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  1. The Great Hambino
    Denard: "now a ground ball away from getting out of this inning" Technically true I guess, but not exactly how I'd describe runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out
  2. The Great Hambino
    Jeffers: "Yes"
  3. The Great Hambino
    Replace defensive indifference with offensive indifference
  4. The Great Hambino
    Forget something Jeffers?
  5. The Great Hambino
    What if you get a killer offer for one but not the other? I get that doing both or neither is more definitive in choosing your path forward for 2026, but trading one could potentially open up more paths heading into this offseason, especially if the return includes someone that could be useful next year. They can absorb the loss of one premium reliever if it shores up a different hole in the 2026 roster. All things equal, they have a better chance finding in offseason free agency a diamond in the rough reliever than a diamond in the rough top/middle of the order young RH outfielder, for instance. So I wouldn't fault them for taking that killer offer without unloading the other for a suboptimal one (or worse, passing on the killer offer cuz they can't find the right value for the other) just so they can adhere to a strict both-or-neither approach.
  6. The Great Hambino
    Grandpa may have trained his starters to go deeper into games, but Grandpa also wasn't facing lineups where everyone was a true threat to go deep, so Grandpa's pitchers had more incentive to pitch to contact. Grandpa also didn't have a bullpen full of 98 MPH heaters and gyroscopic sliders waiting to be deployed as an alternative to a tiring starter. He had fewer true relief guys and maybe Wednesday's starter still nursing a hangover available in relief. Also, Grandpa used more pitchers per game at a steadily-increasing rate going back to the dead ball era. This isn't some new phenomenon. Grandpa's pitcher usage evolved over time. He used fewer pitchers than Dad, but more pitchers than Great-Grandpa. There wasn't some static way of doing things for 150 years.
  7. The Great Hambino
    If they were prioritizing the prospect return over salary savings, they wouldn't have included Dobnak. He is negative trade value
  8. The Great Hambino
    I could see the savings being reinvested indirectly in the form of retaining some arb raises that they'd otherwise move contracts to avoid. But reinvesting in new free agents? Not likely. But it's a moot point anyway if the Astros' expectation is that the Twins retain a significant chunk of salary. That defeats the purpose of trading him. I think they've shown with the Paddack/Dobnak trade that they're prioritizing salary relief over prospect return right now
  9. The Great Hambino
    I'm amazed he was able to write something out that long without making it a list
  10. The Great Hambino
    It won't show up in the boxscore, but I think it's notable that the Twins did try to bunt with Willi in the 9th after Keirsey and Gasper got on with nobody out. Turned out that Mr Hicks plunked him while he was trying to give away an out and get the winning run to second. This Twins team just might not be meant to bunt
  11. The Great Hambino
    Frustrated body language can appear apathetic. Correa has not been good this year. But I think he also has been pretty unlucky. It seems like he leads the team in rocket balls that land directly in an opponent's glove. 3 AB's with an exit velo over 103 yesterday (the force at home in the 9th was 108.1), and only one hit to show for it. Gotta feel good for Keirsey Can a feel-good win against the BoSox launch another 13-game winning streak? It might! (It won't)
  12. The Great Hambino
    There really is no valid reason to pay any attention to what Bowden says. Every article is listicle rage-bait nonsense that assumes small- and mid-market teams exist to feed the elites. Publishing that Dodgers trade proposal should be a fireable offense in and of itself.
  13. The Great Hambino
    He very well may be best suited to be a coordinator. Many coaches have been. But the thing is, they oftentimes learn that by having multiple cracks at a head coaching gig. Think Wade Phillips, or Norv Turner and Josh McRoberts from the offensive side. It's possible that the Miami experience soured him on being a head coach, or that he truly is blackballed, or that the ongoing legal proceedings prevent him pursuing a head job at this time. Maybe the general preference for an offensive playcaller as head coach gives front offices enough plausible deniability to overlook him. But my money is on him getting a head job again some day. I think he's too young and too good not to get another opportunity eventually
  14. The Great Hambino
    What an absurd game/team/sport
  15. The Great Hambino
    The Twins are just not meant to get a bunt down
  16. The Great Hambino
    Hey, game's on!
  17. The Great Hambino
    ...is going exactly how you thought it would go
  18. The Great Hambino
    The wrath of the Lord hath just arrived in Woodbury
  19. The Great Hambino
    I'll give TwinsTV this: Big Inning is a major improvement in rain delay programming
  20. The Great Hambino
    Tonkin, obvi. Older = better without exception
  21. The Great Hambino
    There I give Correa props for trying to tag without the ball
  22. The Great Hambino
    Is that a Mormon thing?
  23. The Great Hambino
    Can't hit with the bases loaded Alcala can't hit the broad side of a barn Kiersey went deep You know ... the usual
  24. The Great Hambino
    Denard starts a lot of sentences without a concrete plan to finish them
  25. The Great Hambino
    Get Bonilla's accountant on the phone
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