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  1. JD-TWINS
    Gordon has played 6 games and only half in 4 of those. He hit .289 - 8 HR - 28 doubles after April last year. No reason to bail on Nick 7 games into the year. Doesn’t need to play v. LH pitching. Polanco for Castro is simple. Kiriloff staying down after becoming healthy is highest probability. Doesn’t make sense to bring him up & hope he hits well when Larnach is already shining. After May, Larnach’s health & consistency will be proven or not. If he looks good & Kiriloff is ready to go we’ll cut Solano by June 1……,,maybe a case by then to let Kepler go instead but $9M & depth is tough to cut. Miranda can play 1B v. LH pitching! Our record and general health will determine the actions! An aside, really excited for Lee/Julien at 2B - Kiriloff at 1B - Larnach in LF - Walner in RF - Gordon in CF, next year v. RH pitching!!
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    13K’s - 7.0 innings - 1 run……nice 2nd outing for Sonny. 1 run through 12 innings. The entire rotation has looked fantastic! Let’s check back in Memorial Day.
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    You can’t Wish Win games…….Alcantara & Luzardo are two of the top 15 pitchers in the game. Luzardo is less known (young) but probably has better stuff than his Cy Young winning teammate………we got 11 hits yesterday in game 7 and won a thriller v. the defending World Series champs. We’ll be just fine if we keep pitching anywhere close to the first 7 games!
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    11 hits - seemed to work just fine. “W”
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    “Sano like”…..come on. It’s the 7th game of 162….take a breath. We had 11 hits…..40 AB’s… .275 Avg. The defending Champions had 5 hits. It was 52F…..we’ll be OK. Our veteran starting 2B isn’t playing - neither is our assumed, solid bat, starting 1B.
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    Miranda 3 hits with Solano behind him……Solano 2 hits……..Farmer 2 hits. Nothing wrong with that picture!
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    I guess not worrying about having an ACE is OK if you have 6 or 7 “2,3, & 4’s”. 1.08 goes up a tick after Sonny’s - 13K - 1 run outing through 7. Great outing!
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    Can’t get back quick enough Jorge!! Good luck. When can Julien come up to Big Club without us losing a year of control on the back end?
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    What are the rules/dates involved on timing of bringing guys up the first time - relative to loss of a year of control? Not sure if I’m making sense? Anyway, I thought they may put Kepler on the IL and give Julien a shot at 1B or DH for a couple weeks. Maybe not possible?
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    Don’t understand the, Farmer isn’t a good reserve infielder comment? What multi-position reserves are better than him in the American League? He had a .900 plus OPS last year v. LH pitching……..Taylor is better than average v. LH pitching…..can’t stand watching him play every day - agreed.
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    Not that much of a head scratcher since we’ve faced 5 RH starters. He’s replacing Kiriloff’s bat v. RH pitching. We have a surplus of left handed bats for corner OF. We got Gallo because of his power potential and his defensive flexibility. We need as many LH bats in line-up as possible v. RH pitching. Larnach is hitting the cover off the ball. Larnach can catch fly balls. Don’t understand the angst with what the ball club has decided to do?
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    Through 6 games, we lack the depth in the line-up v. RH pitching w/o Polanco & Kiriloff. Can’t have Castro & Taylor coming up in RBI situations v. RH pitching - won’t work! I think that is a talent issue & not a confidence issue. The 4 guys you mention along with Polanco, Kiriloff (or Julien) & Gordon & Gallo will lift our talent through the line-up to generate more runs. Jeffers - Farmer - Taylor will be great v. RH pitching. Right now we are light on lefty hitters, particularly with Kepler & Gallo in the mix & with Gordon not heated up yet. Castro & probably Solano have to go in the interest of raising the talent pool.
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    Finally, after only 6 games, some comments that aren’t all doom & gloom. As you state we’re 4-2 & I’m pretty sure these wins count just as much as if we beat the Yankees. Alcantara & Luzardo may be better than any one/two in Baseball. Kiriloff returns to the line-up & pushes Gallo into OF. Polanco returns to the line-up & pushes Gordon into OF. These moves remove Taylor & Kepler or Gallo from the line-up daily. They also displace Castro & probably Solano from the roster. Kiriloff - Larnach - CC - Buxton - Gordon - both Catchers - Miranda - Polanco - Gallo - Farmer……..this group on the field regularly will put runs up! Our pitching, while only having faced lesser opponents, looks sharp with some grinding from Gray. Mahle pitched the way he does normally, nibbles too much and gets behind & throws too many pitches per inning. Get used to it from someone in Cincinnati. Thielbar made a mistake on the homer - otherwise he’s been fine. Pen has been good $ to date & looks promising!
