Arreaz will probably lead the NL in hitting. But he's not in Minnesota any longer. Would he help the lineup? Sure he would. But they now have Lopez. He will help the Twins too. If they could have gotten Lopez for Kepler or Gordon or Larnach you'd be happy. But they're not getting him with one of those options
I keep reading how Gray "gutted it out" Isn't he the one who said that mgmt needed to let starters go longer? Not tax or rely on the bullpen so much. Him gutting it out would have been coming out for the 6th. Even if he doesn't complete that inning it's still set up for Thielbar in the 7th. Then Lopez and Duran. Kepler did hit a homer but now his defense is suspect, not because he's bad, but more so because he's not 100%. He's not running well. That last play would have been a great catch if made, but due to the fact of his fear or injury or lack of hustle, there was no chance. He made a terrible play on that homer in Yankee Stadium and didn't run hard on the 1st inning gapper in Boston. If hes not 100% why is he out there?
Varland recovered well. He could have done a Brito impersonation. But he didn't. And a game the Twins would lose more often than not, especially at Yankee Stadium, they battled back to win. Big kudos to all of them. Watching the game, it just had that feeling they would come back. All wins count, but I think that was their best win of the year so far.
To answer the question of how soon can Twins fan's expect Buxton to be in CF this year. I think the answer is never. If Buxton has days off while only DHing. How can you hope to see him in CF. And I don't believe weather is a factor at all. That's just common sense to me. If roaming CF is too much strain on whatever issues he's having physically, then the best scenario for Buxton is however many games they can get from him out of DHing only.
Kepler/Gallo HITL watch; .187-BA, 6K, 2-BB, 4-HR, 8-RBI, 13-LOB. Why Gallo and Kepler? And how are you viewing this? Low BA and high K and LOB, Or high HR and RBI's
Just a question. And I'm not against trading him. But if you were the GM, what would you be looking for in return? Because I think that's why he hasn't moved. The asking price might be too high.
I do know that Keplers numbers vs Keller were 7-19 before that game. Not sure about the other 2. And Gallo was like 0 for 19 against Greinke. Because there was some talk about him leading off opening day
I don't understand how your simulation works? For example. You have Pagan going 2 and 2/3 innings. How or why would a simulator pick Pagan to go that long? Not because its Pagan but more because Baldelli seldom uses a bullpen in that way. And how does it select a lineup or roster?
Totally disagree. Avg game time in 1984 was 2.35, last year 3.22. What happened in those 40 years. Pitchers strolling around, hitters stepping out after every pitch to re-adjust their batting gloves, catchers running out to the mound, etc. I guess the shorter games is too distracting for the phone watchers. Now you really have to pay attention. Wow! I personally like it. It's not speeding up the game. It's just bringing it back to where it should be by eliminating all the extracurricular activities. But the ghost runner has to go.
I like the addition of Farmer. But I have seen him make numerous baserunning mistakes and a few plays where he didn't hustle. Once on a pop-up that dropped in and another on a strikeout that went to the backstop. Maybe this is where the Carlos Correa leadership role comes into play. 2 posts in 1
I don't think it's cynical at all. Because it sounds eerily similar to their statements about Buxton starting off as dh and maybe as the weather warms up he'll get back to CF