Hawkeye Bean Counter

Catching is more than just throwing out baserunners. Plus even though running is becoming a bigger part of the game. It will never be as big a part of the game at the mlb level as players age. I’ve always felt he can stay at catcher same as Tait. For being age 22 he can continue to improve throwing out baserunners. The fact the Twins are saying he is improving defensively is as good of confirmation on improvement defensively and that catcher continues to be his primary position.

No Lackey? No Culpepper? Lackey should be top 5 already Culpepper at least honorable mention.

Come on, no need to be that cynical Bean.

https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-acquire-pablo-lopez-from-marlins

5-3, effective at bat Caratini. All right let’s see what you can do Lewis.

He has received care. He is just another cautionary tale of being an arm that was abused at Rice University. Now there is still a slim possibility the surgeries fixed the issue and there is not significant scar tissue or significant decline in velocity ect. Now I think there was some delay in receiving some procedures as they wanted to try to heal them naturally. However the Twins have not just ignored his medical needs. Now I do think our medical team was lacking there for a significant period and struggling to identify injuries - Buxton comes to mind.

LOL - He was the current years version of Jackson. I rooted for him but dang he seemed just awkward. I didn't think he would ever have month like this, but his AAA stats showed it was possible.

Speaking of players we think are worthless like Outman- anyone kept up with our friend Gasper? The lightbulb must of clicked.

So we are DFA’ing 2 of our better hitters for the remainder of the season to play for next year now? I am rally confused. I know Larnach is not hitting well right now- but are we really throwing in the towel?

Here is my personal opinion on the Pohlads. They aren't particularly sophisticated in baseball and in general they haven't spent enough on scouting to outmaneuver other teams. I think there is some aspects that the twins fan base does not allow for them to overspend, its also clear that the Twins were not great stewards of their finances as they became 300M-600M in debt and needed the minority owners to knock that down along with the interest payments. Tom had no experience to effectively become the main decision maker - and was absolutely stupid to push out Falvey before the season without having the ability to find someone qualified to fill the position. The overall strategies are fine. Not spending on the bullpen. However we have not been effective enough at finding SP in the draft or legit hitters. Now that trend may be changing. As of now it appears we have found 3 legit hitters - Keaschall, Culpepper and Jenkins. We need to find a couple more. I told @USAFChief at the beginning of the year I was hoping for a competitive year and that it would give me something to cheer for the rest of the year. The trade deadline spending as much as we did was not likely the smartest use of assets. Giving up on Dasan Hill is likely going to hurt. Small sample size but his whip with Toronto is currently 1.25. Ive thought how would I do it differently if I were owner and in charge. First off you have to run with a budget. I would likely overspend on GM and the scouting/coaching. Likely the best bang for the buck. I then tell the players as much as they are athletes they are also entertainers. I am not expecting Banana Ball - but ultimately the financial resources that can be paid on the players comes from the amount of fans we can get it the seats. You have to breakup the blackouts and Minnesota needs to be branching out to Iowa, Ne, South Dakota, North Dakota for additional fans. Once I get my team set up I affectively stay out of it. A strategy of trading some players similar to Milwaukee would have to occur. I would likely carry on the theory that the bullpen can be developed. Ultimately I am not sure how much better I would be viewed than the Pohlads.

I am hoping a better version of Brock Stewart.

2 1/2 games back.

I’m sure some will think it’s a cheap single lol.

Maybe Jackson will come in too 🤣

I called it earlier today, said we would go on a hot stretch. Going to try to make it interesting.