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  1. Otto von Ballpark
    Meh. I bet our attendance will be unchanged when we return home tomorrow!
  2. Otto von Ballpark
    I think the Twins deserve some benefit of the doubt here. They’ve been aggressive with Graterol, Alcala, and Dobnak. It’s not their fault that Duran and Balazovic were further behind that group at the end of 2019, and were left with little or no opportunity to develop into MLB readiness in 2020.
  3. Otto von Ballpark
    Keep in mind, Balazovic hasn’t even reached AA yet. There was almost no way for him to transition to MLB this short season, with no minor leagues to play in. And he’s not even on the 40-man roster, so it would have cost a spot and possibly burned an option to even look at him in a real game situation. Duran is a bit closer — he is on the 40-man, using an option year, but he didn’t reach AAA last year, and had just 7 starts at AA with a 4.86 ERA (although good peripherals). I maybe would have given him a start, since he’s burning an option anyway, but I wouldn’t have expected much at this point — so with expanded rosters, I think it was defensible to lean on the pen a bit until Pineda comes back Sep. 1 instead.
  4. Otto von Ballpark
    Yeah, but that’s just the video MLB *wants* us to see. Why don’t they show us the video of the grassy knoll? I think they are hiding the fact that there was a second catcher!
  5. Otto von Ballpark
    Yup, Givens goes to the Rockies in exchange for two prospects: Tyler Nevin, son of Phil Nevin Terrin Vavra, son of Joe Vavra (and former Gopher) Plus a PTBNL — maybe a child of a player or coach who hasn’t been born yet
  6. Otto von Ballpark
    LaMarre is in the Cubs 60-player pool on a minor league deal, so he is eligible to be traded this season!
  7. Otto von Ballpark
    Cubs acquire 1B Jose Martinez from the Rays for 2 PTBNL or cash considerations.
  8. Otto von Ballpark
    Completed trades so far: The Atlanta Braves acquired starting pitcher Tommy Milone from Baltimore for two players to be named later. The San Diego Padres acquired reliever Trevor Rosenthal from Kansas City for outfield prospect Edward Olivares and a player to be named later. A's add second baseman Tommy La Stella from the Angels in exchange for infield prospect Franklin Barreto. The Chicago White Sox acquired center fielder Jarrod Dyson from the Pittsburgh Pirates for international bonus pool space ($243k). The Blue Jays added starting pitcher Taijuan Walker from the Mariners for a player to be named later. The Philadelphia Phillies acquired relievers Heath Hembree and Brandon Workman and cash considerations from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for right-handers Nick Pivetta and Connor Seabold.
  9. Otto von Ballpark
    I don't think that's a reasonable expectation for the baserunner in the moment, unless they actually saw the ball in the catcher's hand during the tag. They can't anticipate what might look odd to us on the TV broadcast (there may have been nothing suspicious about the play to the players or umpire on the field -- and if no one objected in real-time, I suspect that was the case).
  10. Otto von Ballpark
    With things heating up, I figured we could have a thread for general non-Twins trade deadline discussion. A couple notes: - The deadline is 4 p.m. ET on Monday, Aug. 31. - Only players from 60-man pools can actually change teams this year, but players outside of 60-man pools can be included as "players to be named later" (I believe this is to reduce unnecessary player travel and exposure).
  11. Otto von Ballpark
    How confident are you in Kikuchi going forward? He's set to make $17 mil next year, plus a $13 mil player option for 2022.
  12. Otto von Ballpark
    If you go year-to-year with him, that's essentially what he'll get -- his arbitration salaries will take into account his past missed time.
  13. Otto von Ballpark
    With a move he was able to slide the ball to the mitt for the tag, and then pivot and be ready to throw to second where Lindor was arriving. https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/molinas-shrewd-rare-double-play-with-carlson-covering-second-adds-twist-to-otherwise-ugly-loss/article_c0b4775c-ef94-5f92-aa72-07b6a2f67e79.html Molina moved his hand into his glove both before and after the tag. If it was a fake, it was a pointless and incredibly risky one, as the ump, baserunner, and replay cameras could have all had a view of his hand during the tag, and I'm guessing his hand isn't large enough to completely obscure the ball.
