelli puts in Pagan, again, and again, and again. Crushing. A couple of them with multiple run leads provided with only 3 outs to get. The whole fandom is screaming Noooooooooooo. And it happens again. And the heroics are wasted and made unimportant. And they were really clutch and noteworthy. All for naught. Demoralizing.
  9. h2oface
    Top ten seems good, unless there are only 11 that are rated in the category...... and this article does not say how many are rated in each position. If Jeffers in rated that high relatively, either catchers are really bad or the statndards are not that high. And rating pitch framing. That is just fiction. No one really knows if they made the call change and either stole or lost a strike. Defensive stats still seem flakey to me.
  10. h2oface
    The Twins are basically a .500 team with one 8 game winning streak. A league of their own? Right.
  11. h2oface
    Miranda's best position seems to be DH. He needs to hit more consistently, though. It is very disappointing that the Twins don't develop defense. Prospect after prospect can't field worth a damn but can hit.
  12. h2oface
    I blame Arraez, What a lout. Didn't even get 1 hit. Everyone knows that with the pitching the FO provided we need 12 runs to make sure we win a game.
  13. h2oface
    Because our guys are horrible bunters. Pop it up. It really is sad.
  14. h2oface
    We can't steal (worst in MLB, only attempted 21 times, lowest in MLB, and only succesful 13 with 8 caught) and our catchers are horrible at throwing anyone out. Jeffers almost threw it into right field tonight, with nothing on it. I am so sick of watching all the other teams run on us over and over and over. The fastest guy on the team won't even try anymore. Don't even try to play small ball. I just hate Alex Pagan coming into the game. We sure did strike out well the last two innings. And now Baldy has used up the best we have in the pen in the first game, and lost. But the players lost this one. They have a job to do and didn't do it. Miranda was feet away from relieving all the pain. Very tough loss.
  15. h2oface
    First of all, no one knows that the umpire won't call the same call regardless of the catcher moving his glove. I see Jeffers move his glove so often that it just seems stupid. If you want to get the umpire to call the close one, you shouldn't move it at all. If you move it in, it means you thought, as a catcher, that it wasn't a strike and needed help. Framing is a totally subjective stat, and not really mesureable. Soon..............
  16. h2oface
    It's all that Hank Conger influence, eh?
  17. h2oface
    True. Especially when he was the biggest part of the horrible defense himself. He didn't even run to back up Sanchez at home after his throw that let the two runs score. Just leaned over and felt sorry for himself with his hands on his knees.
  18. h2oface
    I gotta say that this team is proving to be pretty much a .500 team. They had their chance and blew it against Detroit and KC big time. They should win half their teams against the good teams, if they are going to be good. That's not special if you are going to win a division. But the "rookie" mistakes the rookies make is discouraging. More runs left on the bases. More dropped balls. More bad throws. Even rookies should know how to make good decisions. The game is the same, and they know the rules and drill. No real excuse, you know,
  19. h2oface
    Where are you getting Arraez' OBP? His currentt OBP is .438 and leading MLB according to MLB and Baseball Reference, not .384. (Perhaps I am reading this wrong, and you are meaning all who have batted 2nd?) Thanks to TwinsData for the post. Stats that back up what is apparent and painfully so. The home runs also confirms that Baldelli is not utilizing the "clean up" #4 and power spot of #5 at all. Watching Watkins coach third is as painful as watching Diaz. This is a very slow team, or at least it runs the bases like it is. Slow runners take too many chances, and Buxton doesn't run anymore for fear of getting hurt, I guess. We get trampled on the basepaths, and caught stealing about a third (7) of the few times (20) they try, and don't know how to look up the totals against us.
  20. h2oface
    Who needs a player consistently hitting like Kirilloff? We seem to like inconsistent streaky hitters. Some real good hitters, but streaky. Many can't even get a hit 25% of official at bats, and they are considered above average hitters now. Go figure. Who needs a .382 average and 1.182 OPS hitter in AAA. Wait until he cools off. Let him get all the hits in AAA. Larnach mashing? Hitting .182 in his last 7 games, .137 his last 15 games, and .229 his last 30. Kepler? .179 his last 7 games, .200 his last 15 games, and .226 his last 30. Sanchez? .185 his last 7 games, .222 his last 15 games, and .222 his last 30. But Kirilloff can't catch. And first? Arraez and Miranda. Arraez absolutely needs to be in at first or third, and sometimes second. Miranda? .269 his last 7 games, .302 his last 15 games, and .233 his last 30. He is coming into his own, but his fielding is horrible, and as good as he is getting at the plate, if Kirilloffs numbers transfer, and with better fielding, it is still not even close. But do you switch the two? Hmmmmmm. Is Larnach really going to be a better option in left? Kepler is the vet. Hmmmm. Shame to not get Kirilloff up here, and Celestino is spelling Buxton very well in center, hitting surprisingly well, and keeping Buxton's streaky awesome bat in the lineup. We already suffered through May Buxton. It is going to get more consistent, right? June started great. I don't think Kirilloff is going anywhere, but then, I didn't think Graterol was either. Someone, or two or three, will be going on the IL. You need depth.
  21. h2oface
    And...... Buxton is named Player of the Week, (even with Sunday, which was such a stark regression and so quickly, but hey, just a bad game) and there were a lot of players who had incredible weeks. https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/byron-buxton-hunter-greene-win-players-of-the-week The pitcher was Hunter Greene, who I sought out to see here in Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles in the valley) a few times when he was at Notre Dame High School and was craving the Twins to draft him #1 instead of Lewis. Not hindsight, but in real time. He was always awesome on the mound, and I saw him hit a couple homers and about .500, too. While I am impressed by Lewis, I still wish they had taken Greene. Even with a TJ surgery, I see Greene as a great #1 for the the next Decade, something the Twins need soooooo badly. He was ours for the pickin'. They both arrived this year. I am sure we haven't seen the last of Lewis, but I still wish it had been Greene. C'est la vie.
  22. h2oface
    I guess since Chi Chi exercised his opt-out clause in his minor league contract and they had until Saturday to decide whether to select Gonzales onto the big league roster or grant him his release, they are giving him one last start. I bet they DFA him regardless after the game with Gray and Ryan ready, and he will be in the same situation anyway. I hope he pitches with gusto.
  23. h2oface
    "Winder surrendered a home run and gave up two runs in his one inning of work. (Though, it should be mentioned that he did strike out three batters.)" .... not to mention also 2 other hits that were both doubles, and he walked one and hit a batter. Faced 8. He did leave the bases loaded as he finished the inning with 2 Ks. I would bet he gets another rehab start. Best to go more than one inning, too, and amp up with more than 30 pitches.
  24. h2oface
    Unbelievable. Bone bruise, eh? Alcala shut down again with "stiffness in right elbow". Yikes? Snakebit for sure. I really feel for the young men. I guess one hopes that Correa really likes it here, now.
  25. h2oface
    Massive hype and little results. By our FO and TD staff. Just find a team that is also more enamored by rankings than results and you got a deal to make asap.
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