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    Who'd a thunk the athleticism that allows a player to be a good defender also contributes to hitting? The higher you rise through professional baseball the harder it gets to keep up with the pitching talent. Lots of good high school / college bats hit their ceiling at the high minors or MLB. The quick twitch athletic ability and hand/eye coordination that allow a player to become a plus defender are also of benefit matching up with top tier pitchers. It appears the Twins may have learned their lesson and adjusted the last couple drafts but it will take a while to work the legacy prospects out of the system. Another deadline fire sale may add some more of the athletic prospects the Twins should have been drafting all along.
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    And Buxton has long stretches of inability to recognize and lay off the pitches breaking low and outside.
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    It appeared to me he knew those were strikes. I think he's using the technique often discussed by Morneau. "Have a plan". If the pitcher doesn't throw what Wallner is planning on he just freezes. The plan with two strikes needs to include protecting the zone even if the pitcher throws a fastball instead of the slider you were expecting. Jeffers shows the ability to choke up and protect the plate. Wallner seems content to swing for the fences if he guesses right and strike out if he doesn't.
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    I'm ready to just let the ABS call balls and strikes. Terrible game by the home ump (crew chief no less). The majority of the bad calls went against the Twins which matches my recollection from last year when there was no recourse. Perkins noted that with a large lead in bad weather the umps are incentivized to expand the strike zone and get the game over with. Without ABS challenges keeping at bats alive the Twins are blown out last night and never get within striking distance. If the Twins had lost another early challenge we would have seen a completely different game. Umpires are supposed to call them as they see them, not based on who's playing and game conditions. If they can't do that (and they aren't) then let objective technology keep the playing field even for both batters and pitchers. We have the technology to maintain a consistent strike zone. Just use it. EDIT: Some might argue the playing conditions explain the missed ball and strike calls. If so that's one more reason to take that burden off the umpire and let the technology do the job properly.
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    No, the FO will bring in the usual collection of washed up / underperforming veterans to fill out the roster and keep the prospects in the minors.
  26. shimrod
    We only needed four. Four, however, is well beyond the capabilities of the 2026 Twins.
  27. shimrod
    If we play to our potential I'm expecting a 2/5 ratio - so more like 65 - 97. I wouldn't argue with anyone who wanted to take the under on that however.
  28. shimrod
    Agreed. Programming the spreadsheet for "small ball" and blindly following it is as much a recipe for failure as three outcome game management.
  29. shimrod
    Nope. 0-12 is a definite possibility. As is the likelihood we get fewer than 12 opportunities.
  30. shimrod
    Are we trending up on anything aside from seat availability?
  31. shimrod
    Inexplicable substitutions? Blacked out so my only game experience is reading the comments.
  32. shimrod
    Spring training is not the time to find out, but as the season begins it will be interesting to see if the new management team will "leave them alone" more than the last group. Rocco had guys in and out, and moving up and down the lineup with little apparent rationale. I've seen many comments from players that they prefer knowing their role day in and day out. Perhaps a set routine allows some of our iffy veterans to play their best ball.
  33. shimrod
    Fantastic news. Twins open with the Orioles, 200 miles away. So of course I'm blacked out of the opening series. Between blackouts and spreading games over multiple individual streamers the league seems determined to make it as difficult as possible to actually watch their product. On the bright side the chances are good I may still be able to watch the first win.
  34. shimrod
    Reasons for optimism about the Twins 2026 season? Personally, I can look forward to almost all of their games being available on my MLB.tv package. Better teams games are frequently coopted by channels I don't pay for. There should be minimal demand for the Twins on national broadcasts so aside from regional blackout games I should be able to watch almost daily. I think of a Woody Allen line about a restaurant - "The food there is terrible, and the portions are too small." The Twins may be terrible but I should get a larger than normal portion. Reason for optimism!
  35. shimrod
    Good. My wife and youngest daughter are at the game, glad they saw a win.
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