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  1. Schmoeman5
    Nope
  2. Schmoeman5
    Tell that to Steve Carlton
  3. Schmoeman5
    Statistics can be manipulated easily. Just by changing the variables or by changing the value + or - of a variable.
  4. Schmoeman5
    The secret is no longer secret now, thanks to this article. All teams the Twins face for the rest of 2022 are furiously looking at the tape and trying to find ways of slowing him down
  5. Schmoeman5
    To suggest the Twins quit is crazy talk. The Yankees bullpen did a real good job. I didn't see any panic Twins hitters faces. Their bullpen was better. True, there were several defensive lapses and to all the Urchela lovers. Someone needs to tell him he's not Usain Bolt. He's not even Austidillo. He runs like he's pulling a boat anchor. Those mistakes were the difference as well as hanging a couple pitches to a guy hitting a buck fifty. I didn't see anyone cowering in fear. The 22-19 run diffential for the series suggests that. Clean up a few things and they're good. FANS might be afraid but the players, I doubt it
  6. Schmoeman5
    So it went from utterly barren to what? Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard.
  7. Schmoeman5
    Uh huh
  8. Schmoeman5
    He's joining Kody Clemens and Ohtani as 2 way players
  9. Schmoeman5
    There are times when I do question Baldellis moves. The pitching side I believe is pre-determined before each game by Falvinelli. It's his bench moves that gets me. At least 6 or 7 times this year he's done the Garlick for Larnach substitution around the 6th or 7th inning. Garlick starts vs lefties Larnach vs righties. No issue there. But as soon as Garlick or Larnach are announced the opposing manager Immediately counters that move with a pitching substitution that negates any advantage the metrics show. With the bench already thinned out you lose any advantage you might gain with a ph later in games. Other times he subs in the whole bench en masse on days where Buxton is not under any circumstances available. That and maybe some occasional small ball just to mix things up.
  10. Schmoeman5
    I keep hearing throw away games. What exactly is that? You play 162 games. How many of these "throwaway" does a team get. If a team finishes 1 or 2 games out of a playoff spot does said team get to rub a genie lamp for a do over on those games?
  11. Schmoeman5
    Garlick the lefty slayer should have been sufficient to win this game single handedly
  12. Schmoeman5
    Thank you. 100% in agreement
  13. Schmoeman5
    Unfortunately they already have sold their collective souls to analytics. Pitching and hitting. Last night there was no one on the bench after the 7th inning except Polanco and he wasn't going in regardless. He subs in his bench en masse. So he lost gordon as a potential pinch runner in the 9th for example. Baldelli is doing everything by the Falvey/Levine playbook.
  14. Schmoeman5
    I'm not responding to people who either can't or won't read. I don't think ANY OF THOSE GUYS ARE ACES. I said that. And yes Ryan is NOT AN ACE. The A's promoted Sunny Gray as such when they trotted him out to face Verlander his rookie season. In time maybe. Not right now
  15. Schmoeman5
    And to answer your question. No Ryan is not an ace. But then I didn't think Berrios was either. But if you add someone close to that, the Twins would be in much better shape.
  16. Schmoeman5
    I'll admit. The options are slim. But the Twins would misuse one if they had one. They dont/won't use anyone past 6 innings to avoid the dreaded 3rd time through the lineup. They never make their starters work out of a jam past the 5th. Look at yesterday's KC game. Singer cruising along pitching a SO. Metrics say get him out. Go to the pen and BOOM. There goes the game. KC went by the book and lost. So get a Montas Hendricks or Eovaldi type guy. Throw him out there evey 5th day to eat up innings. There's no Verlander Buehler Cole type of ace out there on a losing team that has a contract about to expire or will become a free agent at the end of this year to be had. But I would keep an eye out for possibly one of the Brewers starters. If they are in it at the trade deadline, forget it. If they're hovering near .500 they might want to unload
  17. Schmoeman5
    I added 2 aces to the Phillies so that it was comparable to what Houston did. So let's go the opposite way. Let's take Carlton OFF the 1972 Phillies. Instead of losing 97 games. Will the replacement pitcher or pitchers win 10 or 15 of those games he won. That translates to 110 or 115 losses. Still a big difference. The argument that adding an ace is inconsequential is ridiculous
  18. Schmoeman5
    That's a terrible comparison. If you add an ace like that to a solid team it can take you over the proverbial hump. 2019 Astros already had Cole and Verlander and still went out and added Grenke. There's never too many good arms. The 72 Phillies were terrible. But let's say you added Ryan and Seaver they won't lose 97 games. That just shows what a dominant pitcher CAN do
  19. Schmoeman5
    How about Kyle Hendricks. I'm not sure about the cost. But I don't think it would be too steep. He's more consistent than Evaldi
  20. Schmoeman5
    And yes I think he's worth it. 100 games is less than 2/3 of a season. Harper Trout Betts etc are all making 30 million plus. So if he's effective for 100 games or more then he's worth it. IF Buxton had mostly good health in his career, he'd be gone because there's no way the Twins would offer him say 7 years for 250 million
  21. Schmoeman5
    What are the variables that measure WAR. I don't believe it's accurate at all. I think the Twins are 10 games over .500 with Buxton and 3 or 4 games under .500. So how to you get a factor of 1.6 when that's a 13 or 14 game difference. I never quite figured that one out.
  22. Schmoeman5
    That would be great. But if that's the Twins goal, to sign Correa to a long term deal is Lewis going back to AAA to learn the new position that he would be playing moving forward
  23. Schmoeman5
    OK. Keep playing to win the regular season. Ask that young Seattle team that won 116 regular season games if they felt like they had a successful season and I guarantee you to a man they'll tell you they came up short
  24. Schmoeman5
    OK Take away the innings pitched. I'm referring to the caliber. And this is Verlander in 2022 not 2015
  25. Schmoeman5
    Case in point. When Verlander threw 7+ 1 hit innings. Because that's what your going to face nearly every game come playoff time.
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