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  1. h2oface
    Numbers. I do miss hits. Hits of all kinds. A couple of those singles after a couple of walks, and it means a run scores. But another walk just loads the bases, and we all know that is the kiss of death for this team. I like all hits. Even more than walks.
  2. h2oface
    YES!
  3. h2oface
    It is a crying shame that protecting the plate means you have to swing at pitches out of the zone to try to continue an at bat because of the inhuman aspect of the game that still hasn't been corrected - the umpire calling balls a strike when it isn't.
  4. h2oface
    That would be 0,0,0,1,1=2 total runs. Not much. Barely. Insignificant.
  5. h2oface
    Jorge Lopez' Monday blow up heart break in the 12th and gifting a loss to Pablo today seems to get ignored. Larnach just seems to give up on fly balls that look very playable. Didn't Buxton use to slide gracefully?
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  7. h2oface
    Game Changing. I have always been a Buxton apologist. Still am, I guess. But all this just makes me sad. Game Changing. If what Buxton does at the plate and running the bases (which includes not stealing to his potential, and he doesn't know how to slide any more! He is totally ungraceful and whether he goes feet first or dives and face plants & bounces) is all game changing means anymore, then it is really a shell of what it used to mean. It used to mean hitting for over .300 (sometimes well over .300), OBP of over .400, well over 100 RBI a year, 40+ homers, a cannon arm, 40/40 potential, etc. Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams..... Tony O, Mike Trout, Joe Mauer, Albert Pujols, Kirby Puckett, Frank Robinson, and years like Rendon and Goldschmidt and Freeman and Betts etc have. Several years. Buxton has had a few, and it really is just a few, game changing months, not years, and those months weren't better than months that guys like Colabello and many others have had at the plate for month long runs! I mean, let's get real. So now game changing is just batting in 120+ games and hitting .230ish, 30ish homers, stealing a few bases, OBP of around .340, and OPS in the .800s - maybe, and not playing in the field when you are perhaps the best center fielder and outfielder in the game, but are too afraid (?) to actually play the game? Just hit, and run the bases. That is what Buxton is being saved for. Not all-star numbers, but good numbers only if you think OPS is the only way to judge a batter now, and career .777 OPS is by no means elite. We could sure use more of a game changer than that, even just at the plate, if it is all Buxton is going to do, or is allowed to do out of fear of loss. Watching Buxton be a shell of what he could be, is really sad for me. I bet it is for a lot of Twins' fans. And next year he will already be 30.
  8. h2oface
    Yes. Anybody is going to be better than Hawkins. One for one trade?
  9. h2oface
    If you want to go diving....... Aaron Hicks has been DFA'd and may soon be available for pro-rated league minimum. But do you? Want to go diving? He would fit right in with Correa's up the middle offensive production, and Aaron could even go to the Carlos Correa School of Off Season Mentoring so he is ready to bust out of the gate next year like Correa and Miranda were this year. 😇
  10. h2oface
    Once again, the prognosticators all go with the shiney new object, and declare Lee the top prospect. I believe Royce is saying "bite me" with his performance, and at the higher level than Lee, too.
  11. h2oface
    Buxton. The answer is very simple.
  12. h2oface
    Very apparent for some time now that the Jax part of the plan is flawed. If Duran pitches today, it will be the first time in 5 days. On another note, Larnach is sure deficient in the field. That second run double as it turned out.... weak effort to get to the ball, misplayed bounce off the fence, and horrible throw to miss Correa as a relay, and Farmer took forever to get it to the catcher. Also, these outfield guys and relay throws a not even close to the plate these days. 5-15 feet off line. Do they practice these throws ever?
  13. h2oface
    Another starter was Jax'd! I guess that is better than being Pagan'd. Management loves the predictive stats, and loves to quote them as reasons to spend on them and use them, even if they consistently don't perform when the heat is on. Don't ya love the mantra of "the advanced stats say that it will take care of itself, and they are really better than how they perform." It is just such a shame when you have starters performing, the bats don't, or the pen becomes a blowpen instead of a bullpen. I so hate games ending on a called third strike, especially with an 0-2 count when one swing can tie the game.