  14. Otto von Ballpark
    Sorry, the trade deadline is Monday. The league office won't be able to approve any of these trades.
  15. Otto von Ballpark
    The Tigers voted not to play Thursday too. Countless other baseball teams, even good ones, have also had occasional days of poor performance over the last ~150 years — it is inherent in a sport where the best teams still lose 40% of their games. There is zero evidence that Thursday’s protest affected Saturday’s results on the field. If you want to continue discussing the protests, please post in the protest thread.
  16. Otto von Ballpark
    It was actually a 3-run deficit, bases loaded and 1 out for the other team so quite likely a 4-run deficit soon even with effective pitching, and only 6 outs left for us to come back. With a second game later in the same day. You really want to use your best relievers there?
  17. Otto von Ballpark
    No, that is Daniel Norris, he is in the Tigers bullpen right now. Both are former Blue Jays who came to the Tigers in the David Price deal, so maybe Boyd has had a ride in Norris’ van.
  18. Otto von Ballpark
    Also, if the “fake runs” of the new extra innings seem too arbitrary, that should encourage teams to be more aggressive trying to win in regulation — making the first 9 innings more exciting.
  19. Otto von Ballpark
    Those were 3 very interesting innings, though! Pinch hitters, pinch runners, stolen bases, plays at the plate. Seems like a reasonable, small concession to de-emphasize HRs and Ks which have otherwise come to dominate the modern game.
  20. Otto von Ballpark
    If we are talking wish lists, I still want to see a pitch clock with no one on base!
  21. Otto von Ballpark
    No, you don’t win the game with two fielder’s choice plays, because the other team could just tie with the same two fielder’s choice plays. It’s not like the old NFL overtime where you just get into field goal range — you’ve got to play defense too. So you play the defense in, you try to cut down a run at the plate, you use your better pitchers because there is already a runner in scoring position, every half inning. You think about pinch running and putting extra pressure on the defense, because odds are, the game’s not going to last until the next dinger. Teams can (and do) have 9 (and now occasionally 7 ) innings to play swing-for-the-fences and eschew contact. Nothing wrong with changing the parameters a bit if that style of play has failed to produce a winner after 9 (7) innings.
  22. Otto von Ballpark
    The Phillies are currently in a playoff spot and just traded to upgrade their pen. I’m not sure it will be that easy to acquire one of their better-performing relievers right now.
  23. Otto von Ballpark
    I think the expanded rosters have reduced that incentive (and perhaps I should include the expanded rosters among the rule changes!). Teams have enough fresh arms each night that they don’t have to piece things together with shorter appearances — there are enough guys who can pitch an inning or two and take the next day off, generally. And while hypothetically, the desire to switch after 1 batter could arise in a key spot, I think teams and pitchers are getting trained away from even trying it anymore. It’s not like teams are going to have a Ryan O’Rourke on their playoff roster — a guy like that is either going to fail and lose his spot, or he’s going to adapt so that he’s not such a liability after one batter, long before he sniffs the playoff roster.
  24. Otto von Ballpark
    It got people talking, that's for sure. I read somewhere the sentiment from someone in the game that if it got one kid to ask their parents why there was no game yesterday, which led to a bigger conversation, that's a good effect. Very few protests or statements throughout history can be measured by new laws or opinion polls the day after. It's not a reasonable standard for judging their efficacy or necessity.
  25. Otto von Ballpark
    It's absolutely fair if you don't want to deal with it here, and Twins Daily is always open for more baseball discussion! I've largely ignored the big discussion thread from yesterday (even though I'm an moderator so I probably shouldn't ), and I just started a thread in the "Other Baseball" forum if you want to check it out: http://twinsdaily.com/topic/40261-what-does-everyone-think-of-the-rule-changes-so-far/ If you don't see a baseball article or thread that you want to comment on, start your own! Just don't wade into articles and threads you don't want to deal with, just to say you don't want to deal with them. (Not saying you're doing that here, just a general observation.)
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