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Same Old Story: Another Abject Postseason Failure
Danchat replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I think Polanco can be fixed. He seemed to have some pretty obvious mechanical issues when hitting left-handed, and I think if attended to, he could be back to his usual self in 2021. Kepler is simply an enigma and I'm tired of Sano. -
2020 MLB (non-Twins) Postseason Discussion Thread
Danchat replied to Otto von Ballpark's topic in Other Baseball
Weird how the White Sox and Yankees finished the year so poorly, yet have played rather well so far in the postseason. *insert joke about the Twins here* -
Can't wait for #19 next year, if they make it back to the playoffs!
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For all the talk of analytics, I sure see a bunch of un-analytical decisions being made here, like using Rogers in back-to-back games, other poor bullpen decisions, bizarre pinch-hitting decisions...
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There was no need to use Rogers again today... Clippard and Wisler have had great seasons! Why not use them?!
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The Astros have done a good job against the shift, and the Twins have utterly failed against it. Good hitters can beat shifts, it's pretty simple.
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They did focus on bringing in guys with prior postseason experience, but that really hasn't translated to any success. They just need to figure out how to get the bats back on track, and figure out how to improve Rocco's bullpen usage.
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Bringing out your 4.05 ERA -0.7 WAR reliever on back-to-back days is really asking for it...
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Have you turned on the Cincinnati-Atlanta game? That's an exciting one, 0-0 in the 12th.
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Wow these umps are shockingly bad at their jobs...
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I'm surprised we haven't seen Wisler or Clippard used yet... statically Wisler was our best reliever this year and he hasn't even been used...
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You guys wanted Stashak to go out another inning! Even if Berrios goes the 6th, Stashak still faces Correa in the 7th.
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With how long it makes MLB to review things, games would go 30+ minutes longer if they did this.
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I'd give Berrios the 6th, and then likely go Wisler for the 7th here. Can't complain with what we've gotten from the pitchers so far, just 2 earned runs in the series.
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Did not expect Kiriloff to have the first Twins hit...
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We're gonna lose 1-0, aren't we?
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Dang, Jeffers is already a really good pitch framer.
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Berrios is looking really good, much better than I expected. Will the offense do anything today?
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It's probably because the New York Jets have a WR named "Braxton Berrios", but that's pronounced "Berry Ohs". Clearly they haven't watched any games where he pitched or they would have heard the correct pronunciation.
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Also worth noting:
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That is true, but in the 2017 Wild Card game, Berrios did pitch the 3rd - 5th and gave up 5 runs. So he has pitched in the 5th inning before... but that's not exactly a postive thing.
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Uh... I have always been a big supporter of playing rookies, but giving Kiriloff his first start in a playoff game? I don't think that's a good move. I get that this lineup needs a kick in the pants desperately, but I'd much rather have Buxton out there. I could sympathize with the move if Alex had been given some ABs over the past few weeks and looked good (like Rooker, perhaps). I don't see this move panning out, but I'm hoping we can see some life out of Kiriloff's bat.
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I believe it was mentioned earlier that Wade was recently optioned and couldn't be brought up unless an injury happened. I didn't think that limitation would hold for the playoffs, but if it is true then it makes sense to have Kiriloff rather than no 5th OF. I have a soft spot for Tortuga but putting him on the team over Alcala makes zero sense to me.
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I couldn't get on board with most the moves made this offseason, and the season is turning out to be a disaster. Cousins doesn't look like he can be the guy yet he was extended, Spielman and Zimmer haven't been able to get the team over the top yet got extended... with the salary cap dropping in 2021, the Vikings need to blow things up and rebuild and hopefully get a QB with a high 1st round pick, but we've just committed to the Zimmer-Spielman-Cousins trio for several years.
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2020 MLB (non-Twins) Postseason Discussion Thread
Danchat replied to Otto von Ballpark's topic in Other Baseball
The Yankees have already put up 5 on Bieber... despite the Bieber-Cole matchup, there's already been 7 runs scored.
