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  1. Otto von Ballpark
    Players who are optioned to the minors have to spend at least 10 days there (or the first 10 days of the season, in this case) before they are eligible to return to MLB. (With the exception if someone goes on the DL/IL.)
  2. Otto von Ballpark
    That average is dragged down by starts like his Philadelphia start, where he struggled out of the gate. What's his average IP when he retires 13 of the first 14 batters on 51 pitches, like he did last night? This wasn't some situation where a guy is laboring leading up to the 5th. Nothing egregiously wrong with his 5th inning leash last night, and in fact it could have worked out just fine with a different choice of reliever.
  3. Otto von Ballpark
    Kimbrel's career WHIP is 0.920. Last year it was 0.995.
  4. Otto von Ballpark
    No one is arguing that Odorizzi shouldn't have been pulled. But the manager bears some responsibility for selecting the right replacement, especially given the circumstances here with Vasquez.
  5. Otto von Ballpark
    3 baserunners (after a leadoff out) and the pitcher due up isn't that different. The key is who you warm up and bring in.
  6. Otto von Ballpark
    What game? What's baseball?
  7. Otto von Ballpark
    They wanted to pinch hit for him in the top of 5th because there would have been a runner on base in a 1 run game. And in the 6th he would have been the leadoff batter too, another good spot to pinch hit. Not just because they wanted Odorizzi out of the game. Remember, Odorizzi had allowed only 1 baserunner through 4 innings, on 47 pitches. Mets only had 5-6-7 due up, and if batters reached, it only meant the 8-9 spots would come up, and we knew the Mets weren't going to pinch hit for Thor either. Seems absolutely reasonable to expect Odorizzi to get through that 5th, and if he can't get 8-9 out, pull him for the top of the lineup. We even managed to pull him before a run scored! The problem was not so much *when* we pulled Odorizzi, but *who* we brought in to replace him.
  8. Otto von Ballpark
    I'm all for aggressive bullpen ideas, but no way a pitcher's PA, in the 5th inning, requires your best reliever. I could see the argument, though, for getting Rogers or another top reliever warm at that point, ready to come in when the lineup turned over.
  9. Otto von Ballpark
    Astudillo hasn't started 5 straight games. He only started one game in Philadelphia over the weekend, and didn't even appear in Sunday's game. He actually only has 5 starts for the season so far.
  10. Otto von Ballpark
    Not quite. Collins replaced Lester on the roster, but he is going to the pen, and Chatwood will move to the rotation.
  11. Otto von Ballpark
    Or cheesesteak?
  12. Otto von Ballpark
    Although if Perez is in the rotation, we wouldn't have to see him come out of the pen. And we skip his rotation spot for off days, maybe we wouldn't have to see him at all!
  13. Otto von Ballpark
    Very, very early, but Romero has 5 hitless innings in Rochester so far: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=22a02619#all_team_pitching Looks like Morin's had a couple good appearances so far too. Although the whole team has a 11.6 K/9, so who knows.
  14. Otto von Ballpark
    Non-40-man, I could see Mike Morin getting a shot. (Could DFA DeJong again? Although he could elect free agency even if he clears...)
  15. Otto von Ballpark
    Remarkably, two relievers allowed two separate sets of 3 inherited runners to score, all in the same inning. 6 runs scored in the inning, yet zero were charged to the pitcher currently on the mound.
  16. Otto von Ballpark
    Agreed, but it doesn't have to take him 3 months. It could take a month but sandwiched around another injury, like Buxton last summer. It's not about aiming for the extra year of control, but rather keeping it in play as a "plan B" benefit, if "plan A" doesn't come together as planned.
  17. Otto von Ballpark
    Benson was hurt a bit in his last 2 seasons in the Twins org. Not sure if it really affected his defense -- his bat was bad enough those seasons that it probably didn't matter! I just noticed that Benson was drafted out of Joliet Catholic Academy. It's a shame he didn't stick around, he could have been known as "Joliet Joe" and on a mission from God!
  18. Otto von Ballpark
    Oh definitely, I didn't mean to imply otherwise! But given how he finished 2018, and his extended absence right now, and our current roster, it's not clear that Sano will help us win right away in 2019 anyway. If Sano gets healthy on his rehab assignment, but isn't raking yet, we could option him. At that point, we wouldn't have to wait until July to bring him back -- hopefully he'd heat up a lot sooner. But if it took him awhile to heat up, or if he got hurt again, like Buxton last summer, we'd at least have the fallback benefit of gaining a year of control. And unlike Buxton, it wouldn't require the obvious manipulation of keeping him off the roster in September -- like I said, we could likely secure that extra year of control by July 21 and recall Sano at that point.
  19. Otto von Ballpark
    FWIW, Benson was primarily a CF in the minors for the Twins, and I don't believe he was considered a liability there defensively.
  20. Otto von Ballpark
    Interesting question. Sano came into the season with 3 years, 66 days service time. By May 1st, he will be up to 100 days. He needs to reach 172 days to hit 4 "full seasons" service time. If you were willing to keep him down from May 1st until July 21st, you could gain an extra year of control (through 2022). If we think he still has work to do, to get ready for 2019 and build upon his 2018 reset, maybe that would be more valuable than keeping an option on him for 2020 but only controlling him through 2021?
  21. Otto von Ballpark
    Mike Clevinger Likely Out More Than Two Months https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/04/indians-place-mike-clevinger-on-10-day-injured-list.html
  22. Otto von Ballpark
    FWIW, ZiPS projected Cron at 112 wRC+ this year, and Steamer at 115. As compared to Austin's 101 and 100, respectively. Roughly a 0.6-0.8 WAR difference over a full season, it seems?
  23. Otto von Ballpark
    So "making the team means everything" -- except if the player is Bard. Then we have to look at how the player performs. Got it.
  24. Otto von Ballpark
    The Twins selected Haley with the requirement that we had to keep him on the 25-man roster for 1 whole season or 90 active days, whichever came last. It's apples and oranges to compare that to the Red Sox rostering him for 18 days then cutting him. If your bar for Rule 5 success is selecting a player who later makes the major leagues for 18 days, then even us fans could have an excellent "success rate" making Rule 5 picks. Once they're already Rule 5 eligible (meaning 4+ years pro), it's not that hard to identify minor leaguers who might get a cup of coffee later. But that's not what the Rule 5 draft is about.
  25. Otto von Ballpark
    This is correct, but only for the next ~45 days. Rule 5 restrictions end at 1 full season or 90 active days, whichever comes last. Assuming he doesn't go on the DL between now and then, Burdi will have accumulated 90 active days by May 25th or so. And in the unlikely event that the Pirates decided to cut him within the next 45 days, as you mention he'd have to clear waivers (with Rule 5 restrictions still attached) before he could be returned to the Twins. With less than 45 days left on his Rule 5 restrictions, I'm guessing he wouldn't clear waivers either.
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