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  1. h2oface
    As long as Celestino is raking, there is no better time to do IL Buxton and get healed than now. Ever since he slapped the dirt after his slide into second that tweaked his knee......... he is not Buxton. See how he does against NY, first. Can you but Baldelli on the IL for bullpen decisions?
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    JOSE!
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    The only way you get better, is to constantly be identifying deficiencies and trying to come up with ways to improve. If all you did was "stay positive" and compliment the weaklinks, you will likely end up losing playoff games (maybe even 18 in a row) even if you slip in with the now ridiculously expanded playoff field. Critical thinking is a venture in reality. Hope and Dreams rarely win championships, if ever. Realists are not negative, regardless of the false claims of negativity by the self appointed tunnel visioned optimist.
  4. h2oface
    57 pitches and done? Pagan again? Hey, the Dodgers got swept in 3 games at home against the Pirates, losing the games with shoddy defense, pitching faltering, errors, and closer blowing leads late. It can happen to any team, no matter how good they are. But at least the Dodgers scored runs, too. But it still really hurts to see the Twins tank like this. With the playoffs going to 12 teams, I wouldn't be surprised to see a barely .500 team getting in. At least it is not as bad as the NBA where teams with 34-48 and 36-46 got in the playoffs.
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    Thanks for this great article. My favorite of the year for sure.
  6. h2oface
    While it takes at least 2 teams to trade, it is not that unusual to have significant trades in June. Sure, not a usual as the July trades, and with the ridiculous amount of teams that can now qualify for the playoffs, more teams should be taking longer to enter the trade market now, but it can and does happen. Early birds can catch a worm sometimes. It seems our guys like to wait and scavenge off what is left, but maybe they will surprise us. I think the homers think our farm is way better than the rest of baseball does, however. Here is a bit of history, and not the complete list, by any means. https://www.mlb.com/news/biggest-june-trades-in-mlb-history
  7. h2oface
    I guess we are finding out this week how close and just how good of teammates this team really has. Are they didicated to the team, or themselves?
  8. h2oface
    That would still bury Sano!
  9. h2oface
    Currently, 5-6, actually, against teams >.500 after today's first game, but that is a stat with a lot of inconsistency, as it does not take into account what the teams records were when they actually played! It uses current records, so it can change a lot day to day, game to game even, throughout the season as the other teams go above and below .500 over the course of the season. Also, I am never quite sure if the > in >.500 really means "greater than or equal to .500", or truly greater, or over .500, and leaving the .500 teams out. I totally agree about the "plan" seeming to mean more than winning, though. I also like that there are only 7 teams after the first game of the double header today, Tuesday, that have won 30 or more games, and the Twins are the 7th. I hope we bolster up and spend, and not waste the start, and make the team more competitive for a possible postseason run. It isn't just the pen that is on the brink of disaster. The starting rotation is pretty damn suspect as well, and the pitching in St Paul (including Sands. who is being called upon for a spot start, and his AAA numbers are even worse than his SSS MLB line) has been pretty horrible.
  10. h2oface
    Interesting article and supporting stats. Thank you. For some of the fans, we welcomed the opening surprise, but were never fooled. This pen is a disaster waiting to happen, and some of it has already happened. No crow needed for a first course. The good part is the W-L record so far. The bad part is the praise that some writers and media and fans gave the FO for being so ...... "smart", and going with them and "see, we didn't need to spend on the pen, and we won the Rogers trade." Well, it is a loooooooooong season. And the surprise early cream is rotting. and sinking from its early visit to the top. Now that we have a good start, it is time to make every effort to spend and save the season and prop up the pitching with proven talent and fix what was ignored in the off season, or the start will be wasted.
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    I really don't see what the FO sees in Cole Sands in regard to these spot starts. He has been HORRIBLE even for St. Paul! 0-4, 7.23 ERA, 15 earned in 18.2 innings, average against of 3.11. His very small MLB sample (4 innings) not much better. Is this our depth? This is all we got from the infamous pitching pipeline? https://www.milb.com/player/cole-sands-663485?stats=gamelogs-r-pitching-mlb
  12. h2oface
    Buxton with a 3 game hitting streak! (Albeit only .230 going 3/13 with one double and one run scored).
  13. h2oface
    If I were you, I would be crying for better pitching in St Paul!
