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  1. 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.......
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. h2oface
    Well, right for 3 months. Do you remember Scott Diamond? I do. High Hopes, though, especially for Ryan.
  5. 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...................
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    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.
  7. 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".
  8. h2oface
    Add Drew Strotman to the list here. Absolutely horrible.
  9. 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.
  10. h2oface
    The Twins are even still paying $7 million for him to pitch for the Padres!
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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?
  15. h2oface
    Manager of the Year.
  16. 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?
  17. h2oface
    Thanks for that. Funny stuff! You are giving RandBalls Stu a run for the money!
  18. 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.
  19. h2oface
    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.
  20. 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?
  21. h2oface
    This one was Monticore's comment.
  22. 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.
  23. h2oface
    Smith's arm is gonna fall off if he keeps throwing so many pitches each outing.
  24. 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 .
  25. 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.
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