Funderburk gets a bit too much hate. He's not good, but the Twins aren't treating him like he is. He's an optionable arm bouncing up and down before he's inevitably DFAd. Every bullpen needs people like him.
Royce Lewis had 337 PAs before making his infamous slump comments to the media. He's now had exactly 337 PAs since making those comments.
Before:
.319 / .377 / .606
After:
.190 / .252 / .330
The baseball gods do not **** around.
Lol, I wouldn't go THAT far, but yeah, he needs a reality check back in AAA. I agree with his facepaint. It sure looks cute, but unless you're performing you're just drawing attention to yourself.
They are leading the AL in FIP and therefore fWAR, but they're 4th in xFIP, 5th in WPA, T-2nd in ERA, T-4th in WHIP.
I think you can make the argument they're the best, but it's a bit foolish to call them far-and-away the best.
In a season that has, knock on wood, been pretty healthy thus far. I think the concerns about the roster are completely valid. But the praise of the pitching is warranted and does not seem like a fluke at all.
Outside of the fact that we all want to see him do well, Royce really turned himself into one of the jokers of the league in the most comical fashion. He experienced a lot of early success and his comments to media were dripping in hubris. And he has been a downright terrible player since.
Pre "I don't do slumps":
337 PAs - .319/.377/.606
Post "I don't do slumps"
334 PAs - .191/.254/.333
There's a real chance Royce has been exposed at the major league level and the Twins have to treat that like it's a real possibility and treat him as if he's any other struggling prospect, much like Austin Marin or Miranda.
He was a great player for half a season but there's an argument that Jonah has been the better player for the last calendar year.
Royce has a wOBA of 0.292 the last twelve months. Bride 0.321 in comparable number of plate appearances.
Entirely possible to purchase tickets on the secondary market and refrain from purchasing concessions. They still wouldn't get your money and you're able to enjoy a baseball game.
Yeah, the patriarch was a pretty bad guy, as you'd expect from a ruthless banking empire tycoon. But his family aren't really bad guys. They're just failsons. Except Bill. He's cool and way more successful than the rest of the family.
Tree of Life really is incredible.
Good job Bill.
A 1B healthy all season hitting 12 HR with 87 RBI and 60 R isn't exactly what anyone should think of as crazy good season stats. More like the base minimum. Which is fine, that's what he was hired to be.
The man has an xwOBA of 0.176 and the team needed baserunners. It makes all the sense in the world. You're concerned a lot less about defense when you're playing from behind. A player like Keirsey is only valuable as a PR and defensive replacement. I know you really want to see your guy succeed, but he's just not very good.
It sucks that Larnach put the game out of reach, but their win percentage was already under 13% at that point.
No chance this year's attendance has any effect on a sale price at all. Would be a terrible investor to over weight the only season on record where the current owner had publicly announced they're selling the team.
Another reminder that ERA, especially for relievers, is deeply flawed. The Larnach error being ruled a double added over 0.65 to Funderburk's career ERA.
He's at that cusp of being a major leaguer, someone that will bounce up and down while he has options and then bounce around the league a bit when he doesn't. But last night he did his job, and Larnach owes his dinner or something.
Pierzynski!
And of course no one could misspell Mientkiewicz after that catchy commercial they ran.
But just remember the rule, I Before E...unless you're a AAAA outfielder with an OPS that most pitchers would laugh at.
Go right ahead. There's a difference n typos and just not knowing how to spell someone's name. Earlier I wrote Rooked. In context it's clear I know his name is Rooker. I'm not convinced most people here know how to spell DaShawn's name.
It's a pet peeve of mine. I think he's pure dogshit but he deserves the respect of knowing how to spell his name.