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  1. 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.
  2. h2oface
    The Twins are even still paying $7 million for him to pitch for the Padres!
  3. h2oface
    Buxton - the best player in MLB............ for a month. Time for Buxton to produce. If he needs to IL, then do it, If he is hurt, and that is why May is pedestrian, best to get him truly healthy and producing.
  4. h2oface
    Smeltzer is left handed. There is that........ None of the rotation has gone a healthy starter's number of innings last year. If this team goes to the playoffs, that will be a huge problem. I am not concerned about low number of innings for starters because of that, It will not bode well for the bullpen, however.
  5. h2oface
    Well excuuuuuuuuussssssse, me! or excuse....... Thank you for the spelling correction, and attention. Yup. Correa definitely a better SS than Lewis, and you and me, and everybody else, most probably, glad to have him back. Not really the point, as many including me felt Lewis could have stayed independent of Correa coming back (aware of all the reasons and angles), but agreed.
  6. h2oface
    Fortunate for fan morale that Correa came back with a fine game after the demotion of Lewis........ Great to see Jeffers get a couple hits. He is starting to be a lot like Drew Butera regarding production. Pretty surprised to see Duran, as Baldelli was "managing his ass off", clocking up the pitches/innings for the season in the ultra low leverage blowout. 23 pitches..... and not available for tomorrow (edit: day off tomorrow) in a close one if needed........ Did he really need the work?
  7. h2oface
    Manager of the Year.
  8. h2oface
    Why field your best performing players, anyway, eh? It would be sooooooo unusual for the Twins to bring a player up and have him play a position he doesn't really play. They never do that, right?
  9. h2oface
    Thanks for that. Funny stuff! You are giving RandBalls Stu a run for the money!
  10. h2oface
    Cole Sands is getting absolutely butchered by the AAA batters. They are hitting .338 against him, and he is has an .862 ERA. Hard to believe the Twins even considered letting him pitch in The Show and called him up. Has he hit his ceiling? And Drew Strotman is getting the same treatment in the Twins AAA St Paul both this year and last year, and more walks than Ks. Both need some help.
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    The only thing that really matters, in the end, is winning the games. Whether it is by luck, gift, skill, or blowout. It doesn't really matter. Winning games is the goal. I still worry plenty about the pen, and the rotation, and will take the luck. I hope it continues. They will need it. This one would have looked a lot different if the bats hadn't bailed out Stashak. Only one hit for his outing, but it was to the batter he absolutely was brought in to take care of. Paddack says thanks. Good to see Thielbar's ERA is all the way down to 9 and to single digits again. Lewis is impressive. And I lived to see it. Lots of good things happening for this team amongst the annoying injuries, and the B team won 3 one run games. This team, like most of the others, has seen plenty of adversity so far with the injuries and COVID and opposing pitchers hitting batters, and still winning. May we weather the storm, and keep winning. I wonder..... do the fans BOO the Astros as usual? Are they forgiven now that Correa is on our team? Does Correa boo them now? Kind of a ironic circumstance coming up.
  12. h2oface
    And just as Lanarch was coming on......."lower body tightness" ......... smells a little like the infamous and mysterious "bilateral leg weakness" that I never heard anybody have since. Hope it is minor. But then, when in a world that treats tweets and twitting as news, what can one really know?
  13. h2oface
    This one was Monticore's comment.
  14. h2oface
    "Buxton hit his ninth home run, putting him in fourth place in the American League this season. " ??? Well, Buxton, Judge, Cron, and Rizzo all have 9 and are tied for the MLB lead this season....... that is 4 guys, 3 are in the American League, and Buxton was the 4th one to get 9, but most would say that makes them all tied for 1st.
  15. h2oface
    Smith's arm is gonna fall off if he keeps throwing so many pitches each outing.
  16. h2oface
    It feels unjust, I agree. I also agree with bighat, and Correa had started swinging at a horrible pitch, and that was more of the cause of being hit the second time than the pitch being one that would have hit him if he wasn't swinging. I am not a fan of ever intentionally throwing at a player with a 90 plus mph 'weapon' - I think it is the most cowardly things a baseball player can do - and that is what it is, a weapon of assault, if you do it on purpose in the old 'have your back' traditions........ but Duran's first pitch was a 98 mph fastball that nailed Mullins, who was one of the solo blasts in the 4th, right on the upper arm...... looked pretty intentional and fitting of your request to me. I'm also pretty sure that Twins' fans would still be booing Correa every chance they had and reminding him of the trash can cheating if he wasn't now on the team .
