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Matthew’s: I’m always a detractor of looking at MiLB numbers and projecting them into the Show. That said, he sure is impressive! Almost never walks a guy - 96MPH plus - strikes guys out at a good rate………he may be the fastest climber in Pro Ball this year? Could see him in Minneapolis in another 3 weeks……..he’s only got so many available innings for the year …..,may not be able to waste them “learning” in St Paul
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Assuming, with what you said here, it’s a defensive reasoning.
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Pretty sure Flaherty is a rental as well. I get some think it’s old school and doesn’t apply, but I don’t see the Twins trading to improve the White Sox nor the Tigers within their Division. Paxton is a better option than Kuechel was last year. Yikes, 48 walks in 89 innings! Tyler Anderson is worth some thought! I do think that there’s a hot Market for Anderson - Quantrill - Kikuchi………, I’d feel much better working a deal for relief rental, Tanner Scott. Can piece 10 starts together over next 70 days between Varland - Festa - Matthews …..I think?
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If a couple guys pitch more effectively in relief it would be cool - one bad performance lead to another…….letting pop-up bunts drop and fielding ball as it is rolling foul just adds fuel to the fire……Castro running into an out at 3rd and not fielding balls cleanly at SS are issues as well.
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Take Perez - Witt - Pasquantino out of Royals line-up & see how good their Manager looks. Correa - Lewis - Miranda are out and offense is spotty……relief corp had issues over the weekend to say the least.
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Playoff Pen: Alcala - Stewart - Varland - Paddack - Sands/Staumont - (Topa????) - Okert - Jax - Duran ……,,everybody has struggles with Pen through a season ……I still think, as you pointed out, that this can be a strength.
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How about a rested bullpen coming out of the Break and giving up 8 earned runs in 2 games…….that didn’t help a thing!
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Series in Boston in mid-September is potentially for the 3rd spot to get into the playoffs! K.C. is going nowhere - Seattle may pick up a couple hitters - Astros are solid - O’s or Yanks have 1 Wild Card - Boston seems stable - even Texas has the roster to make a run at us…….4-5 teams for the last 2 spots.
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The flaw to me is……we’re going to lose 45% of the time. How that occurs differs. Perfect managing doesn’t exist because guys only get hits (when given opportunity by Manager) 25% of the time. Bad things are going to happen relative to winning the game. If it’s Wallner striking out facing a lefty in the 6th or whenever, or Margot not getting a hit after he doubled in his previous AB …..failure is going to happen routinely. Team is w/o it’s top 3 of 4 hitters…….give that situation to any Manager in the game and give the opposition Perralta & the results aren’t going to be very positive.
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Always a good idea to not try to score now and hope you have an opportunity later!!!
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You can’t pinch hit for one LH hitter to protect the others w/o a guy leaving the line-up……no confusion. The confusion seems to be from people thinking the Team should win every game & if they don’t, 95% of the time it’s the Manager’s fault.
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They do switch pitchers essentially every time - that’s part of why he does it, so they need to get further into the Pen and to get a right handed pitcher back in the game for the others in the line-up. If he doesn’t pinch hit him the flow of the guy on the mound stays in tact and the defense still has a mismatch v. whatever LH hitter is in the box. Margot’s been worse than brutal when this happens but from a strategy angle, it makes sense.
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I get the frustration after a loss. Baldelli is managing to get ahead & generate offense when the opportunity arises in the middle of the game so there is no need to rely on Martin - Margot - Castillo or anyone else in the 9th - 10th - 11th - 12th. Every Team is out of options that late in a game……it’s not unique to the Twins! Margot doubled and gave the Team a chance to go ahead earlier but it didn’t happen. That’s not on him - it’s not on Baldelli, just baseball. Did we all see Okert absolutely butcher a gift out on a pop up bunt - he’s a major league player…….,,not only did he not catch the ball, he then made sure it hurt more by touching the ball just before it was to go foul……Baldelli, nor any Legion Ball coach teaches either of those decisions. All have a right to complain but every loss being Rocco’s fault in some twisted way seems odd, to me.
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Edouard Julien Returns. What Can We Expect?
JD-TWINS replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
He hit great for a month - 7 HR by April 27th. Then he went into the tank. In total, struck out at a 40% rate into early June……,hitting .204 with no more HR after April 27. He needs to regain some aggressiveness on pitches in the zone, along with some better success with contact. Can’t hit .233 and rely on BB to carry your OBP. MLB pitchers will throw strikes if they don’t think you can hurt them with your bat! I think he’ll be OK long-term but he may need to see a Sports Psychologist in the off-season because he has some mental issues in the box. Maybe he’s on the way to getting right but from what I read above, it’s not real positive to date in St Paul…….gotta say 3 HR’s in last 9 games does sound like a step in the right direction……..he needs to get XBH coupled with all of his walks. Said this last year - just an opinion based on body language and outcomes - he seems arrogant to me. Last year I said, and still believe, he acts like he’s Ted Williams……meaning his fine eye for balls and strikes should get the same respect Ted used to get. Not realistic. ……there’s a fine line between being confident and being arrogant, & to me, Eddie’s on the edge. -
Start one catcher at a time, no DHing - Camargo is a day away if something happens. Jeffers is better off getting a day off than being DH. Can’t tie up a spot carrying a guy that you’ll avoid playing at all costs!! Any Miranda updates? Buxton OK to go?