  14. h2oface
    No. We should always trade away our best relievers and just dumpster dive for replacements and hope for the best.
  15. h2oface
    Easy Fix. Every learns to bunt. Bunt well with the bases loaded and no outs - score a run and give up an out at first. Bunt well. Buxton probably is safe at first. At least you get a run.
  16. h2oface
    Pagan, Lopez, and Duran had a day off yesterday. Of the three, Pagan had 41 pitches thrown the last 3 days, Lopez 35, and Duran 18. Sometimes you need to bring in your best pitcher before the 9th. Pagan did have a couple perfect pitches called balls though (1 and 4) to Heyward. The pitches a pitcher deserves most. The perfectly placed strike. Barely a strike. And he got screwed by the inadequate plate ump. The theme of the series. Heyward struck out looking on the 4th pitch with an acurate system to call balls and strikes.
  17. h2oface
    But he is a vet and has that great baseball IQ and knows how to get ready for the season. Baldelli keeps telling us that.
  18. h2oface
    Wasted ink over and over for Pagan. Never should have been resigned. But yet, people waste time advocating for it. Take that stuff and ................ Baldelli just has to go to Pagan. Pagan, Lopez, and Duran had a day off yesterday. Of the three, Pagan had 41 pitches thrown the last 3 days, Lopez 35, and Duran 18. Did he not see De Leon strike Betts and Freeman out on 6 pitches? You need 7 outs with the one run lead. And there is a day off tomorrow. And Baldelli choses the worst pitcher of the bunch with the most pitches (more than double Duran's) to hold the lead with 2 on. Gordon wasn't hurt when he lazily let that ball drop for a triple, was he? La de da maybe I will get there nope I guess not where did it go anyway.......
  19. h2oface
    Keep digging and cherry picking. I know where to find the game logs. I used them. You asked me to define "bad" and I gave you what you wanted. Ha. I guess it depends on which game pitching against them. The three or the 6 so far this season. Three of them were awful. Like I said and will repeat, he is a valuable member of the staff........ but color me not that enamored, and not thinking he is the best we have.
  20. h2oface
    We now lead MLB in Strikeouts! On all fronts. Hitters and Pitchers. Hitters tied for the lead at 399 (in 1418 ABs, 1596 PAs), and Pitchers with 415.
  21. h2oface
    The the 3 bad starts, 14.2 innings, 16 earned. That is an ERA of 9.82 for those three starts. It doesn't matter what the run support is, but if you like, you can handle that part. (I don't know how to - would it be 8 runs last night for the game? Or just while he was in the game? His performance is independent of run support, regardless). We are talking his performance. Those 3 are bad in any book, I would think. Combined of all starts this year, he is at 4.00 ERA. Pretty much where his career ERA stands (3.94). You are your record, not an opinion, eh? He is a valuable member of the staff, but color me not that enamored, and not thinking he is the best we have. Good luck to us in the future. Lopez has 3 bad and 2 good starts since he signed his extension. Maybe even more luck for the future.
  22. h2oface
    So far he is bad 1/3 (3 out of 9 starts) of the time. That is earned and notable, and a good bit more often than “every now and then “ in my book.
  23. h2oface
    There was some great baseball tonight. A real heart breaker. 11 straight losses to the Dodgers. This one, on a walk off walk to a .125 hitter with a 3-2 count with the bases loaded on 2 IBBs and a free runner in the 12th. And Trace Thompson hasn't got a hit since April 17!
  24. h2oface
    Sorry. Not worth it. Be honest. Nothing would sway you anyway, eh? Not feeling disputatious this evening. Enjoy your opinion.
  25. h2oface
    Sure it's the worst. Say it enough times and you will believe it to be true. That's the way the world is working in the days of social media. Just say it over and over. Players are better (but they can't stay on the field). They need rest from playing baseball. And batting average is the worst offensive stat. Sure it is.
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