  17. h2oface
    Great post. No, you were not the only one that wanted to see Ryan finish the 5th. And tons posted they wanted Bundy out with the game in reach after he was bombed in the third. I also agree that Archer should have at least started the 5th. And Jax gone another inning. And then Duran in the 9th. As far as the pitch selection, was it Sanchez,....... or the bench? I am not sure anymore who all has the receivers in the electronic pitch calling, and whether the bench can make the calls or just the catcher can. I assume it was Sanchez calling all the pitches, and if so, Duran, being the rookie, maybe is just doing what he is told so far. But to throw the 5 straight splinkers...... I don't get it. Duran can shake any call off, regardless. He is the pitcher. I was hoping that Jayce Tingler would make some better decisions, and certainly Watkins. Kepler certainly gave Watkins the stink eye. That was pretty telling. Some pretty odd choices. I hope the luck hasn't changed. Some of the ways the rallies where killed and Correa getting injured were pretty much stunners. And the COVID. It is amazing that Thielbar can come in, blow the hold with the first batter he faces, give up the homer and one run in the inning (kudos on the three Ks and he did get homered on off a pitch about 8 inches up out of zone, albeit right down the middle...) ... a game ERA of 9.00......... and his season ERA actually drops.... from 10.13 to 10.00! During the broadcast, Levine was talking about Thielbar like he was a bullpen ace, even after the dinger! But then, he was also admiring his own FO decisions in a self admiration banter. But hey....... I still like where this team is at in the standings. Looks like we might even be seeing Lewis soon...... and more Buxton. What a monster homer.
  18. h2oface
    Looking forward to seeing a different experienced former manager run this team for a few games as I try to comment using the phone. ROYCE!
  19. h2oface
    Bundy has a history of being pretty horrible at Camden Yards. With all the analytics and shifting et al, it would seem prudent to not let the guy take the mound for your team there. Someone is not paying attention? "Returning to Baltimore for the second time as an opposing player, the veteran right-hander was tagged for a career-high nine runs on 11 hits and two walks in 3 2/3 innings as Minnesota saw its four-game win streak snapped in a 9-4 defeat at Camden Yards. A bright spot in the Twins' surprising rotation success early this season, Bundy watched his ERA balloon from 2.95 to 5.76 in the outing opposite O's righty Kyle Bradish -- the key return piece in the deal that sent Bundy to the Angels in 2019. “One of the ironies of the baseball season,” said Orioles manager Brandon Hyde of the matchup. Another irony: Bundy’s implosion came against an Orioles team dealing with a host of offensive issues ...... But as much as any active hurler, Bundy knows what a nightmare Oriole Park can be for pitchers. An Orioles rotation stalwart from 2016-19, Bundy struggled for years to limit damage and prevent extra-base hits at his home office, before landing with the Angels via trade and now Minnesota on a prove-it free agent deal last winter. Wednesday marked his 60th start at Camden Yards, second only to former teammate Kevin Gausman among active players. The home runs he surrendered to Cedric Mullins and Ramón Urías during Baltimore’s decisive six-run third inning were the 64th and 65th he'd given up at Camden Yards, the most among active pitchers. Said Bundy: “It was horrible tonight. That’s about as simple as it gets.”"
  20. h2oface
    First time I have ever seen a guy get on base to extend the rally by being hit by the pitch, and then kill it by getting hit by the batted ball, a scorcher, for the third out. Ouch. And Sanchez gets hit by more errant balls behind the plate.That was pretty damn weird. I bet he is sore.
  21. h2oface
    Two starters (Correa and Urshela) in the lineup today playing the position that they excel at and are our best defenders. The rest out of position or not our starter (Celestino for Buxton in center, and it didn't go well). And the worst defensive catcher at the plate, today, too. I caught a lot of grief yesterday for questioning playing Miranda at his most unfamiliar position at first, even as the need presented there with Sano out. I do think it affects a young player at the plate to deal with the first callup and out of position (but hey.... Sano has made us used to .077 at first for production). Flexibility is fine, but it can really eat a teams defense up (and Bundy didn't even try for balls hit toward him.... not a fielding pitcher ala Joe Ryan or Jose Berrios). Brutal. Maybe flexibility is good, but not 6 of the 9 positions (and Sanchez behind the plate) in one game. Leaving Bundy ("......he would face an Orioles offense that had a team OPS of .609 coming into this game, the third-worst in the majors......") in for the 4th, after the Twins made a game of his debacle......... not my favorite move. Now you just give the pen the game in the 4th behind by 5 instead of 2. Best to win today and worry about tomorrow, tomorrow.
  22. h2oface
    Today is the Bundy I expected, and against the Orioles. Perez flashback. It was comical all the "a good loss" comments after last weeks bombing in the first 3 innings. I hope they don't let him lose too many games and have a quick gong. Leaving him in for the 4th after giving up 6 in the third, and the Twins made a game of his debacle by scoring 4 in the top of the inning,...... was horrible managing. I hate to see a manager throw games away no matter what time of the season it is. Other than Ryan (and I have hopes for Gray), I really expect this to be a wonderful start, and a developing problem, especially if the playoffs happen, and the low inning pitchers will have already pitched way more innings than ever before by the end of the season. I wish for the best, but am prepared for the worst. Still not a good plan if you what to get to the playoffs.... and compete!
  23. h2oface
    Not a big deal...... he did give up 6 runs, just not all in the first inning. "....as Dylan Bundy gave up six runs in the first inning " He gave up 4 in the first, and one in the 2nd, and 1 in the 3rd.
  24. h2oface
    OK Jorge, time for you to get on board with the offense, now, too. New win streak started. Let it roll......
  25. h2oface
    All of one hit against Kluber in 6, who Boston rocked for 11 in 5 innings last time out. The dome had “perfect” weather…… so much for that excuse, for hitters - and Bundy.
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