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    Agreed! Can’t worry about guys not on your team any longer - waste of energy. Success in 12 AB’s or in Spring Training isn’t a lot different than a lack of success (Mahle’s Spring) over action that is essentially, practice. Was Steer going to displace Miranda at 3rd in future? Other kid was in A ball. We got a #2 starter that we can try to re-sign/extend if we like. If we’re winning & play-off bound this extension becomes more likely during the season. I live in Cincinnati & nobody is drooling over the acquisitions from the Twins. Maybe someday?
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    Hard to figure out how Gallo just swallows up every pitch over the inside third of the plate the last two days - has one of the best walk rates in the game - and then looks so undisciplined when swinging and missing at pitches out of the zone, down. Seems there has to be some coaching that could help narrow his visual focus on pitches that are above his knees, particularly with his 6’5” frame? I get he’s working on getting better. He looks like Barry Bonds when he makes contact……..25% of pitches put into play is just unbelievably low……hope he can change!
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    “Not tonight”……A classic P. Cruise deep track
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    You may be right…..on Gallo.
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    His ERA after first start is 4.76 for a reason. Maeda looked good against Yankees starters his last outing in Spring Training - gave up two runs in his first inning of 5 innings - struck out Judge…..his 60th pitch was 91 Mph! Walked 3 guys in 5 innings but I saw his last 3 innings and he looked solid. Fingers crossed! Watching game tonight…….Gallo for MVP!! Kepler homers as well. They’re hot!
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    3-0…….of the 9 batters we started the 3 games with, who is a better choice to lead-off? Agreeing Kepler isn’t a favorable option! Not CC - Buxton/Larnach/Miranda flourished in their spots - Gordon maybe but his OBP history isn’t lead-off obvious, but maybe - Gallo v. Kepler seems to be a draw at lead-off - Vazquez/Jeffers had 6 hits between them but not lead-off material - can’t be Taylor v. RH pitching. Taylor leads-off against LH pitching? Maybe Gordon gets a shot v. RH pitching at lead-off? No perfect line-up nor perfect team. 3-0.
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    I didn’t like the trade for López……..have made the mental adjustment. Need pitching. Gotta move on…..saying Arraez clogs the bases as some further rationalization for his trade is nuts! After 3 games, he’s got as many hits as Correa, Buxton, & Gallo combined. You gotta be on base to be in the way…….it’s not Luis’ fault that Kepler sucks ……..no reason to hate on the batting champion of ‘22.
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    Arm struggles necessitate a change in use. Paddack - Ryan - López - Varland - SWR - Prielipp - Ober at a minimum are all ahead of Winder going into ‘24…….also, FA or extension of an existing arm. IMO both Winder & Balazovic should be shifted to try and add depth for the Alcala/Jax roles. They could both have plus stuff to face 3-4 batters per outing!
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    Gallo hit the ball 107Mph - 108Mph - 108Mph in consecutive AB’s. I started watching in the bottom of 4th and missed Jeffers two contributions - good to hear since I saw him ground out to 3rd 3 straight times. Pagan….double, single (run), guy hits one to track…..I felt it getting to 7-6 with nobody loose in Pen……he is tough to get behind! Lopez pitching 3 straight days and never throwing same pitch twice in a row……he looked relaxed & confident. Didn’t see much of that last year after he got to Twins. Good movement & didn’t get behind!
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    After 2 games nearly everyone that reads TD would have DFA’d Gallo……he came up big in game 3, real big!!!! He may suck all next week - who knows? Kepler deserves more than 9-15 AB’s to work on his timing & to get his head straight. It just takes one good game. Not a big fan of his being on the team since November - even less after Gallo signing. However, he deserves a month to try and get something going!
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    He cemented the game today. If he can do similar stuff every 10-12 games he’s worth playing……tough to watch in between maybe.
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    Joey G. - it’s Sunday afternoon v. the Royals & IMO, after 3-4 negative comments in this forum by me, you just bought yourself the rest of the first half of the season w/o me asking for your release!!! 107 Mph double off the wall Solo bomb 431ft 3 run bomb …….all in 3 consecutive AB’s……3 runs scored with 4 RBI. There’s some realized potential if I’ve ever seen it………raw power. WELL DONE!!!!
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