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  1. h2oface
    Exactly. It can't, but it does so very often. Human pride and power. That should never happen from an umpire, but as long as they are allowed to guess at the balls and strikes, it will, and far to much - chest out, stepping in, doubling down even if wrong to show "I am the power". A correct call should never never never involve emotion and revenge, conscious or subconscious.
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    I guess I give fans more credit than Nick. If the box is placed wrong by the broadcast, we can actually take that into account, and still see where the ball crosses the plane of view, and tell if the call was right or wrong. It is not 3 D, but we are not stupid. (That doesn't mean is shouldn't be improved and be adjusted correctly for each batter's height - top and bottom, which is the only thing in question, not the inside and outside edges, which is always the same.) Avid baseball fans know the strike zone. Casual fans, maybe not so much. The system used to grade the umps should be the system used to call the balls and strikes. It will be far better than what is used now, and it will just get better. Umpires are not the human element. The players are. Or should be. They deserve the correct close calls the most. The perfect low and outside corner for a strike. The ball that is close but the batter is talented enough to hold up. That is excellence in baseball, and that deserves to be awarded, and not destroyed and robbed by the guy that is just guessing, and doing the best he can, which is worse than a better option.
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    They practiced losing in ST. They didn't mean to, but it became the habit. It doesn't matter was the mantra. These games don't count. So many vets didn't get at bats, or take at bats. They have their "process". Well........... it didn't get many of them ready. The games are telling. 7 walks, 3 hit batters, an error -=- 11 extra base runners, and they scored all of one run. And they just keep striking out. With no home runs. All the announcers say anymore was the speed the ball is hit. That is pretty pathetic.
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    This is nothing so far. It could get worse with the Dodgers coming to town. It could get a lot better real quick, just like Bryce Harper's season opening oh-fers turned into a 3 homer game. But this is what happens when a team's management and vets have the attitude that ST doesn't matter. These guys aren't ready. They lollygag around with "their process", don't play in games, don't get the at bats, and develop a habit of losing. And yes, it doesn't count. But the habits do. Never a good thing to get in the habit of losing or thinking it doesn't matter. It counts now, and they aren't ready.
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    Spencer Steer was ready to play baseball to start the season (left field), eh, Wallner?
  6. h2oface
    Except DPCC is actually starting a season hitting and no GIDP yet! Lopez, verified ace, I hear........
  7. h2oface
    Why protect the plate with 2 strikes when you can beg for a walk? 15th K of the game. Same as it ever was........
  8. h2oface
    TD still writing Kepler Obits. Must be 4 years running now........
  9. h2oface
    Oh how I miss the days when batters believed in "protecting the plate" with 2 strikes instead of begging for walks.
  10. h2oface
    We knew Mahle was broken, too.
  11. h2oface
    Ober is 28, 29 in July. He is hardly "young" for a baseball player. In fact, he is closer to "old" than "young". Ryan is so young he will be 28 in June.
  12. h2oface
    Martin bounced off the wall pretty good without getting hurt. There's that.
  13. h2oface
    Ober's consistency carried over from ST. Many claim what happens in ST when a player is not competing for a lineup spot, doesn't matter. But I am in the group that thinks it does. Ober had a horrible ST. Not one clean outing in 5, and 5 homers in 13 innings, a 5.65 ERA, which only takes into account the 9 earned runs he gave up, and hides the other 5 unearned, so 14 runs in 13.0 innings. All while the articles mentioned were positioning him as a bonafide lock to be very very good and consistent. The first outing of the regular season was even worse. So yes, he has still been consistent in 2024, just consistently awful. Was he injured all ST? Color me concerned.
  14. h2oface
    There went the run differential, eh? But I would take a 2 wins one loss all year..... 108-54. There was a lot of 'spring training means nothing' going on, but Ober had a horrible ST, too. Not one clean outing in 5, and 5 homers in 13 innings, a 5.65 ERA, which only takes into account the 9 earned runs he gave up, and hides the other 5 unearned, so 14 runs in 13.0 innings. The first outing of the regular season was even worse, but the oft ignored tell tale signs of things to come were staring one in the face with bright lights on them. So yes, he has still been consistent in 2024, just consistently awful. If Lopez is already a 2024 verified ace after his one homer, one earned, 7K, 7 inning first outing (84-61), what does that make Singer, who gave up only 3 hits, no homer, no runs, and 10Ks in his 7 innings (98-64) against a professed better Twins lineup? Sure, Lopez had a much better 2023, but only this season matters now. So I guess they are both verified aces for 2024 😇
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    And what about pitchers? It is amazing that Pablo Lopez is healthy. All the other pitchers traded for get injured pronto. They really know how to pick 'em. Look at that value for Polanco now.
  16. h2oface
    Triple analytics fail on run scoring play. Intentional walk to pitch to Menendez for lefty lefty matchup. Shift to move Correa out of position. Menendez hits it through where Correa would have been. A pitch right down the middle didn’t help. Best laid plans…….
  17. h2oface
    First Buxton. Now Lewis. Just can’t stay on the field. Snakebit. Sad for Lewis. Sad for the Twins. Normally, I love the sound of breaking glass.
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    Whiteys???
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    Twins Daily Rumors. Being first drives us. Whoops
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    Duh
  21. h2oface
    Not a great time to give up 8 earned in 4 innings yesterday. Against the Tigers.......
  22. h2oface
    Well of course you don't mess with a guy like Mauer when he was in his prime. BUT - I will always wonder why Mauer didn't work on evolving when he was moved to first. He wasn't able to hit for averages he had before, and he was so big. A huge guy. A strong guy. A lot of great hitters and pitchers keep growing and evolving with age. It would have been great to see 6'5" Mauer hit 30 and 40 dingers a year (like little 5'11" Dozier evolved), as long as he was only hitting .265 and playing first base. It made no sense to me that he didn't really give it a committed try to evolve and be a different kind of great hitter in his last 5 years. A hitter that hit for power had a great eye. Even little Altuve hits 20 and 30 homers a year, instead of 6-10, and still hits for a fine average and OBP with low Ks and a generous walk rate. I think Mauer is a valid comparison in regards to a seasoned great hitter. Evolving doesn't have to screw a hitter (or pitcher) up. It might have even helped him get into the HOF. Oh, that's right, he did anyway. But still........
  23. h2oface
    And yet, unless you are paid the big money, are an inked in "vet" (or even a Miranda resume after a half season last year), or have just been traded for and are pre-ordained to be given a shot, if nothing else but to prove that your FO decision was a good one - ST stats do seem to matter. They are cited on why Willie Castro made the team last year. Because Spring Training WAS a factor! The main factor. So what is the line that makes ST matter? We all hope he is the real deal and has a great year, but has Wallner has earned pre-selected status, already, and St shouldn't be a factor for him? I guess he has. A little soon, if you ask me. Remember Danny Valencia?
  24. h2oface
    Better to have Wallner getting no hits and striking out all April, eh? I think, since all have options, you would do well to let the worst performing player suck in AAA until he warms up and starts hitting. No need to have in left field striking out all month.
  25. h2oface
    30 years, eh? How soon we forget. Seems 2005,2006,2007,and 2008 with Mauer and Redmond was pretty damn good, and depending on how you discount stats, even better than last year. 15-20 years ago..... And Mauer was a work horse. Maybe there weren't just 2 on the roster all year, but they were a consistent duo and their production was pretty awesome. Mauer in his prime and Redmond hitting .300/ Morales added some in 2009, too. Vazquez being durable really wasn't a plus last year in a lot of ways. I would rather see Camarago get a shot than suffer through a healthy but deficient bat from Vazquez again all year.
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