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  1. Thrylos
    To give a bit of factual context, here are what the Twins' hitters are doing the last week. In short: Everyone whose first name does not start with E has played within various degrees of awfulness ranging from replacement level to pathetic. So eg. sitting Morrison for Kepler or Grossman will be akin to rearranging Titanic's chaises longues...
  2. Thrylos
    Unfortunately he did not. Dozier last 2 weeks: .098/.196/.171 . Dozier with men on season: .226/.234/.371 Sano last 2 weeks: .167/.219/.233 Sano with men on season: .263/.296/.500 Facts.
  3. Thrylos
    When he cleaned up he became much less of a clean up hitter
  4. Thrylos
    Put him on the DL and shut him down until it clears. No need to risk any damage.
  5. Thrylos
    The "hand injury" is nothing. Have you ever jammed your hand in a car door? Not a big deal. He is not a pitcher
  6. Thrylos
    And those will start 20 games before his reinstatement and if not Rochester where Gordon plays, then in Chattanooga that does not have a regular SS. He has to play every day and at SS in those games.
  7. Thrylos
    Will be in Rochester for rehab tomorrow
  8. Thrylos
    Extended.Spring.Training.Games. Gee
  9. Thrylos
    Exactly. Ditto for Berrios, btw. The Twins are much better now than when Diamond or Nolasco were their number 1, but still need at least another a top of the rotation arm to be thought of as serious contenders.
  10. Thrylos
    Advanced Rookie and short season A has pretty much the same quality of talent. Really where someone starts the first year of pro ball after a full college season does not matter at all, because players are usually spent, esp. pitchers. Where he starts his first full season of pro ball (year after draft) matters, and players can start at high levels. Rooker started his first pro season at AA for example. Having 8 or 9 minor league teams (that link does not show DSL teams and some franchises have even 2 of those) means that, unlike the Twins that are weeding the stable before the draftees start to play to make space, these teams have to carry lesser level prospect just to keep rosters full
  11. Thrylos
    Gordon has a .674 OPS between AA and AAA the last 4 weeks. His confidence might be done with it, if you promote him right now. Check out how Littell has been pitching after his too early promotion...
  12. Thrylos
    And I am sure that Drs Mackey and Judd have the information and the abilities needed to make those determinations.
  13. Thrylos
    Velo is one thing, movement is another. If you look at the pitchf/x movement data, his fastball has flatten out this season, which makes it less effective, and I suspect is partially the reason for the decrease in GB. As far as overuse goes, the previous 2 seasons he appeared in 49 and 48% of his teams' games respectively. So far this season he has appeared in 49% of the Twins' games. Not that different usage in the past. Also, if you look at the past in 2016 he had an xFIP of 2.89, SIERA of 2.56, in 2017 3.85 FIP and 3.35 SIERA, which both are about where his ERA is at 2018. xFIP and SIERA being leading indicators (and sitting at 4.83 and 3.97 respectively right now) does not bode well for Reed. Maybe that reflects the size of the contract his signed, because he is more like a 6th or 7th inning pitcher. The problem however is, the still he likely is the best pitcher in this pen, and that is no small reason why the Twins' pen is 11th in the AL in ERA, 13th in FIP, and 12th in WPA, tied for second for the most BS and L, just a game behind the leader in that category... The pen has an 11-16 record, the rotation 18-20. And Reed has an 1-5 record. And, unlike for starters, L for relievers is a more meaningful metric.
  14. Thrylos
    That is true for every Twins' position player not named Eddie.
  15. Thrylos
    Getting ready for his Lehigh Valley IronPigs game
  16. Thrylos
    This cuts both ways though. If you don't develop players, you kinda get players developed elsewhere, no?
  17. Thrylos
    Here is my take: Sano's issues with hitting are two-fold: timing and mechanical. Pretty sure that he changed his mechanics to lessen the involvement of his injured leg (even subconsciously) and that has an impact on his timing. So getting some place to work on getting that back without unfairly being singled out and under the microscope, is a good thing for him. Why Fort Myers? Free place to stay, plus a whole bunch of newly arrived former DSLers ready to play in the GCL, so he can help them with the culture adjustment and have some buddies. And again it is not whether he can hit quality pitches, it is getting his mechanics and timing back, and he can do that at any level. Now, I'd love to see the Twins do the same thing with Buxton when he comes back...
  18. Thrylos
    I think that the answer depends on how the Twins and Romero are doing. If the Twins are competing for the division and he is one of your top 5 pitchers and healthy, there is no way you shut him down. At some point, when you compete you have to play for today and put the 5 best starters and 25 best players on the team. If you always play for tomorrow, it will never come.
  19. Thrylos
    Indeed. Verlander, Lester, and Pedro Martinez (who had a 50+ inning increase from age 22 to age 23 season) would agree.
  20. Thrylos
    This is not correct. May is still doing rehab, but switched to the pen for some reason. Were he reinstated and optioned, he would had needed a spot on the 40-man roster. He is still on the 60-day DL. In other words Belisle (who is as relevant for the Twins as David Hale was) is just keeping May's spot warm, unless the Twins have seen enough of Duffey (and his attitude, btw, whining when demoted first time) to DFA him instead.
  21. Thrylos
    Hmm... In a vacuum this might seem half way insightful. The MLB revenues year by year have been posted. It is a growing business. Here is the related bar graph for Sears. Methinks that these are 2 businesses going in two different ways and if anyone is willing to compare them, at least he/she does not know what he/she is talking about as far as business goes.
  22. Thrylos
    From the AP. Twins relievers rank 21st in the major leagues with a 4.15 ERA. Really good it is not, it is not even mediocre. It is pretty bad. Improvement from awful, but still.... (Belisle's ERA is higher than that btw, but still...)
  23. Thrylos
    Great news! Buddy Boshers hopefully next
  24. Thrylos
    This season is very different than others, because the wild card races in the AL, are pretty much done, unless something drastic happens. This will make all the .500 teams non-wild card contenders, which means that all .500 teams and sub .500 teams in the AL East and West will likely be sellers, because both Division and WC are very uphill climbs. As far as the Twins go, the only way to the post-season is through Cleveland. To do that, unless Cleveland falls apart, they pretty much need to win every series against lesser opponents, every series against better opponents at home and pretty close sweep all games against Cleveland. They are 5 behind in the L column and 7 in the W. Splitting series with Cleveland will get them nowhere. Pretty. Tall. Order. But the fat lady hasn't sung yet.
  25. Thrylos
    Not really. More butts on seats year after year for the MLB than any other sport...
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