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  1. The Wise One
    You can have an opinion. Proof is quite another thing. Not being used when the game is on the line should mean that every relief pitcherr not named Belisle, Roger, Duffey and Kinzler should be off the roster. Pretty poor proof as a requirement to be off the roster.
  2. The Wise One
    Never said that they did not have the stuff to stick. Busenitz has a little FIP problem at the moment that has not effected the outcome as he has a sterling 97% LOB. . All small sample sizes and learning what not to do. Hildenberger has 3 innings at this point. Encouraging that he is still on thew 25 man rather than optioned for another.
  3. The Wise One
    Please tell me when Breslow was ever used with the game on the line. The game is out of hand long before Breslow gets into the game.
  4. The Wise One
    You can dispute it, verbally or you can look it up yourself on any of the stats sites. I keep forgetting that you have to footnote things on this site. The Breslow standard is will Molitor use the pitchers.
  5. The Wise One
    As the roster currently stands Hildenberger and Busenitz need to prove they are major league pitchers before you can even think of releasing Breslow. After that they would have to prove themselves reliable under pressure to have Belisle sent away. Bosher would likely go before Belisle.
  6. The Wise One
    There are different game outcomes when Boshers and Belisle pitch. Boshers has been trusted with a lead maybe 2 times. One of those was a 4 run lead.. Mop up duty. The team is losing, Some people think how a player is used is important, some do not. Differences of opinion. That the mop up guy pitches well enough to prevent more bleeding is a good thing. Then why isn't Molitor using him in more important situations? The complaint on Breslow is that he is mostly used in mop up. Nary a word that that is also Bosher's role. Boshers is an effective mop up man woo hoo. Star of the mop up relievers. Sign him up for the All Star game
  7. The Wise One
    All depends on what metric you want to use. Boshers has a better ERA, not much difference in outcomes than Belisle, but pitches well in low leverage situations. So leagues ahead is a relative term. and depends on what you measure
  8. The Wise One
    I responded to a question about what Molitor must be looking at with these two. Hence with Breslow there is no disagreement, only trying to figure out what somebody might be seeing. Plenty of posts on what management is not seeing.
  9. The Wise One
    Reread what the question posed by the person I responded to. It appears that when someone asks a question and you attempt to answer it the original question must disappear so it is not seen by those respond to my post.
  10. The Wise One
    The question should be what metrics do the front office use. Clutch statistics say he is the best Twins reliever, better than most relievers in the league. Might mean something. Might not . Fangraphs says he has had 10 shutdowns. About a little better than league average . Might mean he is adequate. Fangraphs also says he has 7 meltdowns. Not the highest in the league, but enough to say he might suck. So what statistics does one use to asses how good or bad a reliever is. When Belisle is good, he does the job well and gives the team a chance to win. When he is bad, it is like sending a batting practice pitcher out there. In the bullpen there is Kinzler Rogers and Duffrey. Then there is the rest When they figure out what to do with the spots not occupied by Boshers, Breslow and Belisle (The killed B's) because any of those pitchers really have not fared well. Injuries and regression. Tonkin and Pressly regressed, Chagois, and O'Rourke got injured, as did anyone you thought might have progressed this spring. There are bigger problems than Belisle to be solved.
  11. The Wise One
    number 4 in DRS, Number 8 in UZR150. Quality defense, ranking depends on metric used.
  12. The Wise One
    Don't know if last night's game was in that total. did not look that closely. The poster asked a question, I gave him an answer. The bit about kids is bull. I would have expected a better argument. High leverage situations he appears to do his job. Is he perfect in those situations? No What middling reliever is? Has he blown up a game they were behind. Yes. That is less of a concern than blowing games they are leading in. If you are expecting relievers to be Miller like that is totally unreasonable. Reasonable expectations seem to be lacking. He is a 2 million a year free agent, not a 7 million a year. Should have the Twins spent a little more money? They could have had better results. But like Belisle, kids would have been killed
  13. The Wise One
    There have been articles which I am not going to bother to look up and footnote for those that disagree about the new front office's approach to pitching and development. You either follow the management plan or you are gone. It is just that easy
  14. The Wise One
    Positivity dies quickly on Twins Daily. Sorry I don't do GIFs and emojis so people can tell this is meant to be a joke.
  15. The Wise One
    Twins hitting is good enough as a team to rank as middle of the pack
  16. The Wise One
    The past is what it is. The people in charge of drafting, developing, and oversight have all changed.
  17. The Wise One
    It must be the 22 games Belisle did not allow a run and the 12 times he was credited with a hold. In high leverage situations batters are hitting .118. Numbers that the fans do not seem to pay much attention to. Breslow because LH bats are hitting .129 against him. Management likes his brain.
  18. The Wise One
    Joe Smith cost the Cubs a single prospect that was on not any a prospect list Will Smith cost the Giants a backup catcher and a low A prospect but highly rated Abad brought back Light Zach Duke cost a low ranked prospect Tyler Clippard cost a low level prospect Short term fixes for relievers can be cheap for decent ones. The Giants were the only ones last year that bought high.
  19. The Wise One
    Yes sometimes you have to give up something to get something. Sometimes you do not. Adding a starter like Pavano cost the team nothing. Matt Capps cost the team a lot. Jon Rauch pitched well and cost nothing. Not many prospects work out as planned.
  20. The Wise One
    Oliva and Puckett may have been free swingers but had a 9.7 and 12.3 % K rates. They hit what was close. Rosario does not.
  21. The Wise One
    Why top 50? The failure rate of prospects outside of the top 20 is very high. Hicks in only one of the three ranking servicse only ever cracked the top 20 once. That was when he was 20. Meyer only cracked it once also. Kyle Gibson hit #34. Twins better keep running him out there on yuour logic for top 50. He will turn it around. http://camdendepot.blogspot.com/2013/12/death-to-tinstaapp-updating-mckinneys.html
  22. The Wise One
    OPS means they can get a hit upon occasion, WPA means that something happened because they got the hit. Context. The game is the context. Pretty meaningless if the lineup has 5 league average or better hitters by OPS and is last in the league in scoring. So if someone is touting that a pitcher did great by limiting this jugger-not of an offense to 2 runs it is more than fair to point out many others would appear to be doing the same.
  23. The Wise One
    A strong playoff team has the good fortune of having players playing at their peak at the same time See the difference between the Cubs last year and this
  24. The Wise One
    A starting pitcher that has a floor of being a third starter, a couple of relief pitchers and you would have a contender much like there was a decade ago here. Without obtaining some pitching the Twins could hang as contenders if the team hits efficiently as it has been.
  25. The Wise One
    Pound a glove so you can pitch with command. Sounds like a winner.
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