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  1. Woof Bronzer
    Ok, it makes a lot more sense now. Apparently you didn't see in the box score that the Twins held leads in every game, and blew 3 of them. Did you notice how often the Twins left runners on base? Did you notice how often the Twins struck out? Did you notice they were 0 for 10 with the bases loaded?
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    I'll ask again: did you watch the actual games, and see how they actually played out?
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    Serious question: did you watch the games? Are you saying it's completely realistic for a good team to win 5 of 6 games every now and then? Nobody is saying they should win 5 of every 6 games. The Twins should have won 5 of these 6, though.
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    "At no point is it fair to evaluate a front office based on how the team performs." "At no point is it fair to evaluate a player based on his statistics." The most damaging legacy of the Extreme Sabermetrics Era is going to be the idea that process is more important than results.
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    No. This has been made clear by the makers of the technology.
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    OBP is like 80% batting average. It's BA with walks. Look, we get it, you discovered a sabermetrics site and now you've got all the answers and anyone who has a different opinion is wrong. Enjoy the righteousness.
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    You get on base 30% of the time you put the ball in play. You get on base 100% of the time with a walk. Yes, OPS is great. You do realize that batting average is a sizable component of OPS, right?
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    On any given at bat there are 3 outcomes. In order of worst outcome to best: strikeout, put the ball in play, or walk. I prefer OBP, which is correlated to the 2 best outcomes, but batting average is a useful measure of how a batter avoids the worst outcome (strikeouts). The worst statistic in baseball is the one that is cherry picked just to prove a point, while ignoring other stats that may not fit "the narrative".
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    We gave up 2 legit prospects for a guy that will ending up pitching like 10 games for us. The FO better regret making deals that turn out poorly. Otherwise what's the point? Also, if the worst hitting team in baseball can't find room for better hitters....yeesh.
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    This. There are some out there who believe that runs scored any way except via home run are lucky. To me it looked like the Cubbies had done their homework.
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    You don't have to call him up to be a savior. Call him up to see if he makes it impossible to send him back down. Not saying they absolutely must call him up, but I don't know, we also don't need to find reasons not to reward good performance. Twins have to be open to doing new or different things - status quo aint exactly blowing anyone out of the water.
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    The bullpen usage chart is a concern imho.
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    I think this lets the FO off the hook a bit. Yes, we need front line pitching, evergreen tweet. But the FO has a history of trying to game the system by acquiring pitchers with injury history on the cheap. This is where "the process" is worthy of criticism in my opinion. It's good that the FO is focusing more on the rotation, but in my opinion the strategy of trying to save a few bucks by targeting injured guys is misguided. There is no "market exploit" for acquiring top line pitching, it just costs money. Also, Mahle is no one's idea of a top line starter to begin with. We didn't need any more #4/#5 starters, we've always had plenty of those. So I think both the process and the result were failures on this one. In contrast to the Lopez deal - FO seems to acknowledge that they can't shortcut their way to top line pitching and need to pony up, make tough decisions, etc. I can get behind that line of thinking.
  14. Woof Bronzer
    I don't think we should celebrate turning a 5 tool player into a 1 tool player. I am also very concerned that Carlos Correa seems to think he made the decision to turn him into a DH.
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    To me the issue is philosophy, so if they let Popkins go they'd just hire someone else to carry out the "grip it and rip it" philosophy. So I doubt a change would matter. One of the reasons organizations may hire young inexperienced folks is they're hungry and don't have the built in equity to butt heads with bosses - vs hiring someone who's done it before and is more likely to challenge philosophies and decisions. Similar to the "if they fire Rocco they'll just hire Rocco 2.0", I'd not bother with a hitting coach change.
  16. Woof Bronzer
    If I could learn how to quote multiple posters I would, but short of that, thanks to all of you for the thoughtful responses to my question - makes a lot of sense .
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    I'm not really a game thread poster, so I don't have a horse in this race, but I must respectfully ask: why? What difference does it make whether posts are positive or negative? Does this impact your advertising revenue or other business aspects? I realize I sound snarky but I'm genuinely curious. New here this season so excuse my ignorance :)
  18. Woof Bronzer
    He shops at Christian Dior, eats lobster on the reg, and never breaks a sweat trotting to first after yet another groundout. Pure class!
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    For those who have long defended Falvine and Baldelli. What would it take for your mind to be changed? I think it's glaringly obvious by now that the group is just not competent - their entire philosophy begins and ends with "grip it & rip it" whether it's a bat or a ball. That's it, that's all, there is nothing more. They don't value fundamentals, so they don't teach them. They don't value situational hitting, so they don't teach it. They don't value pitching, so they only teach velocity. Their bullpen management consistently gives worse relievers more innings than better ones. They have an extreme reliance on analytics but do not seem to understand statistics well enough to properly apply them, and simply cannot react on the fly and adjust to the situation at hand. My concern is that the longer we keep rolling with these guys, the more damage is going to be done in the Twins system by turning every hitting into a 1-tool player and every pitcher into a chucker with a damaged arm. I'm afraid it's going to take years to dig out of the Falvine hole. Ok rant over :) Go get 'em tonight!
  20. Woof Bronzer
    Well according to an article in the Star Tribune, Carlos Correa decided it's best for the team if he DHs. I wish I was joking :)
  21. Woof Bronzer
    Maybe Dave St Peter will blame the fans for the team's poor play again.
  22. Woof Bronzer
    This is the fallacy of replay - "it's correct every time". It's not. Every time expanded replay is discussed in any sport, it's always "this will take 20 seconds and never be wrong". It never, ever works out that way - it always takes far longer and incorrect calls still happen. Hard, hard pass on slowing the game down further. I don't watch baseball to witness perfectly accurate ball/strike calls, I watch to be entertained - which, given that my team is the Twins, means I'm not watching much baseball these days :) Gradually removing the human element from baseball - both in terms of replays but also intensive sabermetrics that treat players as strat-o-matic robots - has gradually removed humans from the stands and TV screens and perhaps most importantly, little league fields.
  23. Woof Bronzer
    Well, sure, but a pitcher's job is to get outs, not to throw a certain mph. I'm certain Jack Morris' mph declined in '91 G7. Good pitchers learn how to get through jams with less than ideal stuff - but you gotta give them the chance to do so!
  24. Woof Bronzer
    I love this kind of philosophical discussion! I'd say pulling the starter too soon is worse. 2022 is a great example of this, because we tax the heck out of our bullpen which was one of the main reasons for a downfall. Pulling a starter too soon can lead to a domino effect that can have longer term repercussions. Then again, pulling a starter too late could cost you the game, so I'd say in the playoffs (lol) better to err on the early side. Just my 2 cents. Great question!
  25. Woof Bronzer
    It's not.
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