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Twins Pursuing Rental Starting Pitching At Trade Deadline
JD-TWINS replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
To me, Tanner Scott for the Pen would be a primary target. Middle to late inning lefty with really solid success in ‘24. Also a rental ……possibility to re-sign going forward as well. I know it may be antiquated thinking but trading within the Division seems difficult to get comfortable with……..Flaherty seems Team’s best option. Kikuchi could be the fallback for both of the previous thoughts? Don’t have as much trust in him down the stretch. Due to competition for the available arms, Team may have to get by with current 5 with spot starts from Festa - Varland - Matthews? Maybe not ideal but a realistic approach. Bringing Stewart back & potentially adding Scott would make the Pen top flight for last two months! -
IMO, unless there is other information, Julien seems to make sense for the 26-man right now. Miranda & Castro would maintain position flexibility along with Lee. I think it would be good to slot Lee at 3B every day other than when Miranda might start to give him rest…..every 5th day? I do not understand carrying Camargo on the 26-man after going 260 games over the past 270 games with 2 catchers on the roster. After hearing Correa’s comments just before the Break, regarding his hindsight move for last year would have been more rest early on, seems he should take a 10-day IL stint as well, on top of the last 7 days off. Could make it retroactive so it’s not more than a few more days. Martin the 26th guy soon? Any Miranda update?
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So, I get that you are just printing what somebody else has put into print……….how can Eddie Julien be worth more than Dylan Cease…..Gallen……Fedde???? I guess $$$ cost is in the mix as well as years of control. Fedde isn’t really much above AVERAGE at all…..he only costs $7.5M next year…….I’d trade Eddie for Tanner Scott as a Rental and take the $14M we may have to sign a guy going forward for 3 years. An absolute dominant Pen!!!
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Sounds like an absolute ”can’t miss event”! I’m in Cincinnati and actually traveling for work that week but certainly want to try & make some FAN event someday soon!
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3B ……Lee/Miranda - SS ….. CC/Castro - 2B ……Julien/Castro - 1B ….Miranda/Kirilloff LF&DH ……Lewis/Castro/Kirilloff CF …..Buxton/Castro/Martin RF ……Wallner/Castro/Martin 2 Catchers Larnach as last guy.
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A Different View Shows Theilbar's Season as More OK than Awful
JD-TWINS commented on Brandon's blog entry in Blog Brandon
Baldelli has nothing to do with Thielbar’s ineptitude! …… pretty sure Caleb would confirm that. Professional Athletes not performing & that getting put on their Manager is old. Thielbar can get guys out if he’s on - like pretty much every reliever in the game. His % of “on” has dropped off considerably. When your stuff is on fine margins you can’t afford to walk people or get behind 3-0 when entering games and there’s been too much of him putting himself in a hole. Either of the other lefties have had their bad days as well - Okert’s ERA is 3.86 though……seems that tells the story of effectiveness. -
I guess the “……which is not what anyone expected or wants.” is what threw me. Nobody wants him to do poorly - I just don’t pay attention to the details at this low level. I’m confident that over the next 24-36 months he’ll develop into the guy they wanted. No guarantees obviously, but I don’t really (me, not everyone) pay attention to guys success at until he’s been in at least A ball for a couple months. He should do well - you’re right there! With a kid, and injuries, my expectations are really low.
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Lots of guys that are drafted are just out of high school but many/most hitters have been in college for 2-4 years…………he’s fine, and with his injuries to date, it seems that’s all that can be expected from a 19 year old. Probably doesn’t get a sniff of Minneapolis until September of ‘26 at the earliest. Plenty of time to evolve.
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With Lewis potentially out for another entire month………Correa with Plantar Faciitis for the remainder of the year………Farmer with bad shoulder & no offense……….Miranda with back issues……….Lee being a Rookie that started fast but will level off, it seems to me that Julien (if hitting as shown here) should be on the 26-man with the Twins & not on some other roster. As guys are available they can play predominantly on the left side of IF. Castro & Lee can flex to fill whatever position needs to be filled. Between Correa - Miranda - Lee they can cover DH on most days. Can’t afford to move Julien with all these other balls in the air on July 19!
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No crystal ball …….let’s see him get some outs at AAA to start.
