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  1. BH67
    An airing of postgame thoughts without grievance: Correa appears bruised, but there’s no fracture. Whew. Buck’s OPS has jumped 89 points in just four games. Seven players in today’s starting lineup have a season OPS of .760 or higher. The Twins had a 1.260 team OPS through five innings today. Can this last against better pitching in Seattle? Delighted that Festa could complete five innings. Good innings for Thielbar and Funderburk as well, and they needed them. The Twins have given Farmer considerable leeway, yet he’s making the Leeway to Minnesota arrive much sooner. Go Royals tonight! (Any win over Cleveland is welcome.)
  2. BH67
    Well. so far on Festa-vus, I'm seeing many feats of strength from the Twins but virtually no airing of grievances from the commentariat. I like that combo. Hope it stays that way.
  3. BH67
    It would seem that Cleveland's first-half performance is an extreme outlier despite better power hitting, a plethora of young talent, a refocused Clase, and an expectation to win every night. All important for success -- but still unusual in the current degree. It will subside. The Twins organization is demonstrating its player development abilities steadily and well, even if it took several years to bear fruit. I was impatient, but the wait has proven worth it. The rivalry with the Guardians could be pulsating in coming years. I still think it will be in 2024.
  4. BH67
    The Twins have scored 108 runs in their last sixteen games and scored at least 5 runs in thirteen of those games. Their opposition during this stretch, however, has some of the worst pitching in the majors. I take comfort that the Twins lineup routinely overwhelms sub-.500 teams now. I’ll be convinced it’s durable if they keep pounding in Seattle this weekend.
  5. BH67
    The D-Backs have the right to remain silent.
  6. BH67
    And Willie Mays went 1-for-26 to begin his MLB career. Even the all-time greats have those moments. Castro's double puts his season OPS above .800.
  7. BH67
    So what to do? Ask Derek Falvey. We'll no longer be shrouded in mystery.
  8. BH67
    On this blog, a bad game results in Día de los Muertos, with extreme emphasis on the "Muertos." That's when I take a siesta from this place.
  9. BH67
    There will be a considerable learning curve at the major league level, but its duration may be short. The visual chart of his pitching precision compared to last year encourages me in that he strives continually to maximize his performance.
  10. BH67
    Ober and Lopez this weekend: 17 IP 1.06 ERA 0.41 WHIP 24 K 1 BB .349 OPS Not too shabby. They also retired the last 17 batters Saturday and the first 17 Sunday, only two fewer than the 36 that Pittsburgh’s Harvey Haddix retired consecutively in a 1959 game against the Braves (which the Pirates lost 1-0 in the 13th). There can’t be many other streaks that large across two MLB games.
  11. BH67
    34 consecutive outs before the single, 18 by K. Not a major league record, as the Pirates' Harvey Haddix retired 36 consecutive Braves in a 1959 game...but that might be the only one better.
  12. BH67
    That is now 29 consecutive A's retired going back to the 4th inning on Saturday.
  13. BH67
    ESPN states that this is the first 9-inning, 10-K complete game under 90 pitches since 1999.
  14. BH67
    Ober, and out.
  15. BH67
    So Eric Plunk has come out of retirement? (Not sure he actually hit many batters, but the name fit perfectly.)
  16. BH67
    "Jhoan Duran is awfully close to being a Matt Capps." No. Just no.
  17. BH67
    I'm sensing that Lee and Wallner have the same "X factor" that Jhoan Duran showed when he arrived in the majors. Lee's trajectory might be closer to that of Royce Lewis, but there's some amazing talent here that will be advantageous to the parent club after the All-Star break. And after that.
  18. BH67
    Thank you. I was admittedly surprised to see their caught-stealing percentages so similar given Vázquez's overall defensive prowess. Perhaps it wasn't the catcher that inspired the running today.
  19. BH67
    Another frustrating loss despite (because of?) the 9th inning rally. It spoiled a solid start by SWR as well. Two thoughts: 1) The Rays stole four bases while the game was tied or had a one-run difference. I never again want to read about Christian Vázquez’s batting limitations here. Frankly, he’s hitting better than Jeffers in June as well. 2) Okert and Sands combined for 76 pitches in the last 18 hours. Perhaps they’re getting a workload buildup similar to that of Griffin Jax last summer, which proved wise in the playoff run, but that’s too much. Varland should return to the bullpen in place of either Thielbar or Jackson to avoid this. If that means waiving either, it seems timely. (UPDATE: I see Jackson was just DFA'd.)
  20. BH67
    The ending of tonight's game left me feeling like I'd eaten something Dan Aykroyd had blended in a Bass-O-Matic. Oh well, one bad night. Win the series tomorrow, Twins. (To those of you too young to get the reference -- it's worth knowing.)
  21. BH67
    Per MLB, only two teams have an OPS exceeding .800 over the past 30 days: the Mets, and... ...some team that just donned blue and yellow unis with the state postal code prominently displayed.
  22. BH67
    Plenty still are, despite the bandwagon behavior.
  23. BH67
    Anyone who benefitted from the pounding of garbage cans in Houston will be booed vociferously elsewhere, especially a #1 overall draft pick. Surely many Viking fans remember Bountygate whenever they see a Saints uniform all these years later.
  24. BH67
    Now within four-and-a-half games of Cleveland. Surpassing the Royals tonight as well. And now, a hallucination: Varland, Stewart, Staumont, Alcala, Jax and Duran, all healthy in October…
  25. BH67
    Trailing 9-4 entering the 9th at Colorado, the Dodgers plate seven.
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