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  1. NYCTK
    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.
  2. NYCTK
    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.
  3. NYCTK
    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
  4. NYCTK
    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.
  5. NYCTK
    Lewis has a .292 wOBA in the last calendar year. Compare that to Jonah Bride with a .321 wOBA in that same time frame. Wowsers.
  6. NYCTK
    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.
  7. NYCTK
    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.
  8. NYCTK
    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.
  9. NYCTK
    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.
  10. NYCTK
    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.
  11. NYCTK
    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.
  12. NYCTK
    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.
  13. NYCTK
    Thing is, Twins have lots of DH masquerading as OF. And no Bader means someone has to go out there.
  14. NYCTK
    Like I said, I wasn't trying to single anyone out but said something because 4 straight people spelled it incorrectly.
  15. NYCTK
    Well. That's what a DH in LF looks like.
  16. NYCTK
    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.
  17. NYCTK
    Technically speaking, while following the surname, it is not PART of the surname. Why you never see a Griffey Jr jersey.
  18. NYCTK
    Just wanna say...idk how everyone constantly misspell so many names here. Not pointing you out but you were the fourth straight person to spell it wrong. Keirsey. He's a Twin! There are only 26 players! He's been on the team for over 50 games this season! Aaggghhhhh!
  19. NYCTK
    If you normalize for the season, his postseason ops wasn't all that different than his regular season ops. He was a good hitter, both in the regular season and postseason. He was "clutch" in some notable Yankees series but for some reason forgot his clutch gene at home in some other series.
  20. NYCTK
    Kody Clemens would be a really cool all star selection. I hate him as a player and have for 3 seasons now based on his previous stints and haven't been able to change my tune just yet. But I love those kinds of stories. Not a mediocre 1B that's already made an all star game.
  21. NYCTK
    He should try letting the game come to him in some less pivotal at bats too. Then he might be a decent player. Or, maybe he's just a fine player and we needn't constantly praise the "approach" that results in a big hit. Sometimes it's just a mediocre player running into a ball and we can celebrate that in itself.
  22. NYCTK
    Sure, they paid one year of a good reliever for two years for a basically equal caliber reliever and Rooker. But they paid a bad Brent Rooked that was DFAd twice after the trade. This idea that trading away Rooker was some huge foley is just revisionist history.
  23. NYCTK
    Letting games end in ties would be WAY less popular than the extras runner.
  24. NYCTK
    I don't get the hate! I don't like it in playoff baseball. But like the pitch clock, I think speeding up the game has been hugely positive. It doesn't provide any real advantage, just forces more urgency in extras. I'm a fan!
  25. NYCTK
    Soto at his worst is a significantly better hitter than Lewis at his best. You can't compare the slumping player with a 750 OPS to the guy with a 450 OPS. If Lewis is ever as good a hitter as Soto he has permission to ease up on groundballs.
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