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  1. jccracraft
    As I've said elsewhere, I don't understand why Ober does not have a shot at #3 starter, or at least our of the BP? To me the stats look better. Player GP GS IP W L SV SVO H R HR ER ERA BB SO WHIP Pablo Lopez SP 31 31 189.2 11 8 0 0 171 78 24 76 3.61 47 228 1.15 Sonny Gray SP 31 31 180 8 8 0 0 153 58 8 56 2.80 54 179 1.15 Joe Ryan SP 28 28 156.2 11 10 0 0 147 77 29 75 4.31 33 191 1.15 Bailey Ober SP 25 25 137.2 8 6 0 0 123 57 21 54 3.53 29 137 1.10 Kenta Maeda SP 20 20 101 6 7 0 0 93 49 16 48 4.28 26 112 1.18
  2. jccracraft
    I don't understand why Ober is not in the mix for the 3rd start. He's been overall better and more consistent than Ryan or Maeda. In any case, he should be on the roster for sure. Floro is already gone. Keuchel should also be. I'd keep the Funderburk despite his inexperience, as well as Paddock.
  3. jccracraft
    Lewis will play 3B when he returns, Julien and Polonco will cover 2B and 1B in some form. Kiriloff LF. Really unfortunate that Kepler will not play CF. I'd say our biggest need would be for a good right handed hitting CF.
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    Because he was a free agent after 2022, this is ultimately what the Twins gave up. Upside risk was worth 1+ seasons of Berrios. Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W Awards 2021 27 TOR AL 5 4 .556 3.58 12 12 0 0 0 0 70.1 64 30 28 8 13 0 78 7 0 0 291 125 3.28 1.095 8.2 1.0 1.7 10.0 6.00 2022 28 TOR AL 12 7 .632 5.23 32 32 0 0 0 0 172.0 199 103 100 29 45 0 149 11 0 3 753 72 4.55 1.419 10.4 1.5 2.4 7.8 3.31
  5. jccracraft
    Kirilloff and Lewis are basically rookies, as is Julien. They should not be leading the team. If Bux and Correa were even average (we all knew Kep and Gallo were what they are), I think we'd all be fairly pleased with the young guys at this point, and not focusing on them as much.
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    No mention of Kirilloff? He continues to hit pretty well.
  7. jccracraft
    Agree. Multiple fielding miscues which were not all listed as errors. Solono needs to go. I still like Miranda a 3B, to give him time to learn. Correa has looked fantastic IMO. Fires the ball over to first.
  8. jccracraft
    Once Kirilloff comes up to play 1B, I'd vote to get rid of Taylor, even though he's been decent. Bux should get back to CF soon, and we can then use Kepler, Gallo and Gordon, who all have better upside hitting, as back-ups.
  9. jccracraft
    It's silly to have Ober sitting behind Maeda at this point. Ober has been very solid, better than Maeda for awhile now. It's a waste to have Ober in AAA, at least until he proves otherwise. And Maeda really only had the one great short season. He needs to be moved to the bullpen.
  10. jccracraft
    Hopefully he gets plugged in at 2B, and move Gordan to CF in the short term.
  11. jccracraft
    I don't really understand why Ober seems to be overlooked to a degree. He's had pretty good success at the MLB level already. It would be a waste to put him back at AAA.
  12. jccracraft
    Agree on Gordon. One of my favorites.
  13. jccracraft
    I did not want Correa back. His salary would have been 20-25% of overall payroll. Too much, especially with Lewis hopefully coming back. Would have been blocked. I'm also fine with missing out on Rodan. Not a long enough track record, and to me not enough of an upgrade over current starters. We have around 7 who range from 2-4 type guys. I would have liked a real top end talent like Verlander on a 2 year contract. Or even Kershaw, had he been open to it. Specific to the line-up itself, I think a lot of people are forgetting the amount of injuries we had. It's a decent line-up when healthy. I'll take over this year, in terms of expectations.
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    I've always felt that Kirilloff could be an all star. Going to depend on if that wrist recovers.
  15. jccracraft
    As I've said on other sites/strings. Given that the analytics say starters are pulled after going through the line-up only twice due to performance drop off, rather than fatigue, why not go back to a four man rotation? Add the extra starter types to BP with ability to go 2-3 innings?
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    As Linus points out, why would they need 6 starters to pitch 4-5 innings? We have 7ish possible starters. I'd suggest they could go to a 4 pitcher starting rotation, and use others as sort of designated 2-3 inning relievers to bridge to the late inning guys like Duran and Lopez.
  17. jccracraft
    If Tommy Watkins didn't pull his boneheaded go and stop sign for Celestino in the extra inning game against the Yanks, the Twins would have split the series with them IMO. I was at the game, which was sparsely attended due to it being a 3:05 make-up game in New York. We were able to get good seats right behind the Twins dugout. I'm embarrassed to admit that I absolutely lost it yelling at Watkins, which the whole team and area heard. Sending a guy on a short single to RF with no outs was a debacle. Out by a mile. Exact same situation for the Yankees in the 12th, and they held the guy at 3rd. Needless to say their strategy worked out better.
  18. jccracraft
    Pitching management needs to evolve. Twins have a few "STopeners" (starters who pitch longer than openers, but not as long as starters traditionally). With these guys pitching only 4-5 innings, why can't they pitch more often than every 5 days? The starters are just not covering enough innings over the course of a season to sustain a staff trying to stick with relievers pitching 1-2 innings. Not enough bodies. Give STopeners the ball every 4 days maybe. Couple relievers would be designated as 2-3 innings type guys.
  19. jccracraft
    SP going 6-7 innings is now the exception rather than the norm, and we should no longer expect that. Our SP are not traditional SP anymore. Now somewhere between an "opener" and a SP. Because pitchers stats are much worse 3rd time through the line-up. But the Twins have not adjusted the relief pitching. They continue to generally send guys out for 1, maybe two innings. They need to have the second pitcher pitch 2-3 innings. Try to get close to once though the line-up. Then back to the set-up and closer roles for guys like Duran and Lopez.
  20. jccracraft
    I would be okay with giving Jeffers a bigger role for the rest of the season. Trade Sanchez and Ursela for perhaps a reliever. Which would also give Miranda more PT at 3rd.
  21. jccracraft
    Agreed. He should be playing more at 3B.
  22. jccracraft
    Possibly the worst move was having righty Duffy intentionally walk righty judge to pitch to lefty Rizzo. Obviously Judge is the MVP right now, but statistically that was backwards thinking. As an out- of-towner who watches on MLB.com, I can can choose to listen to Bremer or the opposition announcers. I'm not a fan of Bremer, so I listened to the Yankees guys. They pointed out the lefty/right stats for Duffy said he is better against righties, which is typical. Terrible move by Rocco, even though I do think he's doing an overall excellent job juggling this team.
  23. jccracraft
    More like concerned. Yes.
  24. jccracraft
    I'm a native Minnesotan now living in CT. So I need to subscribe to MLB.com to get the games. 90% of the time I listen to the opposition's announcers. I have no doubt he's a good person, and he has possibly the best library of Twins knowledge. I just am not a fan of his announcing style. It grates on me. Maybe too much of a homer.
  25. jccracraft
    Maybe they plan one starter to go like 4-5 innings, then one of the others the rest of the game? Basically like a long reliever of the past. 5 days in between starts to throw 5 innings is silly.
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