  14. h2oface
    After a last 7 games of a .316 BA and a .824 OPS, now they send Miranda down, right when he is finding his stride. Odd timing. and they gave Lewis no time at first in St Paul.
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    Merrifield is a beast!
  16. h2oface
    He didn't mention innings limit, or pitch limit, but that they talked about it before.... not specific. Maybe it was Smeltzer who mentioned the plan from the day before. Whatever. Is it possiple that your self claimed connections to the FO in past posts have you biased to always defend them and Baldelli? Is it possible, that what you're describing here is your, very frequently stated, bias in favor of Rocco and the way he and the organization manage the bullpen, and pitchers in general. And also your bias for Duffey? When the offense and a fellow pitcher hands the ball to you with a 2 run lead to start the 8th, it makes no difference if the score is 2-0 or 10-8. You have the advantage. Merrifield is a forever Twins' killer. Always has been. Are we to assume Buxton is a mendoza line hitter now, because that is what his average says right now? I think we can all state our opinions without the projections and personal judgements of bias, don't you?
  17. h2oface
    Well, 1 of the next three. Santana is a switch hitter (so against Duffey, left, but Smeltzer he probably would have chosen right). Lopez was the only lefty, and he was the third batter, Still, you don't pull Smeltzer there, until he doesn't get an out, at least. And you have 2 guys warming.......
  18. h2oface
    Really? Anyone? Do you really think nobody was screaming at the screen saying get Duffey out of there? I would have pulled him in the pen and not even had him pitch. I would have left in Smeltzer, who said in the post game he didn't want to come out, and Baldelli said that "was the plan, we talked about it the day before, so it didn't matter what lobbying Smeltzer did (not exact quote but paraphrased)." I would have an ultra quick yank on Duffey, because I was watching him pitch yesterday, and paying attention. But I would have had Smith ready as well, and immediately pulled Duffey after he gave up the pinch hit single to O'Hearn. And in comes magic man Smith for the one out, the single out, with the go ahead run, Twin killer Merrifield at the plate. But I would have had someone ready with a pecarious 2 run lead and Duffey on the mound, for sure. He was already at 17 pitches! And then I would have had Duran in the ninth for the save, because we were still ahead 2-0 (and maybe more because the offense would have been loser in the 8th and maybe scored with no outs and the bases loaded). Duffey would not have pitched to Merrifield. The big mistake and flawed part of "the plan" was not having Smith up and ready if needed. If he was, and Baldelli waited, Duffey doesn't pitch to Benintendi, and he certainly doesn't pitch to Witt, now with 25 pitches and the last 4 scared balls to Benintendi after an 0-2 count. Did Baldelli even get anybody out for the whole 34 pitches he watched Duffey throw? I can't remember. I was so livid by then. Ah......... the plan. The dreaded unbending rigid plan. These games matter, and should have more respect than the plan.
  19. h2oface
    ... As is Bundy's at Camden Yard. But it seems that our Stat King Management seem to deem these stats as meaningless as they ignore them and run them out there anyway, just the same. But they don't miss an infield shift, regardless of how ridiculous it looks. Selective analytics.
  20. h2oface
    Well, right for 3 months. Do you remember Scott Diamond? I do. High Hopes, though, especially for Ryan.
  21. h2oface
    Count me as another that is wondering about the pitching pipeline. AAA has be pretty horrible, with a few exceptions, all year. Both STP box score links go to black pages ith the MILB headers only for me. So does the Cedar Rapids link. The Witchita and Fort Myers links both go to April 8th games....... The highly touted Berrios "haul" isn't looking so great so far...................
  22. h2oface
    Watching the pitching for the last month in AAA, it is amazing the Twins can get any help there. The overall pitching, with a few exceptions, has been horrible at our highest minor league level. Strotman perhaps needs demoted even. So far, Austin Martin seems highly overrated.
  23. h2oface
    I just want to thank Theo and all that write the updates, and encourage them to continue in their own style, let them know they are appreciated, and I, for one, don't see any numbers or other info they chose to report as "garbage".
  24. h2oface
    Add Drew Strotman to the list here. Absolutely horrible.
  25. h2oface
    Even with your well qualified title, you get comments like you weren't advertising what you were writing about. Thanks for the fun, and interesting article, Matt Braun. One can only use the numbers that are generated so far, ever. I for one, unqualified, appreciate it.
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